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
Modern Ibadi Books on the Move: the “al-Shaykh Mosque” Library in Houmt Souk (Djerba, Tunisia) | رحلات الكتب الإباضية الحديثة: مكتبة “جامع الشيخ” بحومة السوق (جربة، تونس)
This summer, I have had the chance to return to Djerba (Tunisia) and work with my colleague from Ibadica, Si Mahfoudh Dahman, on documenting part of another library collection there. This month has been devoted to the collection of a few dozen early print books in Arabic and a handful of manuscripts that belong to … Continue reading Modern Ibadi Books on the Move: the “al-Shaykh Mosque” Library in Houmt Souk (Djerba, Tunisia) | رحلات الكتب الإباضية الحديثة: مكتبة “جامع الشيخ” بحومة السوق (جربة، تونس)
Ibadi Studies | دراسات إباضية 