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âA Place in the Homeland? Turkish-German Return Migrationâ: Q&A with the authors
Read more: âA Place in the Homeland? Turkish-German Return Migrationâ: Q&A with the authorsNilay Kılınç and Russell King discuss the making of their book on second-generation Turkish-German return migration

Heritage and Identity: Debunking 5 myths about Middle Eastern Christians
By Elizabeth Marteijn Recent tragedies in the Middle East brought more attention to Christians living in the region. Events such as a series of popular uprisings (âArab Springâ) and humanitarian disasters in countries such as Syria and Iraq, have madeâŠ

Introducing Edinburgh Studies in Middle Eastern Christianity
by Deanna Ferree Womack and Philip Michael Forness Series editors Deanna Ferree Womack and Philip Michael Forness introduce our latest Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies series, Edinburgh Studies in Middle Eastern Christianity, centering on historical and contemporary Christian traditions inâŠ

How Information Warfare Shaped the Arab Spring
An interview with Nathaniel Greenberg â author of How Information Warfare Shaped the Arab Spring: The Politics of Narrative in Tunisia and Egypt â first featured on the Jadaliyya website. Read the original interview Jadaliyya (J): What made you writeâŠ

Finding a Language of My Own â Maya Issam Kesrouany on the Making of Modern Egyptian Literature
Much like the translators in my book (Prophetic Translation: The Making of Modern Egyptian Literature), I have also found myself speaking in languages that felt simultaneously very familiar and extremely alien. When I was in Cairo in 2006, I recognizedâŠ

Why do we call Middle Eastern dance âbelly danceâ?
English speakers use the term âbelly danceâ to describe solo, improvised dances from the Middle East and North Africa that feature intricate movements of the shoulders, chest, and hips. Where Did the Name âBelly Danceâ Come From? It isnât aâŠ

Five Reasons why the Middle East Matters for World Christianity
Events such as the Arab Spring and the civil war in Syria have brought Middle Eastern Christians into the public eye in Europe and North America. Yet the academic field of World Christianity still gives little attention to the MiddleâŠ

Ninteenth-Century Local Governance in Ottoman Bulgaria
An account of how bureaucratic procedures created the space for political conflict and slander in nineteenth-century Ottoman Bulgaria and what can we learn from studying them. Why would a district head administrator arrest mules, or someone slander a governor withâŠ

âI Am My Languageâ
In May 2017, the Israeli Knesset passed the nation-state bill in its first round. This bill emphasizes Israel being Jewish and democratic. A casualty of this bill is the Arabic language. Arabic has been an official language in a lawâŠ

Contemporary Muslims and the Challenge of Modernity(ies)
So when will Islam undergo a reformation? When will Muslims catch up with modernity and join the 21st century? Why is Islam such a violent religion (while others are supposedly so peaceful)? Why are Muslim women so oppressed? When willâŠ