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Above: ©Image from The Design of Protest: Choreographing Political Demonstrations in Public Space by Tali HatukaFront page photo: ©Image from Moving In and Out of Islam by Karin van Nieuwkerk


Palestinian Cinema in the Days of RevolutionB y N a d i a y a q u B

Bringing to light the origins of an important national cinema, this book examines Palestinian filmmaking during the long 1970s and how it sustained a revolution and continues to inspire in a new century.

UT Press controls all rightsJuly 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 312 pages | 50 b&w photos | $34.95 paperback

The Iranian DiasporaChallenges, Negotiations, and TransformationsE d i t E d B y M o h s E N M o s ta fav i M o B a s h E rf o r E w o r d B y N E s t o r r o d r i g u E z

Original essays by leading scholars of diaspora offer the first comparative overview of the worldwide migration of Iranians since the revolution and the challenges they have faced in assimilating into new societies.

UT Press controls all rightsOctober 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 260 pages | $45.00 hardcover

Love, Sex, and Desire in Modern EgyptNavigating the Margins of RespectabilityB y L . L . w y N N

Combining vivid stories of love affairs with classic anthropological theories of kin-ship, gift-giving, and honor, this rich ethnography documents how ideals of relation-ships and respectability clash with the reality of life in modern Cairo.

UT Press controls all rightsNovember 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 256 pages | $29.95 paperback


Moving In and Out of IslamE d i t E d B y K a r i N va N N i E u w K E r K

With empirical case studies from Western and Central Europe, the United States, Canada, and the Middle East, this anthology opens a new field of study by exploring people’s rationales for leaving, as well as converting to, Islam.

UT Press controls all rightsDecember 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 408 pages | 5 b&w photos | $34.95 paperback

Believing Women in IslamUnreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an | Revised EditionB y a s M a B a r L a s

Now revised with two new chapters and additional material throughout, this paradigm-shifting book develops a believer’s reading of the Qur’an that demonstrates the radi-cally egalitarian and antipatriarchal nature of its teachings.

UT Press controls all rightsJanuary 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 316 pages | 4 graphs | $29.95 paperback

Believing Women in Islam: A Brief IntroductionB y a s M a B a r L a s a N d d av i d r a E B u r N f i N N

This inviting book presents a simplified version of Believing Women in Islam: Un-reading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an that will help general readers and students understand its argument for women’s equality.

UT Press controls all rightsJanuary 2018 | 5½ x 8½ inches | 120 pages | $19.95 paperback

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The Mexican MahjarTransnational Maronites, Jews, and Arabs under the French MandateB y c a M i L a pa s t o r

Drawing extensively on French colonial archives and historical ethnography, this book offers the first global history of Middle Eastern migrations to Latin America andthe creation of Arab, French, and Mexican transnational networks.

UT Press controls all rights.December 2017 | 6 x 9 | 374 pp. | 6 b&w photos | 1 map | $29.95 paperback

Music, Sound, and Architecture in IslamE d i t E d B y M i c h a E L f r i s h K o p f a N d f E d E r i c o s p i N E t t if o r E w o r d B y a L i a s a N i

Bringing together the perspectives of ethnomusicology, Islamic studies, art history, and architecture, this edited collection explores how sound production in built environ-ments is central to Muslim religious and cultural expression.

UT Press controls all rights.October 2017 | 6 x 9 | 446 pp. | 19 color and 90 b&w photos | $29.95 paperback

Bad Girls of the Arab WorldE d i t E d B y N a d i a y a q u B a N d r u L a q u a w a s

This interdisciplinary collection of writing by and about Arab women is the first that focuses explicitly on Arab women’s often-fraught engagement with the boundaries that shape their lives in the twenty-first century.

UT Press controls all rightsSeptember 2017 | 6 x 9 | 234 pp. | 10 b&w photos | $27.95 paperback

A History of Slavery and Emancipation in Iran, 1800–1929B y B E h N a z a . M i r z a i

The leading authority on slavery and the African diaspora in modern Iran presents the first history of slavery in this key Middle Eastern country and shows how slavery helped to shape the nation’s unique character.

UT Press controls all rightsMay 2017 | 6 x 9 | 356 pp. | 14 b&w photos | 4 maps | $34.95 paperback


About AntiquitiesPolitics of Archaeology in the Ottoman EmpireB y z E y N E p Ç E L i K

Masterfully examining the competing claims and aspirations of museums, government officials, archaeologists, and excavation laborers, this book sheds new light on the role of archaeology in empire-building around the turn of the twentieth century.

UT Press controls all rightsNovember 2016 | 6 x 9 | 296 pp. | 12 color and 89 b&w photos | 6 maps | $27.95 paperback

Industrial SexualityGender, Urbanization, and Social Transformation in EgyptB y h a N a N h a M M a d

With fascinating glimpses into the lives of working-class men and women, this study of the urbanization of a provincial Egyptian factory town reveals how industrialization transformed masculine and feminine identities, sexualities, and public morality.

