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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Kotoz Abdelhafiz
May 9, 20221 min read
MODERN ARAB-ORIENTALIST NETWORKS - ESR Elmozafar Abdelhafiz
Elmozafar Abdelhafiz works on orientalism and its modern connections. Find out more about Abdelhafiz' reserach and current projects:...
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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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Mohamed El-Moursi
Mar 14, 20221 min read
"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...
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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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Rukayyah Reichling
Feb 11, 20221 min read
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...
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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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Elaheh Habibi
Jan 10, 20221 min read
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...
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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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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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Kotoz Abdelhafiz
Mar 23, 20215 min read
On encountering a Corona-ravaged Europe, twice!
Witnessing the empty streets of this unfamiliar country almost felt like an archaeological adventure into the relics of a lost civilization
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