a NYUPRESS NEW AND FORTHCOMING TITLES IN
MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES 2020–2021
GET 30% OFF AND FREE SHIPPING* WITH COUPON MDST20-FM
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LIBRARY OF ARABIC LITERATURE
THE BOOK OF CHARLATANS
JAMĀL AL-DĪN ʿABD AL-RAḤĪM AL-JAWBARĪ Edited by MANUELA DENGLER Translated by HUMPHREY DAVIES Foreword by S. A. CHAKRABORTY
Uncovering the professional secrets of conmen and swindlers in the medieval Middle East
THE YOGA SUTRAS OF PATAÑJALI ABŪ RAYḤĀN AL-BĪRŪNĪ Edited and translated by MARIO KOZAH
A brilliant cross-cultural Arabic interpretation of a key text of yoga philosophy 158 PAGES • CLOTH 9781479804139 • $30.00
528 PAGES • CLOTH • 9781479897636 • $35.00
IMPOSTURES
ARABIAN ROMANTIC
Fifty rogue’s tales translated fifty ways
ʿABDALLĀH IBN SBAYYIL Translated by MARCEL KURPERSHOEK Foreword by ANNMARIE DRURY
AL-ḤARĪRĪ Translated by MICHAEL COOPERSON Foreword by ABDELFATTAH KILITO
542 PAGES • CLOTH 9781479800841 • $29.95
IN DARFUR
An Account of the Sultanate and Its People
MUḤAMMAD AL-TŪNISĪ Translated by HUMPHREY DAVIES Foreword by KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH Introduction by R.S. O’FAHEY
A merchant’s remarkable travel account of an African kingdom
Poems on Bedouin Life and Love
Scenes from Arabian life at the turn of the twentieth century 326 PAGES • PAPER 9781479804405 • $15.00
ARABIAN SATIRE
Poetry from 18th-Century Najd ḤMĒDĀN AL-SHWĒʿIR Translated by MARCEL KURPERSHOEK Foreword by JANE TYLUS
Satirical verse on society and its hypocrisies 206 PAGES • PAPER 9781479885169 • $15.00
430 PAGES • PAPER • 9781479804443 • $15.00
MORE IN THE LIBRARY OF ARABIC LITERATURE
SCENTS AND FLAVORS A Syrian Cookbook
Translated by CHARLES PERRY Foreword by CLAUDIA RODEN
Delectable recipes from the medieval Middle East 242 PAGES • PAPER 9781479800810 • $15.00
Use coupon MDST20-FM at checkout for 30% off and free shipping*
WAR SONGS
ʿANTARAH IBN SHADDĀD Translated by JAMES E. MONTGOMERY with RICHARD SIEBURTH Foreword by PETER COLE
Poems of love and battle by Arabia’s legendary warrior 320 PAGES • PAPER 9781479858798 • $14.00
MORE IN THE LIBRARY OF ARABIC LITERATURE
THE DISCOURSES
LIGHT IN THE HEAVENS
Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature— Volume One
Sayings of the Prophet Muḥammad
AL-ḤASAN AL-YŪSĪ Edited and translated by JUSTIN STEARNS
AL-QĀḌĪ AL-QUḌĀʿĪ Translated by TAHERA QUTBUDDIN Foreword by BISHOP PAUL HINDER
Wide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious life 530 PAGES • CLOTH • 9780814764572 • $35.00
Humanitarian lessons and practical insights from the prophet of Islam 192 PAGES • PAPER • 9781479864485 • $15.00
THE PHILOSOPHER RESPONDS
THE EXCELLENCE OF THE ARABS
ABŪ ḤAYYĀN AL-TAWḤĪDĪ and ABŪ ʿALĪ MISKAWAYH Edited by BILAL ORFALI and MAURICE A. POMERANTZ Translated by SOPHIA VASALOU and JAMES E. MONTGOMERY
A spirited defense of Arab identity from a time of political unrest
An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volumes One and Two
IBN QUTAYBAH Translated by SARAH BOWEN SAVANT and PETER WEBB Foreword by JACK WEATHERFORD
224 PAGES • PAPER 9781479899265 • $16.00