UT Press controls all rightsNovember 2016 | 6 x 9 | 292 pp. | 5 b&w photos | 2 maps | $27.95 paperback

Connecting with the EnemyA Century of Palestinian-Israeli Joint NonviolenceB y s h E i L a h . K a t z

Surveying the initiatives of more than five hundred groups across the past century, this timely book reveals how thousands of ordinary Israelis and Palestinians have worked together to end violence and forge connections between their peoples.

UT Press controls all rightsNovember 2016 | 6 x 9 | 284 pp. | 5 maps | $27.95 paperback

A People Without a StateThe Kurds from the Rise of Islam to the Dawn of NationalismB y M i c h a E L E p p E L

This comprehensive history traces the complex development of Kurdish distinctive-ness from the beginnings of Islam through the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the emergence of Kurdish nationalism after World War I.

UT Press controls all rightsSeptember 2016 | 6 x 9 | 194 pp. | 4 maps | $24.95 paperback

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Practicing TransnationalismAmerican Studies in the Middle EastE d i t E d B y E i L E E N t . L u N d y a N d E d w a r d J . L u N d y

Practicing Transnationalism explores the challenges of teaching American studies in the Middle East during a time of tension and conflict between the United States and the region.

UT Press controls all rightsSeptember 2016 | 6 x 9 | 288 pp. | 7 b&w photos | $27.95 paperback

Subversives and Mavericks in the Muslim MediterraneanA Subaltern HistoryE d i t E d B y o d i L E M o r E a u a N d s t u a r t s c h a a rp r E fa c E B y E d M u N d B u r K E i i i

This book presents key moments from the lives of mavericks in the Muslim Mediter-ranean world at the turn of the twentieth century, showing how their nonconformity forced those around them to rethink basic values and mores.

UT Press controls all rightsSeptember 2016 | 6 x 9 | 230 pp. | 10 b&w photos | 1 map | $55.00 hardcover

Brand IslamThe Marketing and Commodification of PietyB y fa E g h E h s h i r a z i

Focusing on the rise of “Brand Islam,” this book considers how the highly lucrative mar-keting of goods and services as “Islamic” or “halal” is reshaping the religious, cultural, and economic lives of Muslim consumers and communities around the globe.

UT Press controls all rightsAugust 2016 | 6 x 9 | 336 pp. | 52 b&w photos | $24.95 paperback

AfghanistanBetween Hope and FearB y pa u L a B r o N s t E i Nf o r E w o r d B y K i M B a r K E ri N t r o d u c t i o N B y c h r i s t i N a L a M B

One of the world’s leading female photojournalists presents a powerful photo-essay of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan, offering the most complete visual narrative history of this pivotal Middle East country.

UT Press controls all rightsJune 2016 | 11 x 10 | 228 pp. | 114 color photos | $50.00 hardcover

FA EG HE H S HI R A Z I

The Marketing and Commodification of Piety

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Islam and Popular CultureB y E d i t E d B y K a r i N va N N i E u w K E r K , M a r K L E v i N E , a N d M a r t i N s t o K E s

With well-structured chapters by leading scholars who explain key developments and concepts clearly, Islam and Popular Culture is the first comprehensive overview of this important subject.

UT Press controls all rightsApril 2016 | 6 x 9 | 406 pp. | 51 b&w photos | 2 maps | $34.95 paperback

The Ba‘thification of IraqSaddam Hussein’s TotalitarianismB y a a r o N M . fa u s t

This fascinating analysis of a wealth of documents from the Hussein regime reveals the specific tactics used to inculcate loyalty in the Iraqi people during the nearly quarter century-long rule of Saddam Huessein and the Ba’th party.

UT Press controls all rightsNovember 2015 | 6 x 9 | 386 pp. | 5 b&w illustrations | 1 map | $55.00 hardcover

Muhammad in the Digital AgeE d i t E d B y r u q ay ya ya s M i N E K h a N , f o r E w o r d B y r a N d a L L N a d E a u

This remarkable collection of essays examines how Islam was introduced to the West through the Internet in an age of terrorism.

UT Press controls all rightsNovember 2015 | 6 x 9 | 244 pp. | 5 illustrations | $55.00 hardcover

Nurturing MasculinitiesMen, Food, and Family in Contemporary EgyptB y N E f i s s a N a g u i B

Dispelling the illusion that Middle Eastern men can be fully understood through the lenses of domination and patriarchy, this book looks at contemporary Egyptian food-ways to better understand how men enact masculinity in displays of caregiving and love through food.

