(Santander, Spain, 1962) is an Islamic scholar and specialist in Sufism.

A Ph.D. in Arabic philology with a doctoral thesis on musical symbolism in the Sufism of Mawlânâ Rûmî (m. 1273), he also holds a degree in information sciences, a diploma in Arabic language and a master’s degree in Euro-Arabic studies. He has studied Arabic Language and Islamic Sciences in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Syria. Trained in Turkish musicology in Istanbul, where he has also studied Arabic calligraphy, he is a player of ney, the Sufi reed flute.

 He is the author of, among other books, Sufismo (2012) and Perlas sufíes. Saber y sabor de Mawlânâ Rûmî (2015) and Rûmî, alquimista del corazón, maestro de derviches (2024), the first biography of Rûmî in Spanish. He has translated Hallâǧ’s Dîwân from Arabic into Catalan (2010) and Spanish (2021). As a narrator, he has written Historias de Nasrudín (2015), illustrated by Mariona Cabassa (2016 Crítica Serra d’Or Prize for children’s literature) and A oscuras (2020),illustrated by Laura Borràs Dalmau.

 Professor of Islamic studies and frequent lecturer, he collaborates with various academic institutions both in Spain and Latin America. In 1998, he founded and directs the Institut d’Estudis Sufís of Barcelona, ​town ​where he lives.