MESAAS FACULTY

PUBLICATIONS

Sharia, State, and Critique of Modernity by Wael Hallaq published in Arabic

by mesaas | Oct 23, 2025 | Publications |

Alshabaka Press of Beirut and Istanbul publishes (in Arabic) Sharia, State, and Critique of Modernity, a collection of thirty-four interviews and unpublished lectures delivered by Professor Hallaq over the last... Read more

Imagine a Nation by Hamid Dabashi published by Bloomsbury

by mesaas | Oct 1, 2025 | Publications |

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Hamara Shahar Us Baras (Our City That Year) Translated by Aftab Ahmad

by mesaas | Apr 2, 2025 | Publications |

  Published in 1998, Hamara Shahar Us Baras is Geetanjali Shree’s second novel, exploring communalism in India, particularly the rising animosity between Hindus and Muslims. It examines how politicians and Hindutva nationalists construct narratives that, once... Read more

Where Is Abbas Kiarostami? by Hamid Dabashi published by University of California Press

by mesaas | Feb 26, 2025 | Publications |

https://www.ucpress.edu/books/where-is-abbas-kiarostami/paper When Abbas Kiarostami suddenly passed away in July 2016, he was already an iconic figure in world cinema—and his reputation as a master filmmaker has only grown since. In this book, celebrated scholar Hamid... Read more

Colonial Effects by Joseph Massad translated into Chinese by Shanghai People’s Publishing House

by mesaas | Feb 21, 2025 | Publications |

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After The Ottomans edited by Khatchig Mouradian published by I.B. Tauris

by mesaas | Sep 12, 2023 | Publications |

After the Ottomans co-edited by Khatchig Mouradian After the Ottomans: Genocide’s Long Shadow and Armenian Resilience, co-edited by Hans-Lukas Kieser, Khatchig Mouradian, and Seyhan Bayraktar, was published by I.B. Tauris in July 2023. The book deals with the... Read more