The MIDA Journey 2019-2023 - The Documentary
From 2019 to 2023, the MIDA (Mediating Islam in the Digital Age) project brought together a diverse and talented group of researchers who...
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Robin Cognée
Jan 13, 20231 min read
MOSQUE ARCHITECTURE - A Walk through the Medina of Tunis, with Robin Cognée
In this film we present the research of ESR Robin Cognée while walking through the old city of Tunis. Cognée compares the Tunisian and ...
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Aleeha Ali
Dec 6, 20221 min read
Grief is a thing to be sung: solace from Shi’a lamentation BY ALEEHA ZAHRA ALI
"A year and a half ago, I learnt what grief was. Before that I had known waves of sadness, despair, depression, heartbreak and anger. But...
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Lena Richter
Nov 16, 20221 min read
Not Religious in Tunis - Lena Richter about her research on Atheism
NEW FILM RELEASE Lena Richter's research is about non-religious everyday activism in Morocco and the Moroccan diaspora in Europe. Already...
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Rayane al-Rammal
Nov 10, 20221 min read
NEW Publication: Digital Artivism in Movement: The 2019 Lebanese Uprising’s Art on Instagram
Rayane al-Rammal contributed to the Brill publication The Global Politics of Artistic Engagement: Beyond the Arab Uprisings (edited by...
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Eleonora Landucci
Oct 21, 20221 min read
REFLECTIONS about Research and Crisis - Eleonora Landucci
Tunis, September 2022 The International Forum for Humanities and Social Science INSANIYYAT took place in Tunis this year. Also MIDA...
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Justin Benavidez
Jun 14, 20221 min read
THE TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE - Justin Benavidez about the Andalusian Influence in Islamic Tradition
Justin Benavidez works on the transfer of knowledge, in particular from Al-Andalus to the Islamic East. In his research he focus on the...
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PS Media
May 16, 20221 min read
Hands-on Work with Manuscripts - Mahdieh Tavakol at the Gotha Research Library
As part of my involvement in the project “Mediating Islam in the Digital Age” (MIDA), I spent an internship in the Gotha Research Library...
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PS Media
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Special Issue: JOURNAL OF MUSLIMS IN EUROPE
This special issue deals with the manifold process of authority-making among Muslims in Europe. The authors show that Islamic authority...
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Aleeha Ali
Feb 25, 20221 min read
NEW ARTICLE: Conjuring Karbala Online and Offline - Experiences of the ‘Authentic’ in Shiʾa majalis
We proudly announce the latest article by Aleeha Zahra Ali "Conjuring Karbala Online and Offline - Experiences of the ‘Authentic’ in...
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Eleonora Landucci
Feb 18, 20221 min read
NET-HNOGRAPHIES: POLITICAL ISLAM IN MOROCCO
Eleonora Landucci works on Hybrid voices of Political Islam: Net-hnographies of Politico-Religious Movements in contemporary Morroco....
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Mustafa Çolak
Jan 27, 20221 min read
CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN TURKISH SERIES - How does "Payitaht:Abdülhamid" construct conspiracy theories
Mustafa Çolak researches Turkish TV Series. Çolak analyzes how symbols are represented and examines the construction of various...
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PS Media
Jan 21, 20221 min read
HOW BOOKS BECAME "MANUSCRIPTS"?
Mahdieh Tavakol works on "Books from the library of Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad al-ʿĀmilī (953-1030/1547-1621), from carriers of knowledge to...
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PS Media
Dec 17, 20211 min read
TRAVELING BOOKS - TRAVELING SCHOLARS: The Journey of Mahdieh Tavakol
Mahdieh Tavakol researches on the library of Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad al-ʿĀmilī (1547-1621). The manuscripts of this collection are spread...
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Justin Benavidez
Nov 24, 20211 min read
A CULTURAL BRIDGE BETWEEN THE ISLAMIC EAST AND WEST
Justin Benavidez works on knowledge transfer between Al-Andalus and Egypt. He focuses on Muhammad al-Qurtubi, who built these bridges of...
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PS Media
Oct 28, 20211 min read
THE MIDA HALF TIME REVIEW by Prof. Pascal Buresi & Prof. Thijl Sunier
It has been half time of the MIDA. The Team met in Paris, September 2021. The film shows Prof. Pascal Buresi and Prof. Thijl Sunier...
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PS Media
Oct 5, 20211 min read
HALFTIME: Let's summerize the first half of the MIDA project
We met in Paris in September to hold workshops, initiate and continue discussions and maintain the MIDA network. The encounter was...
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PS Media
Sep 28, 20216 min read
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - SPRING SCHOOL - Mobility and Mobilisation in Muslim Societies
ENIS/NISIS-MIDA Spring School Indonesia 2022 21-27 March 2022 Postponed to 20th – 25th JUNE Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University,...
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Hayat Douhan
Jul 15, 20211 min read
HOW DIGITIZATION IS SHAPING RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
Hayat Douhan works on diasporic Islam among Moroccan Muslims in Germany. Her main question is how the digitization influences the...
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PS Media
Jul 2, 20211 min read
ISLAM IN SOCIAL MEDIA
"Islamophobia or Liberty of Expression: How the Image of Islam is Debated on Social Media" Aydin Zeynep works on how we talk about Islam...
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