Sick Man of Asia
Author/editor: Rice, D
Year published: 2022
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, interaction between the Chinese and Kyrgyz governments has rapidly increased. The two countries have cooperated over territory/border delineation, trade, investment and security among other spheres. However, not everyone in Kyrgyzstan is happy about…
Iranian Hospitality, Afghan Marginality Spaces of Refuge and Belonging in the City of Shiraz
Author/editor: Yarbakhsh, E.
Year published: 2021
In Iranian Hospitality, Afghan Marginality, Elisabeth Yarbakhsh unpacks ideas around culture, identity, and the relationship between Iranian citizens and Afghan refugees living in Shiraz, Iran, and surrounding areas. Yarkbakhsh highlights the ways in which shifting policies and practices toward…
Soft Power in Central Asia: The Politics of Influence and Seduction
Author/editor: Nourzhanov, K & Peyrouse, S
Year published: 2021
At the crossroads of Russia, China, and the Islamic world, Central Asia remains one of the world’s least understood regions, despite being a significant theater for muscle-flexing by the great powers and regional players. This series, in conjunction with George Washington University’…
The Spectre of Afghanistan: Security in Central Asia
Author/editor: Nouzhanov, K. & Saikal, A.
Year published: 2021
Aiming to connect a number of divergent perspectives on the current state of Afghanistan, this book outlines the country's past and present instability and how this impacts and is conceptualised by its neighbours as well as by international heavyweights such as Russia, China and the United States.…
Hot Maroc
Author/editor: Yassin Adnan translated by France Meyer
Year published: 2020
Hot Maroc is the story of an antihero, Rahhal, an insignificant, cowardly and timid character who, through social networks, settles his accounts with his “intimate enemies”, that is to say any person who has been more successful. than him. His immense ability to harm by the use of a keyboard is…
Palestinian Women and Popular Resistance: Perceptions, Attitudes and Strategies
Author/editor: Kayali, L.
Year published: 2020
This book explores Palestinian women’s views of popular resistance in the West Bank and examines factors shaping the nature and extent of their involvement. Despite the signing of the Oslo peace accords in 1993, the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the contemporary period have experienced…
Women and Democracy in Iraq: Gender, Politics and Nation-Building
Author/editor: Al-Tamimi, H.
Year published: 2019
As the post-invasion reconstruction of Iraq has unfolded, the potential for Iraqi women to participate actively and visibly in the country's political structure has been one of its most notable results. The 2005 Constitution required that no less than 25% of seats in the Iraqi Parliament be filled…
Hozur-e peyda va penhan-e zan dar mutun-e sufiyyeh (The Absence and Presence of Women in Persian Sufi Texts)
Author/editor: Taheri, Z.
Year published: 2019
Hozur-e peyda va penhan-e zan dar mutun-e sufiyyeh (The Absence and Presence of Women in Persian Sufi Texts), published by Nashr-e Sales, Tehran, Iran. In the book, Dr Taheri documents the position of women in Persian mystical literature from the beginning of the Islamic era to 1900. She writes:…
Iran Rising: The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic
Author/editor: Saikal, A.
Year published: 2019
On the fortieth anniversary of the 1978–79 Iranian revolution, a definitive political picture of the Islamic Republic When Iranians overthrew their monarchy, rejecting a pro-Western shah in favor of an Islamic regime, many observers predicted that revolutionary turmoil would paralyze the…
Islam beyond Borders: The Umma in World Politics
Author/editor: Piscatori, J. & Saikal, A.
Year published: 2019
Assuming a central place in Muslim life, the Qur'an speaks of one community of the faith, the umma. This unity of the faithful is recognised as the default aspiration of the believer, and in the modern era, intellectuals and political leaders have often vied both to define, and to lead it. Based on…