Books

Iranian studies have flourished in recent decades and become a central field of inquiry for Arab and Western researchers, strategists,...

“Popular religion” draws life from local customs and traditions, and varies from one society to the next. Since its inception...

While the Kurdish question has received due attention in Western scholarship and public discussions, a range of political and cultural...

Present-day discussions about “traditional Islam” bear relevance to the crisis of identity arising from Muslim encounters with modernity, as well...

Al-Mesbar’s 136th monthly book explores the religious and sectarian diversity of the area. In addition to Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims,...

Al-Mesbar’s 134th monthly book, Naqshbandism: Text, History, Impact (February 2018), examines the theological and social history of Sufism’s esteemed Naqshbandi...

Since Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani ascended to Qatar’s throne in 1995 following a palace coup against his father, the...

In Al-Mesbar’s 131st monthly book, we share further knowledge of Sufism, popular Islam, and traditional and parallel religiosity — by...

Islamist movements draw on a range of historical and contemporary source materials to fuel their ideologies. In 2013, one study...