FIFA World Cup 2026: 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?
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.
Hezbollah in International Law: Q&A with Mireille Rebeiz
Mireille Rebeiz recounts Hezbollah’s violence in Lebanon and in the region which prompted her work on the legal status of Hezbollah as a State or a non-State actor.
Chinese Calcuttawallah: Articulating a Diaspora Ethnic Identity in India
Roy and Basu explore the Chinese diaspora's cultural imprint and identity evolution in Kolkata's twin Chinatowns.