Middle East Studies
All the World Is Awry
Examines the thought of Abū al-‛Alā’ al-Ma‛arrī (973–1057 CE) within the broader context of the major trends in Arab Islamic political and intellectual history by the time of his flourishing.
The Nation or the Ummah
Explains why Turkey embraced the Arab Spring despite the risk both domestically and internationally.
Hollywood Films in North Africa and the Middle East
Traces the circulation of Hollywood films in North Africa and the Middle East from the early twentieth century to the present.
Ummah
Offers the Islamic concept of ummah as an alternative to the nation-state.
Premises and Problems
Discusses world literature and cinema from the perspective of literary languages and film traditions that do not hold a hegemonic position.
The Anonymity of a Commentator
A close study of one of the most prolific commentary writers in Islamic history.
Since 1948
A portrait of Israeli literature in its full transnational and multilingual complexity.
Complex Effects of International Relations
Identifies the many ways in which unexpected outcomes are endemic to international relations due to the complexity of world politics.
The International Dimension of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Analyzes the Israel-Palestinian conflict by looking at its interactions with seven regional and global powers and the way the conflict is framed at the international level.
Women's Activism and New Media in the Arab World
Critically evaluates the rapid changes that have happened in women’s lives in the contemporary Middle East due to globalization and the increasing popularity of modern technology and social media use.
The Art of Jihad
Identifies and traces the evolution of a forgotten “realist” tradition in medieval Islamic political thought, and considers the prospects for its revival in the context of the contemporary Middle East.
The Repose of the Spirits
Major new translation of a unique and important Persian treatise on divine names in the Islamic tradition.
The First Zionist Congress
An indispensable primary source in the history of Zionism.
Water and Power in Past Societies
Examines the many ways water has contributed to power structures in the past, with insights for contemporary water management.
A Queer Way Out
Argues that queer Israeli emigrants engage in a deliberately unheroic form of resistance to Zionism.
Repentance and the Return to God
The first major study of the idea of repentance, or tawba, in Islam.
Cultural Journeys into the Arab World
A diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction literature from across the Arabic-speaking world.
Walāyah in the Fāṭimid Ismāʿīlī Tradition
Explores the relationship between revelation and reason in medieval Islamic intellectual history.
Educational Oases in the Desert
A history of the French schools that pioneered female education in Ottoman Iraq's Jewish communities.
Beauty in Sufism
Analyzes the place of beauty in the Sufi understanding of God, the world, and the human being through the writings of Sufi scholar and saint Rūzbihān Baqlī.
Global Women, Colonial Ports
Combines analysis of transnational prostitution and traffic in women with a social history of the League of Nations and interwar globalization.
Climate and Cultural Change in Prehistoric Europe and the Near East
Rich case studies examining responses to climatic events in ancient Europe and the Near East.
Ahmad al-Ghazālī, Remembrance, and the Metaphysics of Love
Discusses the work of a central, but poorly understood, figure in the development of Persian Sufism, Aḥmad al-Ghazālī.
Text/ures of Iraq
Presents work by Halahmy and eight other contemporary artists from Iraq: Hayder Ali, Amal Alwan, Mohammed al Hamadany, Ismail Khayat, Hanaa Malallah, Hassan Massoudy, Naziha Rashid, and Qasim Sabti.
Social Media in Iran
First comprehensive account of how the Internet has impacted life in Iran.
Beirut on the Bayou
Tells the story of Lebanese immigrant Alfred Nicola, the fortune he began building as a peddler in Louisiana, and the family that founded Al-Kafaat University, an iconic institution serving the underprivileged and disabled of Lebanon, through two centuries of unrest in the Middle East.
Beyond Post-Zionism
Comprehensive and critical analysis of the post-Zionist debates and their impact on various aspects of Israeli culture.
Insurgent, Poet, Mystic, Sectarian
Discusses how contemporary Iranian and Middle Eastern thinkers and artists are forging a new postmodern vision.
The Archetypal Sunnī Scholar
Considers the work of nineteenth-century theologian Ibrahim al-Bajuri and contests the notion of intellectual decline in Islamic thought from the thirteenth through nineteenth centuries.
Shiblī
Considers what is known of acclaimed early Sufi master Abū Bakr al-Shiblī and how he was characterized in various times and places.
Grassroots Literacies
Examines the grassroots activism of an Internet-mediated collegiate lesbian and gay organization in Turkey.
Conceiving Identities
Explores how medieval Muslim theologians constructed a female gender identity based on an ideal of maternity and how women contested it.
Poems of Wine and Tavern Romance
A selection of poems by one of Islam’s greatest poetic voices.
Mutual Othering
Explores interactions between Europeans and Moroccans on both sides of the straits in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Reproducing Sectarianism
Examines the politics of civil society in modern Lebanon.
