Submissions

All submissions must demonstrate command of primary sources, accuracy of citation, clarity of prose, and an argumentative purpose. We do not publish opinion-led commentary, paraphrases of secondary literature, or work that treats the tradition as material for unrelated polemic.

• English or Arabic; bilingual abstracts welcome.
• Transliteration per IJMES with full diacritics.
• Footnotes (Chicago, full first reference).
• Original work; no simultaneous submission.

Original research articles of 6,000–12,000 words, accompanied by a 200-word abstract and five keywords. Anonymised manuscript for double-blind review.

Reflective essays of 1,800–4,500 words for the general intellectual reader. Argument may be literary, philosophical, or theological, but must be grounded in primary engagement and free of decorative citation.

Pre-modern and contemporary Arabic and Islamic texts, with a short translator’s preface (300–600 words) situating the work and explaining key terminological decisions. Permissions for living authors and edited editions are the translator’s responsibility.

Selections from classical or contemporary Arabic literature, poetry, adab, maqāmāt, devotional prose, with paired English translation, manuscript or edition reference, and a short introductory note.

• Restraint over flourish. The sentence serves the thought.
• Refusal of jargon that obscures rather than clarifies.
• Citation as honesty, not as ornament.
• Care toward the dignity of the tradition you are reading.