Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
About the Book Series
This series studies the Middle East through the twin foci of its diverse cultures and civilizations. Comprising original monographs as well as scholarly surveys, it covers topics in the fields of Middle Eastern literature, archaeology, law, history, philosophy, science, folklore, art, architecture and language. While there is a plurality of views, the series presents serious scholarship in a lucid and stimulating fashion.
Muslim Women in Law and Society: Annotated translation of al-Tahir al-Haddad’s Imra ‘tuna fi ‘l-sharia wa ‘l-mujtama, with an introduction.
1st Edition
Edited
By Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman
October 20, 2010
An extremely timely translation of a seminal text on the role of women in Muslim society by the early twentieth century thinker al Taher al-Haddad. Considered as one of the first feminist works in Arab literature, this book will be of considerable interest to scholars of an early "feminist" tract ...
Space and Muslim Urban Life: At the Limits of the Labyrinth of Fez
1st Edition
By Simon O'Meara
June 01, 2010
This book develops academic understanding of Muslim urban space by pursuing the structural logic of the premodern Arab-Muslim city, or medina. With particular reference to The Book of Walls, an historical discourse of Islamic law whose primary subject is the wall, the book determines the meaning of...
The Hanbali School of Law and Ibn Taymiyyah: Conflict or Conciliation
1st Edition
By Abdul Hakim I Al-Matroudi
March 18, 2010
The Hanbali School of Law and Ibn Taymiyyah provides a valuable account of the development of Hanbalite jurisprudence, placing the theoretical and conceptual parameters of this tradition within the grasp of the interested reader. Studying the vibrant yet controversial interaction between Ibn ...
The Birth of The Prophet Muhammad: Devotional Piety in Sunni Islam
1st Edition
By Marion Holmes Katz
July 09, 2009
In the medieval period, the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (the mawlid) was celebrated in popular narratives and ceremonies that expressed the religious agendas and aspirations of ordinary Muslims, including women. This book examines the Mawlid from its origins to the present day and provides a new...
Original Islam: Malik and the Madhhab of Madina
1st Edition
By Yasin Dutton
June 09, 2009
Original Islam investigates the primacy of Madinan Islam and the madhhab (school of law) of its main exponent, Malik ibn Anas. It contains an annotated translation of Intisar al-faqir al-salik li-tarjih madhhab al-Imam al-kabir Malik, which was written by al-Ra'i, a fifteenth-century ...
Modern Arab Historiography: Historical Discourse and the Nation-State
1st Edition
By Youssef Choueiri
March 07, 2003
Inclusing a new introduction and conclusion, this revised second edition deals with a vital yet neglected ingredient in modern Arab culture. It is the only scholarly study of Arab historiography. It covers the periods 1820-1920 (Pioneers and Amateurs) and 1920 to today (Professional Historians...
The Origins of Islamic Law: The Qur'an, the Muwatta' and Madinan Amal
1st Edition
By Yasin Dutton
August 30, 2002
If the Qur'an is the first written formulation of Islam in general, Malik's Muwatta' is arguably the first written formulation of the Islam-in-practice that becomes Islamic law. This book considers the methods used by Malik in the Muwatta' to derive the judgements of the law from the Qur'an and is ...
A Jewish Archive from Old Cairo: The History of Cambridge University's Genizah Collection
1st Edition
By Stefan Reif
March 09, 2000
Explains how Cairo came to have its important Genizah archive, how Cambridge developed its interests in Hebraica, and how a number of colourful figures brought about the connection between the two centres. Also shows the importance of the Genizah material for Jewish cultural history....