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New Books in Middle Eastern Studies

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Gerard Russell, “Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East” (Basic Books, 2014)

2015/9/21

In this interview Gerard Russell talks about his vivid and timely new book Heirs to Forgotten Kingdo

Liora R. Halperin, “Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948” (Yale UP, 2014)

2015/9/10

In Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948 (Yale University

Aysha Hidayatullah, “Feminist Edges of the Qur’an” (Oxford UP, 2014)

2015/9/9

What are some of the key features and characteristics of the Muslim feminist Qur’an exegetical tradi

Kecia Ali, “The Lives of Muhammad” (Harvard UP, 2014)

2015/8/25

Muhammad is remembered in a multitude of ways, by both Muslims and non-Muslims. And through each ret

Bruce B. Lawrence, “Who is Allah?” (UNC Press, 2015)

2015/8/10

In his lyrical and brilliant new book Who is Allah? (UNC Press, 2015), the legendary scholar of Isla

James Gelvin, “The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know” (Oxford UP, 2012)

2015/8/3

Professor James Gelvin joins host Jonathan Judaken to discuss the Arab Uprisings, democratization in

Emran El-Badawi, “The Qur’an and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions” (Routledge, 2013)

2015/7/17

The Qur’an and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions (Routledge, 2013) written by Emran El-Badawi, professor

Ebrahim Moosa, “What is a Madrasa?” (U of North Carolina Press, 2015)

2015/7/3

Recent years have witnessed a spate of journalistic and popular writings on the looming threat to ci

Mark S. Wagner, “Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th-Century Yemen” (Indiana UP, 2015)

2015/6/20

During the early twentieth century, Yemeni Jews operated within a legal structure that defined them

M. Alper Yalcinkaya, “Learned Patriots: Debating Science, State, and Society in the 19th-Century Ottoman Empire” (U of Chicago Press, 2015)

2015/6/15

What were Ottomans talking about when they talked about science? In posing and answering that questi

Asaad al-Saleh, “Voices of the Arab Spring: Personal Stories from the Arab Revolutions” (Columbia UP, 2015)

2015/5/16

Asaad al-Saleh is assistant professor of Arabic, comparative literature, and cultural studies in the

Jamal Elias, “Aisha’s Cushion” (Harvard UP, 2012)

2015/4/23

In his remarkable new book Aisha’s Cushion: Religious Art, Practice, and Perception in Islam (Harvar

Lital Levy, “Poetic Trespass: Writing Between Hebrew and Arabic in Israel/Palestine” (Princeton UP, 2014)

2015/4/6

Since the beginning of the 20th century, Jewish settlement in Palestine and the revival of Hebrew as

M. Brett Wilson, “Translating the Qur’an in an Age of Nationalism: Print Culture and Modern Islam in Turkey” Oxford University Press, 2014

2015/4/6

Muslim debates regarding the translation of the Qur’an are very old. However, during the modern peri

Aristotle Tziampiris, “The Emergence of Israeli-Greek Cooperation” (Springer, 2015)

2015/3/30

Aristotle Tziampiris is The Emergence of Israeli-Greek Cooperation (Springer, 2015). Tziampiris is A

Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn, “The Myth of the Taliban/Al Qaeda Merger in Afghanistan, 1970-2010” (Oxford UP, 2014)

2015/3/5

Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn‘s An Enemy We Created: The Myth of the Taliban/Al Qaeda M

Bedross Der Matossian, “Shattered Dreams of Revolution: From Liberty to Violence in the Late Ottoman Empire” (Stanford UP, 2014)

2015/2/24

The Young Turk revolution of 1908 restored the Ottoman constitution, suspended earlier by Sultan Abd