International Journal of Middle East Studies: Volume 53 -

Electric News in Colonial Algeria. Arthur Asseraf, (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2019). Pp. 256. $80.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9780198844044
Julian Weideman
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02 July 2021, pp. 348-349
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Modern Things on Trial: Islam's Global and Material Reformation in the Age of Rida, 1865– 1935. Leor Halevi (New York: Columbia University Press, 2019). Pp. 384. $75.00 cloth. ISBN: 9780231188661
Simon A. Wood
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25 March 2021, pp. 159-161
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Tribal Priorities
Andrew Shryock
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15 September 2021, pp. 512-516
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In the oral traditions of Jordan's Balga tribes, one event occurs many times: local shaykhs are invited to a feast by the Turks, and at this feast the shaykhs are attacked, arrested, or killed. Sometimes it is the Ottomans who are betrayed by their bedouin hosts. Either way, they should have seen it coming—that is usually the narrator's conclusion—but the lure of hospitality was strong. Something about these encounters was worth the risk of ending up in manacles, or dead.

Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran. Lior B. Sternfeld (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019). Pp. 208. $24.00. cloth. ISBN: 9781503606142
Alessandra Cecolin
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15 December 2021, pp. 718-720
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The Mulid of al-Sayyid al-Badawi of Tanta: Egypt's Legendary Sufi Festival. Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen (Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2019). Pp. 232. $49.95 cloth. ISBN: 9789774168925
Ida Sofie Nitter
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02 February 2021, pp. 161-163
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Creating the Modern Iranian Woman: Popular Culture between Two Revolutions. Liora Hendelman-Baavur (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Pp. 340. $120.00 cloth. ISBN: 978110849874
Jairan Gahan
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02 November 2021, pp. 720-721
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For God or Empire: Sayyid Fadl and the Indian Ocean World. Wilson Chacko Jacob, (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019). Pp. 304. $30.00 paper. ISBN: 9781503609631
Michael O'Sullivan
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19 April 2021, pp. 350-351
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The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity. Darryl Li (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2020). Pp. 364. $30.00 paper. ISBN: 9780804792370
Nadia El-Shaarawi
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06 July 2021, pp. 517-519
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The Persian Whitman: Beyond a Literary Reception. Behnam M. Fomeshi (Leiden: Leiden University Press, 2019). Pp. 256. $59.50 paper. ISBN: 9789087283353
Amirhossein Vafa
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08 February 2021, pp. 163-165
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Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer and Poetry in Iran. Niloofar Haeri (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2020). Pp. 224. $25.00 paper. ISBN: 9781503614246
Ahoo Najafian
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15 December 2021, pp. 722-723
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The Lived Nile: Environment, Disease, and Material Colonial Economy in Egypt. Jennifer L. Derr, (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019). Pp. 255. $26.00 paper. ISBN: 9781503609655
Elizabeth Williams
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19 April 2021, pp. 352-353
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Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison. Ahmet Kuru (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Pp. 316. $34.99 paper. ISBN: 9781108409476
Asma Afsaruddin
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15 September 2021, pp. 519-520
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Imperial Bodies: Empire and Death in Alexandria, Egypt. Shana Minkin, (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2020). Pp. 224. $60.00 cloth. ISBN: 9781503608924
Lucia Carminati
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19 April 2021, pp. 354-355
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Tehrangeles Dreaming: Intimacy and Imagination in Southern California's Iranian Pop Music. Farzaneh Hemmasi (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2020). Pp. 264. $26.95 paper. ISBN: 9781478008361
Amy Malek
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08 February 2021, pp. 165-168
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A Revolution in Rhyme: Poetic Co-option under the Islamic Republic. Fatemeh Shams (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2021). Pp. 400. $85.00 cloth. ISBN: 9780198858829
Farhang Jahanpour
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22 October 2021, pp. 724-726
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The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad. Thomas Hegghammer (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2020). Pp. 719. $34.99 cloth. ISBN: 9780521765954
Simon Wolfgang Fuchs
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06 July 2021, pp. 520-522
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Empire and Tribe in the Afghan Frontier Region: Custom, Conflict and British Strategy in Waziristan until 1947. Hugh Beattie, (London: I.B. Tauris, 2019). Pp. 308. $115.00 cloth. ISBN: 9781848858961
Elisabeth Leake
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19 April 2021, pp. 355-357
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Decadent Orientalisms: The Decay of Colonial Modernity. David Fieni (New York: Fordham University Press, 2020). Pp. 224. $110.00 cloth. ISBN: 9780823286409
Mary B. Vogl
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15 September 2021, pp. 522-524
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Andalus and Sefarad: On Philosophy and Its History in Islamic Spain. Sarah Stroumsa (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2019). Pp. 229. $35.00 cloth. ISBN: 9780691176437
Marc Herman
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08 February 2021, pp. 168-170
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Women, Art, and Literature in the Iranian Diaspora. Mehraneh Ebrahimi (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2019). Pp. 224. $24.95 paper. ISBN: 9780815636557
Ida Yalzadeh
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06 July 2021, pp. 727-728
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