ISIS, Christianity, and the Pact of Umar by David J. Wasserstein
David J. Wasserstein— When ISIS forces took the Iraqi city of Mosul in the summer of 2014,…
Islam
The Mongols and the Islamic World from Conquest to Conversion
The Mongol conquest of the Islamic world began in the early thirteenth century when Chinggis Khan and his…
The Future of European Muslims – An Essay by Tarek Osman
In recent months, the rise of far-right parties in different European countries and events such as the UK’s…
Islamism: A Series of Short Talks by Tarek Osman
Author Tarek Osman is a political economist and broadcaster focused on the Arab and Islamic worlds. In this…
Five Years On: The Arab Spring – in Books
Five years on from the Tahrir Square uprising that shook the world in 2011, we are still debating…
Yale Books Autumn Reading List
‘I don’t think there’s a trade publishing house producing high-calibre, serious non-fiction of the quality and variety of Yale.’…
Nazis, Islamists, and the Making
of the Modern Middle East
During the 1930s and 1940s, a unique and lasting political alliance was forged among Third Reich leaders, Arab…
Lost in Transition: ‘Byzantium and Islam’ at the Metropolitan Museum explores cultures in flux
The Eastern Mediterranean, from Syria across North Africa, comprised the wealthy southern provinces of the 7th century Byzantine Empire,…