Dissident Syria. Making Oppositional Arts Official (Duke University Press 2007)
From 1970 until his death in 2000, Hafiz Asad ruled Syria with an iron fist. His regime controlled every aspect of daily life. Seeking to preempt popular unrest, Asad sometimes facilitated the expression of anti-government sentiment by appropriating the work of artists and writers, turning works of protest into official agitprop. Syrian dissidents were forced […]
سورية الأخرى ؛ صناعة الفن المعارض (Arabic translation, 2018)
Published by Doha Institute (2018) Reviews in the Arabic Press Neel wa Furat December 2018 https://www.neelwafurat.com/itempage.aspx?id=lbb320450-311038&search=books Souriyati February 2019 https://www.souriyati.com/2019/02/17/118751.html Al-Watan February 2019 https://www.al-watan.com/Data/20190216/PDFPAGES/13_watan.pdf Doha Institute February 2019 https://www.dohainstitute.org/ar/BooksAndJournals/Pages/Dissident-Syria.aspx Muhammad Hujairi, “The Other Syria: Taming through Permitted Criticism” Al-Mudun 16 February 2019 click here al-Arabi al-Jadid February 2019 click here Imran Abdallah “Art under the Shadow of Dictatorship” in Al-Jazeera 24 February 2019 click here Rabi’u, “miriam cooke in Abu […]
Muslim Networks: From Hajj to Hip Hop (UNC Press, 2005)
co-editor: Bruce Lawrence Crucial to understanding Islam is a recognition of the role of Muslim networks. The earliest networks were Mediterranean trade routes that quickly expanded into transregional paths for pilgrimage, scholarship, and conversion, each network complementing and reinforcing the others. This volume selects major moments and key players from the seventh century to the […]