Ethnographic study of textile factory workers in Alexandria, Egypt.

First work in English devoted to medicine in the Ottoman world.

Comprehensive study of the Lebanese Army from Lebanon’s independence to the present.

Reveals the sophisticated design of Rumī’s Mathnawī, showing that this seemingly unstructured work both describes and functions as spiritual training.

Discusses the historical development of the well-loved story of the Prophet Muhammad’s night journey to the divine realm and back again.

Examines radical and messianic movements in Israel seeking to rebuild the Third Temple in Jerusalem.

A groundbreaking collection of forty-two Israeli poetic voices protesting the occupation of the West Bank.

Essays on various facets of Nursi’s spirituality as portrayed in his Risale-i Nur.

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).

Examines the experiences of women activists of the Islamist Refah (Welfare) party in Turkey.

Explains how the Jordanian monarchy has survived economic crisis and regional political instability.

A fascinating exploration of how the transcendent is expressed in the spatial sensibility of premodern Islam.

Examines the backpacking trip usually taken by Israeli youth following military service.

Uses a social-psychoanalytic model to argue that collective identity shapes foreign policy changes.

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.

Examines how Israel was caught by surprise in the opening stages of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

A biography of the prominent Turkish theologian and thinker.

Challenges existing views of crafts and service workers in Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Looks at how foreigners were regarded in three ancient civilizations, finding that cultural, not biophysical, differences were key in distinguishing "us" from "them. "

Reevaluates the foundation myths of two rival factions in Egypt during the Ottoman era.

Addresses the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies have confronted poverty and the poor.

A revisionist interpretation of the early origins of the Ottoman Empire.

Uses the Arab experience to explain the appeal of constitutional documents to authoritarian political regimes.

An expert on the thought of medieval Islamic philosopher Suhrawardi argues that philosophers have romanticized this work as a revival of “oriental” wisdom.

Explains the prohibition of alcohol in Islam using a wide range of materials from the early Islamic period.