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War Songs

ʿANTARAH IBN SHADDĀD Edited by JAMES E. MONTGOMERY Translated by JAMES E. MONTGOMERY WITH RICHARD SIEBURTH Foreword by PETER COLE

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Poems of love and battle by Arabia’s legendary warrior

War Songs Antarah ibn Shaddād translated by james e. montgomery with richard sieburth foreword by peter cole

“The Library of Arabic Literature has another landmark success with this socalled untranslatable poet... Sixth-century Arabia may be ‘strange,’ but the years of struggle on the part of this scholar-writer and his poet collaborator have given the general reader a visceral insight into this world in compelling, beautiful poetry.”

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Poems of love and battle by Arabia’s legendary warrior

Stories of Piety and Prayer

Deliverance Follows Adversity

AL-MUḤASSIN IBN ʿALĪ AL-TANŪKHĪ Edited and translated by JULIA BRAY

Uplifting tales from one of the most influential Arabic books of the Middle Ages Deliverance Follows Adversity is an anthology of stories and anecdotes designed to console and encourage the afflicted.

Regarded as a pattern-book of Arabic storytelling, this collection shows how God’s providence works through His creatures to rescue them from tribulations.

This edition and translation includes the first three chapters of the work.

The complete translation, spanning four volumes, will be the first integral translation into any European language.

320 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-5596-4 • $35.00

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The Philosopher Responds

The Discourses

Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature Volume One

An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century, Volumes One and Two

ABŪ ʿALĪ AL-ḤASAN AL-YŪSĪ Edited and translated by JUSTIN STEARNS

ABŪ ḤAYYĀN AL-TAWḤĪDĪ and ABŪ ʿALĪ MISKAWAYH Edited by BILAL ORFALI and MAURICE POMERANTZ Translated by SOPHIA VASALOU and JAMES E. MONTGOMERY

Wide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious life

372 PAGES • CLOTH 978-0-8147-6457-2 • $35.00

Questions and answers from two great philosophers

336 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-7148-3 • $40.00 372 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-3460-0 • $40.00

Arabian Romantic

In Darfur

Poems on Bedouin Life and Love

ʿABDALLĀH IBN SBAYYIL Edited and translated by MARCEL KURPERSHOEK

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AN ACCOUNT OF THE SULTANATE AND ITS PEOPLE VOLUME ONE

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MUḤAMMAD AL-TŪNISĪ Edited and translated by HUMPHREY DAVIES Historical introduction by R.S. O’FAHEY

A merchant’s account of his travels through an independent African state 320 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-7638-9 • $40.00

400 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-6784-4 • $40.00

Arabian Satire

Scents and Flavors

Poetry from 18th-Century Najd

ḤMĒDĀN AL-SHWĒʿIR Edited and Translated by MARCEL KURPERSHOEK

A Syrian Cookbook

Edited and Translated by CHARLES PERRY

Satirical verse on society and its hypocrisies

208 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-7806-2 • $35.00

Delectable recipes from the medieval Middle East

352 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-5628-2 • $30.00

Supported by a grant from the New York University Abu Dhabi Institute, and established in partnership with NYU Press, the Library of Arabic Literature aims to publish significant works of classical and pre-modern Arabic literature in parallel-text format with the original Arabic and English translation on facing pages, edited and translated by distinguished scholars of Arabic and Islamic studies. For more information, visit www.libraryofarabicliterature.org. use discount code

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Light in the Heavens

The Excellence of the Arabs

192 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-6448-5 • $15.00

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The Excellence of the Arabs

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al-Qād·ī al-Qud·ā ī

translated by tahera qutbuddin foreword by bishop paul hinder Humanitarian lessons and practical insights from the prophet of Islam

Humanitarian lessons and practical insights from the prophet Muhammad

Ibn Qutaybah

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Light in the Heavens

Sayings of the Prophet Muh. ammad

AL-QĀḌĪ AL-QUḌĀʿĪ Translated by TAHERA QUTBUDDIN Foreword by BISHOP PAUL HINDER

translated by sarah bowen savant and peter webb foreword by jack weatherford

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Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad

A spirited defense of Arab identity from a time of political unrest

Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded, Volume One

320 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-4021-2 • $16.00

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The Sword of Ambition

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Bureaucratic Rivalry in Medieval Egypt

Uthmān ibn Ibr āhīm al-Nābulusī

Patronage, power, and competition in the Sultan’s court

translated by luke yarbrough foreword by sherman ʿabd al-h.aki–m jackson

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MUḤAMMAD AL-MUWAYLIḤĪ Translated by ROGER ALLEN Foreword by MARIA GOLIA

