Religion and Culture Archives

[Book Review] Prophet al-Khidr: Between the Qur’anic Text and Islamic Context by Irfan A. Omar | Reviewed by Zhenshan (Alex) Dong

By Zhenshan (Alex) Dong // November 15, 2023November 18, 2023

The hermeneutical transcendence of the stories of al-Khidr appears as the resonance of faith in human yearning for the world beyond our reach. Professor Irfan A. Omar’s Prophet al-Khidr: Between the Qur’anic Tet and Islamic…

[Book Review] Anna Bigelow (ed.). Islam Through Objects | Reviewed by Yasmine Flodin-Ali

By Yasmine Flodin-Ali // May 25, 2022

Anna Bigelow, ed. Islam through Objects. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 264 pages. $31.45 paperback | Reviewed by Yasmine Flodin-Ali Islam Through Objects, edited by Anna Bigelow, was published in 2021 as part of…

Produce, Consume, Conserve: An Essay Roundtable on Egyptian Popular Culture

By Maydan Editors // January 13, 2020May 1, 2020

Introduction | by N.A.Mansour Egypt’s Podcasts and Booktubes: A Literary Criticism of the Future? | by M Lynx Qualey Cairo Since 1900: Book Review and Interview with the Author | by Shaimaa S. Ashour Art…