Publications

An archive of books, edited volumes, and articles exploring Muslim lifeworlds through ethnographic research.

Books

Dreams That Matter

Egyptian Landscapes of the Imagination

LINK TO BOOK

Giving to God

Islamic Charity in Revolutionary Times

LINK TO BOOK

Ninety-Nine

A Kaleidoscopic Portrait of Allah
LINK TO BOOK

Volumes

The Afterlife in the Arab Spring

LINK TO VOLUME

Reckoning with God: Divine-Human Relations after the Arab Spring

LINK TO VOLUME
SELECTED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

2025

Toward an Ethnography of God

American Anthropologist 127(3) 2025: 541-551

Full Article

2025

Religious Afterlives of a Revolution

Cultural Anthropology 40(1) 2025: 27-54

Full Article

2025

God, Islam, and Anthropology

In Conceptualizing Islam: Current Approaches. Edited by Paula Schrode, Frank Peter, and Ricarda Stegman. Routledge. 2025. Pp. 233-246

Full Article
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Audio-Visual Contributions

What is Critique?

Allegra Lab Conversation, 31 March 2026
Link to recording

The Concept of Poverty in Islam

BaFID, 18 Nov 2024
Link to recording

God, Humans, and an Islamic Ethics of Care

Simpson Center, 9 March 2021
Link to recording

Giving to God: Islamic Charity in Revolutionary Times

Haqq Episode, 10 Sep 2023
Link to recording

Giving to God discussed on New Books Network

12 Feb 2024
Link to recording

The Meaning of Muslim Dreams: Landscapes of the Imagination in Egypt

Podcast for Akbar Chamber – Experts Talk Islam. 1 July 2022
Link to recording