Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica – November 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|January 3, 2014|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Islam Understanding the Qur’an today / Mahmoud Hussein translated from the French by David Bond. The terrorist in search of humanity : militant Islam and global politics / Faisal Devji. Parcours de féministes musulmanes belges. De l’engagement dans l’islam aux droits des femmes? Ghaliya Djelloul. Islamic banking and finance : what it is and what it could be / editor, Tarek El Diwany Made with : the emerging alternative to

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Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica – November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 10, 2012|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Islam & Islamic philosophy The essentials of Ibāḍī Islam / Valerie J. Hoffman. Muslims and the new media : historical and contemporary debates / Göran Larsson. Walking a tightrope : women and veiling in the United Kingdom / Ayesha Salma Kariapper. Difference and disability in the medieval islamic world : blighted bodies / Kristina L. Richardson. Whatever happened to the islamists : salafis, heavy metal muslims, and the lure of

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Korea – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 6, 2012|Korea|0 comments

Divided nations and transitional justice : what Germany, Japan and South Korea can teach the world / edited by Sang Jin-Han : with contributions from Kim Dae-jung and Richard von Weizsäcker Social forces and states : poverty and distributional outcomes in South Korea, Chile, and Mexico Political systems of East Asia : China, Korea, and Japan / Louis D. Hayes Trilateralism and beyond : great power politics and the Korean

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Films and Sound Recordings – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 9, 2012|Films and Sound Recordings|0 comments

Films Great African films. Vol. 1 – Faraw!: In Songhai with English subtitles. Haramuya: In Bambara with English subtitles. District 9 / Peter Jackson presents in association with TriStar Pictures and Block/Hanson a Wingnut Films production a film by Neill Blomkamp produced by Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell directed by Neill Blomkamp. Et maintenant, on va où? / Anne-Dominique Toussaint présente ; une co-production Les Films

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Middle East and Central Asia – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Journals Arabica  – Volume 1(1954) onwards. Books International migration and development in the Arab region : challenges and opportunities / Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Sources for the history of Sasanian and post-Sasanian Iran / edendum curavit Rika Gyselen. Islam, the state, and political authority : medieval issues and modern concerns / edited by Asma Afsaruddin. Angels in Islam : Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyuṭī’s al-Hạbāʼik fī akhbār al-malāʼik /

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