UT Press controls all rightsNovember 2015 | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 | 152 pp. | 16 b&w photos | 2 maps | $55.00 hardcover

MuhammadIn the Digital Age

Edited by

Ruqayya Yasmine Khan

Foreword by

Randall Nadeau

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m a s c u l i n i t i e sMen, Food, and Family in Contemporary Egypt

n e f i s s a n a g u i b

the ba‘thification of iraq

saddam hussein’s totalitarianismAaron M. Faust


Modernizing PatriarchyThe Politics of Women’s Rights in MoroccoB y K a t J a Ž va N E L L i o t t

This ethnographic study breaks the silence on women’s rights and contemporary de-velopment in Morocco, where legal and educational advances are actually leaving some women behind, especially educated, single women.

UT Press controls all rightsSeptember 2015 | 6 x 9 | 256 pp. | 5 b&w photos | $55.00 hardcover

Crescent over Another HorizonIslam in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latino USAE d i t E d B y M a r i a d E L M a r L o g r o ñ o N a r B o N a , pa u L o g . p i N t o , a N d J o h N t o f i K K a r a M

In the first book to comprehensively examine the Islamic experience in Latina/o societ-ies—from Columbian voyages to the post-9/11 world—more than a dozen luminaries from nations throughout the Western Hemisphere explore how Islam indelibly influ-enced the making of the Americas..

UT Press controls all rightsSeptember 2015 | 6 x 9 | 368 pp. | 16 b&w photos | $60.00 hardcover

The Last Civilized PlaceSijilmasa and Its Saharan DestinyB y r o N a L d a . M E s s i E r a N d J a M E s a . M i L L E r

Drawing on archaeological discoveries and historical accounts, this book tells the lively story of Morocco’s legendary golden city and its pivotal role in medieval transcontinental trade, the spread of Islam, and the rise of several ruling dynasties.

UT Press controls all rightsJune 2015 | 6 x 9 | 288 pages | 41 b&w photos, 14 b&w illustrations | 11 maps | $55.00 hardcover

Competitive Archaeology in JordanNarrating Identity from the Ottomans to the HashemitesB y E L E N a c o r B E t t

Tracing the complex history of Jordan through its archaeology, Competitive Archaeolo-gy in Jordan examines how foreign and indigenous powers have competed for and used antiquities to create their own narratives, national identities, borders, and conceptions of the nation.

UT Press controls all rightsJanuary 2015 | 6 x 9 | 306 pp. | 11 b&w photos | 2 maps | $55.00 hardcover

The Last Civilized Place

s i j i lm a s a and Its Saharan DestinyRonald A. Messier and James A. Miller

ELENA CORBETT

Competitive Archaeology in JordanNarrating Identity from the Ottomans to the Hashemites

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ISLAM INLATIN AMERICA,�THE CARIBBEAN,�AND LATINO USA

EDITED BY María del Mar

Logroño Narbona,�Paulo G. Pinto,� andJohn Tofik Karam


North Africa, Revised EditionA History from Antiquity to the PresentB y p h i L L i p c . N a y L o r

Now with a new afterword that surveys the “North African Spring” uprisings that roiled the region from 2011 to 2013, this is the most comprehensive history of North Africa to date, with accessible, in-depth chapters covering the pre-Islamic period through colonization and independence.

UT Press controls all rightsJanuary 2015 | 6 x 9 | 384 pp. | 15 maps | $29.95 paperback

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Children of AfghanistanThe Path to PeaceE d i t E d B y J E N N i f E r h E a t h a N d a s h r a f z a h E d i

A sweeping examination of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable individuals and the myriad of problems that confront them, Children of Afghanistan not only explores the host of crises that has led the United Nations to call the country “the worst place on earth to be born,” but also offers child-centered solutions to rebuilding the country.

UT Press controls all rightsNovember 2014 | 6 x 9 | 362 pp. | 2 b&w illustrations, 13 b&w photos | 1 map | $55.00 hard-cover

Kurdish AwakeningNation Building in a Fragmented HomelandB y o f r a B E N g i o

Kurdish Awakening is a comprehensive examination of the sweeping developments in “Greater Kurdistan” over the past few decades, analyzing the growth of this nationalistic yet fragmented movement and illuminating its geopolitical implications.

UT Press controls all rightsNovember 2014 | 6 x 9 | 332 pp. | 2 b&w photos | 5 maps | $60.00 hardcover

Foodways and Daily Life in Medieval AnatoliaA New Social HistoryB y N i c o L a s t r é pa N i E r

Bringing to life an overlooked aspect of the dawn of the Ottoman empire, this illumi-nating study uses the prism of food—from farming to mealtimes, religious rituals, and commerce—to understand how Anatolian society gave rise to a superpower.

