New Books in Middle Eastern Studies
Latest Episodes
Robert D. Kaplan, "The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China" (Random House, 2023)
An interview with Robert D. Kaplan
Catholic in Palestine (with Fr Firas Abedrabbo)
There have been Christians in the Holy Land for two thousand years; we are the first church, says Father Firas Abedrabbo who is from Bethlehem and works in Ramallah. He studied law in France and speaks excellent English and spoke with me about his exper
Emily Drumsta, "Ways of Seeking: The Arabic Novel and the Poetics of Investigation" (U California Press, 2024)
An interview with Emily Drumsta
Sumita Pahwa, "Politics as Worship: Righteous Activism and the Egyptian Muslim Brothers" (Syracuse UP, 2023)
An interview with Sumita Pahwa
Eric Calderwood, "On Earth Or in Poems: The Many Lives of Al-Andalus" (Harvard UP, 2023)
An interview with Eric Calderwood
Esra Mirze Santesso, "Muslim Comics and Warscape Witnessing" (Ohio State UP, 2023)
An interview with Esra Mirze Santesso
Annika Schmeding, "Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan" (Stanford UP, 2023)
An interview with Annika Schmeding
Loren D. Lybarger, "Palestinian Chicago: Identity in Exile" (U California Press, 2020)
An interview with Loren D. Lybarger
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, "Merits of the Plague" (Penguin, 2023)
An interview with Joel Blecher and Mairaj Syed
Alessandro Columbu, "Zakariyya Tamir and the Politics of the Syrian Short Story: Modernity, Authoritarianism and Gender" (I. B. Tauris, 2023)
An interview with Alessandro Columbu