Middle Eastern Studies Association, 2020

Library of Arabic Literature

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Sarah Bowen Savant

Huda Fakhreddine

Justin Stearns

Luke Yarbrough

The Book of Charlatans

The Book of Charlatans

Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī, Manuela Dengler, Humphrey Davies, S. A. Chakraborty

NYU Press

Arabian Romantic

Arabian Romantic

ʿAbdallāh ibn Sbayyil, Marcel Kurpershoek, Annmarie Drury

NYU Press

The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali

Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī, Mario Kozah

NYU Press

In Darfur

In Darfur

Muḥammad al-Tūnisī, Humphrey Davies, Kwame Anthony Appiah, R.S. O'Fahey

NYU Press

Impostures

Impostures

al-Ḥarīrī, Michael Cooperson, Abdelfattah Kilito

NYU Press

Maqāmāt Abī Zayd al-Sarūjī

Maqāmāt Abī Zayd al-Sarūjī

al-Ḥarīrī, Michael Cooperson, Abdelfattah Kilito

NYU Press

Arabian Satire

Arabian Satire

Ḥmēdān al-Shwēʿir, Marcel Kurpershoek, Jane Tylus

NYU Press

Scents and Flavors

Scents and Flavors

Charles Perry, Claudia Roden

NYU Press

The Discourses

The Discourses

al-Ḥasan al-Yūsī, Justin Stearns

NYU Press

Light in the Heavens

Light in the Heavens

al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī, Tahera Qutbuddin, Bishop Paul Hinder

NYU Press

The Philosopher Responds

The Philosopher Responds

Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī, Bilal Orfali, Maurice A. Pomerantz, Sophia Vasalou, Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh, James E. Montgomery

NYU Press

The Philosopher Responds

The Philosopher Responds

Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī, Bilal Orfali, Maurice A. Pomerantz, Sophia Vasalou, Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh, James E. Montgomery

NYU Press

The Excellence of the Arabs

The Excellence of the Arabs

Ibn Qutaybah, Sarah Bowen Savant, Peter Webb, Jack Weatherford

NYU Press

Tajrid sayf al-himmah li-stikhraj ma fi dhimmat al-dhimmah

Tajrid sayf al-himmah li-stikhraj ma fi dhimmat al-dhimmah

Luke Yarbrough

NYU Press

Stories of Piety and Prayer

Stories of Piety and Prayer

al-Muḥassin ibn ʿAlī al-Tanūkhī, Julia Bray

NYU Press

Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded

Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded

Yūsuf al-Shirbīnī, Humphrey Davies, Youssef Rakha

NYU Press

Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes

Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes

Yūsuf al-Shirbīnī, Muḥammad ibn Maḥfūẓ al-Sanhūrī, Humphrey Davies

NYU Press

The Sword of Ambition

The Sword of Ambition

ʿUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nābulusī, Luke Yarbrough, Sherman 'Abd al-Hakim Jackson

NYU Press

The Life and Times of Abū Tammām

The Life and Times of Abū Tammām

Abū Bakr al-Ṣūlī, Beatrice Gruendler, Terence Cave

NYU Press

Arabian Romantic

Arabian Romantic

ʿAbdallāh ibn Sbayyil, Marcel Kurpershoek

NYU Press

War Songs

War Songs

ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād, James E. Montgomery, Richard Sieburth, Peter Cole

NYU Press

War Songs

War Songs

ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād, James E. Montgomery, Richard Sieburth, Peter Cole

NYU Press

Diwan ’Antarah ibn Shaddad

Diwan 'Antarah ibn Shaddad

James E. Montgomery

NYU Press

In Darfur

In Darfur

Muḥammad al-Tūnisī, Humphrey Davies, R.S. O'Fahey

NYU Press

What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us

What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us

Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī, Roger Allen, Maria Golia

NYU Press

Arabian Satire

Arabian Satire

Ḥmēdān al-Shwēʿir, Marcel Kurpershoek

NYU Press

Disagreements of the Jurists

Disagreements of the Jurists

al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān, Devin Stewart, John J. Coughlin, John Sexton, Devin Stewart

NYU Press

A Hundred and One Nights

A Hundred and One Nights

Bruce Fudge, Robert Irwin

NYU Press

Consorts of the Caliphs

Consorts of the Caliphs

Ibn al-Sāʿī, Shawkat M. Toorawa, The Editors of the Library of Arabic Literature, Julia Bray, Marina Warner

NYU Press

Scents and Flavors

Scents and Flavors

Charles Perry

NYU Press

Accounts of China and India

Accounts of China and India

Abū Zayd al-Sīrāfī, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Zvi Ben-Dor Benite