UT Press controls all rightsNovember 2014 | 6 x 9 | 264 pp. | 1 map | $55.00 hardcover

Kurdish AwAKeningNation Building in a

Fragmented Homeland

edited by ofra bengio

A·N EWSOC IALHISTORY

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FOODWAYS·&DAILY·LIFE·INMEDIEVALANATOLIA

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Queer BeirutB y s o f i a N M E r a B E t

Queer Beirut paves the way for a timely anthropological conversation about gender and queer identities in both Middle Eastern studies and urban studies.

UT Press controls all rightsOctober 2014 | 6 x 9 | 304 pp. | 28 b&w photos | 2 maps | $55.00 hardcover

Rethinking Iranian Nationalism and ModernityE d i t E d B y K a M r a N s c o t a g h a i E a N d a f s h i N M a r a s h i

An illuminating anthology of more than a dozen innovative perspectives on the making of modern Iranian nationhood, from Orientalism and historiography to the role of land/place, identity, religion, and contested visions of modernity in twentieth-century Iran.

UT Press controls all rightsJuly 2014 | 6 x 9 | 380 pp. | 12 b&w photos | $55.00 hardcover

Arab Responses to Fascism and NazismAttraction and RepulsionB y i s r a E L g E r s h o N i

This collection rethinks old paradigms and widely accepted assumptions about the Arab response to fascism and Nazism, bringing to light Arab support for the Allied forces during World War II and its effect on the fate of the Middle East.

UT Press controls all rightsJuly 2014 | 6 x 9 | 372 pp. | 6 b&w photos, 20 line drawings | $65.00 hardcover

The Making of Arab AmericansFrom Syrian Nationalism to U.S. CitizenshipB y h a N i B a w a r d i

Using previously untapped archives to reclaim a forgotten history, this groundbreak-ing study traces Arab American advocacy to the early twentieth century, when mass immigration as a result of Arab grievances with Ottoman Turks fostered a unified Arab American political identity.

UT Press controls all rightsMay 2014 | 6 x 9 | 394 pp. | 47 b&w photos | $65.00 hardcover

The Making of Arab Americans From Syrian Nationalism

to U.S. Citizenship

Hani J. Bawardi

S O F I A N M E R A B E T

QUE RB E I R U T


Performing PietySingers and Actors in Egypt’s Islamic RevivalB y K a r i N va N N i E u w K E r K

Tracing the Islamization of Egyptian celebrities and their fans and the emergence of an Islamic aesthetics, this book offers a unique history of the religious revival in Egypt through the lens of the performing arts.

UT Press controls all rightsOctober 2013 | 6 x 9 | 332 pp. | 13 b&w photos | $60.00 hardcover

“This Is Jerusalem Calling”State Radio in Mandate PalestineB y a N d r E a L . s t a N t o N

This history of the long-overlooked Palestine Broadcasting Service (1936–1948) examines the role of government-sponsored radio in shaping Arab political and social life in the wake of British colonialism.

UT Press controls all rightsSeptember 2013 | 6 x 9 | 270 pp. | 23 b&w photos | 3 charts, 1 table | $55.00 hardcover

Women, Gender, and the Palace Households in Ottoman TunisiaB y a M y a i s E N K a L L a N d E r

This examination of Tunisia’s ruling family between 1700 and 1900 reveals the signifi-cance of the palace and the crucial political and economic roles women played in the family’s relationship with the imperial government.

UT Press controls all rightsSeptember 2013 | 6 x 9 | 287 pp. | 12 b&w photos, 7 illustrations | 2 maps, 7 tables | $55.00 hardcover

Pakistan’s Blasphemy LawsFrom Islamic Empires to the TalibanB y s h E M E E M B u r N E y a B B a s

This pioneering study of the evolution of blasphemy laws from the early Islamic empires to the present-day Taliban uncovers the history and questionable motives behind Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and calls for a return to the prophet Muhammad’s peaceful vision of social justice.

UT Press controls all rightsJuly 2013 | 6 x 9 | 222 pp. | 21 b&w photos, 14 illustrations | $25.00 paperback

Women,

Gender, and the

Palace Households in Ottoman Tunisia

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Empires to the Talibanshemeem burney abbas

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ANDREA L. STANTON


Western Representations of the Muslim WomanFrom Termagant to OdalisqueB y M o h J a K a h f

How the image of Muslim women changed in Western literature from medieval times to the Romantic era.

UT Press controls all rightsJune 1999 | 6 x 9 | 219 pp. | $25.00 paperback

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Science in Medieval IslamAn Illustrated IntroductionB y h o w a r d r . t u r N E r

This book offers a fully illustrated, highly accessible introduction to the scientific achievements of medieval Islam.

UT Press controls all rightsNovember 1997 | 6 x 9 | 288 pp. | 98 halftones, 8 line drawings | 3 maps | $24.95 paperback

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