From the Shahs to Los Angeles
A fascinating look at the lives, culture, and religious and ritual observance of three generations of Iranian Jewish women in the United States.
Dreams and Visions in Islamic Societies
A wide-ranging consideration of the place of dreams and visions in Islamic societies from the pre-modern period to the present.
The Story of Islamic Philosophy
Offers a new interpretation of medieval Islamic philosophy, one informed by Platonic mysticism.
Passion Before Me, My Fate Behind
Explores the work of beloved Sufi poet Umar Ibn al-Farid and its context. Provides many translations of Ibn al-Farid’s poetry.
A Soaring Minaret
The development of early Islamic mysticism and metaphysics is presented through the life and work of theologian Abu Bakr al-Wasiti.
The Making of Modern Libya
Second edition of the provocative study analyzing the social, cultural, and historical roots of modern Libya.
Pathways to an Inner Islam
An introduction to four Western figures influenced by Sufism who wrote about an "inner," esoteric Islam.
Displaced at Home
Groundbreaking essays by Palestinian women scholars on the lives of Palestinians within the state of Israel.
Ottoman Medicine
First work in English devoted to medicine in the Ottoman world.
Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt
Ethnographic study of textile factory workers in Alexandria, Egypt.
The Lebanese Army
Comprehensive study of the Lebanese Army from Lebanon’s independence to the present.
Rūmī's Mystical Design
Reveals the sophisticated design of Rumī’s Mathnawī, showing that this seemingly unstructured work both describes and functions as spiritual training.
Narrating Muḥammad's Night Journey
Discusses the historical development of the well-loved story of the Prophet Muhammad’s night journey to the divine realm and back again.
Jewish Fundamentalism and the Temple Mount
Examines radical and messianic movements in Israel seeking to rebuild the Third Temple in Jerusalem.
Contesting Justice
Argues that the rights of women in Muslim society are based on the preserved cultural standards of elites, not the ethical philosophy of the Quran.
Spiritual Dimensions of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Risale-I Nur
Essays on various facets of Nursi’s spirituality as portrayed in his Risale-i Nur.
Of Irony and Empire
Examines the transformative power of irony in the creation of Muslim Africa.
Contemporary Islamic Conversations
Discusses the ideas of the most important living Muslim thinker and leader in contemporary Turkey.
The Heirs of the Prophet
Looks at how various factions used the tradition that scholars were the “heirs of the Prophet” during the classical period of Islam (570–1258 CE).
Set - History of al-Ṭabarī
Collecting all forty volumes of The History of al-Ṭabarī.
Rethinking Islam and Liberal Democracy
Examines the experiences of women activists of the Islamist Refah (Welfare) party in Turkey.
Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State
Examines early Kurdish nationalism within the context of the demise of the Ottoman Empire.
Cosmology and Architecture in Premodern Islam
A fascinating exploration of how the transcendent is expressed in the spatial sensibility of premodern Islam.
Institutions and the Politics of Survival in Jordan
Explains how the Jordanian monarchy has survived economic crisis and regional political instability.
Sanctity and Mysticism in Medieval Egypt
Using the original, little-known writings of Sufis Muhammad and 'Ali Wafa', this book explores the development of the idea of Islamic sainthood in the post-Ibn 'Arabi period.
The Striking Cabbies of Cairo and Other Stories
Challenges existing views of crafts and service workers in Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
A Tale of Two Factions
Reevaluates the foundation myths of two rival factions in Egypt during the Ottoman era.
Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts
Addresses the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies have confronted poverty and the poor.
Islam at the Crossroads
Sheds light on one of the most important religious thinkers in the modern Muslim world.
A Neighborhood in Ottoman Istanbul
A detailed history of a small neighborhood community of Ottoman Istanbul.
Family History in the Middle East
Challenges conventional assumptions about the family and the modern Middle East.
The Early Muslim Tradition of Dream Interpretation
Explores dream interpretation among the early Muslims, who saw dreams as a type of prophecy.
On the Edge of Empire
Explores the social and political history of the Qu`ayti and Kathiri sultanates of Hadhramawt during their gradual incorporation into the British Empire.
The Rhetoric of Sobriety
Explains the prohibition of alcohol in Islam using a wide range of materials from the early Islamic period.
Islamic Legends Concerning Alexander the Great
English translation and introductory study of a previously unedited Hispano-Arabic legend of Alexander the Great.
Shi'ite Heritage
Explores Western and Muslim scholarship on multiple aspects of the Twelver Shi’ite tradition.
The Breaking of a Thousand Swords
A portrait of the Samarran Turk community while in the employ of the 'Abbasid caliphate during the ninth century.
The Experimental Arabic Novel
Traces the development of the modern Arabic novel from the 1960s to the present.
A Learned Society in a Period of Transition
Addresses the social significance of orthodox Islam during the medieval period in Baghdad.
