Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
‘Becoming Muslim’: A Comparative Archaeological Approach to the Material Markers of Islam in the Niger Bend, Mali, and Eastern Ethiopia
(Equinox Publishing, 31 March 2023)Archaeology is in a unique position to offer a material culture based perspective on Islamisation and conversion to Islam, particularly in regions where historical sources might be limited or absent. This is explored with ...