Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Open Access Journal: Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists

[First posted in AWOL 21 May 2020, updated 3 November 2026] 

Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists
ISSN: 1068-1051
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Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the medieval Middle East, expansively defined to include all geographies with prominent Muslim political, religious, or social presences, at some point between the rough parameters of 500-1500 CE. 
MEM has two primary goals. The first is to increase the representation of medieval scholarship at scholarly meetings in North America and elsewhere by co-sponsoring panels. The other principal objective of MEM is to foster communication among individuals and organizations with an interest in the study of the medieval Middle East. MEM also hopes, in the future, to advance the study of the medieval Middle East by undertaking such projects as scholar exchanges, conferences, etc.
As part of its effort to promote scholarship and facilitate communication among its members, MEM publishes Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists.
MEM officially came into existence on 15 November 1989 at its first annual meeting, held in Toronto. MEM conducts its business meeting annually in the autumn, normally in conjunction with the meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), which is usually held in November. The general business meeting is open to all current members of MEM and to those considering membership. The Board of Directors of MEM is elected annually at the general business meeting. MEM is incorporated in the state of Illinois; contributions to MEM are considered exempt from federal income tax by the United States Internal Revenue Service.

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Vol. 34 (2026)

January 28, 2026

Research Articles

Domiziana Rossi
1-29
Soundscapes of Eranshahr
Clément Salah
30-76
Intellectual Practice and Manuscript Culture in Early Islamic North Africa: Abū al-ʿArab al-Qayrawānī (d. 333/945) as Scribe-Scholar
Ingrid Austveg Evans
77-98
Thus Spoke the Author: Self-Citation in Ibn Nubāta al-Miṣrī’s Anthology Maṭlaʿ al-fawāʾid wa-majmaʿ al-farāʾid
Rachel Nicole Schine
99-132
A Slave per Day in Perpetuity: Conquest Numeracy and the Saharan Frontier
Ahoo Najafian, William Sherman
133-162
Cheap Perfume? Pseudo-ʿAṭṭārs at the Margins and Centers of Persian Literature
James White
163-201
Approximation and Interleaving: Emic Methods of Comparing Arabic and Persian Poetry in Iran, from the Ilkhanate to the Safavid Era
Konrad Hirschler, Said Aljoumani
202-241
Archival Practices and the Codex 2: A Judge’s Letter and a Book-Sale List from Mamluk Baalbek Preserved in a Personal Manuscript
Elodie Hibon
242-281
Writing Khidma: Dynastic Memory and Princely Counsel in Ibn al-Athīr’s al-Taʾrīkh al-Bāhir
Betty Rosen
282-329
The Listening Self: Two Ghazal-Mukhammas Pairs from the Dīwān of Najm al-Dīn b. Isrāʾīl Ibn Siwār al-Dimashqī
Austin O'Malley
330-375
Weary of Rustam, Longing for Joseph: Authorship and the Textual Tradition of Pseudo-Firdawsī’s Yūsuf va Zulaykhā

 

Vol. 33 (2025)

January 13, 2025

Vol. 32 (2024)

January 25, 2024

Vol. 31 (2023)

February 13, 2023

Vol. 30 (2022)

April 1, 2022

Vol. 29 (2021)

December 5, 2021

Vol. 28 (2020)

June 3, 2021

Vol. 27 (2019)

November 15, 2019

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2018)

November 15, 2018

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2017)

November 15, 2017

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 24 No. 1 (2016)

November 15, 2016

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2015)

November 15, 2015

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2010)

October 1, 2014

Al-‘Uṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2009)

April 1, 2009

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2008)

October 1, 2008

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2008)

April 1, 2008

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2007)

October 1, 2007

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2007)

April 1, 2007

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2006)

October 1, 2006

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2006)

April 1, 2006

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2005)

October 1, 2005

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2005)

April 1, 2005

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2004)

October 1, 2004

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2004)

April 1, 2004

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2003)

October 1, 2003

Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā


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Open Access Journal: al-rāfidān: Journal of western Asiatic studies

[First posted in AWOL 10 November 2017, updates 3 November 2026]

al-rāfidān: Journal of Western Asiatic Studies
ISSN: 0285-4406
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イラク古代文化研究所では1980年以降、研究所の紀要としてラーフィダーンal-Rafidan: Journal of Western Asiatic Studiesを年一回発行しています。

学術の進展に寄与するため、所外の投稿希望者にも広く紙面を開放しています。投稿資格は問いません。詳しくは各PDFファイルの巻末「『ラーフィダーン』編集方針」をご覧ください。
Research Institute Research Institute RAFIDAN al-Rafidan: Journal of Western Asiatic Studies is issued once a year as a bulletin after 1980 by Iraqi ancient culture.

To contribute to development of art and science, space is being opened to a contribution applicant outside the place widely, too. I don't ask about contribution qualification. Please see back of the book of each PDF file " "RAFIDAN" edit policy" for more information.


 

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