Questions and answers from two great philosophers VOL. 1 • 336 PAGES • CLOTH • 9781479871483 • $40.00 VOL. 2 • 372 PAGES • CLOTH • 9781479834600 • $40.00
BRAINS CONFOUNDED BY THE ODE OF ABŪ SHĀDŪF EXPOUNDED
STORIES OF PIETY AND PRAYER Deliverance Follows Adversity
by AL-MUḤASSIN IBN ʿALĪ ALTANŪKHĪ Edited and translated by JULIA BRAY
Volume One
YŪSUF AL-SHIRBĪNĪ Translated by HUMPHREY DAVIES Foreword by YOUSSEF RAKHA
Satires of rural society in Ottoman Egypt
Uplifting tales from one of the most influential Arabic books of the Middle Ages
320 PAGES • PAPER 9781479840212 • $16.00
320 PAGES • CLOTH 9781479855964 • $35.00
BRAINS CONFOUNDED BY THE ODE OF ABŪ SHĀDŪF EXPOUNDED, WITH RISIBLE RHYMES
CONNECT WITH US ONLINE
Volume Two
YŪSUF AL-SHIRBĪNĪ and MUḤAMMAD IBN MAḤFŪẒ ALSANHŪRĪ Translated by HUMPHREY DAVIES
Satires of rural society in Ottoman Egypt
@LALNYUAD
#Libraryof ArabicLiterature
@LibraryArabLit
@lal_nyuad
Library of Arabic Literature
380 PAGES • PAPER • 9781479829668 • $16.00
www.libraryofarabicliterature.org • www.nyupress.org
MORE IN THE LIBRARY OF ARABIC LITERATURE
A HUNDRED AND ONE NIGHTS
CONSORTS OF THE CALIPHS
A luminous translation of Arabic tales of enchantment and wonder
by IBN AL-SĀʿĪ Translated by SHAWKAT M. TOORAWA and THE EDITORS OF THE LIBRARY OF ARABIC LITERATURE Introduction by JULIA BRAY Foreword by MARINA WARNER
Women and the Court of Baghdad
Translated by BRUCE FUDGE Foreword by ROBERT IRWIN
272 PAGES • PAPER 9781479873234 • $15.00
Accounts of remarkable women at the world’s most powerful court 176 PAGES • PAPER • 9781479866793 • $14.00
WHAT ʿĪSĀ IBN HISHĀM TOLD US
THE SWORD OF AMBITION
Bureaucratic Rivalry in Medieval Egypt
Or, A Period of Time
MUḤAMMAD AL-MUWAYLIḤĪ Translated by ROGER ALLEN Foreword by MARIA GOLIA
ʿUTHMĀN IBN IBRĀHĪM ALNĀBULUSĪ Translated by LUKE YARBROUGH Foreword by SHERMAN ʿABD ALḤAKĪM JACKSON
Trenchant and witty critiques of life in Cairo under British rule 524 PAGES • PAPER 9781479840915 • $17.00
Patronage, power, and competition in the Sultan’s court 224 PAGES • PAPER • 9781479824786 • $16.00
A TREASURY OF VIRTUES
Sayings, Sermons, and Teachings of ʿAlī, with the One Hundred Proverbs attributed to al-Jāḥiẓ
AL-QĀḌĪ AL-QUḌĀʿĪ Translated by TAHERA QUTBUDDIN Foreword by ROWAN WILLIAMS
A collection of sayings, sermons, and teachings attributed to ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 40/661)
THE EXPEDITIONS
An Early Biography of Muḥammad MAʿMAR IBN RĀSHID
Translated by SEAN W. ANTHONY Foreword by M.A.S. ABDEL HALEEM One of the oldest biographies of the Prophet Muḥammad to survive into the modern era 320 PAGES • PAPER 9781479816828 • $15.00
196 PAGES • PAPER • 9781479896530 • $15.00
LEG OVER LEG
LEG OVER LEG
AḤMAD FĀRIS AL-SHIDYĀQ Translated by HUMPHREY DAVIES
AḤMAD FĀRIS AL-SHIDYĀQ Translated by HUMPHREY DAVIES
Volumes One and Two
A satirical masterpiece by a pioneer of modern Arabic literature 528 PAGES • PAPER 9781479800728 • $18.00
Use coupon MDST20-FM at checkout for 30% off and free shipping*
Volumes Three and Four
A satirical masterpiece by a pioneer of modern Arabic literature 600 PAGES • PAPER 9781479813292 • $18.00
MORE IN THE LIBRARY OF ARABIC LITERATURE
