In this film we present the research of ESR Robin Cognée while walking through the old city of Tunis. Cognée compares the Tunisian and ...

"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...

NEW FILM RELEASE Lena Richter's research is about non-religious everyday activism in Morocco and the Moroccan diaspora in Europe. Already...

Rayane al-Rammal contributed to the Brill publication The Global Politics of Artistic Engagement: Beyond the Arab Uprisings (edited by...

Tunis, September 2022 The International Forum for Humanities and Social Science INSANIYYAT took place in Tunis this year. Also MIDA...

Justin Benavidez works on the transfer of knowledge, in particular from Al-Andalus to the Islamic East. In his research he focus on the...

This special issue deals with the manifold process of authority-making among Muslims in Europe. The authors show that Islamic authority...

Mohamed El-Moursi works on the memoirs of ʻAbd Allāh B. Buluggīn. Buluggīn’s book ‘al-Tibyān’ documents history of Granada from the...

We proudly announce the latest article by Aleeha Zahra Ali "Conjuring Karbala Online and Offline - Experiences of the ‘Authentic’ in...

Eleonora Landucci works on Hybrid voices of Political Islam: Net-hnographies of Politico-Religious Movements in contemporary Morroco....

Rukayyah Reichling works on Media and the Hajj. In her MIDA project she focuses on the capturing of Mecca by Dutchmen. Reichling takes a...

Mahdieh Tavakol works on "Books from the library of Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad al-ʿĀmilī (953-1030/1547-1621), from carriers of knowledge to...

Early Stage Researcher Elaheh Habibi works on War Photography in Iran. Her project title "Visual Battlefield: Past Inspirations and...

Mohamed El-Moursi is an Early Stage Researcher (ESR), working at EHESS in Paris. His research focuses on Kitāb al-Tibyān or The Memoir...

We met in Paris in September to hold workshops, initiate and continue discussions and maintain the MIDA network. The encounter was...

ENIS/NISIS-MIDA Spring School Indonesia 2022 21-27 March 2022 Postponed to 20th – 25th JUNE Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University,...

We are happy to announce the most recent publication of Rukayyah Reichling, one of our Early Stage Researchers based in Amsterdam: "A...

Condensing a whole doctoral research project into THREE minutes – is that even possible? Yes, it is! Rukayyah Reichling, our Early Stage...

Hayat Douhan works on diasporic Islam among Moroccan Muslims in Germany. Her main question is how the digitization influences the...

For a decade, TRT (Turkish state broadcaster) has been increasingly producing TV series about Ottoman history. One of the most popular...