Explores the ways in which Islam and European colonialism shaped modernity in the Indo-Malay world.
A creative and analytical study of important facets of classical Persian poetry.
Shows how the study of modern Arabic literature was transformed by Mustafa Badawi.
Explores the intricately crafted rhetorical strategies used by al-Jahiz in his letters.
Examines the resilience of Islamic banking during the financial crisis and draws lessons for risk management.
Provides a nuanced understanding of literary imaginings of masculinity and femininity in the context of the 'national' canon of Egypt.
Uncovers the politics of nostalgia and madness inherent in the Arabic novel.
Considers the Arabic novel within the triangle of the nationstate, modernity and tradition.
Explores the influences that triggered the Arabic awakening, the 'nahdah', from the 1700s onwards.
Investigates the semantic permutations of ‘homeness’ in post-war diasporic Anglophone Lebanese novels.
Explores developments in Arab autobiography over the last 40 years.
Explores not what John meant in Revelation but how Revelation produced meaning through ritual experience.