NYU Press

Mission to the Volga

Mission to the Volga

Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān, James E. Montgomery, Tim Severin

NYU Press

The Excellence of the Arabs

The Excellence of the Arabs

Ibn Qutaybah, Sarah Bowen Savant, Peter Webb, James E. Montgomery, Peter Webb

NYU Press

Light in the Heavens

Light in the Heavens

al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī, Tahera Qutbuddin

NYU Press

A Treasury of Virtues

A Treasury of Virtues

al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī, Tahera Qutbuddin, Rowan Williams

NYU Press

Risible Rhymes

Risible Rhymes

Muḥammad ibn Maḥfūẓ al-Sanhūrī, Humphrey Davies

NYU Press

The Life of Ibn Ḥanbal

The Life of Ibn Ḥanbal

Ibn al-Jawzī, Michael Cooperson, Garth Fowden

NYU Press

A Hundred and One Nights

A Hundred and One Nights

Bruce Fudge, Robert Irwin

NYU Press

Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded

Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded

Yūsuf al-Shirbīnī, Humphrey Davies

NYU Press

The Sword of Ambition

The Sword of Ambition

ʿUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nābulusī, Luke Yarbrough, Sherman 'Abd al-Hakim Jackson

NYU Press

The Epistle of Forgiveness

The Epistle of Forgiveness

Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī, Gregor Schoeler, Geert Jan van Gelder, Matthew Reynolds

NYU Press

The Principles of Sufism

The Principles of Sufism

ʿĀʾishah al-Bāʿūniyyah, Th. Emil Homerin, Ros Ballaster

NYU Press

The Life and Times of Abū Tammām

The Life and Times of Abū Tammām

Abū Bakr al-Ṣūlī, Beatrice Gruendler

NYU Press

Leg over Leg

Leg over Leg

Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq, Humphrey Davies

NYU Press

The Epistle on Legal Theory

The Epistle on Legal Theory

Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i, Joseph E. Lowry, Kecia Ali

NYU Press

The Expeditions

The Expeditions

Maʿmar ibn Rāshid, Sean W. Anthony, M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

NYU Press

What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us

What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us

Muḥammad al-Muwayliḥī, Roger Allen

NYU Press

Consorts of the Caliphs

Consorts of the Caliphs

Ibn al-Sāʿī, Shawkat M. Toorawa, The Editors of the Library of Arabic Literature, Julia Bray, Marina Warner

NYU Press

Disagreements of the Jurists

Disagreements of the Jurists

al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān, Devin Stewart

NYU Press

Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal

Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal

Ibn al-Jawzī, Michael Cooperson

NYU Press

Two Arabic Travel Books

Two Arabic Travel Books

Abū Zayd al-Sīrāfī, Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, James E. Montgomery

NYU Press

Leg over Leg

Leg over Leg

Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq, Humphrey Davies

NYU Press

The Expeditions

The Expeditions

Maʿmar ibn Rāshid, Sean W. Anthony, M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

NYU Press

A Treasury of Virtues

A Treasury of Virtues

al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī, Tahera Qutbuddin

NYU Press

The Principles of Sufism

The Principles of Sufism

ʿĀʾishah al-Bāʿūniyyah, Th. Emil Homerin

NYU Press

The Epistle of Forgiveness

The Epistle of Forgiveness

Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī, Geert Jan van Gelder, Gregor Schoeler

NYU Press

Leg over Leg

Leg over Leg

Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq, Humphrey Davies

NYU Press

The Epistle of Forgiveness

The Epistle of Forgiveness

Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī, Geert Jan van Gelder, Gregor Schoeler

