Middle East Studies

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This new edition provides an introductory overview of the history, contemporary politics, economy, and international relations in Morocco and offers an examination of the challenges to tradition and modernity in the post-colonial state. It has been revised and updated to include analysis of the coun..

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Using four key events in the life of Muhammad to exemplify themes that were important to medieval Islamic civilization, this book examines: the story of Muhammad’s conception; his first public preaching and his alleged choice of 'Ali as his successor; the account of a warning sent by one of Muhammad..

Mulla Sadra is, alongside Avicenna, probably the most important Islamic philosopher. In this exploration of his metaphysics the author examines the central doctrine of the modulation of being, and makes a major contribution to the study of Mulla Sadra and the intellectual life of the Safavid period...

Mulla Sadra is, alongside Avicenna, probably the most important Islamic philosopher. In this exploration of his metaphysics the author examines the central doctrine of the modulation of being, and makes a major contribution to the study of Mulla Sadra and the intellectual life of the Safavid period...

Investigating the connections between multiculturalism, minorities, citizenship, and democracy in North Africa, this book argues that multiculturalism in this region– and in the Arab world at large – has reached a significant level in terms of scale and importance...

Investigating the connections between multiculturalism, minorities, citizenship, and democracy in North Africa, this book argues that multiculturalism in this region– and in the Arab world at large – has reached a significant level in terms of scale and importance...

This book is the first full-length analysis of the theory and practice of Persian singing, demonstrating the centrality of Persian elements in the music of the Islamic Middle Ages, their relevance to both contemporary and traditional Iranian music and their interaction with classical Persian poetry ..

Through a wide range of case studies from West Asia, South Asia and North Africa and their diasporas - including studies of Sufi chanting in Egypt and Morocco, dance in Afghanistan, and "Muslim punk" on-line - the book demonstrates how Islam should not be conceived of as being monolithic or monocult..