Book Display I June 2022

The following list of books includes 14 English-language titles published in June 2022 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.

Dynasties Intertwined: The Zirids of Ifriqiya and the Normans of Sicily

Author: Matt KingPublisher: Cornell Univ. PressYear: 2022Discipline: Islam, PoliticsRegion: Africa, Italy

The British and the Turks: A History of Animonisty, 1893-1923

Author: Justin McCarthyPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. Press (UK)Year: 2022Discipline: History, OttomanRegion:

Revolutionary Bodies: Technologies of Gender, Sex, and Self in Contemporary Iran

Author: K. S. BatmanghelichiPublisher: BloomsburyYear: 2022Discipline: Gender StudiesRegion: Iran

Animal Sacrifice and the Origins of Islam

Author: Brannon WheelerPublisher: Cambridge University PressYear: 2022Discipline: Region:

Recalling the Caliphate: Decolonization and World Order

Author: S. SayyidPublisher: Hurst (UK)Year: 2022Discipline: Islamic StudiesRegion:

Islam and Anarchism: Relationships and Resonances

Author: Mohamed AbdouPublisher: Pluto PressYear: 2022Discipline: Islamic StudiesRegion:

Proselytes of a New Nation: Muslim Conversions to Orthodox Christianity in Modern Greece

Author: Stefanos KatsikasPublisher: Oxford University PressYear: 2022Discipline: Islamic StudiesRegion: Greece

Messianic Ideas and Movements in Sunni Islam

Author: Yohanan FriedmannPublisher: Oneworld Publications (UK)Year: 2022Discipline: Islamic StudiesRegion:

Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music across Twentieth-Century North Africa

Author: CHRISTOPHER SILVERPublisher: Stanford University PressYear: 2022Discipline: Media StudiesRegion: North Africa

Revolutions Aesthetic: A Cultural History of Ba'thist Syria

Author: MAX WEISSPublisher: Stanford University PressYear: 2022Discipline: Cultural StudiesRegion: Syria

Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression

Author: AMAHL BISHARAPublisher: Stanford University PressYear: 2022Discipline: Political ScienceRegion: Palestine

Street-Level Governing: Negotiating the State in Urban Turkey

Author: ELISE MASSICARDPublisher: Stanford University PressYear: 2022Discipline: Political ScienceRegion: Turkey

Sextarianism: Sovereignty, Secularism, and the State in Lebanon

Author: MAYA MIKDASHIPublisher: Stanford University PressYear: 2022Discipline: Political ScienceRegion: Lebanon

Amazigh Politics in the Wake of the Arab Spring

Author: Bruce Maddy-WeitzmanPublisher: University of Texas PressYear: 2022Discipline: Political ScienceRegion: Middle East