PUBLICATIONS

  • “Education through Narrative in Rasā’il Ikhwān Al-Safā’” in Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam, Ed. by Sebastian Günther (Brill, forthcoming).
  • Review of Reading Hayy Ibn-Yaqzan: A Cross-Cultural History of Autodidacticism by Avner Ben-Zaken. Bulletin of Middle East Studies (Spring 2013).
  • “Philosophy” and “Spain,” Cultural Sociology of the Middle East (California: SAGE Publications, 2012).
  • Review of Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation by Tariq Ramadan in the Journal of Religion (Spring 2012).
  • “Ibn ‘Arabi: The Meccan Illuminations,” Milestone Documents of World Religions: Exploring Traditions of Faith through Primary Sources (Dallas: Schlager Group, 2011).
  • “The Status of Women in the United Arab Emirates,” Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Citizenship and Justice (Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005).
  • “The War Room,” Split This Rock Blog, March 4, 2016.
  • “We Should Counter Hate with Poetry and Culture,” The National, November 24, 2015.
  • “Between Tolerance and Persecution: Cairo’s Jewish Quarter Becomes the Setting of an Arabic TV Drama,” Perspectives on History, September 2015.
  • “A 17th -Century Indian Parrot: Interpreting the Art of the Deccan,” Perspectives on History, Summer 2015.
  • “Between Suicide Bombings and Religious Freedom in Islamic History,” AHA Today, July 9, 2015.
  • “Democracy, Liberty, History,” Perspectives on History, March 2015.
  • “Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations: Brooklyn Historical Society Explores Mixed-Heritage Identities,” Perspectives on History, March 2015.
  • “Hit by the Wrecking Ball: Historic Buildings from the Recent Past,” Perspectives on History, February 2015.
  • “Beyond the ‘Seven Speak-Nots’: History Education in China,” Perspectives on History, February 2015.
  • “Jami’s Haft Awrang Undergoes Conservation at the Smithsonian,” Perspectives on History, January 2015.
  • “Arab New York,” Perspectives on History, November 2014.
  • “Layers of Culture: Byzantine Artifacts in Heaven and Earth,” Perspectives on History, February 2015.
  • “People’s Histories of the United Arab Emirates: Creating Archives and Oral Histories in Dubai and Abu Dhabi,” Perspectives on History, October 2014.
  • “Modern Arab Historians Should Be Given a Wider Audience,” The National, July 29, 2014.
  • “History and Modernity in the Arabian Peninsula,” AHA Today, June 10, 2014.
  • “Creating and Preserving Cultural Heritage in the Arab World,” Perspectives on History, April 2014.
  • “Recording Divergent Histories of Homelessness,” Perspectives on History, April 2014.
  • “Secular Revolutions, Religious Landscapes,” Sightings, University of Chicago, February 24, 2011.
  • “The Persecution of Religious Minorities in Iraq,” Sightings, University of Chicago, June 10, 2010.
  • “Iraq is Not a Shining Example for the Middle East,” Amnesty International USA Human Rights Now blog, May 26, 2011.
  • “Can Social Networking Put Saudi Women Behind the Wheel?” Ms. Magazine blog, May 25, 2011.
  • “Arab American Women Take the Stage,” Kalimat 1, Spring 2011.
  • “Arabs Still Battling the Misconceptions of 9/11,” Sayidaty Magazine, Dubai, May 2009.