Born and raised in Lahore, Ali Usman Qasmi is a historian of modern South Asia and Islamic reform movements. He has published extensively in his area of expertise, including three monographs and three edited volumes. His most recent monograph is “Qaum, Mulk, Sultanat: Citizenship and National Belonging in Pakistan” (Stanford University Press, 2023). Since 2012, Qasmi has been teaching history at the LUMS University's School of Humanities and Social Sciences.