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"A Colonial Gaze on Mecca: Networks Surrounding the First Documentary about the Hajj" #BRILL
Recently Rukayyah Reichling published her research about the first moving pictures about the Hajj and Mecca. #BRILL #hajj #media...
Rukayyah Reichling
Sep 14, 20231 min read
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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 ...
Robin Cognée
Jan 13, 20231 min read
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Final Conference Leuven
Dear all, we are pleased to announce the dates of the ITN-MIDA Final Conference. For 4 years, ESRs, Supervisors, Beneficiaries and...
Audrey Debargue
Jan 9, 20231 min read
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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...
Aleeha Ali
Dec 6, 20221 min read
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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...
Lena Richter
Nov 16, 20221 min read
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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...
Rayane al-Rammal
Nov 10, 20221 min read
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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...
Eleonora Landucci
Oct 21, 20221 min read
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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...
Justin Benavidez
Jun 14, 20221 min read
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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...
PS Media
May 16, 20221 min read
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ART, ACTIVISM AND POLITICS - Between Potential and Expectations
Isn't the dissident quality of art intimately related to precisely its capacity to transcend mere political protest? In our...
Rayane al-Rammal
Apr 11, 20221 min read
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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...
PS Media
Mar 15, 20221 min read
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"I SEE IT FEELINGLY" - Mohamed El-Moursi's research about ʻAbd Allāh B. Buluggīn
Mohamed El-Moursi works on the memoirs of ʻAbd Allāh B. Buluggīn. Buluggīn’s book ‘al-Tibyān’ documents history of Granada from the...
Mohamed El-Moursi
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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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...
Aleeha Ali
Feb 25, 20221 min read
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NET-HNOGRAPHIES: POLITICAL ISLAM IN MOROCCO
Eleonora Landucci works on Hybrid voices of Political Islam: Net-hnographies of Politico-Religious Movements in contemporary Morroco....
Eleonora Landucci
Feb 18, 20221 min read
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MECCA FROM PAINTING TO PHOTOGRAPH - How the Dutch captured it with their Cameras
Rukayyah Reichling works on Media and the Hajj. In her MIDA project she focuses on the capturing of Mecca by Dutchmen. Reichling takes a...
Rukayyah Reichling
Feb 11, 20221 min read
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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...
Mustafa Çolak
Jan 27, 20221 min read
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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...
PS Media
Jan 21, 20221 min read
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VISUAL BATTLEFIELD: Past Inspirations and Current Revisions of War Photography in Iran
Early Stage Researcher Elaheh Habibi works on War Photography in Iran. Her project title "Visual Battlefield: Past Inspirations and...
Elaheh Habibi
Jan 10, 20221 min read
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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...
PS Media
Dec 17, 20211 min read
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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...
Justin Benavidez
Nov 24, 20211 min read
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