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A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?

History Compass, Volume 23, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.
ABSTRACT The field of medieval Middle East history has seen a renewed attention to the use of documentary sources in recent years. These sources have long seen some neglect, and their interpretation has suffered from a stubborn narrative of paucity that has tended to relegate them to the fringe of this history. With the impact of other scholarly trends
Daisy Livingston
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Social Status of Afghan Women During The History and Its Impact on Their Contemporary Life [PDF]

International Multidisciplinary Journal of Pure Life
SUBJECT & OBJECTIVES: One of the most significant issues in the contemporary world is women's legal status and social activities. Afghanistan is at the forefront of women's discussions due to its drastic changes and developments.
Mohammd Zakaria Saeidi, Mohsen Ghanbari Alanaq   +1 more
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Baghdad’s thirdspace: Between liminality, anti-structures and territorial mappings [PDF]

, 2016
Wedged in-between the dense urban grain of Baghdad, blast walls of t-shaped concrete have littered the streets and neighbourhoods since 2003, after the US led invasion. The idiosyncrasy of these walls lies in their exaggerated spatial liminality.
Al-Ali Z, Al-Hasani M, Anderson JL, Bhabha H, Boulton J, Damluji M, Foucault M, Gordon J, Gregory D, Ibhais H, Klein N, Lefebvre H, Lemke T, Norberg-Schulz C, Parker N, Peterson A, Salem P, Sana Murrani, Soja E, Thomassen B, Turner V, Turner V, Weizman E, Weizman E   +23 more
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Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa) in Substantiating Justice in Land Tax

The Muslim World, Volume 115, Issue 4, Page 295-319, Autumn 2025.
Abstract This article discusses the relationship between the systemization of kharāj (land tax) and the higher objective of Islamic law or Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa. After the conquest of Sawād region (located in modern‐day southern Iraq), the First Caliph ʿUmar (634 ‐ 644 CE) introduced a new approach to the distribution of ghanīmah (spoils of war), leaving ...
Öznur Özdemir, Mehmet Asutay
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Bio-Medical Discourse and Oriental Metanarratives on Pandemics in the Islamicate World from the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries

Humanities
This paper examines the writings of European travelers, chaplains, and resident doctors on pandemics in the Mediterranean regions from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Using French comparative literary theory, the article highlights how Muslim communities
Suhail Ahmad, Robert E. Bjork, Mohammed Almahfali, Abdel-Fattah M. Adel, Mashhoor Abdu Al-Moghales   +4 more
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The Role of Popular Ashura Traditions in the Development of Ashura Culture in Iran (907-656 A. H) [PDF]

تاریخ اسلام
Identifying Ashura traditions among ordinary people and the role of these traditions in the formation of Ashura culture in different historical periods is of significance.
Mohammad Ali Rahimi Sabet, Mohsen Alviri, Alireza Abtahi   +2 more
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Ceramics with metallic lustre decoration. A detailed knowledge of Islamic productions from 9th century until Renaissance [PDF]

, 2008
Cette publication a fait l'objet d'un article publié en 2012 dans la revue "Matériaux and Techniques" 100, 1 Pages 47-68, disponible sur : http://hal-ensmp.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00686405This paper describes research on the technological evolution of ...
Aucouturier, Marc, Bouquillon, Anne, Chabanne, Delhia, Darque-Ceretti, Evelyne, Dectot, Xavier, Faÿ-Hallé, Antoinette, Makariou, Sophie, Miroudot, Delphine   +7 more
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New Insights Into Early Islamic Hydro‐Agricultural Strategies in Northwest Arabia: A Geoarchaeological Study of al‐Bint Dam (Sadd al‐Bint)

Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 5, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT The Sadd al‐Bint is one of the largest known ancient dams in Saudi Arabia, and yet, its construction date, function and collapse remained uncertain. This study presents the first numerical chronology for the dam, integrating radiocarbon dating, Bayesian modelling, geomorphological analysis and hydrological modelling to reconstruct its history.
Bruno Depreux, Munirah AlMushawh, Stephen McPhillips, Guillaume Chung‐To, Sylvain Colin, Elora Chambraud, Kévin Guadagnini, Saifi AlShilali, Mashael AlDughailbi, Fatimah AlRashidi, Khalid AlKhaldi, Charlotte Faiers, Rémy Crassard, Guillaume Charloux   +13 more
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Indian Glass in The Middle East? Medieval and Ottoman Glass Bangles from Central Jordan [PDF]

, 2009
Ecrit en collaboration avec Julian Henderson, professeur d'archéologie à l'université de NottinghamThis article is dealing with the question of cultural identity and economic organization of central Jordan through the study of material culture.
Boulogne, Stéphanie, Henderson, Julian
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Provincialising Early Feminism: A View from the Middle East

Gender &History, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 591-605, July 2025.
Abstract ‘Provincializing Europe’, derived from Dipesh Chakrabarty's work of that name, argued that an imagined ‘Europe’ was a founding myth for modernity. While not mentioning feminism, this analysis is a valuable starting point for tracing the path of the term ‘féminism’ from France to Britain to the Ottoman Empire and from the USA to the Arab world –
Ruth Roded
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