Abū Bakr al-S·ūlī

translated by beatrice gruendler foreword by terence cave

A robust defense of a poetic genius

ABŪ BAKR AL-ṢŪLĪ Translated by BEATRICE GRUENDLER Foreword by TERENCE CAVE

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Muh·ammad al-Muwaylih·ī translated by roger allen foreword by maria golia

Trenchant and witty critiques of life in Cairo under British rule

Trenchant and witty critiques of life in Cairo under British rule 524 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-4091-5 • $17.00

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A robust defense of a poetic genius 296 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-6802-5 • $15.00

What Īsā ibn Hishām Told Us

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The Life and Times of Abū Tammām

The Life and Times of Abū Tammām

Patronage, power, and competition in the Sultan’s court

What ʿĪsā ibn Hishām Told Us

YŪSUF AL-SHIRBĪNĪ and MUḤAMMAD IBN MAḤFŪẒ ALSANHŪRĪ Translated by HUMPHREY DAVIES 380 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-2966-8 • $16.00

ʿUTHMĀN IBN IBRĀHĪM ALNĀBULUSĪ Translated by LUKE YARBROUGH Foreword by SHERMAN ʿABD ALḤAKĪM JACKSON

224 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-2478-6 • $16.00

Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes, Volume Two

Satires of rural society in Ottoman Egypt

224 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-9926-5 • $16.00

Bureaucratic Rivalry in Medieval Egypt

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The Sword of Ambition

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YŪSUF AL-SHIRBĪNĪ Translated by HUMPHREY DAVIES Forword by YOUSSEF RAKHA

IBN QUTAYBAH Translated by SARAH BOWEN SAVANT and PETER WEBB Foreword by JACK WEATHERFORD

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A Hundred and One Nights

Consorts of the Caliphs

A luminous translation of Arabic tales of enchantment and wonder

IBN AL-SĀʿĪ Translated by 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

Fantastic tales of magic and wonder

IBN FAḌLĀN

Translated by JAMES E. MONTGOMERY

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Ah·mad ibn Fad·lān

A riveting travelogue from Baghdad to the Central Asian steppe

Women and the Court of Baghdad

Ibn al-Sā ī translated by shawkat m. toorawa and the editors of the library of arabic literature introduction by julia bray foreword by marina warner Accounts of remarkable women at the world’s most powerful court

“A unique text… Offers the pleasure of reading about the highs and lows of women’s often hidden lives at the Abbasid court.” —Times Literary Supplement

Foreword by TIM SEVERIN

translated by james e. montgomery foreword by tim severin

Consorts of the Caliphs

“A rare and unusual book providing glimpses into the lives of influential Muslim women who often pulled the strings from behind the scene… Indispensable for the study of medieval Muslim culture and society.” —The Muslim News

Mission to the Volga

Mission to the Volga

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Translated by BRUCE FUDGE Foreword by ROBERT IRWIN

The earliest surviving instance of sustained first-person travel narrative in Arabic

176 PAGES • PAPER • 978-1-4798-6679-3 • $14.00

108 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-9989-0 • $15.00

A Treasury of Virtues

Accounts of China and India

al-Qād·ī al-Qud·ā ī

translated by tahera qutbuddin foreword by rowan williams Insights into a life of integrity by a master of Arabic eloquence

196 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-9653-0 • $15.00

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Sayings, sermons, and teachings attributed to the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, the first Shia Imam and the fourth Sunni Caliph

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with the One Hundred Proverbs attributed to al-Jāhiz ˙ ˙

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A Treasury of Virtues

Sayings, Sermons and Teachings of Alī

AL-QĀḌĪ AL-QUḌĀʿĪ Translated by TAHERA QUTBUDDIN Foreword by ROWAN WILLIAMS

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Sayings, Sermons and Teachings of ʿAlī, with the One Hundred Proverbs attributed to al-Jāḥiẓ

Accounts of China and India Abū Zayd al-Sīr āfī translated by tim mackintosh-smith foreword by zvi ben-dor benite

Lively depictions of the natural life, peoples, and kingdoms around the Indian Ocean

ABŪ ZAYD AL-SĪRĀFĪ Translated by TIM MACKINTOSHSMITH Foreword by ZVI BEN-DOR BENITE

An exceptional exemplar of Arabic travel writing, this book is a compilation of reports and anecdotes about the lands and peoples of this diverse territory 124 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-3059-6 • $15.00

SCHOLARLY EDITIONS

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 336 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-6188-0 • $35.00

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A Scholarly Edition of ʿUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nābulusī’s Text LUKE YARBROUGH

A scholarly, Arabic-only edition of The Sword of Ambition 224 PAGES • CLOTH 978-1-4798-5471-4 • $75.00

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Being Muslim

A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam SYLVIA CHAN-MALIK

BEING MUSLIM A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam

SYLVIA CHAN-MALIK

“This fascinating cultural history of Islam in the United States will surprise readers with its insights and subtleties of argument.”

