Lesley Hazleton

Lesley Hazleton reported on the Middle East from Jerusalem for more than a dozen years, and has written for Time, the New York Times, the New York Review of Books, and Harper’s, among other publications. Her latest book is The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad.

Guest BloggersJune 24, 2013

Muhammad’s Doubt

By Lesley Hazleton

Is there any there there without it?

Books, RD10QJanuary 5, 2013

An Agnostic Biography of the Prophet Muhammad

By Lesley Hazleton

“The First Muslim isn’t a “message” book. If anything, since I’m agnostic, you might call it an agnostic biography. But I think many readers may be surprised at Muhammad’s deep commitment to social justice, his radical protest against greed and corruption, and his impassioned engagement with the idea of unity, both human and divine—major factors that help explain the appeal of Islam.”