: The Shaping of Literary Traditions in Classical Islam
\ edited by Nuha Alshaar
London
: in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
, 2017
xxvi, 636 p.
:ill.
Qur'anic studies series
; 16
"I travelled to Syria in March 2010 to initiate dialogue with scholars in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Faculty of Divinities at Syrian universities as well as various other institutions there, such as the French Institute in Damascus ... many from Western universities were excited to participate in the conference that was supposed to be held in Damascus in April 2012, and the Syrian professors were eager to interact with their Western counterparts ... Sadly, the outbreak of the war in Syria forced this project onto a different path: the Syrian professors could not participate ... I therefore dedicate this volume to all the Syrian professors who were excited about but unable to contribute papers to this project"--Preface.