{"id":41,"date":"2026-01-27T00:26:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everestjohn.com\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2026-03-28T00:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:37:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/everestjohn.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"41\" class=\"elementor elementor-41\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba490bb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ba490bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c7d47b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c7d47b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the <span style=\"color:#FF1E00\">Author <\/span>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dda282 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8dda282\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcba669 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bcba669\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341453f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"341453f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-872dbc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"872dbc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Everest John <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39c02c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39c02c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dr. Everest John<\/strong>, born and raised in Pakistan, grew up bilingual in Urdu and English, with an appreciation for Arabic and Persian. His lifelong fascination with the history and culture of the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent has shaped much of his literary and theological reflection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eedde86 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eedde86\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f4cac8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f4cac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"944\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/everestjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20241219-WA0057-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-485\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everestjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20241219-WA0057-1.jpg 944w, https:\/\/everestjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20241219-WA0057-1-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/everestjohn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG-20241219-WA0057-1-768x781.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf91d31 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf91d31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-364909c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"364909c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e5cb0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e5cb0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>His journey as a writer began with fiction, exploring the boundaries between history, imagination, and spirituality. His first major work, <em>From Tangier to Mars: The Fictional Odyssey of Ibn Battuta<\/em>, belongs to speculative fiction, reimagining the legendary traveler\u2019s odyssey beyond the known world. This book was first translated into Urdu, Persian, and Arabic, and the English edition marks a new phase in its global reach.<\/p><p>In addition to fiction, his writings include poetry, theology, and philosophical essays reflecting on the relationship between faith, humanity, and divine mystery.<\/p><p>Through his work, he explores the meeting points of faith and reason, time and eternity, and the human and the divine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Author About the Author Everest John Dr. Everest John, born and raised in Pakistan, grew up bilingual in Urdu and English, with an appreciation for Arabic and Persian. 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