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Subject: Middle East
Political Words and Ideas in Islam
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Lewis, Bernard
Subject: Religion
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This book brings together 11 essays on Islamic political thought by Bernard Lewis, the acknowledged doyen of Middle Eastern studies. Few historians have garnered such a broad audience as Lewis, whose works are widely read by scholars, politicians, journalists, and …
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Short History of the Ismailis
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Daftary, Farhad
Subject: Middle East, Religion
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A major Shi’i Muslim community with a long and eventful history, the Ismailis were until recently studied primarily on the basis of the accounts of their enemies, including the Sunni polemicists and the Crusader chroniclers. As a result, a host …
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Slavery in the Islamic Middle East
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Marmon, Shaun E., editor
Subject: Middle East, Religion
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Slavery, recognized and regulated by Islamic law, was an integral part of Muslim societies in the Middle East well into modern times. Recruited from the “Abode of War” by means of trade or warfare, slaves began their lives in the …
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Slavery on the Frontiers of Islam
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Lovejoy, Paul E., editor
Subject: Africa, Middle East, Religion,History of Slavery,Latin America
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This collection of essays offers a new paradigm, in which the trans-Saharan and trans-Atlantic worlds of slavery are brought into focus under the same lens. While slave studies have considered either trans-Atlantic or Islamic slavery, rarely has any study combined …
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Starting With Food: Culinary Approaches to Ottoman History
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Singer, Amy, editor
Subject: Middle East
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Food is a marker of identity, culture, and class, and it denotes power, routine, leisure, and celebration. Despite its importance to every aspect of historical research, this topic has not been sufficiently explored in Ottoman history. This volume places the …
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Sudan in Turmoil: Hasan al-Turabi and the Islamist State, 1989-2003
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Collins, Robert O. and J. Millard Burr
Subject: Africa
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Sudan was the first Islamist nation created within the larger Sunni community. The authors specifically focus on the activity of Sudanese intellectual Hasan al-Turabi, the eminence gris of the Sudanese Islamist movement and its political guide (murshid). Turabi, a prominent …
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Sufism and Politics
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Heck, Paul L., editor
Subject: Middle East, Religion
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Sufism is often overlooked when it comes to scholarly consideration of the politics of the Muslim world. This is partly due to the difficulty of defining Sufism, which is both spiritual outlook and social institution. Both aspects, however, have been …
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The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam
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Hunwick, John and Eve Troutt Powell, editors
Subject: Africa, Middle East, History of Slavery
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For every gallon of ink that has been spilt on the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its consequences, only one very small drop has been spent on the study of the forced migration of black Africans into the Mediterranean world of …
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The Arabs: A Short History
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Halm, Heinz
Subject: Middle East
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The history of Arabia is inextricably tied to the history of Islam. The Prophet Muhammad came from Arabia, and the most important religious centers for Muslims are located in the Arab cities of Mecca and Medina. However, Arabs already had …
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The Berbers and the Islamic States
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Shatzmiller, Maya
Subject: Africa, Middle East, Religion
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Medieval Fez was a main center of education, art, and commerce from the 13th to the 16th centuries after the Berber tribe of the Marinids seized power in Morocco and moved the capital from Marrakesh to Fez. As non-Arabs, they …
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