Rich case studies examining responses to climatic events in ancient Europe and the Near East.

Presents work by Halahmy and eight other contemporary artists from Iraq: Hayder Ali, Amal Alwan, Mohammed al Hamadany, Ismail Khayat, Hanaa Malallah, Hassan Massoudy, Naziha Rashid, and Qasim Sabti.

First comprehensive account of how the Internet has impacted life in Iran.

Tells the story of Lebanese immigrant Alfred Nicola, the fortune he began building as a peddler in Louisiana, and the family that founded Al-Kafaat University, an iconic institution serving the underprivileged and disabled of Lebanon, through two centuries of unrest in the Middle East.

Comprehensive and critical analysis of the post-Zionist debates and their impact on various aspects of Israeli culture.

Discusses how contemporary Iranian and Middle Eastern thinkers and artists are forging a new postmodern vision.

Considers the work of nineteenth-century theologian Ibrahim al-Bajuri and contests the notion of intellectual decline in Islamic thought from the thirteenth through nineteenth centuries.

Examines the grassroots activism of an Internet-mediated collegiate lesbian and gay organization in Turkey.

Considers what is known of acclaimed early Sufi master Abū Bakr al-Shiblī and how he was characterized in various times and places.

A selection of poems by one of Islam’s greatest poetic voices.

Explores how medieval Muslim theologians constructed a female gender identity based on an ideal of maternity and how women contested it.

Explores interactions between Europeans and Moroccans on both sides of the straits in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Examines the politics of civil society in modern Lebanon.

A fascinating look at the lives, culture, and religious and ritual observance of three generations of Iranian Jewish women in the United States.

Unearths the history of the Naqshbandiyya, one of the most widespread and enduring Sufi brotherhoods.

A wide-ranging consideration of the place of dreams and visions in Islamic societies from the pre-modern period to the present.

Renowned scholar William C. Chittick explores the worldview of Islam in a series of essays written over thirty-six years.

Offers a new interpretation of medieval Islamic philosophy, one informed by Platonic mysticism.

A critique of the modern receptions of Islamic Peripatetic philosophy and a validation of the importance of Islamic philosophy for modern philosophy

Explores the work of beloved Sufi poet Umar Ibn al-Farid and its context. Provides many translations of Ibn al-Farid’s poetry.

Multidisciplinary study of the citrus industry in Palestine before World War II.

The development of early Islamic mysticism and metaphysics is presented through the life and work of theologian Abu Bakr al-Wasiti.

Second edition of the provocative study analyzing the social, cultural, and historical roots of modern Libya.

An introduction to four Western figures influenced by Sufism who wrote about an "inner," esoteric Islam.

Groundbreaking essays by Palestinian women scholars on the lives of Palestinians within the state of Israel.