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Divine Words, Female Voices
Divine Words, Female Voices

Divine Words, Female Voices

God and Man in Tehran

God and Man in Tehran

Democratic Transitions in the Muslim World

Democratic Transitions in the Muslim World

The End of Middle East History

The End of Middle East History

Sharia Scripts: A Historical Anthropology

Sharia Scripts: A Historical Anthropology

A Book of Conquest

A Book of Conquest

The Ink of the Scholars

The Ink of the Scholars

The Arab City

The Arab City

Islam in Liberalism

Islam in Liberalism

The Medieval Islamic Republic of Letters

The Medieval Islamic Republic of Letters

Reversing the Colonial Gaze Persian Travelers Abroad

Reversing the Colonial Gaze Persian Travelers Abroad

Never Wholly Other

Never Wholly Other

Shi'i Islam

Shi'i Islam

Rebel Music

Rebel Music

The Origins of the Shi'a

The Origins of the Shi'a

The Impossible State

The Impossible State

The Genealogicial Science

The Genealogicial Science

Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment

Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment

Reading Darwin in Arabic

Reading Darwin in Arabic

Brokers of Deceit

Brokers of Deceit

Developing Writing Skills in Arabic

Developing Writing Skills in Arabic

Tolerance Democracy and Sufis in Senegal

Tolerance Democracy and Sufis in Senegal

Do Muslim Women Need Saving

Do Muslim Women Need Saving

Shi'ism a Religion of Protest

Shi'ism a Religion of Protest

Constructing the Image of Muhammad in Europe

Constructing the Image of Muhammad in Europe

Islamic Science

Islamic Science

Islam and Open Society

Islam and Open Society

Islam on the Street

Islam on the Street

Sharia: Theory, Practice, Transformations

Sharia: Theory, Practice, Transformations

Modernism and Iraq

Modernism and Iraq

Desiring Arabs

Desiring Arabs

Struggling with History

Struggling with History

The Meaning of Timbuktu

The Meaning of Timbuktu

Surrounded

Surrounded

Stolen Honor

Stolen Honor

Signal and Noise

Signal and Noise

Nakba

Nakba

The Iron Cage

The Iron Cage

Semites

Semites

Philosophising in Mombasa

Philosophising in Mombasa

Islamo-Christian Civilization

Islamo-Christian Civilization

Dreams of a nation

Dreams of a nation

The Disenchantment of the Orient

The Disenchantment of the Orient

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim

Dramas of Nationhood

Dramas of Nationhood

Theology of Discontent

Theology of Discontent

Gender, Language, and Culture in French Orientalism

Gender, Language, and Culture in French Orientalism

Pakistan's Economic & Social Development

Pakistan's Economic & Social Development

The Oliphant

The Oliphant

Facts on the Ground

Facts on the Ground

Rule of Experts

Rule of Experts

Birthing the Nation

Birthing the Nation

Our Place in al-Andalus

Our Place in al-Andalus

Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law

Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law

Islamic Legal Theories

Islamic Legal Theories

Palestinian Identity

Palestinian Identity

Arguing Sainthood

Arguing Sainthood

Islamic Legal Interpretation

Islamic Legal Interpretation

The Calligraphic State

The Calligraphic State

Islam: The view from the edge

Islam: The view from the edge

A History of Arabic Astronomy

A History of Arabic Astronomy

Colonising Egypt

Colonising Egypt

Writing Women's Worlds

Writing Women's Worlds

Authority in Islam

Authority in Islam

Veiled Sentiments

Veiled Sentiments

Orientalism

Orientalism

Syrian Intervention in Lebanon: The 1975-76 Civil War

Syrian Intervention in Lebanon: The 1975-76 Civil War

Pursuing Truth, Exercising Power: Social Science and Public Policy in the Twenty-First Century

Pursuing Truth, Exercising Power: Social Science and Public Policy in the Twenty-First Century

The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya, 1830-1980

The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya, 1830-1980

Transitions to Democracy

Transitions to Democracy

The Origins of Arab Nationalism

The Origins of Arab Nationalism

Black Routes to Islam (Critical Black Studies)

Black Routes to Islam (Critical Black Studies)

