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About Me

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My name is Zayn Al-Abideen bin Gregory. In brief, I'm an American born in Michigan and raised mostly in Detroit. I converted to Islam in 1992 at the age of 17. I have a couple of college degrees that may or may not pay for themselves one day. At the moment, I teach for a living. I married a lovely Malaysian woman in 1997. As of January 2007 I've been living in Kuching, Sarawak for just over four years with our small army of 5, soon to be 6, children.

The story of my conversion is not terribly useful to others, so I haven't written about it. I flatter myself immensely to imagine that it was something like Christopher Khalil Moore's but with less rock'n'roll, and something like Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller's but with less staggering intellectual power. Read those instead.

That's the short version. I've posted other things about myself mostly from pure nostalgia: those are presented in the column to the right. You're welcome to have a look around.