A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

Recounting all those steps and the people who accompanied me along the way is good for the soul

My Ph.D. public defense at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway on 5 December 2014 with the first examiner Professor Jørgen S. Nielsen, now Emeritus Professor of Contemporary European Islam, University of Birmingham

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”
(‘千里之行，始於足下’)

The ancient wisdom from the Book of Changes above reminds us how many adventures in life…