Antonia Wimbush explores how cultural works preserve the overlooked memories of Caribbean migration to France through the BUMIDOM program and challenge France’s national narrative.
Laura Ruiz de Elvira explores the role of charities in Bashar al-Asad’s Syria and, by extension, the eventual downfall of the regime.
Drawing on a long history of Christian-Muslim coexistence, Anna Hager explores the nuances and complexities of interfaith relations in the Middle East
What happens when we view supernatural happenings as a wellspring of historical possibilities, rather than as excess to be cut away?
C. Ceyhun Arslan discusses the inspiration behind his new book, and the surprises he encountered along the way.
Magnus Marsden explores the connection between built neighbourhoods and heritage.
Discover the story of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh University Press – the first publications, the books that changed the field and what you can expect to see in future.
A Q&A with Heba Arafa Abdelfattah In this author Q&A, Heba Arafa Abdelfattah introduces her latest book, Filming Modernity and Islam in Colonial Egypt, which explores the formative years of Egyptian film (1919–52) to contest the contradiction between Islam and…
by Shuaib Ally, McGill University Around the turn of the 15th century in Cairo, a hadith scholar named Salah al-Din al-Aqfahsi heard Salah al-Din al-Kalai, a scholar associated with the Sufi Shadhili order, teaching the Quran. Part of his teaching…
by Kjetil Selvik, Jacob Høigilt Only a few years ago, Tunisia was the freest country in the Arab world, with a flourishing media scene. Journalists were scrambling to reinvent their role in the public sphere that emerged after the Jasmine…