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New Books in Middle Eastern Studies

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Marshall Poe

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#1311

John Tolan, "Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present" (Princeton UP, 2025)

A concise new narrative history of Islam that draws on the transformative insights of rece... more

17 hrs Ago

51 MINS

51:29

17 hrs Ago

#1310

Ayoush Lazikani, "The Medieval Moon: A History of Haunting and Blessing" (Yale UP, 2025)

When they gazed at the moon, medieval people around the globe saw an object that was at on... more

06 Dec 2025

37 MINS

37:16

06 Dec 2025

#1309

Ali Anooshahr, "Slavery in the Early Mughal World: The Life and Thoughts of Jawhar Aftabachi (1520s–...

Jawhar Aftabachi was enslaved as a child by the Ottomans in the Black Sea region in the ea... more

05 Dec 2025

54 MINS

54:05

05 Dec 2025

#1308

Anny Gaul, "Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato" (U California Press, 2025)

By the end of the twentieth century, the tomato—indigenous to the Americas—had become Egyp... more

04 Dec 2025

57 MINS

57:57

04 Dec 2025

#1307

Mark Griffiths, "Checkpoint 300: Colonial Space in Palestine" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)

Checkpoint 300, the highly securitized border facility between occupied Bethlehem and Jeru... more

03 Dec 2025

47 MINS

47:04

03 Dec 2025

#1306

Anne Irfan, "A Short History of the Gaza Strip" (Simon & Schuster, 2025)

In this episode, Joe Williams speaks to historian Anne Irfan about her new book, [A Short... more

02 Dec 2025

34 MINS

34:49

02 Dec 2025

#1305

Fahad Ahmad Bishara, "Monsoon Voyagers: An Indian Ocean History" (U California Press, 2025)

In 1924, the Al-A‘waj, also known as the Crooked, set sail from Kuwait on a trading journe... more

27 Nov 2025

45 MINS

45:10

27 Nov 2025

#1304

Faisal Devji, "Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam" (Yale UP, 2025)

Faisal Devji's [Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam] (https://bookshop.org... more

22 Nov 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:48

22 Nov 2025

#1303

Killian Clarke, "Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Why do some revolutions fail and succumb to counterrevolutions, whereas others go on to es... more

21 Nov 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:01

21 Nov 2025

#1302

Basit Kareem Iqbal, "The Dread Heights: Tribulation and Refuge after the Syrian Revolution" (Fordham...

Basit Kareem Iqbal's new book [The Dread Heights: Tribulation and Refuge after the Syrian... more

14 Nov 2025

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:50

14 Nov 2025

#1301

Justin Marozzi, "Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic Wo...

Slavery has been a ubiquitous practice throughout much of world history–and the Muslim wor... more

13 Nov 2025

40 MINS

40:01

13 Nov 2025

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