Muslims in Academia
The MIA Blog
Essays, research notes, and updates from MIA scholars.
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Calligraphy as Devotion: Reading Islamic Art Beyond Aesthetics
Islamic calligraphy is often displayed as decoration. Understanding it as devotional practice changes how we read it.
Dr. Omar Siddiqui
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Women Scholars of Hadith: Recovering Forgotten Names
Muhaddithat — women hadith scholars — trained some of the most celebrated jurists in Islamic history. Most are barely documented today.
Dr. Fatima Zahra
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Preserving Andalusian Manuscripts: A Digitization Case Study
A look inside our chapter-led effort to digitize fragile 12th-century manuscripts before they are lost.
Dr. Yusuf Demir
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The Golden Age of Islamic Astronomy
How scholars in Baghdad, Cairo, and Cordoba advanced observational astronomy centuries before the European Renaissance.
Dr. Amina Hassan