Middle Eastern Studies

The Woman Question in Islamic Studies Kecia Ali

The interconnected ways that sexism functions in academic Islamic studies and how to shift professional norms toward parity

Despite remarkable shifts in the demographics of Islamic studies in recent decades, the field continue to be...

Modern Arab Kingship: Remaking the Ottoman Political Order in the Interwar Middle East Adam Mestyan

How the “recycling” of the Ottoman Empire’s uses of genealogy and religion created new political orders in the Middle East

Empire of Salons: Conquest and Community in Early Modern Ottoman Lands Helen Pfeifer

A history of the Ottoman incorporation of Arab lands that shows how gentlemanly salons shaped culture, society, and governance

Origins of the Just War: Military Ethics and Culture in the Ancient Near East Rory Cox

A groundbreaking history of the ethics of war in the ancient Near East

The Book of Yerba Mate: A Stimulating History Christine Folch

The untold story of South America’s most interesting beverage

Tales Things Tell: Material Histories of Early Globalisms Finbarr Barry Flood and Beate Fricke

New perspectives on early globalisms from objects and images

Jews and the Qur'an Meir M. Bar-Asher

A compelling book that casts the Qur’anic encounter with Jews in an entirely new light

The Kings of Algiers: How Two Jewish Families Shaped the Mediterranean World during the Napoleonic Wars and Beyond Julie Kalman

A richly detailed history of the Bacris and the Busnachs, two renowned Jewish families whose influence and reputation shook the capitals of Europe and America

The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship across the Modern Mediterranean Jessica M. Marglin

How a nineteenth-century lawsuit over the estate of a wealthy Tunisian Jew shines new light on the history of belonging

A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity Michael A. Cook

A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muḥammad to the birth of the modern era

The End of Empires and a World Remade: A Global History of Decolonization Martin Thomas

A capacious history of decolonization, from the decline of empires to the era of globalization

Neshat-isms Shirin Neshat

A vivid and compelling collection of quotations from the influential contemporary artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat

Sacred Language, Vernacular Difference: Global Arabic and Counter-Imperial Literatures Annette Damayanti Lienau

How Arabic influenced the evolution of vernacular literatures and anticolonial thought in Egypt, Indonesia, and Senegal

The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa Malika Zeghal

An innovative analysis that traces the continuity of the state’s custodianship of Islam as the preferred religion in the Middle East and North Africa

The Paradox of Islamic Finance: How Shariah Scholars Reconcile Religion and Capitalism Ryan Calder

How the booming Islamic finance industry became an ultramodern hybrid of religion and markets

Devotion to the Administrative State: Religion and Social Order in Egypt Mona Oraby

Why the pursuit of state recognition by seemingly marginal religious groups in Egypt and elsewhere is a devotional practice

Reading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO Effort to Know the Enemy Jonathan Marc Gribetz

How the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center informed the PLO’s relationship to Zionism and Israel

Through the Lens: Latif Al Ani's Visions of Ancient Iraq Edited by Pedro Azara

A beautifully illustrated exploration of how Latif Al Ani’s photographs and contemporary Iraqi artists continue to challenge the colonial appropriation of Iraq’s ancient past

Wahhābism: The History of a Militant Islamic Movement Cole M. Bunzel

An essential history of Wahhābism from its founding to the Islamic State

Sunni Chauvinism and the Roots of Muslim Modernism Teena U. Purohit

Muslim intellectuals who sought to establish the boundaries of modern Muslim identity