Many cities in the Global South are structurally different from Northern, particularly American, on which much of urban sociology’s conceptual apparatus has been based. Thus, depicting them terms a standard vocabulary risks imposing an inappropriate way seeing. We need that is able to accommodate their experience. This special issue contributes work building vocabulary. select five keywords soc...

Many theories have been proposed to discuss Sufism in terms of its linguistic origins and role spiritual knowledge, concepts ideas, cultural influences. Both Muslim orientalist scholars offered opposing views on the beginnings Sufism. Unfortunately, Western orientalists were first research this topic, their ideas greatly influenced later scholars. This study examines how early British orientali...

Witness to Marvels: Sufism and Literary Imagination, by Tony K. StewartOakland, CA: University of California Press, 2019. xxxi + 300 pp. £31 (pb) open access online. ISBN 9780520306332.

rabiʿa al-aʿdawiyya (717-801 a.d.) the first female sufi in the muslim world, who introduced the concept of ‘love’ into mysticism, was popular for her witticism, sharp reprimands of her contemporary male sufis and her gender-bending practices. in ʿattar’s tadhkirat al-awliya, rabiʿa is portrayed as a challenger of the established gender norms of her day. rabiʿa’s crossing of gender boundaries a...