Islamic Reflections, Arabic Musings: Studies in Honour of Alan Jones

by Philip F. Kennedy

These 15 essays were written in honour of Alan Jones, distinguished Professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the Oriental Institute in Oxford, by his former students and colleagues.

300 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2004

About the author

Philip F. Kennedy, the founding Faculty Director of the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, is associate professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Comparative Literature at New York University, and affiliate faculty member of NYU Abu Dhabi. As author or editor, Kennedy has published many writings on Arabic literature, including The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry: Abu Nuwas and the Literary Tradition (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997); Abu Nuwas: A Genius of Poetry (Oxford: Oneworld 2005–in the series Makers of the Muslim World); On Fiction and Adab in Medieval Arabic Literature (Harrassowitz Verlag 2004—in the series Studies in Arabic Language and Literature); and Islamic Reflections, Arabic Musings (co-editor with Robert Hoyland, Oxford: Oxbow for the E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Trust Series 2004). As a student, he studied in Oxford, Cairo, Madrid, Aix-en-Provence and the United Arab Emirates.