Hybrid Conference: “Poetry and Knowledge: The Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Arabic Verse (1100–1800)” Nov 20–22, 2025 | Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Münster Program & registration: uni.ms/poetry-and-knowledge You are warmly welcome to join us - on site or online!

New Release! 📚 A Demon Spirit: Arabic Hunting Poems, by Abū Nuwās, translated by James E. Montgomery contains hunting poems which convey power relations of the hunt. Explore the work of one of the greatest Arabic poets, now available from the Library of Arabic Literature.

Hi everyone I wrote this it’s real I can hold it and it’s not too big of a doorstop (it’s actually quite svelte I could see you carrying it places if you wanted to be weird). So, uh, you can buy it here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Digitization & cataloging is complete for the 925 manuscripts of the Ordre Basilien Choueirite, a Melkite Greek Catholic monastic order based in Khinshārah, Lebanon. Some of the rarest and oldest items in the library have an Islamic origin. Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...

Lara Harb, a colleague, interlocutor, and one of the foremost scholars in the field of Classical Arabic Literature in the world, and a Palestinian alum of Brown, has written a necessary op-ed for the school’s paper. Read it. www.browndailyherald.com/article/2024...

The college student who was shot in Vermont shares a message. His doctors and family say he may not walk again

Running this at Princeton with amazing friends, and I’ll be the first presenter. (Also super grateful to @drkeegan.bsky.social for agreeing to respond.) Join us! tinyurl.com/pisc2023

Middle East studies peeps of the world, unite!