I had the pleasure of doing an interview recently with Rey Behboudi for the Oriental Journeys podcast that she produces. It was a very fun conversation in which we discussed how the experiences and history of Ibadi Muslims in the Maghrib has been shaped by both broader trends in Maghribi history and the particularities of … Continue reading Podcast Interview on Oriental Journeys | مقابلة في پودكاست : رحلات شرقية
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Mu’addibs & Migrants: New Article in IJMES | مقال جديد حول الهجرة النفوسية إلى جزيرة جربة
A quick note to say that I recently published a historical study of migrants from the Jebel Nafusa, Libya to the island of Djerba, Tunisia during the first half of the 20th century. The article, entitled "M’addibs and Migrant Laborers: Migration from Ottoman Trablus al-Gharb to Djerba, Tunisia in the Early 20th Century" appears in … Continue reading Mu’addibs & Migrants: New Article in IJMES | مقال جديد حول الهجرة النفوسية إلى جزيرة جربة
Jean Despois, the Rockefellers & the Jebel Nafusa | الجيوغرافي الفرنسي جان دي پوا وعمله الميداني في جبل نفوسة
Jean Despois published his thesis, Le Djebel Nefousa (Tripolitaine) Étude géographique with Larose-Éditeurs (Paris) in 1935. As I continue work on the history of the Jebel Nafusa, I like so many others before me have been engaging with the works of French geographer Jean Despois (1901-1978). Originally from France, Despois had been living in Tunis … Continue reading Jean Despois, the Rockefellers & the Jebel Nafusa | الجيوغرافي الفرنسي جان دي پوا وعمله الميداني في جبل نفوسة
An Ibadi Tafsir at the British Library | نسخة من تفسير هود الهواري في المكتبة البريطانية
Last summer, in a series of email exchanges, colleagues Dr. Aurélien Montel (Maître de Conférence, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès) , Mr. Soufien Mestaoui (Director, Ibadica), and Dr. Michael Erdman (Head, Middle Eastern & Central Asian Collection, The British Library) together identified an exciting copy of the Maghribi Ibadi tafsir, known as the Tafsīr Hūd … Continue reading An Ibadi Tafsir at the British Library | نسخة من تفسير هود الهواري في المكتبة البريطانية
Coming Soon: The Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo | قريبا: إباضية القاهرة العثمانيون
Source: Cambridge University Press My forthcoming book, entitled The Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo now shows as "coming soon" on the Cambridge University Press website. The book offers a social history of the Ibadi communities of Cairo from the 17th to the early 20th centuries through the story of a trade agency, school, and library known … Continue reading Coming Soon: The Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo | قريبا: إباضية القاهرة العثمانيون
Presentation on a new manuscripts documentation initiative in the Jebel Nafusa, Libya | تقديم افتراضي حول مشروع جديد لتوثيق المخطوطات والتراث المادي المكتوب في جبل نفوسة بليبيا
This Wednesday 16 February at 18:00 (CET), I will co-present on a new manuscripts documentation initiative we have just started in the Jebel Nafusa, Libya. Entitled "Libraries of Nafusa", this pilot project is administered by the Ibadica Centre d'etudes et de recherches sur l'ibadisme in partnership with the Fassato Foundation in Libya. Financial support for the … Continue reading Presentation on a new manuscripts documentation initiative in the Jebel Nafusa, Libya | تقديم افتراضي حول مشروع جديد لتوثيق المخطوطات والتراث المادي المكتوب في جبل نفوسة بليبيا
Article of the Month & Interview with the Mediterranean Seminar | مقال الشهر ومقابلة شفوية مع منسّقيَ “المؤتمر المتوسطي”ـ
You can listen to the episode of "Let's Talk Mediterranean" here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ1rUS5HNsE An article of mine on Ibadi manuscripts in Naples published in Manuscript Studies in 2018 received the distinction of article of the Month (April 2021) by the Mediterranean Seminar, which is a wonderful community of scholars working on the Mediterranean. I … Continue reading Article of the Month & Interview with the Mediterranean Seminar | مقال الشهر ومقابلة شفوية مع منسّقيَ “المؤتمر المتوسطي”ـ
Special Issue of JIM on Ibadi Manuscripts | عدد خاصّ من مجلّة المخطوطات الإسلامية حول المخطوطات الإباضية
I am delighted to say that the Journal of Islamic Manuscripts has just published a special issue devoted to "Ibadi Manuscripts and Manuscript Cultures in North Africa"!
Book Review: “The Ibadi presence in Egypt” | مراجعة كتاب: الوجود الإباضي في مصر
The cover of al-Wujūd al-Ibāḍī fī Miṣr (Maktabat Khazāʾin al-Āthār, 2018). I borrow the image here from a remarkably detailed summary of the book available in Arabic here. I recently had the pleasure of reading a book I have been meaning to read for a year or so now, entitled al-Wujūd al-ibāḍī fī Miṣr (The … Continue reading Book Review: “The Ibadi presence in Egypt” | مراجعة كتاب: الوجود الإباضي في مصر
An Ibadi sultan at the Khedive’s dinner party (1875) | سلطان إباضي عند طاولة الخديوي للعشاء (1875)
(Tawfīq Pāsha) "Do you have wine in your country?" (Sultan Barghash) "Yes, we have wine made of date palms. The dissolute (al-fasaqa) drink it---in secret. When it gets the best of someone, he is flogged."
Ibadi Studies | دراسات إباضية 