Women, Patronage, and Self-Representation in Islamic Societies
A rare look at female empowerment in the Muslim world.
Mosul before Iraq
Using original source documents, this book portrays nineteenth-century Mosul--a large city currently in Iraq's "no-fly" zone.
Image and Imperialism in the Ottoman Revolutionary Press, 1908-1911
An illustrated work focusing on the ways in which satirical publications revealed evolution in Ottoman society.
Consumption Studies and the History of the Ottoman Empire, 1550-1922
An innovative application of consumption studies to the field of Ottoman history.
Placing the Poet
Makes available, for the first time in English, the work of a major modern Arab poet, providing a framework for understanding his experience not only as an Arab writer but as a postcolonial one.
The Politics of Regional Trade in Iraq, Arabia, and the Gulf, 1745-1900
Examines the development of a socioeconomic region in Iraq, Arabia, and the Gulf during a 150-year period, focusing on regional ties through long-distance trade networks.
Making of Iraq, The, 1900-1963
This book's innovative approach makes it an important intervention into the field of modern Iraqi and Arab history. Samira Haj's discussion of the factors that led to, and paradoxically caused the failure ...
Arab Women Novelists
This book assesses the contribution of women to the Arabic novel, both in subject matter and form. It begins by tracing the struggle over women's rights in the Arab world, particularly the gradual improvement ...
The Partition of Palestine
Some seventy-five years after the boundaries of the British Mandate for Palestine were set, the State of Israel still lacks a defined territory and agreed-upon boundaries, except for its boundary with ...
Protectors or Praetorians?
This analysis of state policy under the last two Mamluk rulers enables modern readers to observe a pivotal era in the history of Egypt and southwest Asia.
Manufacturing in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, 1500-1950
This book provides the first comprehensive history of manufacturing in the Ottoman Empire and its Turkish successor state. As the Ottoman Empire evolved, manufacturing underwent an unusual trajectory. ...
The End of the Jihâd State
Demonstrates for the first time that the cause of the Umayyad caliphate’s collapse came not just from internal conflict, but from a number of external and concurrent factors that exceeded the caliphate’s capacity to respond.
Muhammad and the Origins of Islam
An inquiry into the religious environment of the person Muslims hail as the “Envoy of God” and an attempt to trace his progress along the path from paganism to that distinctive form of monotheism ...
Workers and Working Classes in the Middle East
This book brings together for the first time the work of many of the leading scholars in the field of Middle East working-class history. Using historical material from nineteenth-century Syria, late Ottoman ...
An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines
This is the only book to deal with classical Islamic cosmology as it was formulated by the Ikhwan al-S'afa al Biruni and Ibn Sina during the tenth and eleventh centuries. These figures influenced all ...
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 11
Although this volume deals with the part of al-Ṭabarī's History covering the years 12 and 13 (633-35), in the caliphates of Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq and ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, the narratives contained ...
Qurʾan and Its Interpreters, The, Volume II
Using commentaries from the classical period through the medieval and modern periods to the present, this book presents the Qur'an as Muslims have understood it and interiorized it throughout its rich ...
The Origins of the Ottoman Empire
Gives the first broad comprehensive account—political, religious, social, and economic—of the Turkish history of Anatolia in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and outlines the major factors that led to the rise of the Ottomans.
Syria
This book provides a multi-disciplinary understanding of the processes of change in contemporary Syria as well as its historical, social, and cultural underpinnings. A number of distinguished anthropologists, ...
Politics in Palestine
This book presents a coherent picture of the origins of the Palestinian problem. The author offers an analysis of factionalism in Arab society, with a detailed examination of the social and political ...
The Intimate Life of an Ottoman Statesman, Melek Ahmed Pasha (1588-1662)
Highlights the private side of this public figure—his weaknesses as well as his heroics; his religious life and domestic affairs.
Revolution and Economic Transition
Amirahmadi focuses on the Iranian economy under the Islamic Republic, a subject that remains largely neglected in post-revolutionary Iranian research and analysis. Drawing from a wealth of primary sources, ...
The Ottoman Empire and the World Economy
The Ottoman Empire is approahced through analysis of its political economy based on world systems theory. Relations with Europe constituted one of the key factors that shaped the dissolution of the Ottoman ...
Murder, Mayhem, Pillage, and Plunder
The author's analysis of the internecine strife and fierce clan rivalry rampant in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries puts into perspective the turmoil into which the Lebanon has fallen today. This ...
Egypt
This book presents new and original insights into the political, social, and economic development of today's Egypt. The case study of Kamshish, a small village in the heart of the Delta, sheds light on ...
The Alliance Israelite Universelle and the Jewish Communities of Morocco, 1862-1962
The Alliance Israélite Universelle—an international organization representing a community of over 240,000 Jews—was founded in France in 1860. Its goal was to achieve the intellectual regeneration ...