How to talk about Islam in a Catholic newspaper?
Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner Journalist at La Croix Sunday February 16ᵗʰ, 2020 We asked Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner, who was in charge of the section on Islam for several years at the newspaper…
A first reading of Le Coran des historiens (Cerf, 2019)
Adrien de Jarmy PhD candidate at Sorbonne Université, IDEO/IFAO Fellow Tuesday February 11ᵗʰ, 2020 While the classical Muslim exegetical tradition considers the Qurʾān as a starting point, and focuses on…
Newsletter — January 2020
Dear friends, we had the opportunity with the participants of the intensive Arabic course (see below), to visit Al-Sheikh Zayed Center for Teaching Arabic for non-natives (photo). Located on the…
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We organise seminars and conferences: A public seminar, devoted to the Classical Arab-Muslim culture. About two sessions monthly, either in Arabic, or French or English. Free of charge and open…
Searching for the Takārīr in medieval Egypt: a quest to bridge over fragmentary evidence
Hadrien Collet French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo Wednesday January 22ⁿᵈ, 2020 Historically, the kingdom of Takrūr is one of the first regions in West Africa have adopted Islam,…
Newsletter — December 2019
Dear friends, On December 18th, we had the pleasure and the honor of paying tribute to Dr. Aly Elsamman (1929‒2017), who played a decisive role in obtaining the construction permission…
Call for papers: Reciting in the Early Islamic Empire
Reciting in the Early Islamic Empire (7ᵗʰ‒9ᵗʰ centuries) Texts, Modalities, Issues A Conference Organised by the IDEO Cairo, October 16ᵗʰ‒18ᵗʰ, 2020 Click here to download the conference programme… Keynote Speaker:…
Newsletter — November 2019
Dear friends, the eight hundredth anniversary of the meeting between Saint Francis and the Sultan al-Mālik al-Kāmil in 1219 in Damietta, Egypt, has been the occasion of many celebrations and…
Relics and the Religious Topography of Cairo
Richard McGregor Professor of Islamic Studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tuesday November 26ᵗʰ, 2019 Thanks to the precise study of the path and destiny of certain relics (the heads…
The History of Devotion to the Prophet Muḥammad through its Manuscripts
N. A. Mansour PhD candidate at Princeton University Wednesday November 13ᵗʰ, 2019 N. A. Mansour, whose PhD dissertation deals with the transition from manuscripts to printed books, focused during this…
The “Men of Religion” in Contemporary Islam (1970‒2010)
Dominique Avon Director of Studies at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Assistant Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies and Societies of the Muslim World (IISMM) and member…
Newsletter — October 2019
Dear friends, It is very striking to note that for several years Muslims have been taking the initiative in interreligious dialogue. The abuse Daesh has been inflicting has probably forced…