Afghanistan five years on: a neglected reality
The fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan dominated the headlines in August 2021, then disappeared from global scrutiny. What lessons can we learn?
Minority Cultures in Modern Iran: The Rise of Azeri Turkish Narratives
Q&A with Leila Rahimi Bahmany, author of Azeri Turkish Narratives in Twentieth-Century Iran: Resisting Monolingualism
Extract from The Beautiful Game on a Muslim Pitch
As the FIFA World Cup 2026 unfolds, read an extract exploring the relationship between football, religion and identity in Muslim contexts.
Sudden Changes in Global Order — From Ancient to Early Modern Iran and Beyond
Dr M.A.H. Parsa explores Iran’s journey from Sasanian stability to Nader Shah’s empire.
Q&A with Belal Abu-Alabbas, author of Al-Bukhārī
Belal Abu-Alabbas explores the making of the first comprehensive critical biography of Muhammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī.
Q&A: The Rise and Fall of the Barmakids
Tales of courtly intrigue, moral testing, romance and reversals of fortune from a rare Persian manuscript…
Who needs advice? Self-help literature’s suprisingly ancient Byzantine heritage
Margaret Mullett investigates advice literature from Byzantine texts to modern self-help culture.
6 things worth knowing about Jews and Muslims in the Maghreb
Marta Domínguez Díaz explores the intertwined lives of Iberian Muslims and Jews exiled to the Maghrib.
The Warehouse of Bamiyan: Q&A with Arezou Azad
Arezou Azad rediscovers Bamiyan’s medieval archives, revealing a diverse, literate and interconnected Islamicate society in Afghanistan.