At 34°, it is one of the hottest days of the year in Istanbul. And while many Istanbullus might be tempted to stay at home or retreat to a cafe with good A/C, I have…
Within the gamut of human experience lies a plethora of emotion. Peering over an insurmountable mountain may evoke feelings of grandeur and awe; the occurrence of an unexpected and favorable coincidence may result in the…
Maydan editors asked three leading scholars to reflect on the legacy of late Franklin Lewis for Maydan. We are grateful to Dr. Omid Safi, Dr. Muhammad Isa Waley, amnd Dr. Paul Losensky for sharing their…
Introduction The arrival of Muslims in the landmass called South Asia, from the eleventh century onwards, set in motion a complex series of political and sociocultural transformations which continue to shape the terrain in our…
The Maydan Podcast · Knowledge and Its Producers EP 8 – Bharti Lalwani & Nicolas Roth This episode of Knowledge and its Producers talks to Bharti Lalwani, who is a perfumer and art critic as…
Anna Bigelow, ed. Islam through Objects. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 264 pages. $31.45 paperback | Reviewed by Yasmine Flodin-Ali Islam Through Objects, edited by Anna Bigelow, was published in 2021 as part of…
From Istanbul to Mecca: A Journey through Hajj Mementoes from Mid-Twentieth Century Turkey
[Book Review] Lara Harb, “Arabic Poetics: Aesthetic Experience in Classical Arabic Literature” (Cambridge, 2020) Reviewed by Hamzah Hashmi
Remembering Franklin Lewis by Omid Safi, Muhammad Isa Waley and Paul Losensky
The Songs of Nazrul’s Nightingale: Planting the Islamic Rose in Bengali Soil
[Maydan Podcast] Knowledge and Its Producers EP 8 – Bharti Lalwani & Nicolas Roth
[Book Review] Anna Bigelow (ed.). Islam Through Objects | Reviewed by Yasmine Flodin-Ali
Anna Bigelow, ed. Islam through Objects. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 264 pages. $31.45 paperback | Reviewed by Yasmine Flodin-Ali Islam Through Objects, edited by Anna Bigelow, was published in 2021 as part of…
Recently, the Norwegian Ministry of Culture published a comprehensive report on parts of the Schøyen Collection. The Collection, which is owned by the Norwegian collector Martin Schøyen, is based in London and Oslo and contains…
The Maydan Podcast · On The Square EP8 – Muslims in the Caribbean In this episode of On The Square, Sapelo Square Senior Editor Su’ad Abdul Khabeer speaks with Dr. Aliyah Khan, author of Far from Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim…
The Maydan Podcast is a production of The Maydan, with dedicated themes around Islamic Studies and related fields. Maydan is an online publication of the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George…
Avatar: the Last Airbender (ATLA) is an artfully woven story in which victims of genocide and imperialism unite to fight against a global empire. But in the sequel series, The Legend of Korra (TLOK), which…
With much of the world under severe isolation measures; museums, venues, and cinemas have shut their doors for the next several months. However that does not mean we can’t enjoy some great art collections. Museums…
On January 17th and 18th 2020, The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) held a symposium on popular culture titled Produce, Consume, Conserve, which brought together academics, practitioners, and conservators to discuss popular culture…
How do you engage with an ancient art form that continues to be practiced today? What does it mean for a contemporary artist to make use of sacred mathematical tools and techniques that are more…
The microscopically delicate floral and yellow gold designs demanded I draw so close as to almost breathe on them. As with the other fourteen tazhib (“illumination”) works in Behnaz Karjoo’s 2020 exhibit Immanence, “The Solace…
Namık Sinan Turan- Dear Bilen, you are known as the most important authority on Şerif Muhiddin Targan in Turkey today due to your musical performance and academic research on the oud. Before talking about your…