MISSION TO THE VOLGA
ACCOUNTS OF CHINA AND INDIA
Translated by JAMES E. MONTGOMERY Foreword by TIM SEVERIN The earliest surviving instance of sustained first-person travel narrative in Arabic
Depictions of the natural life, peoples, and kingdoms around the Indian Ocean
AḤMAD IBN FAḌLĀN
ABŪ ZAYD AL-SĪRĀFĪ Translated by TIM MACKINTOSHSMITH Foreword by ZVI BEN-DOR BENITE
108 PAGES • PAPER 9781479899890 • $15.00
124 PAGES • PAPER 9781479830596 • $15.00
THE EPISTLE OF FORGIVENESS
THE PRINCIPLES OF SUFISM
ABŪ L-ʿALĀʾ AL-MAʿARRĪ Translated by GREGOR SCHOELER and GEERT JAN VAN GELDER Foreword by MATTHEW REYNOLDS
A mystical guide book to help others on their spiritual path
Volumes One and Two
A tongue-in-cheek tour of the afterlife 584 PAGES • PAPER 9781479834945 • $16.00
ʿĀʾISHAH AL-BĀʿŪNIYYAH Translated by TH. EMIL HOMERIN Foreword by ROS BALLASTER
210 PAGES • PAPER 9781479829248 • $15.00
LAL SCHOLARLY EDITIONS
TAJRĪD SAYF ALHIMMAH LI-STIKHRĀJ MĀ FĪ DHIMMAT ALDHIMMAH A Scholarly Edition of ʿUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nābulusī’s Text LUKE YARBROUGH
A scholarly, Arabic-only edition of The Sword of Ambition 124 PAGES • CLOTH 9781479854714 • $75.00
DIWAN ʿANTARAH IBN SHADDĀD A Literary-Historical Study JAMES E. MONTGOMERY
Uncovers the literary history of the diwan of pre-Islamic warrior-poet ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād 332 PAGES • CLOTH 9781479861880 • $75.00
MAQĀMĀT ABĪ ZAYD AL-SARŪJĪ AL-ḤARĪRĪ Edited by MICHAEL COOPERSON Foreword by ABDELFATTAH KILITO
A scholarly, Arabic-only edition of the celebrated work by al-Ḥarīrī 352 PAGES • CLOTH 9781479800896 • $40.00
LIBRARY OF ARABIC LITERATURE The Library of Arabic Literature makes available Arabic editions and English translations of significant works of Arabic literature, with an emphasis on the seventh to nineteenth centuries. Books in the series are published in parallel-text and English-only editions. Learn more and sign up for eNewsletters here: www.libraryofarabicliterature.org www.libraryofarabicliterature.org • www.nyupress.org
RELIGION
FEAR IN OUR HEARTS What Islamophobia Tells Us about America CALEB IYER ELFENBEIN
Argues that anti-Muslim activity reveals how fear is corroding core American values 248 PAGES • CLOTH 9781479804580 • $28.00 In North American Religions
MUSLIM AMERICAN CITY Gender and Religion in Metro Detroit ALISA PERKINS
Explores how Muslim Americans test the boundaries of American pluralism 264 PAGES • PAPER 9781479892013 • $30.00
POLITICS
WOMEN RISING
In and Beyond the Arab Spring Edited by RITA STEPHAN and MOUNIRA M. CHARRAD
Groundbreaking essays by female activists and scholars documenting women’s resistance before, during, and after the Arab Spring
PROMOTING DEMOCRACY
The Force of Political Settlements in Uncertain Times MANAL A. JAMAL
How Western donor assistance can both help and undermine democracy in different parts of the world
432 PAGES • PAPER 9781479801046 • $35.00
320 PAGES • PAPER 9781479878451 • $35.00
ARAB NEW YORK
THE NEW ARAB URBAN
Politics and Community in the Everyday Lives of Arab Americans EMILY REGAN WILLS
