Eyad received his BA in religious studies and MA in medieval studies from King’s College London. He was awarded a PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from SOAS where he focused on Kubrawi Sufi thought and institutions in medieval Iran.

He joined Utrecht University in 2017 as a postdoctoral researcher, working on the SENSIS project. He is particularly interested in exploring questions pertaining to Sufism and mysticism within this project. Currently his work considers the place of auditory and visual experiences within Sufi thought. He is also interested in the role that synaesthesia plays in these mystical experience.