Asalam Alykum WrWb. Peace and blessings be on you, May this month fill your heart with islam and may you accept islam and become among those who are righteous and follow deen firmly. Sister, he is not a scholar or an alim. He is a TV personality, an engineer and a businessman. He grew famous from his speeches, lectures in arabic and english. He is most famous for "Kesas al anbiya" or "The stories of the Prophets", a 20 CD pack where he describes stories of all prophets in detail. He appears on TV and television programs, changing peoples lives, bringing them to islam. He studied in the USA and resides in Kuwait I blve. And YES, its worth reading about such a person. If you are interested in others: Read about Shaykh/Scholar Hamza Yusuf You could also read about Abdul Raheem Green as well.