From Bay Ridge to Astoria, explore political action in Arab New York 224 PAGES • PAPER 9781479854875 • $27.00
Gulf Cities of Wealth, Ambition, and Distress Edited by HARVEY MOLOTCH and DAVIDE PONZINI
Cities of the Arabian Peninsula reveal contradictions of contemporary urbanization 368 PAGES • PAPER 9781479897254 • $30.00
LITERATURE
IN THE PRESENCE OF POWER Court and Performance in the PreModern Middle East
Edited by MAURICE A. POMERANTZ and EVELYN BIRGE VITZ
Insights into power, spectacle, and performance in the courts of Middle Eastern rulers 304 PAGES • PAPER 9781479883004 • $40.00
Use coupon MDST20-FM at checkout for 30% off and free shipping*
A MAN OF THE THEATER
Survival as an Artist in Iran NASSER RAHMANINEJAD
Life in Iran as an artist under the Shah and during the Iranian Revolution 320 PAGES • PAPER 9781613321102 • $21.95 Published by New Village Press
SOCIAL SCIENCE
COMING OF AGE IN IRAN
CHANGING QATAR
MANATA HASHEMI
GEOFF HARKNESS
256 PAGES • PAPER 9781479881949 • $30.00 In Critical Perspectives on Youth
340 PAGES • PAPER 9781479854820 • $32.00
Poverty and the Struggle for Dignity
Culture, Citizenship, and Rapid Modernization
An inside look at young Iranians navigating poverty and stigma in a time of crisis
A cultural study of modern Qatar and how it navigates change and tradition
2018 OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE, GIVEN BY CHOICE MAGAZINE
BEING MUSLIM
MUSLIM COOL
SYLVIA CHAN-MALIK
SU’AD ABDUL KHABEER
A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam An exploration of twentieth and twenty-first century U.S. Muslim womanhood that centers the lived experience of women of color
Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States “An admirable approach to the circulation of Blackness, which few have taken up in the context of Muslims in the United States.” —Sociology of Religion
288 PAGES • PAPER 9781479823420 • $29.00
288 PAGES • PAPER 9781479894505 • $30.00
THE 9/11 GENERATION
ISLAM IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY
SUNAINA MARR MAIRA
ZAREENA GREWAL
Youth, Rights, and Solidarity in the War on Terror Explores how young people from communities targeted in the War on Terror engage with the “political,” even while they are under constant scrutiny and surveillance
American Muslims and the Global Crisis of Authority Investigates the meaning of American citizenship and the place of Islam in a global age 409 PAGES • PAPER 9781479800568 • $27.00 In Nation of Nations
320 PAGES • PAPER • 9781479880515 • $30.00 CHOICE TOP BOOK OF 2017
ISLAMOPHOBIA AND RACISM IN AMERICA ERIK LOVE
Confronting and combating Islamophobia in America 272 PAGES • PAPER 9781479838073 • $29.00
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM Infrastructures of Knowledge
Edited by SETENEY SHAMI and CYNTHIA MILLER-IDRISS
Explores the big-picture issues affecting the field of Middle East Studies
512 PAGES • CLOTH • 9781479827787 • $55.00 In Social Science Research Council
www.nyupress.org
*Free shipping applies to domestic orders only using UPS mail innovations
WWW.NYUPRESS.ORG
30% OFF & FREE SHIPPING* W/ COUPON MDST20-FM 838 Broadway, 3rd Floor New York, New York 10003
NYU Press is the distributor of New Village Press