Book Display – Spring 2016

The following list of books includes titles published in English between March and May 2016 which span a range of disciplines in the broad field of Islamic Studies. Meant to showcase current research by both established and emerging scholars, the Maydan Book Displays will surely be of interest to graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are searching for compelling sources to enrich their studies, as well as university professors and course instructors looking to add fresh material to their syllabi. Check back monthly for updates.

Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art

Editor: Yuka KadoiPublisher: BrillYear: 2016Discipline: Art HistoryRegion: Middle East

Africana Islamic Studies

Editor: James L. Conyers, Jr. and Abul PitrePublisher: Rowman & LittlefieldYear: 2016Discipline: History, Religious StudiesRegion: North America

Carved In Stone, Etched in Memory

Author: Amila ButurovicPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2016Discipline: Sociology, Religious StudiesRegion: Europe

Coercive Concern: Nationalism, Liberalism, and the Schooling of Muslim Youth

Author: Reva Jaffe-WalterPublisher: Stanford University PressYear: 2016Discipline: Anthropology, EducationRegion: Europe

The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar's Hidden Genocide

Author: Azeem IbrahimPublisher: HurstYear: 2016Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Southeast Asia

The Politics of Islamic Law: Local Elites, Colonial Authority, and the Making of the Muslim State

Author: Iza R. HussinPublisher: University of Chicago PressYear: 2016Discipline: Politics, LawRegion: South Asia, Middle East

Living in the Ottoman Realm: Empire and Identity, 13th to 20th Centuries

Editor: Christine Isom-Verhaaren and Kent F. SchullPublisher: Indiana University PressYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East

On British Islam: Religion, Law, and Everyday Practice in Shari'a Councils

Author: John R. BowenPublisher: Princeton University PressYear: 2016Discipline: Anthropology, Religious StudiesRegion: Europe

ISIS: A History

Author: Fawaz A. GergesPublisher: Princeton University PressYear: 2016Discipline: Political ScienceRegion: Middle East

Islamophobia in Cyberspace: Hate Crimes Go Viral

Editor: Imran AwanPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2016Discipline: SociologyRegion: Global

Shi'i Reformation in Iran: The Life and Theology of Shari'at Sangelaji

Author: Ali RahnemaPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2016Discipline: Religious Studies, HistoryRegion: Middle East

Everyday Lived Islam in Europe

Editor: Nathal M. Dessing, Nadia Jeldtoft, and Linda WoodheadPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2016Discipline: Religious StudiesRegion: Europe

Modern Islamic Banking: Products and Processes in Practice

Author: Natalie SchoonPublisher: WileyYear: 2016Discipline: Economics, Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Saudi Clerics and Shi'a Islam

Author: Raihan IsmailPublisher: Oxford University PressYear: 2016Discipline: Religious Studies, PoliticsRegion: Middle East

India and the Islamic Heartlands: An Eighteenth-Century World of Circulation and Exchange

Author: Gagan D. S. SoodPublisher: Cambridge University PressYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: South Asia, Middle East

Sufis, Salafis and Islamists: The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism

Author: Sadek HamidPublisher: I.B. TaurisYear: 2016Discipline: Political ScienceRegion: Europe

War and Collapse: World War I and the Ottoman State

Editor: M. Hakan Yavuz with Feroz AhmadPublisher: University of Utah PressYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East

Crossing the Kingdom: Portraits of Saudi Arabia

Author: Loring M. DanforthPublisher: University of California PressYear: 2016Discipline: AnthropologyRegion: Middle East

Family Law in Islam: Divorce, Marriage and Women in the Muslim World

Author: Maaike VoorhoevePublisher: I.B.TaurisYear: 2026Discipline: LawRegion: Middle East, North Africa

Democratic Peace Across the Middle East: Islam and Political Modernisation

Author: Yakub HalabiPublisher: I.B. TaurisYear: 2016Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East

Muslim Identities and Modernity: The Transformation of Egyptian Culture, Thought and Literature

Author: Maha HabibPublisher: I.B. TaurisYear: 2016Discipline: Philosophy, LiteratureRegion: North Africa

The Dome of the Rock and its Umayyad Mosaic Inscriptions

Author: Marcus MilwrightPublisher: Edinburgh University PressYear: 2016Discipline: Art HistoryRegion: Middle East