Zion’s Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security Policy

Zion’s Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security Policy

Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change

Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change

The Price of a Vote in the Middle East

The Price of a Vote in the Middle East

The Middle East: The Politics of the Sacred and Secular

The Middle East: The Politics of the Sacred and Secular

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017

Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East

Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East

Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East

Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East

The Qur’an and the Aesthetics of Premodern Arabic Prose

The Qur’an and the Aesthetics of Premodern Arabic Prose

The Prophetic Mode in Modern Hebrew Poetry

The Prophetic Mode in Modern Hebrew Poetry

The Animal in the Synagogue: Franz Kafka's Jewishness

The Animal in the Synagogue: Franz Kafka's Jewishness

From Continuity to Contiguity

From Continuity to Contiguity

Colonial Effects The Making of National Identity in Jordan

Colonial Effects The Making of National Identity in Jordan

The Persistence of the Palestinian Question

The Persistence of the Palestinian Question

Saviors and Survivors

Saviors and Survivors

Citizen and Subject

Citizen and Subject

When Victims Become Killers

When Victims Become Killers

The Persian Gulf in History

The Persian Gulf in History

Security in the Persian Gulf: Origins, Obstacles, and the Search for Consensus

Security in the Persian Gulf: Origins, Obstacles, and the Search for Consensus

Iran, Iraq, and the Legacies of War

Iran, Iraq, and the Legacies of War

Restating Orientalism

Restating Orientalism

New Perspectives on Islam in Senegal

New Perspectives on Islam in Senegal

Local Contexts of Islamism in Popular Media

Local Contexts of Islamism in Popular Media

Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East

Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East

The Mediterranean Incarnate

The Mediterranean Incarnate

Rituals of War: the body and violence in Mesopotamia

Rituals of War: the body and violence in Mesopotamia

The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria,

The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria,

Women of Babylon: Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia

Women of Babylon: Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia

Facing the Wall: The Palestinian-Israeli Barriers

Facing the Wall: The Palestinian-Israeli Barriers

Islam Christianized - Islamic portable objects in the medieval church treasuries of the Latin West

Islam Christianized - Islamic portable objects in the medieval church treasuries of the Latin West

A Month in Siena

A Month in Siena

The Return

The Return

Anatomy of a Disappearance

Anatomy of a Disappearance

In the Country of Men

In the Country of Men

Life in a Country Album

Life in a Country Album

The Republic

The Republic

Poet in Andalucía

Poet in Andalucía

Love and Strange Horses

Love and Strange Horses

The Lives of Rain

The Lives of Rain

The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology

The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology

All the Names of the Lord

All the Names of the Lord

Unsettled belonging: Educating Palestinian American youth after 9/11

Unsettled belonging: Educating Palestinian American youth after 9/11

The History of Iran

The History of Iran

Culture and Customs of Iran

Culture and Customs of Iran

Open to Reason: Muslim Philosophers in Conversation with the Western Tradition

Open to Reason: Muslim Philosophers in Conversation with the Western Tradition

For the War Yet to Come: Planning Beirut’s Frontiers

For the War Yet to Come: Planning Beirut’s Frontiers

Narrating Beirut from its Borderlines

Narrating Beirut from its Borderlines

Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle

Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle

Temporary Cities: Resisting Transience in Arabia

Temporary Cities: Resisting Transience in Arabia

Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in History

Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in History

About Antiquities Politics of Archaeology in the Ottoman Empire

About Antiquities Politics of Archaeology in the Ottoman Empire

Empire, architecture, and the City

Empire, architecture, and the City

Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures: Orientalism in America

Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures: Orientalism in America

Scramble for the past. A story of archaeology in the Ottoman Empire, 1753-1914

Scramble for the past. A story of archaeology in the Ottoman Empire, 1753-1914

Camera Ottomana: Photography and Ottoman Modernity, 1840-1914

Camera Ottomana: Photography and Ottoman Modernity, 1840-1914

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City through Text and Image

Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City through Text and Image

The Global Offensive: The United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Making of the Post-Cold War Order

The Global Offensive: The United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Making of the Post-Cold War Order

World in the Making: A Global History

World in the Making: A Global History

Philosophy before the Greeks

Philosophy before the Greeks

Crossroads and Cultures. A History of the World’s People

Crossroads and Cultures. A History of the World’s People

The Venetian Qur'an A Renaissance Companion to Islam

The Venetian Qur'an A Renaissance Companion to Islam

Books Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Books Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden

The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century

The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century

Wrestling with Zion

Wrestling with Zion

 Parables of Coercion: Conversion and Knowledge at the End of Islamic Spain

Parables of Coercion: Conversion and Knowledge at the End of Islamic Spain

Arabic Literature for the Classroom: Teaching Methods, Theories, Themes and Texts

Arabic Literature for the Classroom: Teaching Methods, Theories, Themes and Texts

The Islamic Context of The Thousand and One Nights

The Islamic Context of The Thousand and One Nights

The Jew, the Arab A History of the Enemy

The Jew, the Arab A History of the Enemy

Blood A Critique of Christianity

Blood A Critique of Christianity

Contemporary Art, World Cinema, and Visual Culture

Contemporary Art, World Cinema, and Visual Culture

Persophilia- Persian Culture on the Global Scene

Persophilia- Persian Culture on the Global Scene

Being a Muslim in the World

Being a Muslim in the World

Corpus Anarchicum: Political Protest, Suicidal Violence, and the Making of the Posthuman Body

Corpus Anarchicum: Political Protest, Suicidal Violence, and the Making of the Posthuman Body

