Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies: Recent submissions
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Beyond the canon: un-learning the “Muslim women” in UK higher education classroom with a “pedagogy of opacity”
(Springer, 29 September 2023)My contribution to this special issue is non-orthodox. Far from theological and hermeneutical analysis, I take cues from postcolonial scholar Edouard Glissant’s (1990) seminal work, Poetics of Relations, notably his notions ... -
The significance of ISIS's state building in Syria
(Wiley, 10 May 2023)Researchers and policy makers appear to hold a deeply rooted reluctance to acknowledge, let alone address, the significance of ISIS’s state building. Those who have engaged with this issue have tended to traverse ... -
Pandemic effects: COVID-19 and the crisis of development in the Middle East
(Wiley, 27 July 2022)This article explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on socio-economic development and political mobilization in the Middle East. It argues that beyond its direct public health implications, the pandemic is serving ... -
The Egyptian Nile: Human Transformation of an Ancient River
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 1 January 2023)The Nile, the longest river of the world, connects Northeast Africa from its headwaters near Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea. This chapter focuses on the Nile in Egypt, where the river's annual inundation (until ... -
The Cognitive Landscape of Seventeenth Century Malta: Communicating Information in a Cosmopolitan Society
(Brill, 27 June 2022)The cognitive landscape, the proposed framework for this chapter, is built on theories of information and meaning. In essence, the cognitive landscape includes the written word in state and ecclesiastical documents, and ...