Islam and International Relations: Contributions to Theory and Practice

Editor: Deina Abdelkader, Raffaele Mauriello and Nassef AdiongPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2016Discipline: Political ScienceRegion: Global

Formation of the Islamic Jurisprudence: From the Time of the Prophet Muhammad to the 4th Century

Author: Labeeb Ahmed BsoulPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2016Discipline: Religious Studies, LawRegion: Middle East

Islamic History and Law: From the 4th to the 11th Century and Beyond

Author: Labeeb Ahmed BsoulPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2016Discipline: Religious Studies, Law, HistoryRegion: Middle East, Europe

Muslim-Christian Relations in Late-Ottoman Palestine: Where Nationalism and Religion Intersect

Author: Erik FreasPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East

Veiled Figures: Women, Modernity, and the Spectres of Orientalism

Author: Teresa HeffernanPublisher: University of Toronto PressYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: Global

The Shi'a in Modern South Asia: Religion, History and Politics

Editor: Justin Jones and Ali Usman QasmiPublisher: Cambridge University PressYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: South Asia

Shari'a in the Modern Era: Muslim Minorities Jurisprudence

Author: Iyad ZahalkaPublisher: Cambridge University PressYear: 2016Discipline: Law, Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Shades of Sulh: The Rhetorics of Arab-Islamic Reconciliation

Author: Rasha DiabPublisher: University of Pittsburgh PressYear: 2016Discipline: Communication, PoliticsRegion: Global

An Intellectual History of Turkish Nationalism: Between Turkish Ethnicity and Islamic Identity

Author: Umut UzerPublisher: University of Utah PressYear: 2016Discipline: Politics, HistoryRegion: Middle East

The Lost Paradise: Andalusi Music in Urban North Africa

Author: Jonathan GlasserPublisher: University of Chicago PressYear: 2016Discipline: Anthropology, HistoryRegion: North Africa

The New Arab Wars: Uprisings and Anarchy in the Middle East

Author: Marc LynchPublisher: PublicAffairsYear: 2016Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East, North Africa

The Ottoman Scramble for Africa: Empire and Diplomacy in the Sahara and the Hijaz

Author: Mostafa MinawiPublisher: Stanford University PressYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East, Africa

The Eternal Revolution: Hardliners and Conservatives in Iran

Author: Hamad AlbloshiPublisher: I.B. TaurisYear: 2016Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East

Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World

Author: Stephen P. BlakePublisher: Edinburgh University PressYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East, Central Asia

The Arab World and Iran: A Turbulent Region in Transition

Editor: Amin SaikalPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2016Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East

Islam and Popular Culture

Editor: Karin Van Nieuwkerk, Mark Levine and Martin StokesPublisher: University of Texas PressYear: 2016Discipline: Anthropology, Cultural StudiesRegion: Global

The Kazakh Khanates Between the Russian and Qing Empires

Author: Jim NodaPublisher: BrillYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: Central Asia

The Theology of Abu l-Qasim al-Balkhi/alKa'bi

Author: Racha el OmariPublisher: BrillYear: 2016Discipline: Religious Studies, HistoryRegion: Middle East

The Sung Home: Narrative, Morality, and the Kurdish Nation

Author: Wendelmoet HamelinkPublisher: BrillYear: 2016Discipline: Anthropology, HistoryRegion: Middle East

The Polemical Works of 'Ali al-Tabari

Editor: Rifaat Ebied and David ThomasPublisher: BrillYear: 2016Discipline: Religious Studies, HistoryRegion: Middle East

Urban Autonomy in Medieval Islam: Damascus, Aleppo, Cordoba, Toledo, Valencia and Tunis

Author: Fukuzo AmabePublisher: BrillYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East, Europe

Philosophies of Islamic Education: Historical Perspectives and Emerging Discourses

Editor: Mujadad Zaman and Nadeem A. MemonPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2016Discipline: Education, Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Religious Violence and Conciliation in Indonesia: Christians and Muslims in the Moluccas

Author: Sumanto Al QurtubyPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2016Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Southeast Asia

