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Category: Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Cultural Studies

Media and Jihad: Understanding the Meanings and Aesthetics

posted by Helena Heald February 3, 20218 min read82 Views

By Simone Pfeifer and Christoph Günther Recent violent attacks in Kabul, Dresden, Paris, or Vienna, legitimized as Jihad, urge our…

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Religion, Identity and Power: Turkey and the Balkans in the Twenty-First Century

posted by Helena Heald January 21, 20218 min read296 Views

by Ahmet Erdi Öztürk Religion and belief are two of humanity’s oldest identity codes. Identity is intertwined with religion and,…

Cultural Studies

Palestinian lives matter

posted by Teri Williams December 7, 20205 min read76 Views

By Ronit Lentin When the announcement of the candidacy of Israeli lawmaker and retired general Efraim ‘Effi’ Eitam as director…

Ancient History

Opium in Afghanistan, a glimpse from the past

posted by Teri Williams November 16, 20207 min read102 Views

By Sara Peterson In recent years, the cultivation of opium poppies in Afghanistan has become a news item, with reports…

Energy Law

The Future of the Energy Transition for Middle East Gulf Economies Post Pandemic

posted by Teri Williams October 19, 20206 min read106 Views

By Jamil Hijazi, Jessica Obeid and Michel-Ange Medlej Jamil Hijazi and co-authors (Jessica Obeid and Michael-Ange Medlej) navigate the future…

Cultural Studies

Three Ways to Counter a Propaganda Narrative (and How Iraqi Writers under Saddam Hussein Did it)

posted by Helena Heald September 30, 20206 min read107 Views

When I first started my research on propaganda and culture in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, the study of propaganda was…

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

George Strachan of the Mearns: A Historian’s Biography

posted by Anna Glazier August 12, 20204 min read101 Views

Biography is a dangerous genre for any historian. Inevitably it has to be set in the history of the subject’s…

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Five Essentials of Muslim Preaching

posted by Helena Heald August 10, 20205 min read117 Views

To celebrate the release of Muslim Preaching in the Middle East and Beyond: Historical and Contemporary Case Studies, editors Simon…

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Why has the EU been so obsessed with the Israeli–Arab conflict?

posted by Helena Heald August 7, 20207 min read127 Views

The past years have seen many commemorations in the Israeli–Arab conflict: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration (2017), seventy years…

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Introducing Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Scripture and Theology

posted by Helena Heald July 23, 20205 min read123 Views

Series Editor Ramon Harvey introduces our latest Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies series, Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Scripture and Theology….

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