Ibn Shalaby, like many Egyptians, is looking for a job. Yet, unlike most of his fellow citizens, he is prone to sudden dislocations in time. Armed with his trusty briefcase and his Islamic-calendar wr
Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 H/855 AD), renowned for his profoundknowledge of hadiths—the reports of the Prophet’s sayings and deeds—is a majorfigure in the history of Islam. He was famous for living acco
Kilito (French, Muhammad V U., Rabat, Morocco) explores the nature of authorship, the multifarious issues of personal and cultural ownership, and the different ways of challenging and subverting such
