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
Jebel Nafusa
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
Nisba & Knowledge in the Jebel Nafusa | النسبة والمعرفة في جبل نفوسة
As I begin a new book project on the history of Ibadi communities from the Jebel Nafusa in Libya, I have begun compiling data and accounts of private libraries in the region. This has included a survey of manuscripts from 30 different collection catalogs and surveys, which I was able to carry out using both … Continue reading Nisba & Knowledge in the Jebel Nafusa | النسبة والمعرفة في جبل نفوسة
Ibadi Studies | دراسات إباضية 