The Maydan team presents its new resource database and heat map for academic centers based in the US, Canada, Europe and Middle East/North Africa that have a particular focus on Islamic Studies. The list includes...
In Indonesia, like elsewhere, Islam and Marxism have an historical relationship largely characterized by opposition. Notably, there was an historical moment during the late colonial and early independence eras when a tradition of Islamic communism...
Check out our Journal Roundups for the latest articles in Islamic studies. Fifty-five iterations have been published and the Winter 2020 edition is now online. The Winter 2020 edition currently has issues from forty-four journals...
The following list of books includes English-language titles published in May 2020 which span a range of disciplines in the broad field of Islamic Studies. Meant to showcase current research by both established and emerging...
Introduction | by N.A.Mansour Egypt’s Podcasts and Booktubes: A Literary Criticism of the Future? | by M Lynx Qualey Cairo Since 1900: Book Review and Interview with the Author | by Shaimaa S. Ashour Art...
International India China Sri Lanka The Philippines Indonesia United States Afghanistan Iran Israel/Palestine Saudi Arabia Egypt Algeria Sudan Nigeria Senegal Turkey Kosovo Serbia United Kingdom France Germany Italy Australia Maydan editors selected some...
Islamic Studies Centers (US / Canada/ Middle East-North Africa)
A Place for Marxism in Traditionalist Fiqh: Engaging the Indonesian Thinker Muhammad Al-Fayyadl
Winter 2020 Journal Roundup
Book Display - May 2020
Produce, Consume, Conserve: An Essay Roundtable on Egyptian Popular Culture
Islam in Media Roundup | 18 May – 24 May 2020
[Book Review] Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East, by Adam Hanieh. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018). 304 pages. $32.99 | Reviewed by Javier Guirado…
[CFA] FOURTH ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT BOOK REVIEW COLLOQUIUM ON ISLAMIC AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES at GMU | OCTOBER 9, 2020 | Online The Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University…
While browsing through old journals we often encounter a name that repeats itself frequently enough to be noticed, yet buried away from the allure of the front page. Throughout many months and years, these semi-visible…
Call for Papers 2020: Graduate Colloquium in Ottoman Studies | August 7-8, 2020- Online The Institute of Middle East and Islamic Countries Studies at Marmara University and Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies…
Preparing for Comprehensive Exams in Near Eastern & Islamic Studies [Editor’s note]: Congratulations, you’ve finished your graduate coursework! If you’ve made it this far, you’ve completed more than your fair share of exams, tests, and…
Sughra Ahmed | The Maydan & the Muslim Atlantic Podcast The Maydan · Sughra Ahmed | The Maydan & the Muslim Atlantic Podcast Peter Mandaville speaks with Sughra Ahmed, a leading British Muslim voice with…
Since January 2016, I’ve been conducting ethnographic research on the progressive Muslim community globally, both face to face in six North American groups and in three online groups. Some of this work, which I report…
Mohammed A. Bamyeh, Lifeworlds of Islam: The Pragmatics of a Religion (Oxford University Press, 2019). ISBN: 9780190280567. 256 pages. Hardcover: $65.00. | Reviewed by Ehsan Sheikholharam When asked to define their religion, Muslims tend to…
With much of the world under severe isolation measures; museums, venues, and cinemas have shut their doors for the next several months. However that does not mean we can’t enjoy some great art collections. Museums…
The 17th Annual Duke-UNC Middle East and Islamic Studies Graduate Student Conference was held at UNC on 29 February 2020. The theme for this year was – Who Speaks for Islam? Approaches to Authority within…
The image of the voracious reader in prison is a powerful trope of film and literature, from The Shawshank Redemption to the Autobiography of Malcolm X. Based on the idea of redemption through education, it…
In the era of the Coronavirus, it would be prudent to look at other times of pandemics and how they impacted society and daily living. The so-called “Black Death” was one of the worst plagues…
