Books

Preface Africa has been suffering high levels of terrorism in recent years, emerging as a major challenge in different regions...

Preface   Since its inception in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has regarded “exporting the Revolution” as one of...

It is widely recognized that Iran has been infiltrating several Arab and African countries, undermining civil institutions and weakening the...

Iranian studies have flourished in recent decades and become a central field of inquiry for Arab and Western researchers, strategists,...

“Popular religion” draws life from local customs and traditions, and varies from one society to the next. Since its inception...

While the Kurdish question has received due attention in Western scholarship and public discussions, a range of political and cultural...

Present-day discussions about “traditional Islam” bear relevance to the crisis of identity arising from Muslim encounters with modernity, as well...

Al-Mesbar’s 136th monthly book explores the religious and sectarian diversity of the area. In addition to Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims,...

Al-Mesbar’s 134th monthly book, Naqshbandism: Text, History, Impact (February 2018), examines the theological and social history of Sufism’s esteemed Naqshbandi...