Sufism and Jewish-Muslim Relations: The Derekh Avraham Order in Israel

Author: Yafiah Katherine RandallPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2016Discipline: Religious StudiesRegion: Middle East

Qur'anic Studies Today

Editor: Angelika Neuwirth and Michael A SellsPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2016Discipline: Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Islamic and Jewish Legal Reasoning: Encountering Our Legal Other

Editor: Anver EmonPublisher: OneworldYear: 2016Discipline: Law, Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Representations of Islam in the News: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

Editor: Stefan Mertens and Hedwig De SmaelePublisher: Rowman & LittlefieldYear: 2016Discipline: Communication, Political ScienceRegion: Europe

Qur'an and the Lyric Imperative

Author: Richard SerranoPublisher: Rowman & LittlefieldYear: 2016Discipline: Literature, Religious StudiesRegion: Middle East

Women and Shari'a Law: The Impact of Legal Pluralism in the UK

Author: Elham ManeaPublisher: I.B. TaurisYear: 2016Discipline: Law, PoliticsRegion: Europe

Prophets, Gods and Kings in Sirat Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan: An Intertextual Reading of an Egyptian Popular Epic

Author: Helen BlatherwickPublisher: BrillYear: 2016Discipline: LiteratureRegion: North Africa

Ottoman Women in Public Space

Editor: Ebru Boyar and Kate FleetPublisher: BrillYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East

Veiled Threats: Representing the Muslim Woman in Public Policy Discourses

Author: Naaz RashidPublisher: Policy PressYear: 2016Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Europe

Women in the Qur'an: An Emancipatory Reading

Author: Asma Lamrabet, translated by Myriam Francois-CerrahPublisher: KubeYear: 2016Discipline: Religious Studies, PoliticsRegion: Global

Jihad and Islam in World War I

Editor: Erik-Jan ZurcherPublisher: Leiden University PressYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East

Islamic Perspectives on Science and Technology

Editor: Mohammad Hashim Kamali, et al.Publisher: SpringerYear: 2016Discipline: Religious Studies, PhilosophyRegion: Global

Fear of Muslims? International Perspectives on Islamophobia

Editor: Douglas Pratt and Rachel WoodlockPublisher: SpringerYear: 2016Discipline: Political ScienceRegion: Global

Globalization of Knowledge in the Post-Antique Mediterranean, 700-1500

Editor: Sonja Brentjes and Jurgen RennPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East

Architecture, Islam, and Identity in West Africa: Lessons from Larabanga

Author: Michelle ApotsosPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2016Discipline: Art HistoryRegion: Africa

The Sociology of Islam: Knowledge, Power and Civility

Author: Armando SalvatorePublisher: WileyYear: 2016Discipline: Sociology, Religious StudiesRegion: Global

South Asian Racialization and Belonging After 9/11

Editor: Aparajita DePublisher: Rowman & LittlefieldYear: 2016Discipline: Anthropology, LiteratureRegion: North America

The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology

Editor: Sabine SchmidtkePublisher: Oxford University PressYear: 2016Discipline: Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Resistance, Revolt, and Gender Justice in Egypt

Author: Mariz TadrosPublisher: Syracuse University PressYear: 2016Discipline: PoliticsRegion: North Africa

Partners of the Empire: The Crisis of Ottoman Order in the Age of Revolutions

Author: Ali YayciogluPublisher: Stanford University PressYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East

Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising

Author: Gilbert AchcarPublisher: Stanford University PressYear: 2016Discipline: Politics, SociologyRegion: Middle East

Us Versus Them: The United States, Radical Islam, and the rise of the Green Threat

Author: Douglas LittlePublisher: University of North Carolina PressYear: 2016Discipline: Politics, HistoryRegion: Middle East, North America

Imagining the Arabs: Arab Identity and the Rise of Islam

Author: Peter WebbPublisher: Edinburgh University PressYear: 2016Discipline: History, LiteratureRegion: Middle East

Islam and Secular Citizenship in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and France

Author: Carolina IvanescuPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2016Discipline: Sociology, Political ScienceRegion: Europe

The Light of the World: Astronomy in al-Andalus

Author: Joseph ibn Nahmias, translated by Robert MorrisonPublisher: University of California PressYear: 2016Discipline: HistoryRegion: Europe