Post-Orientalism: Knowledge and Power in Time of Terror

Post-Orientalism: Knowledge and Power in Time of Terror

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Divine Words, Female Voices
God and Man in Tehran
Democratic Transitions in the Muslim World
The End of Middle East History
Sharia Scripts: A Historical Anthropology
A Book of Conquest
The Ink of the Scholars
The Arab City
Islam in Liberalism
The Medieval Islamic Republic of Letters
Reversing the Colonial Gaze Persian Travelers Abroad
Never Wholly Other
Shi'i Islam
Rebel Music
The Origins of the Shi'a
The Impossible State
The Genealogicial Science
Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment
Reading Darwin in Arabic
Brokers of Deceit
Developing Writing Skills in Arabic
Tolerance Democracy and Sufis in Senegal
Do Muslim Women Need Saving
Shi'ism a Religion of Protest
Constructing the Image of Muhammad in Europe
Islamic Science
Islam and Open Society
Islam on the Street
Sharia: Theory, Practice, Transformations
Modernism and Iraq
Desiring Arabs
Struggling with History
The Meaning of Timbuktu
Surrounded
Stolen Honor
Signal and Noise
Nakba
The Iron Cage
Semites
Philosophising in Mombasa
Islamo-Christian Civilization
Dreams of a nation
The Disenchantment of the Orient
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim
Dramas of Nationhood
Theology of Discontent
Gender, Language, and Culture in French Orientalism
Pakistan's Economic & Social Development
The Oliphant
Facts on the Ground
Rule of Experts
Birthing the Nation
Our Place in al-Andalus
Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law
Islamic Legal Theories
Palestinian Identity
Arguing Sainthood
Islamic Legal Interpretation
The Calligraphic State
Islam: The view from the edge
A History of Arabic Astronomy
Colonising Egypt
Writing Women's Worlds
Authority in Islam
Veiled Sentiments
Orientalism
Syrian Intervention in Lebanon: The 1975-76 Civil War
Pursuing Truth, Exercising Power: Social Science and Public Policy in the Twenty-First Century
The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya, 1830-1980
Transitions to Democracy
The Origins of Arab Nationalism
Black Routes to Islam (Critical Black Studies)
Zion’s Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security Policy
Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change
The Price of a Vote in the Middle East
The Middle East: The Politics of the Sacred and Secular
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East
Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East
The Qur’an and the Aesthetics of Premodern Arabic Prose
The Prophetic Mode in Modern Hebrew Poetry
The Animal in the Synagogue: Franz Kafka's Jewishness
From Continuity to Contiguity
Colonial Effects The Making of National Identity in Jordan
The Persistence of the Palestinian Question
Saviors and Survivors
Citizen and Subject
When Victims Become Killers
The Persian Gulf in History
Security in the Persian Gulf: Origins, Obstacles, and the Search for Consensus
Iran, Iraq, and the Legacies of War
Restating Orientalism
New Perspectives on Islam in Senegal
Local Contexts of Islamism in Popular Media
Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East
The Mediterranean Incarnate
Rituals of War: the body and violence in Mesopotamia
The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria,
Women of Babylon: Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia
Facing the Wall: The Palestinian-Israeli Barriers
Islam Christianized - Islamic portable objects in the medieval church treasuries of the Latin West
A Month in Siena
The Return
Anatomy of a Disappearance
In the Country of Men
Life in a Country Album
The Republic
Poet in Andalucía
Love and Strange Horses
The Lives of Rain
The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology
All the Names of the Lord
Unsettled belonging: Educating Palestinian American youth after 9/11
The History of Iran
Culture and Customs of Iran
Open to Reason: Muslim Philosophers in Conversation with the Western Tradition
For the War Yet to Come: Planning Beirut’s Frontiers
Narrating Beirut from its Borderlines
Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle
Temporary Cities: Resisting Transience in Arabia
Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in History
About Antiquities Politics of Archaeology in the Ottoman Empire
Empire, architecture, and the City
Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures: Orientalism in America
Scramble for the past. A story of archaeology in the Ottoman Empire, 1753-1914
Camera Ottomana: Photography and Ottoman Modernity, 1840-1914
Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City through Text and Image
The Global Offensive: The United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Making of the Post-Cold War Order
World in the Making: A Global History
Philosophy before the Greeks
Crossroads and Cultures. A History of the World’s People
The Venetian Qur'an A Renaissance Companion to Islam
Books Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
Wrestling with Zion
 Parables of Coercion: Conversion and Knowledge at the End of Islamic Spain
Arabic Literature for the Classroom: Teaching Methods, Theories, Themes and Texts
The Islamic Context of The Thousand and One Nights
The Jew, the Arab A History of the Enemy
Blood A Critique of Christianity
Contemporary Art, World Cinema, and Visual Culture
Persophilia- Persian Culture on the Global Scene
Being a Muslim in the World
Corpus Anarchicum: Political Protest, Suicidal Violence, and the Making of the Posthuman Body
Post-Orientalism: Knowledge and Power in Time of Terror

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