Skip to content
  • About
  • Submissions
  • Contact
Maydan
  • Islamic Thought
    • Contemporary Islamic Thought
    • Islamic Law
    • Qur’anic Studies
  • Arts & Culture
    • Film
    • Music
    • Material Culture
    • Exhibits
  • Reviews
    • Book Presentations
    • Review Articles
  • Politics & Society
    • Anthropology
    • From the Field
    • Minority Issues
  • Teaching & Learning
    • Reading Suggestions
    • Syllabi
  • BAMI
  • Podcast
An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

Islam in America Black Muslim Experience

The Omar Ibn Said Collection at the Library of Congress | An Interview with Dr. Mary-Jane Deeb

By Isil Acehan  //  February 11, 2019June 17, 2019

The Library of Congress  (LOC) recently acquired and made publicly available online a unique collection showing the only known surviving slave narrative written in Arabic in the United States. The Omar Ibn Said Collection [1], which…

[Conference Reflections] An Academic Examination of Elijah Muhammad’s Contribution to the Ministry of Imam W. Deen Mohammed | by Zaid Adhami

By Zaid Adhami  //  November 29, 2018

There was an electrifying energy in the 400-person crowd throughout the day-long conference. The event was a one-of-a-kind conference, titled “An Academic Examination of Elijah Muhammad’s Contribution to the Ministry of Imam W. Deen Mohammed,”…

More Profiles


A Place for Marxism in Traditionalist Fiqh: Engaging the Indonesian Thinker Muhammad Al-Fayyadl



The Importance of Being a Hajji: Muhamed Krpo and the Wonders of Pilgrimage



Shahed Amanullah- The Maydan Podcast


See All Profiles

Recent Posts

  • In Memoriam: Cornell Fleischer (1950-2023)
  • [IMTF] Zakāt al-Māl: A Global Wealth Tax for the Ummah
  • [IMTF] “Out of the Earth of America”: The Built Environment and Communal Ethics of Abiquiú’s Dar al Islam
  • [Maydan Podcast] CSID Annual Conference and Democracy in MENA
  • [Maydan Podcast] On The Square EP 12 – The Fight to SAVE Our Black Boys

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

* = required field
GMU Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic StudiesAfter MalcolmBridging Cultures - Muslim Journeys BookshelfOur Shared Past in the MediterraneanThe Muslim Atlantic
Maydan

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

  • About
  • Submissions
  • Contact