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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

2022 Book Review Colloquium

[Book Review] Ziba Mir-Hosseini, “Journeys Toward Gender Equality in Islam” | Reviewed by Fatima Razvi

By Fatima Razvi  //  April 18, 2023April 18, 2023

Tired tropes on women’s oppressiveness in Islam are out of fashion, while nuance and insight are once again in vogue. In this vein, Ziba Mir-Hosseini adds numerous voices to the topic of gender in Islam…

[Book Review] Akbar Zaidi, “Making a Muslim: Reading Publics and Contesting Identities in Nineteenth-Century North India” | Reviewed By Farah Adeed

By Farah Adeed  //  April 5, 2023April 18, 2023

Making a Muslim: Reading Publics and Contesting Identities in Nineteenth-Century North India offers a penetrating analysis of ‘the Muslim identity formation’ from a new and refreshing standpoint. Specifically, it contrasts how Muslims in India envisaged…

[Program and Registration) 2022 Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

By Maydan Editors  //  November 23, 2022April 5, 2023

Sixth Annual Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies | Program | December 8, 2022 Thursday (all times are EST)- Online Registration Required | Register in advance for this meeting: https://gmu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kcuGurTorGtS5dexlPk0GnTVDTyFpfk0_ …

[CFA] 2022 Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies-Virtual-December 8, 2022

By Maydan Editors  //  August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

The AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University and The Maydan, the Center’s public-facing scholarship platform, present the Sixth Annual Graduate Student Book Review Colloquium on Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies to…

[Book Review] Aaron Jakes, “Egypt’s Occupation: Colonial Economism and the Crises of Capitalism” | Reviewed by Kylie Broderick

By Kylie Broderick  //  April 18, 2022May 25, 2022

Aaron Jakes. Egypt’s Occupation: Colonial Economism and the Crises of Capitalism. Stanford University Press, 2020. 376 pages, $30 paperback.  What was the relationship between colonialism, economism, and political thought? Aaron Jakes’ Egypt’s Occupation: Colonial Economism…

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