Rebecca Masterton is a British Shia Islamic scholar, author and television presenter.
She attended the School of Oriental and African Studies London, and received a BA in Japanese, an MA in Comparative East Asian and African Literature, and a PhD in francophone and Islamic mystical literature of West Africa.
[4][5] Masterton's academic work focuses on West African Sufism, Shia spirituality, colonialism, and modernity.
[3] Masterton is also a senior lecturer at The Islamic College in London.
[6] She has also published her book of short stories Passing Through the Dream... To the Other Side.