A richly colorful and exceptionally varied cookbook of timeless recipes from across the Islamic worldIn Feast, award-winning chef Anissa Helou—an authority on the cooking of North Africa, the Me
The Muslim world is tremendously rich and diverse, yet few Westerners are familiar with the writings and teachings of a culture that in recent months has come to the forefront of world events. In the
London-based authors Hill and Awde have written widely on the peoples and cultures they have met through their extensive travels in Islamic countries. Through this short history, they hope to explain
In this insightful anthology, historians Marvin E. Gettleman and Stuart Schaar have assembled a broad selection of documents and contemporary scholarship to give a view of the history of the peoples f
The Islamic world--defined as those regions in which Islam is the dominant or single most important religion--covers territories as far apart as Morocco and Indonesia, Somalia, and Bosnia and includes
The battles, military leaders, treaties, and roles of individual countries in the world wars and other conflicts are the broad topics of this 2-volume encyclopedia. The entries focus closely on milita
This detailed account of life in the medieval Islamic world sheds light on a significant portion of history commonly eclipsed by the fabled stories of medieval Europe.
Islam is one of the world’s major religions, and in ancient times, the Islamic world was one of the world’s major societies. This title provides a sweeping look at the important contributions people o
Vinegar and sugar, dried fruit, rose water, spices from India and China, sweet wine made from raisins and dates--these are the flavors of the golden age of Arab cuisine. This book, a delightful culina
This is an extensive study of labour in the social and economic life of Islamic communities around the Mediterranean in the medieval period, 9th-15th century.Based on a large number of primary and sec
Winner of the 2022 Dan David Prize for outstanding scholarship that illuminates the past and seeks to anchor public discourse in a deeper understanding of history In Middle Eastern cities as early as the mid-8th century, the Sons of Sasan begged, trained animals, sold medicinal plants and potions, and told fortunes. They captivated the imagination of Arab writers and playwrights, who immortalized their strange ways in poems, plays, and the Thousand and One Nights . Using a wide range of sources, Richardson investigates the lived experiences of these Sons of Sasan, who changed their name to Ghuraba’ (Strangers) by the late 1200s. This name became the Arabic word for the Roma and Roma-affiliated groups also known under the pejorative term ‘Gypsies’. This book uses mostly Ghuraba’ -authored works to understand their tribal organization and professional niches as well as providing a glossary of their language Sin. It also examines the urban homes, neighborhoods, and cemeteries that
This unannotated bibliography (put together by two editors of the Index Islamicus and a researcher at the Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and Near East in Spain) list 12,183 w
Edited by three well-known senior scholars of Islamic art and architecture--Renata Holod, Attilio Petruccioli, and Andre Raymond--this landmark two-volume work presents 46 chapters on individual Islam
Based on the author's doctoral thesis at the U. of London, this volume examines the origins and development of international humanitarian law and Islamic law of war from their beginnings to present-da
Before they had an empire in the East, the British travelled into the Islamic world to pursue trade and to form strategic alliances against the Catholic powers of France and Spain. First-hand encounte
The recent emergence and increasing visibility of Islam as Italy’s second religion is an issue of undeniable importance. It has generated an intense and often polarized debate that has involved all th
A Sunday Times Book of the Year (Bee Wilson)A sweeping culinary journey across the Islamic world, and a celebration of its most iconic recipes.A diverse and rich culinary tradition has evolved in ever
