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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.

September 12, 2025
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Q&A with the author of The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures

C. Ceyhun Arslan discusses the inspiration behind his new book, and the surprises he encountered along the way.

Edinburgh University Press
May 2, 2024

Introducing From Rumi to the Whirling Dervishes

by Walter Feldman Love is the Way and the Path of our Prophet. We are Love’s children, and Love is our Mother. Rumi These words echo down through the ages from when Mevlana (”Our Master”) Jalaluddin Rumi (d. 1273), first…

Helena Heald
August 25, 2022

Q&A with Chibli Mallat, author of Democracy Redefined

Q&A with the author of The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures

Introducing From Rumi to the Whirling Dervishes

Q&A with Chibli Mallat, author of Democracy Redefined

How is this Philosophy?

Hardboiled Blues: Rethinking the Music of Rory Gallagher

Wicked Wild Wastes?: challenging contemporary ideas of wildness in Scottish Highland landscapes

Drawing away from the X assemblage