Book Display – July 2017

The following list of books includes English-language titles published in July 2017 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.

The Rise of Islamism in Egypt

Author: Alaa Al-Din ArafatPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2017Discipline: Politics, HistoryRegion: Middle East, North Africa

Political Islam in a Time of Revolt

Editor: Brichs, et al.Publisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2017Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East, North Africa

Islam, State, and Modernity

Editor: Eyadat, et al.Publisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2017Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East, North Africa

Non-Muslim Provinces under Early Islam

Author: Alison VaccaPublisher: Cambridge Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Europe, Middle East

Gender Justice and Legal Reform in Egypt: Negotiating Muslim Family Law

Author: Mulki al-SharmaniPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: LawRegion: Middle East, North Africa

Rethinking Political Islam

Editor: Shadi Hamid and William McCantsPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East, North Africa, South Asia

Developing Perspectives in Mamluk History

Editor: Yuval Ben-BassatPublisher: BrillYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East, North Africa

Jihad and Dawah: Evolving Narratives of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamat ud Dawah

Author: Samina YasmeenPublisher: HurstYear: 2017Discipline: PoliticsRegion: South Asia

The Kurdish Question Revisited

Editor: Gareth Stansfield and Mohammed ShareefPublisher: HurstYear: 2017Discipline: Politics, HistoryRegion: Middle East

Islam and Popular Culture

Editor: Anna PielaPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: SociologyRegion: Global

The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling

Editor: Anna-Mari Almila and David InglisPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: Religious Studies, SociologyRegion: Global

Supporting and Educating Young Muslim Women: Stories from Australia and the UK

Author: Amanda KeddiePublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: EducationRegion: Europe, Australia

Islamic Environmentalism: Activism in the United States and Great Britain

Author: Rosemary HancockPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: Politics, SociologyRegion: North America, Europe

(Il)liberal Europe: Islamophobia, Modernity and Radicalization

Editor: Natalie Doyle and Irgan AhmadPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: Politics, SociologyRegion: Europe

'The Book of Tribulations: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition'

Editor: David CookPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East

Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity

Editor: Mohammad GharipourPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: Art HistoryRegion: Global

State, Nationalism, and Islamization: Historical Analysis of Turkey and Pakistan

Author: Raja Ali SaleemPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2017Discipline: Politics, HistoryRegion: Middle East, South Asia

To Kill a Sultan: A Transnational History of the Attempt on Abdulhamid II (1905)

Editor: Alloul, et al.Publisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East, Europe

Lived Islam in South Asia: Adaptation, Accommodation and Conflict

Editor: Imtiaz Ahmad and Helmut Reifeld, eds.Publisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: Anthropology, HistoryRegion: South Asia

Jihad and Death: The Global Appeal of Islamic State

Author: Olivier RoyPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Global

Sharia Tribunals, Rabbinical Courts, and Christian Panels

Author: Michael J. BroydePublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: LawRegion: North America

Hell and Its Rivals: Death and Retribution among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Early Middle Ages

Author: Alan E. BernsteinPublisher: Cornell Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: Religious Studies, HistoryRegion: Europe, Middle East

Where Three Worlds Met: Sicily in the Early Medieval Mediterranean

Author: Sarah Davis-SecordPublisher: Cornell Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Europe, Middle East

Admiration and Awe: Morisco Buildings and Identity Negotiations in Early Modern Spanish Historiography

Author: Antonio Urquizar-HerreraPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Europe

Voice of the Muslim Brotherhood: Da'wa, Discourse, and Political Communication

Author: Noha MellorPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: Politics, CommunicationRegion: Middle East, North Africa

Muslim Pilgrimage in Europe

Editor: Ingvild Flaskerud and Richard J. NatvigPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: Religious Studies, Anthropology, HistoryRegion: Europe