Journal

The Journal of Druze Studies is a refereed interdisciplinary occasional journal. The objective of the journal is to publish articles of diverse orientations and perspectives on the Druzes and Druze-related subjects. It serves as a forum dedicated to promoting discourse and critical reflection. We also welcome articles of a comparative nature that deal with other religious communities, or shed light on monotheism, unitarianism, and tawhid. unitarianism, and tawhid.

The Journal is presently published under the auspices of the Department of Religious Studies, San Diego State University (SDSU) and the Center for Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Arguments and opinions appearing in The Journal of Druze Studies are solely those of the authors and do not imply endorsement by the editors. Books for review, article manuscripts, and editorial correspondence should be sent to the Institute’s mailing address.

 

NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS

Manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate, typewritten, double-spaced, on one side only. Notes should be typed as footnotes, at the bottom of pages, and should be consistent with the latest edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. Tables, graphs, figures, etc. should be ready for photographic reproduction.

Except for the hamza and ‘ayn, diacritical marks should be excluded. Manuscripts should include an abstract of 100-150 words. Once manuscripts are recommended for publication, the author is required to submit a revised hard copy of the paper and an e-mail attachment or disk version. Articles and art work will not be returned

ISSN 1533-7138

EDITORIAL BOARD

EDITORS
Samy Swayd, Religious Studies, SDSU
Randa B. Wahbe, English, Cypress College

CIRCULATION EDITOR
Nabil Zeitoun

PRODUCTION EDITOR
Fielding M. McGehee III

ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD
As‘ad Abu Khalil, Political Science, California State University, Stanislaus
Intisar Azzam, Anthropology, American University of Beirut
Irene A. Bierman, Art History, UCLA
Ross Dunn, History, SDSU
Kais M. Firro, Middle Eastern History, University of Haifa
Lisa Hajjar, Anthropology, Moorehouse College, Atlanta
Linda Holler, Religious Studies, SDSU
Mahmoud Ibrahim, History, Cal State Polytechnic Inst, Pomona
Risa Levitt Kohn, Religious Studies, SDSU
Sami Nasib Makarem, Arabic & Islamic Studies, American University of Beirut
Rebecca Moore, Religious Studies, SDSU
Gabi Piterberg, History, UCLA
Ismail K. Poonawala, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
Donald Shojai, English and Comparative Literature, SDSU
Paul E. Walker, History, Chicago
Hossein Ziai, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA

CONTENTS

Vol. 1, 2000

Research on the Druzes since De Sacy, 1-12
Kais M. Firro

Writing Signs of the Fatimid State, 13-26
Irene A. Bierman

The Religious Milieu in Fatimid Cairo, 27-48
Marlis J. Saleh

Another Family of Fatimid Chief Qadis: the Al-Fariqis, 49-70
Paul E. Walker

Hmid al-Din al-Kirmani and the Proto-Druze, 71-94
Ismail K. Poonawala

Origins and Diffusion of the So-Called Druze Manuscripts
in European Libraries, 95-110
Paolo Branca

Rethinking Druze Historiography, 111-147
Samy Swayd

 

Vol. 2, 2001

More Details and Typologies of the Druze Manuscripts in European Libraries, 1-30
Paolo Branca

The Arabs of the Galilee: Intergroup Relations and Stereotypes, 31-78
Walter P. Zenner

The Palestine Druzes: Search for Solidarity and Alliance Formation in Israel, 79-113
Renee Worringer

 

Forthcoming

Vol. 3, 2008

 

 

Books By S. S. Swayed

1) The Druzes: An Annotated Bibliography, Ises Publications, 1998, xx+199pp.
This book is out of print; but is available through the IDS: Send $20 (reproduction and binding) + shipping ($5 domestic/$10 international) to: IDS, P.O.Box 22828, San Diego, CA 92192.

2) Historical Dictionary of the Druzes, Scarecrow Press, 2006, lvi+209pp.
This book is #3 in the Historical Dictionaries of Peoples and Cultures and is available through the publisher: www.scarecrowpress.com

3) Scriptural Identity: The Case of the Druzes.
This book is forthcoming.

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