A quick announcement about an upcoming conference on Ibāḍī history to be held at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge. The conference is entitled "Today's Perspectives on Ibadi History and the Historical Sources" and will take place from June 16 -18. Additional information on the conference is available on the conference website: Ibadi-Studies.orgأودّ أن أعلن … Continue reading Upcoming Conference on Ibāḍī History in Cambridge

I have posted a video version of the geographic distribution of Ibāḍī scholars (1st-15th centuryAH) from the Gephi graph visualization program I have been working with. The quality on full screen is not as crisp as I would like but I think the basic point is clear. You can find that video under the Ibāḍī … Continue reading Geographic Distribution (1st-15th century AH) Video Posted

I have just posted a new section under the 'Ibāḍī Networks' tab. The section presents an example of how my dissertation is working closely with each of the major Ibāḍī biographical dictionaries (11th-16th centuries) and thinking about their oral and written sources. While the previous section addressed the geographic distribution of Ibāḍī scholars, this section … Continue reading Thinking about Sources| إعادة التفكير في المصادر

I have now posted some new graphs showing the geographic distribution of Ibāḍī scholars in the Maghrib (6th-12th centuries) under the "Ibāḍī Networks" page. These are not meant to be exact reflections of reality; rather, I think they represent some broad trends of geographic concentration of Ibāḍī communities in the region over several centuries.

I have been experimenting with an open source network mapping software called Gephi (website here) in order to map Ibāḍī networks in North Africa in time and space. The results of that experiment are now available under the "Ibāḍī Networks" tab.منذ ثلاثة أسابيع، أجرّب رسم الشبكات العلمية بين الأعلام الإباضية استخداما لبرنامج يدعى "جيفي"موقع البرنامج  … Continue reading Mapping Ibāḍī Scholars across the Centuries: Experimental Stage 1

I have now updated the 'Dissertation Abstract' page in order to share the outline of my dissertation project on Ibāḍī intellectual and commercial networks in the medieval Maghrib (available under the 'Dissertation Abstract' tab above). I will be posting an Arabic version of the abstract in the next week or so.قد أضفت الإطار العام لأطروحتي … Continue reading Dissertation Abstract Updated

Just a quick post on the very exciting news that the island of Djerba in southern Tunisia, home to Ibāḍī communities since at least the eighth century, will join the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites: Click here for more.A recent Al-Jazeera documentary on Ibāḍīs in Djerba is also available on YouTube here.