Why family ties in Kūfa mattered for early Islamic politics
Aliya A Ali explores how kinship and marriage alliances shaped political power and governance in the early Islamic city of Kūfa.
Q&A with Chibli Mallat, author of Democracy Redefined
Chibli Mallat introduces 'Democracy Redefined' and explores the Lebanese Constitution's history and its unique approach to democracy.
‘A Place in the Homeland? Turkish-German Return Migration’: Q&A with the authors
Nilay Kılınç and Russell King discuss the making of their book on second-generation Turkish-German return migration
Q&A with Daniel Behar, author of Syrian Poets and Vernacular Modernity
Daniel Behar reflects on his discovery of Syrian poetry, in a journey which carried him through the writing of poets such as Adonis, Muhammad al-Maghut and Nizar Qabbani.
Against the Erasure Machine: Scholasticide, Memory and the Power of Pedagogy
Henry A. Giroux argues for the necessity of critical pedagogy in resisting authoritarianism and scholasticide in Gaza, the USA and globally.
Burying the Millet System: A New Understanding of the Ottoman Arrangements with Non-Muslims
Masayuki Ueno re-evaluates how the Ottoman Empire managed religious minorities from the early days of the empire to the nineteenth century.
Charities and Politics in Bashar al-Asad’s Syria: Q&A with Laura Ruiz de Elvira
Laura Ruiz de Elvira explores the role of charities in Bashar al-Asad’s Syria and, by extension, the eventual downfall of the regime.
The Middle East is drowning in oppressive utopias
Simon Wolfgang Fuchs and Thomas Pierret explore the gap between oppressive and emancipatory utopias in the Middle East and North Africa
A country built with diasporas and immigrants
How have diasporas and migrants contributed to the rise of the US as a great political, economic, scientific, and cultural power?