Teaching Nationalism in South Asia

In the middle of the nineteenth century, while colonial rule in India was in full swing, the British Empire considered reforming the imperial education system. Thomas Macaulay, president of the Committee of Public Instruction in…

Spring 2018 Journal Roundup

[Updated: 03 September] Check out our Journal Roundups for the latest articles in Islamic studies. Ten iterations have been published and the Spring 2018 edition is now online. The Spring Edition currently has issues from…

February 26- March 4

Maydan editors selected some of the most thought-provoking news items on issues around Islam, religion and public-life for you. Let us know what you have been reading. Drop us a line at mediaroundups@themaydan.com!

[What You Should Read] What is Happening in Yemen

The brutal destruction of Yemen continues with little debate in the larger world. Not surprisingly, accountings for the violence, justifications for its virulence and duration, and the strategic obfuscations of what could end it regularly…