Interviews with Scholars of the Middle East about their New Books Support our show by becoming a pre
We’ve featured a few books on fashion and the Muslim world recently, all part of an effort to re-ori
Over the past century, virtually every Iranian—whether living in Iran or in the diaspora—has been ex
Kevan Harris is the author of A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran (Universit
Marie Grace Brown’s Khartoum at Night: Fashion and Body Politics in Imperial Sudan (Stanford Univer
In her new book Pilgrimage in Islam: Traditional and Modern Practices (Oneworld Publications, 2017),
How does a group become defined as white? And does that group define themselves that way as well? Ne
In her new book, Youth Encounter Programs in Israel: Pedagogy, Identity and Social Change (Syracuse
Fashion is often dismissed as trivial, but Reina Lewis‘s Muslim Fashion: Contemporary Style Cultures
Normally, we feature books, but this time we’re highlighting an independent press making waves in ac
In The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel’s New Others (University of Chicago/Pluto Press, 2017), Mya Gua
Adam Gaiser‘s majestic new book Shurat Legends, Ibadi Identities: Martyrdom, Asceticism and the Maki
As the basis for a major world religion, the Qur’an is one of the most influential books of all time
In What is Modern Israel? (University of Chicago/Pluto Press, 2016), Yakov Rabkin, a professor of hi
The question of how to write the history of the modern Middle East is a much contested one. Do we wr
Despite the recent booms in the study of the Middle East and North Africa, technology studies still
The civil war in Yemen today harkens back to a similar conflict half a century ago, when the overthr
Religion is big business nowadays. Within the global context of Muslim consumers Islamic commodities
In the wake of the Arab Spring and the ensuing Syrian Civil War, the stories of the millions displac
As the Middle East continues to become more topical to American and European audiences, a need for t
Michael Allan‘s In the Shadow of World Literature: Sites of Reading in Colonial Egypt (Princeton Uni
