March 23, 2023
In celebration of Ramadan this year (Ramadan mubarak!), Notre Dame Press is excited to share some of its most important titles in Islamic studies and Muslim-Christian relations. In line with the University’s Catholic mission, the Press is deeply committed to publishing first-rate scholarship on the relationship between Christianity and Islam, as well as books that […]
March 2, 2023
In honor of Women’s History Month, the University of Notre Dame Press is proud to spotlight some of our most important works written by or about influential women. Below you will find a wide collection of artists, academics, activists, and literary leaders, all showcasing the trailblazing spirit of the divine feminine. Nannie Helen Burroughs: A […]
February 17, 2023
Medicine and Shariah: A Dialogue in Islamic Bioethics brings together experts from various fields, including clinicians, Islamic studies experts, and Muslim theologians, to analyze the interaction of the doctors and jurists who are forging the field of Islamic bioethics. By providing a multidisciplinary model for generating Islamic bioethics rulings, Medicine and Shariah provides the critical […]
December 17, 2022
The University of Notre Dame Press is proud to announce that Beverly A. Tsacoyianis’s book Disturbing Spirits: Mental Illness, Trauma, and Treatment in Modern Syria and Lebanon has received a Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2022. This award is presented yearly to academic works on account of “their excellence in presentation and scholarship, the […]
March 16, 2022
The University of Notre Dame Press is proud to announce that on March 14, 2022, six of our titles were selected as Finalists for the 2021 INDIES Book of the Year Awards. More than 2,500 entries spread across 55 genres were submitted for consideration. The finalists were determined by Foreword’s editorial team. Winners are now being […]
August 31, 2021
Waed Athamneh, whose previous book Modern Arabic Poetry was published by University of Notre Dame Press in 2017, returns with a new volume, co-authored with Muhammad Masud, titled Defiance in Exile: Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan. In 2015, Athamneh and Musad began collecting the testimonies of Syrian refugee women living in the al-Zaatari Camp in northern Jordan—the largest Syrian refugee camp in the world, home to […]
August 4, 2021
Waed Athamneh is an associate professor of Arabic studies at Connecticut College. Her work focuses on modern Arabic literature and twentieth-century Arab politics. She recently agreed to talk to us about Defiance in Exile: Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan (September 2021) and how the idea for this book developed during her research trip to Jordan […]
July 14, 2021
The al-Zaatari Camp in northern Jordan is the largest Syrian refugee camp in the world, home to 80,000 inhabitants. While al-Zaatari has been described by the Western media as an ideal refugee camp, the Syrian women living within its confines offer a very different account of their daily reality. Defiance in Exile: Syrian Refugee Women in […]
May 28, 2021
In Stories from Palestine: Narratives of Resilience, Marda Dunsky provides perspective on the Palestinian experience and context for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict currently in the headlines. Dunsky has interviewed women and men from cities, towns, villages, and refugee camps who are farmers, scientists, writers, cultural innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs. Using their own words, she illuminates their resourcefulness in navigating agriculture, education, and cultural […]
In the midst of President Biden’s restoration of aid for Palestinian refugees and economic development that was cut under the Trump Administration, and the first Palestinian elections since 2006 slated for May and July, and the most recent conflicts between Palestine and Israel, Stories from Palestine: Narratives of Resilience (March 2021) contains insight into Palestinian life under occupation. […]
