Elias of Nisibis and his Book of Demonstration: An East Syriac Identity in Arabic Language Bishara Ebeid • April 26, 2024
Christian Arabs as cultural mediators: al-Makīn Ibn al-ʿAmīd and his Universal History When the 13th-century Coptic official Ibn al-ʿAmīd was thrown into prison by Sultan Baybars, he set out to compile a summary of universal history from the creation to his own days. His work was to become one of the major instances of Christian-Muslim intellectual exchange in the pre-modern era. Martino Diez • February 02, 2024
Zaydī rebellion in the Kitāb al-Futūḥ of Ibn Aʿtham (fl. around 320/932): The case of Yaḥyā b. Zayd b. ʿAlī (d. 125/743) Natalie Kontny-Wendt • August 30, 2023
Introducing Kawāshif al-ḥujub of al-Māzandarānī (d. 1285/1868) Amin Ehteshami and Hassan Rezakhany • July 19, 2023
Seeking (or Not Seeking) Clarification: Introducing al-Wāfī fī sharḥ al-Wāfiya of al-Aʿrajī (d. 1227/1812) Aun Hasan Ali, Hadi Qazwini and Yusuf Ünal • July 18, 2023
Miracles of Mary between Ethiopia and the Arabic-speaking world How did stories about the Virgin Mary travel between the Middle East, Europe and the Horn of Africa? Jeremy R. Brown and Ekaterina (Kate) Pukhovaia • June 23, 2023
“A stray bullet from the seventh century hit Yemen”: Anti-Zaydi polemics and the politics of genealogy in al-Ghobari’s Al-Qabīlah al-Hāshimiyyah Marieke Brandt • June 09, 2023
Zaydi fiqh and the Jews of Yemen How can the study of Zaydi jurisprudence help us understand the relationship between Imam Yaḥyā Ḥamīd al-Dīn (r. 1904-1948) and the Jews of Yemen? What sources are available for study? What further questions does the focus on dhimma law raise regarding Zaydi law and political thought? Kerstin Hünefeld • June 02, 2023