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PrayerandDevotion
09
Nov

Prayer and Devotion in Ottoman Egypt: The Making of al-Jazuli’s Best-Seller, Dala’il al-Khayrat.

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AUC Tahrir Square

In the course of this talk, the speaker will attempt to answer two interrelated questions: how did al-Jazûlî's Dala'il become one of the most popular texts in the Islamic Sunni tradition, and what influence did this text have on religious and social life in Ottoman Egypt? In order to answer the question of the dissemination of the Dala'il, she will examine the sites and channels of its producti...

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16
Nov

Sufism in Ottoman Egypt – Historiography, Sources and Methodology

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AUC Tahrir Square

When the Ottomans conquered Egypt, bringing it into their vast modern empire, what happened to Egyptian Sufi culture? What was the impact on the social status of the Sufis, on their mosques, zâwiyas and mausoleums on writings and their distribution; scholarly debates; rituals and celebrations? These are the broad questions that have driven my research on Sufism in Ottoman Egypt. In my talk I wi...

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28
Oct

Qahwa & Kalam: From Turtle Island to Palestine—History in a Time of Genocide

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AUC New Cairo

What does it mean in today’s world to be a historian who teaches and researches the ancient Mediterranean and West Asian past? What does it mean to do these things in a British settler colony built on stolen Land and genocide? And what does it mean to do these things as livestreamed genocide unfolds in Palestine? In this talk, I will share some reflections on what the last year has taught me ab...