Creating new perspectives since 2009
Items by Dr Jamil Sherif
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Islam, Race and Rebellion in the Americas: Transatlantic Echoes of the West African Jihads
From the start of the fifteenth century, and for four hundred years to follow, twelve to fifteen million Africans, victims of the transatlantic slave trade, were shipped to the Americas and the Caribbean, mainly from regions along the Guinea coast, the banks of the Senegal and Gambia rivers and far…
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Zubair Pasha Remembered
I first came across Zubair Pasha while researching the life of AbdulRasul Kashmiri, a devoted supporter of Ottoman causes, born in Srinagar as his name implies, who spent the 1870s to the 1890s in various cities, including Cairo, Istanbul and London. Much like his better-known contemporary, Jamaluddin Afghani, he was…
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Mapping Israel, Mapping Palestine – How Occupied Landscapes Shape Scientific Knowledge
This is a work that will enthral those interested in the intersection of census data, map making using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and politics. It provides insights in the role of statistical and cartographic expertise in the various ‘negotiations’ between Israel and the Palestinians: “. . . the Israelis had…