About Luqman Nieto

Foto de Luqman Nieto sentado en un jardín con plantasLuqman Nieto completed the memorization of the Quran at the age of 18, in Majorca Spain. Afterwards he finished a BA in History, Politics and Islamic Studies at Dallas College in Cape Town, South Africa, under the tutelage of Dr.  Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi. He also holds a MA in cinematography and is currently coursing the fourth year of a Psychology Degree at UOC, Spain.

He has studied traditional Islamic Sciences with different shuyukh, such as Muhammad Wazani, Shaykh Abdalhaqq Bewley, Shaykh Habib Bewley, Shaykh Muhammad al Qasbi and Shaykh Ali Laraki, as well as attended numerous circles of knowledge in Spain, Morocco, South Africa, and Egypt.

For the last ten year he has worked as writer and media producer for several national
and international channels, and his writings have appeared in online and print media. He is also regularly invited to give talks and lectures.

He currently resides in Barcelona where he has co-founded the community centre ‘El
Ribat’ with the help of his wife and community and works as Senior Editor for TRT. He is expecting the release of his first feature movie as the lead actor (currently in post-production), of his first fictional short movie as the executive producer and is working on a his first fictional novel.