— Zareena Grewal, author of Islam is a Foreign Country 288 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-2342-0 • $29.00

THE GENERATION

9/11

Youth, Rights, and Solidarity in the War on Terror

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The 9/11 Generation

Youth, Rights, and Solidarity in the War on Terror SUNAINA MARR MAIRA

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 320 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-8051-5 • $30.00

ISLAMOPHOBIA

Islamophobia and Racism in America ERIK LOVE

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RACISM IN AMERICA

“Successfully highlights the coconstitution of race and religion in relation to Islamophobia and the radicalization of Muslims.”

— Sociology of Religion 272 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-3807-3 • $29.00

Erik Love

Muslim Cool

Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States

SU’AD ABDUL KHABEER

“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 978-1-4798-9450-5 • $30.00

Islam is a Foreign Country

American Muslims and the Global Crisis of Authority ZAREENA GREWAL

“A moving and incisive account of Muslim immigrant experiences.” — Saba Mahmood, author of Politics of Piety 409 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-0056-8 • $27.00 In the Nation of Nations series

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 978-1-4798-2778-7 • $55.00

RELIGION The Practice of Islam in America An Introduction

Edited by EDWARD E. CURTIS IV

T H E P R AC T I C E OF ISLAM IN AMERICA A N I N T RO D U C T I O N

An introduction to the ways in which ordinary Muslim Americans practice their faith 296 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-0488-7 • $29.00

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Lone Star Muslims

Transnational Lives and the South Asian Experience in Texas

AHMED AFZAL

Illuminates the experiences of a Muslim community in Houston, a city with one of the largest Muslim populations in the south and southwestern US 288 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-4480-7 • $27.00

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LITERATURE In the

PRESENCE of

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Court and Performance in the Pre-Modern Middle East

MAURICE A. POMERANTZ and EVELYN BIRGE VITZ

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In the Presence of Power

Contemporary Arab American Literature

Edited by MAURICE A. POMERANTZ and EVELYN BIRGE VITZ

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Court and Performance in the Pre-Modern Middle East

Transnational Reconfigurations of Citizenship and Belonging Fosters a nuanced view of Arab and Muslim identities

Insights into power, spectacle, and performance in the courts of Middle Eastern rulers

272 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-0431-3 • $25.00 In the American Literatures Initiative series

304 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-8300-4 • $40.00

POLITICAL SCIENCE Arab New York

The New Arab Urban

Politics and Community in the Everyday Lives of Arab Americans EMILY REGAN WILLS

ARAB NEW YORK Politics and Community in the Everyday Lives of Arab Americans

E m i ly R ega n W i l l s

Gulf Cities of Wealth, ambition, and distress

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From Bay Ridge to Astoria, this book explores political action in Arab New York

Harvey Molotch and Davide Ponzini

224 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-5487-5 • $27.00

The New Arab Urban

Gulf Cities of Wealth, Ambition, and Distress Edited by HARVEY MOLOTCH and DAVIDE PONZINI

“A guide to a vast literature on this increasingly important region that is largely absent from urban studies as a whole.”

— Urban Studies 368 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-9725-4 • $30.00

This Muslim American Life

Dispatches from the War on Terror MOUSTAFA BAYOUMI

Exposes how contemporary media has produced a culture of fear and suspicion toward Muslims that threatens civil liberties 304 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-3564-5 • $22.00

Zeki Sarigil The Secular Kurdish Movement and Islam

Ethnic Boundaries in Turkish Politics

Ethnic Boundaries in Turkish Politics

The Secular Kurdish Movement and Islam ZEKI SARIGIL

The Kurdish Movement in Turkey’s growing alliance with Islam

Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy Edward E. Curtis IV

Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy EDWARD E. CURTIS IV

“Written by one of the leading scholars of Muslim history in the US, this is an urgent book for our time.” — Junaid Rana, author of Terrifying Muslims 200 PAGES • PAPER 978-1-4798-1144-1 • $26.00

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Yūsuf al-Shirbīnī

with Risible Rhymes by Muhammad ibn Mahfūz al-Sanhūr¯ ˙ ˙ ˙

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Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded

A spirited defense of Arab identity from a time of political unrest

translated by sarah bowen savant and peter webb foreword by jack weatherford

Ibn Qutaybah

The Excellence of the Arabs

Cover art: Pair of Doors, ca. 1325-30, Cairo, Egypt. Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891. Metropolitan Museum of Art 91.1.2064

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