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)

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