This essay is the first scholarly exploration of slavery's visual representation in medieval Islam. Close examination of thirteenth-century paintings from Arabic manuscripts, considered alongside tex...

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - Here we go again. We need your help and generosity. The United States has apparently entered another Forever War, this time against Iran. Developments since the Netan...

This book examines five Syriac historiographical excerpt collections from Miaphysite milieus (6th-10th c.), preserved in MSS Deir al-Surian Syr. 28A, British Library Add. 12155, 14533, 12154, and Vat....

Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.

Discover how the Persian poet Sana’i captured the splendour and scandals of the Ghaznavid Empire. His verses celebrate kings and mystics yet mercilessly lampoon scholars, courtiers, and even the city…

The move will mark the first time Morocco and Israel have exchanged ambassadors.

"Infrastructured Landscapes" published on 20 Jul 2026 by Brill.

Mustafa Aksakal, The War That Made the Middle East: World War I and the End of the Ottoman Empire (2026).William SmileyMustafa Aksakal’s new book, The War that Made the Middle East, offers a pointed a...

Gaining prominence as a seaport under the Ottomans in the mid-1500s, the city of Mocha on the Red Sea coast of Yemen pulsed with maritime commerce. Its very ...