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Tag: Middle Eastern History

Ancient History

Opium in Afghanistan, a glimpse from the past

posted by Teri Williams November 16, 20207 min read15 Views

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

Cultural Studies

My First Day in Camp with the Piruzai – Afghanistan, 1971

posted by Teri Williams June 19, 202010 min read120 Views

By Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper In 1971 and 1972 Richard Tapper and I lived with Afghan villagers for nearly a year. The…

cover image of 'Muslim-Christian Polemics in Safavid Iran'
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Interreligious Polemics as a Window into Early Modern Iran

posted by Zuzana IHNATOVA May 28, 20205 min read290 Views

If anyone decided to do a quick search for scholarship on interreligious polemics, especially of the Muslim-Christian kind, he or…

1751 Map of Asia
Ancient History

Remapping Persian Literary History, 1700-1900

posted by Zuzana IHNATOVA April 29, 20208 min read549 Views

Read the blog post to find out more about writing the newly published book Remapping Persian Literary History, 1700-1900 by…

This medieval Arabic manuscript features a title page recycled from a Latin homiliary.
Cultural History

Three fun ways to create a medieval Arabic manuscript

posted by Naomi Farmer December 11, 20196 min read541 Views

From recycling to creating huge anthologies, Konrad HIrschler looks at some innovative ways that book lovers created their medieval Arabic manuscripts.

Ohannes Topalian
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

A story of Armenian migration to North America

posted by Emma at EUP September 5, 20197 min read907 Views

By David Gutman In April 1906, a man appeared at the United States consulate in Sivas, a city located deep…

Queen Arwa’s mosque (Dhu Jibla, Yemen)
Gender Studies

An interview with Taef El-Azhari, author of ‘Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661–1257’

posted by Emma at EUP August 13, 201911 min read833 Views

Tell us a bit about your book Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661–1257 is the first comprehensive study…

Maya Kesrouany
Cultural History

Finding a Language of My Own – Maya Issam Kesrouany on the Making of Modern Egyptian Literature

posted by Emma at EUP June 21, 20196 min read708 Views

Much like the translators in my book (Prophetic Translation: The Making of Modern Egyptian Literature), I have also found myself…

Photograph of a British Challenger battle tank during Operation Desert Storm
British History

Does the British government learn from the history of military interventions?

posted by Naomi Farmer January 9, 20197 min read1120 Views

From Iraq to Libya, Louise Kettles asks whether the UK has learned to learn from its past mistakes in Middle-Eastern military interventions.

Nineteenth-Century Local Governance in Ottoman Bulgaria
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Ninteenth-Century Local Governance in Ottoman Bulgaria

posted by Emma at EUP July 9, 20185 min read1162 Views

An account of how bureaucratic procedures created the space for political conflict and slander in nineteenth-century Ottoman Bulgaria and what…

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