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By Hamid Dabashi, author of The End of Two Illusions: Islam after the WestSo often we hear allusion to this idea of “Islam and the West.” A product of colonialism, this false and dangerous binary has created ongoing enmity and an illusion of two divided worlds. What do we even mean when we say “

Protests around the opening of the new Istanbul arts & culture hub, ArtIstanbul, echo previous debates about place and history

At this year's virtual MESA conference, we hope to spread the news of our exciting Berkeley Series in Postclassical Islamic Scholarship. Guided by the series editors, Asad Q. Ahmed and Margaret Larkin, the series will explore Islamicate intellectual history as represented by various disciplines and