NYU Press

Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal

Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal

Ibn al-Jawzī, Michael Cooperson

NYU Press

A Treasury of Virtues

A Treasury of Virtues

al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī, Tahera Qutbuddin

NYU Press

The Epistle on Legal Theory

The Epistle on Legal Theory

Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i, Joseph E. Lowry

NYU Press

Classical Arabic Literature

Classical Arabic Literature

Geert Jan van Gelder

NYU Press

Changing Qatar

Changing Qatar

Geoff Harkness

NYU Press

Women Rising

Women Rising

Rita Stephan, Mounira M. Charrad

NYU Press

Coming of Age in Iran

Coming of Age in Iran

Manata Hashemi

NYU Press

Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy

Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy

Edward E. Curtis IV

NYU Press

Promoting Democracy

Promoting Democracy

Manal A. Jamal

NYU Press

Arab New York

Arab New York

Emily Regan Wills

NYU Press

The New Arab Urban

The New Arab Urban

Harvey Molotch, Davide Ponzini

NYU Press

Ethnic Boundaries in Turkish Politics

Ethnic Boundaries in Turkish Politics

Zeki Sarigil

NYU Press

Being Muslim

Being Muslim

Sylvia Chan-Malik

NYU Press

Feminists Rethink the Neoliberal State

Feminists Rethink the Neoliberal State

Leela Fernandes

NYU Press

In the Presence of Power

In the Presence of Power

Maurice A. Pomerantz, Evelyn Birge Vitz

NYU Press

The Practice of Islam in America

The Practice of Islam in America

Edward E. Curtis IV

NYU Press

Cosmopolitanisms

Cosmopolitanisms

Bruce Robbins, Paulo Lemos Horta, Kwame Anthony Appiah

NYU Press

Islamophobia and Racism in America

Islamophobia and Racism in America

Erik Love

NYU Press

Moments of Silence

Moments of Silence

Arta Khakpour, Shouleh Vatanabadi, Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami

NYU Press

Muslim Cool

Muslim Cool

Su'ad Abdul Khabeer

NYU Press

Middle East Studies for the New Millennium

Middle East Studies for the New Millennium

Seteney Shami, Cynthia Miller-Idriss

NYU Press

The 9/11 Generation

The 9/11 Generation

Sunaina Marr Maira

NYU Press

This Muslim American Life

This Muslim American Life

Moustafa Bayoumi

NYU Press

New Desires, New Selves

New Desires, New Selves

Gul Ozyegin

NYU Press

An Imperialist Love Story

An Imperialist Love Story

Amira Jarmakani

NYU Press

Desi Hoop Dreams

Desi Hoop Dreams

Stanley I. Thangaraj

NYU Press

Lone Star Muslims

Lone Star Muslims

Ahmed Afzal

NYU Press

Gender in Judaism and Islam

Gender in Judaism and Islam

Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Beth S. Wenger

NYU Press

Gülen

Gülen

Joshua D. Hendrick

NYU Press

Diaspora Lobbies and the US Government

Diaspora Lobbies and the US Government

Josh DeWind, Renata Segura

NYU Press

A Year at the Helm of the United Nations General Assembly

A Year at the Helm of the United Nations General Assembly

Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, Ban Ki-moon

NYU Press

Contemporary Arab-American Literature

Contemporary Arab-American Literature

Carol Fadda-Conrey

NYU Press

Contemporary Arab-American Literature

Contemporary Arab-American Literature

Carol Fadda-Conrey

NYU Press

Ancient Jewish Sciences and the History of Knowledge in Second Temple Literature

Ancient Jewish Sciences and the History of Knowledge in Second Temple Literature

Jonathan Ben-Dov, Seth L. Sanders

NYU Press

Global Mixed Race

Global Mixed Race

Rebecca C. King-O'Riain, Stephen Small, Minelle Mahtani, Miri Song, Paul Spickard

NYU Press

Living Out Islam

Living Out Islam

Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle

NYU Press

Islam Is a Foreign Country

Islam Is a Foreign Country

Zareena Grewal

NYU Press

Scheherazade’s Children

Scheherazade's Children

Philip F. Kennedy, Marina Warner

NYU Press

Servants of Allah

Servants of Allah

Sylviane A. Diouf

NYU Press

Rhetorics of Insecurity

Rhetorics of Insecurity

Zeynep Gambetti, Marcial Godoy-Anativia

NYU Press

The Spectacular Few

The Spectacular Few

Mark S. Hamm

NYU Press

After Expulsion

After Expulsion

Jonathan S. Ray

NYU Press

Mystical Islam

Mystical Islam

Julian Baldick

NYU Press

Arabs and Muslims in the Media

Arabs and Muslims in the Media

Evelyn Alsultany

NYU Press

Arab America

Arab America

Nadine Naber

NYU Press

American Arabesque

American Arabesque

Jacob Rama Berman

NYU Press

Democracy’s Blameless Leaders

Democracy’s Blameless Leaders

Neil James Mitchell

NYU Press

Sephardic Jews in America

Sephardic Jews in America

Aviva Ben-Ur

NYU Press

The Lebanese Diaspora

The Lebanese Diaspora

Dalia Abdelhady

NYU Press

Shi’ism in America

Shi'ism in America

Liyakat Nathani Takim

NYU Press

An Islam of Her Own

An Islam of Her Own

Sherine Hafez

NYU Press

The Next Generation

The Next Generation

Richard Alba, Mary C. Waters

NYU Press

Democracy in Modern Iran

Democracy in Modern Iran

Ali Mirsepassi

NYU Press

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