Bücher der Reihe The Modern Muslim World

Fills a gap in scholarship by examining representations of undocumented migration in literature.

This book explores the agency of Jinn, the so-called "demons of Islam". Its interdisciplinary chapters deal with the transformation of manifold cultural resources by first analyzing the doctrinal and cultural history of Jinn and the treatment of Jinn affliction in Arabic texts and other sources.

Drawing from theories of world society and from historical-sociological theories the book studies the past, present, and future of Middle East Christianity.

Examines the French-language writings of Ottoman and Algerian writers between 1890 and 1914.

Challenges common assertions about the writings of 19th and 20th century Sufism.

Opposing a binary perspective that consolidates ethnicity, religion, and nationalism into separate spheres, this book demonstrates that neither nationalism nor religion can be studied in isolation in the Middle East.

This book investigates the theme of global transitions with a cross-regional comparative study of two areas experiencing change over the past three decades: Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

The book examines Muslim-European interactions in the interwar period and provides original insights into the emergence of geopolitical and intellectual East-West networks that transcended national, cultural, and linguistic borders.

Drawing from theories of world society and from historical-sociological theories the book studies the past, present, and future of Middle East Christianity.

This book explores the process, effects, and results of codification of Egyptian personal status laws as seen through the eyes of the 'ulama'.

An English translation of the Letters from Salonika by Jelena Dimitrijevic, accompanied by a substantial critical introduction and a commentary.

Through the textual universe of Georg Simmel, and in particular his analysis of modern life as the feeling of dualism, the project reflects about how seemingly crucial challenges to the national - the forces of globalization and the wish to be unique - are drawn together with the formation of nationhood in everyday life.

Since the early weeks of the so-called Arab Spring, high hopes for democratic, social, and political change in the Middle East have been met with varying degrees of frustration.

This collection offers readers the opportunity to learn more about what drives government policy on Muslim minority communities, Muslim community policies and responses in turn, and where common ground lies in building religious tolerance, greater community cohesion and enhancing Muslim community-state relations.

With theoretically-rich contributions from an international group of political scientists, historians, and economists, this volume addresses the puzzle of why the Middle East has produced no single dominant and acknowledged regional power, despite contenders such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, and Turkey.

This book explores and analyzes how the Arab Spring has affected the political and economic relationships between the West, the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and the MENA (Middle Eastern and North African states).

This volume addresses new tendencies related to migration from a Middle Eastern and Mediterranean perspective and with an emphasis on security and citizenship. Contributors aim not only to intervene in scholarly debates surrounding citizenship and migration but also to contribute to policy-oriented discussions related to migration.