Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Crafts of Iraq


"The Crafts of Iraq site contains information about craft activities in cities, towns, and rural areas across Iraq, drawn from primary texts, archaeological and ethnographic publications, historical photographs, online sources, and signatures on objects, buildings and manuscripts. Entries cover a period from the seventh century to the present day. The site also comprises a glossary of technical terms, timeline, and other research supports..."

Project of Dr Marcus Milwright, Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology, University of Victoria, Canada.

See also: Crafts of Syria


Open Access Ebook: Authors as Readers in the Mamlūk Period and Beyond

 

Title: Authors as readers in the Mamlūk period and beyond

Author: Élise Franssen
Publisher: Venezia : Edizioni Ca' Foscari - Digital Publishing, 2022. Series: Filologie medievali e moderne, 26.; Filologie medievali e moderne., Serie orientale ;, 5.

ISBN: 9788869695605 

Thursday, March 10, 2022

New Open Access Journal: Al-Markaz: Majallat al-Dirāsāt al-ʿArabiyya



Al-Markaz: Majallat al-Dirāsāt al-ʿArabiyya = المركز: مجلة الدراسات العربية

Online ISSN: 2772-8250
Print :ISSN: 2772-8242
Publisher: Brill, 2022-

"Al-Markaz: Majallat al-Dirāsāt al-ʿArabiyya [ The Centre: Journal of Arabic Studies] focuses on Arabic language, literature and culture studies, encompassing a range of historical and analytical trends. It covers a chronological period that extends from before Islam to contemporary times. The journal offers a forum for matters of formal language and spoken dialects, written and oral heritage, in poetry and prose, and welcomes submissions with an interdisciplinary and comparative approach."

See: Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies

Open Access Ebook: The presence of the Prophet in early modern and contemporary Islam


The presence of the Prophet in early modern and contemporary Islam

Author: David Jordan; Rachida Chih; Stefan Reichmuth

Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2022.
Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, 159/2

ISBN : 9789004466753 

Open Access Ebook: Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements

Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements

Afzal Upal, Muhammad.

Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements

Published: Brill, 2021.

ISBN: 9789004425255