Upcoming book talk in Tunis on 5 Jan | تقديم حول “الإباضية العثمانيون في القاهرة” في تونس 4 جانفي

I am delighted to have the opportunity to share some of the research behind my most recent book, The Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo (Cambridge Univ Press, 2023) at Columbia University's Global Center in Tunis, Tunisia. If you're in the area, please join us at 4:30PM on Friday 5 January. يسعدني أن تكون لدي الفرصة قريبا …

Coming Soon: The Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo | قريبا: إباضية القاهرة العثمانيون

Source: Cambridge University Press My forthcoming book, entitled The Ottoman Ibadis of Cairo now shows as "coming soon" on the Cambridge University Press website. The book offers a social history of the Ibadi communities of Cairo from the 17th to the early 20th centuries through the story of a trade agency, school, and library known …

Presenting our EAP Projects in Djerba: Join us!

This afternoon (14h00 GMT) I will join a group of colleagues from @bl_eap to talk about our Endangered Archives Programme projects to digitize manuscripts and early Arabic print books in #Djerba #Tunisia and to introduce the new regional hub of EAP at the @AUB_Lebanon. Join us by registering at the link below https://www.aub.edu.lb/Libraries/News/Pages/Online-talk.aspx اليوم بعد …

Short Talk on the Midrarids of Sijilmasa | تقديم حول دولة بني مدرار بسجلماسة

I will be offering a short online presentation today on the Midrarid Dynasty of Sijilmasa as part of a panel on "Frontier Cities" for Hamburg University's RomanIslam: Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies. The event will take place at 5:00PM CET (4:00PM Casablanca time). For more information, visit: https://www.romanislam.uni-hamburg.de/events-news/lecture-series-romanislam/frontier-cities.html سأعطي تقديما قصيرا (في الإنترنت) …

2nd Workshop on Ibadi Manuscripts & Manuscript Cultures (Paris) | الورشة الثانية حول المخطوطات الإباضية وثقافتها (باريس)

On 17-18 June, we will hold our 2nd workshop on Ibadi Manuscripts and Manuscript Cultures on the theme of "Ibadi Manuscripts in European Libraries" at the BULAC (@B_U_LA_C) library in Paris, France. The event will be open to the public. في ١٧-١٨ جوان (شهر ستة) نجتمع للورشة الثانية حول المخطوطات الإباضية وثقافتها في مكتبة "بولاق" …

Presentation on a new manuscripts documentation initiative in the Jebel Nafusa, Libya | تقديم افتراضي حول مشروع جديد لتوثيق المخطوطات والتراث المادي المكتوب في جبل نفوسة بليبيا

This Wednesday 16 February at 18:00 (CET), I will co-present on a new manuscripts documentation initiative we have just started in the Jebel Nafusa, Libya. Entitled "Libraries of Nafusa", this pilot project is administered by the Ibadica Centre d'etudes et de recherches sur l'ibadisme in partnership with the Fassato Foundation in Libya. Financial support for the …

New Article on Omani-Ibadi Books in Ottoman Cairo | ظهور مقال جديد حول المخطوطات العمانية-الإباضية في القاهرة العثمانية

I have a new post as library director this semester, which has kept me from writing but before the New Year I wanted to share the publication of a new article of mine entitled "Omani Books and Their Maghribi Readers: Textual Exchanges in Ottoman Cairo" , which appeared this week in a special issue of …

Update! Jerba Libraries Project | أخبار! مشروع مكتبات جربة

Photo of the manuscripts belonging to the El Trouk Mosque Library, the first collection of books digitized by EAP1216 in 2019-20. It has been quite a while since I had the opportunity to write a new post but I wanted to take a brief lull in the summertime to offer an update on the Jerba …

Article of the Month & Interview with the Mediterranean Seminar | مقال الشهر ومقابلة شفوية مع منسّقيَ “المؤتمر المتوسطي”ـ

You can listen to the episode of "Let's Talk Mediterranean" here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ1rUS5HNsE An article of mine on Ibadi manuscripts in Naples published in Manuscript Studies in 2018 received the distinction of article of the Month (April 2021) by the Mediterranean Seminar, which is a wonderful community of scholars working on the Mediterranean. I …

Upcoming presentation on the Jerba Libraries Project | تقديم حول “مشروع مكتبات جربة”ـ

I am very much looking forward to giving a short presentation on the Jerba Libraries Project as part of the #DigitalMaghreb online conference "Les études sur le Maghreb et le numérique," happening 22 March on Zoom. You can learn more about the conference and register here: https://digimagh.hypotheses.org/ في يوم الإثنين 22 مارس سألقي محاضرة سريعة …