Book Display – December 2018

The following list of books includes English-language titles published in December 2018 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.

European Perspectives on Islamic Education and Public Schooling

Editor: Jenny Berglund Publisher: EquinoxYear: 2018Discipline: Islamic StudiesRegion: Europe

Moving In and Out of Islam

Author: Karin van NieuwkerkPublisher: University of Texas PressYear: 2018Discipline: Middle Eastern StudiesRegion: Global

The City Lament: Jerusalem across the Medieval Mediterranean

Author: Tamar M. BoyadjianPublisher: Cornell University PressYear: 2018Discipline: History, Medieval StudiesRegion: Middle East

Island in the Stream: An Ethnographic History of Mayotte

Author: Michael Lambek Publisher: University of Toronto PressYear: 2018Discipline: AnthropologyRegion: East Africa

Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic

Author: Mohammad SalamaPublisher: Cambridge University PressYear: 2018Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East, Egypt

Islamophobia in Muslim Majority Societies

Editor: Enes Bayraklı, Farid HafezPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2018Discipline: SociologyRegion: Global

Religious Politics in Turkey: From the Birth of the Republic to the AKP

Author: Ceren LordPublisher: Cambridge University PressYear: 2018Discipline: Political ScienceRegion: Middle East, Turkey

War for Peace: Genealogies of a Violent Ideal in Western and Islamic Thought

Author: Murad IdrisPublisher: Oxford University PressYear: 2018Discipline: Political ScienceRegion: Global

Comparative Religious Law: Judaism, Christianity, Islam

Author: Norman DoePublisher: Cambridge University PressYear: 2018Discipline: Religious Studies, LawRegion: Global

The Tunisian Labor Market in an Era of Transition

Editor: Ragui Assaad and Mongi BoughzalaPublisher: Oxford University PressYear: 2018Discipline: Anthropology, Economics Region: Middle East, Tunisia

The Edinburgh Companion to the Postcolonial Middle East

Editor: Anna Ball and Karim MattarPublisher: Oxford University PressYear: 2018Discipline: Postcolonial StudiesRegion: Middle East

The Emergence of Public Opinion: State and Society in the Late Ottoman Empire

Author: Murat R. ŞiviloğluPublisher: Cambridge University PressYear: 2018Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East