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Mbaye Lo

Mbaye Lo

Professor of the Practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
mbaye.lo@duke.edu
Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708-0414
2204 Erwin Road Room 231, Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708
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Scholarly Works - Journal articles

Remembering Suḥaym: The Tragic Fate of Arabia's First African-Born Poet

Journal article Research Africa Reviews · April 30, 2025 One of the most overlooked figures in African diaspora studies is Suḥaym ʿAbd Banī Ḥassḥās (Suḥaym, the slave of the Ḥassḥās clan). His neglect arises from several factors: the general neglect of critical archival research on the African diaspora in Arabia ... Open Access Link to item Cite

Remembering the Arab Spring: Perspectives and Reflections

Journal article Siyasah Dualiyyah (Journal of International Politics) · February 2015 Featured Publication Cite

Beyond Duality, for Plurality

Journal article The Immanent Frame · July 2014 Featured Publication Invited Response ... Cite

Egypt and the Elusiveness of Shar’iyyah

Journal article The Immanent Frame · April 23, 2014 Featured Publication Invited Contribution ... Cite

Religion and Religious Teachings in Al-Qaeda

Journal article · 2014 Featured Publication Cite

Challenging authority in cyberspace: Evaluating Al Jazeera Arabic writers

Journal article Journal of Religion and Popular Culture · January 1, 2013 Featured Publication The Arab Spring has been widely branded as a social media revolution. Evidence has shown that many Arab citizens consider Al Jazeera one of the most popular and credible Arab news networks, making it important to explore the manner and the extent to which ... Full text Cite

Egypt at the Crossroads

Journal article The Immanent Frame · July 16, 2012 Featured Publication Cite

Democracy is at Work in Egypt

Journal article · May 2012 Featured Publication Cite

Contextualizing "Muridiyyah" within the American muslim community: Perspectives on the past, present and future

Journal article African Journal of Political Science and International Relations · June 2010 Featured Publication This paper examines the presence of the West African Sufi order, known as the Muridiyyah, within the broader context of muslims in America. The advent of the Murids in the American muslim community has not been the object of much research. This paper draws ... Cite

Muslim Marriage Goes Online: The Use of Internet Match-making by American Muslims

Journal article Journal of Religion and Popular Culture. · 2009 This paper analytically explores the recent rise of Internet use among American Muslims who are looking for marriage. Because American Muslims are a heterogeneous community consisting of individuals who, while confessing to a single article of faith, come ... Cite

The Evolution of Arabic Literature in West Africa

Journal article Afro-Arab Selections for Social Sciences · January 2009 Cite

Eavesdropping on Civil Society Associations in Senegal

Journal article Dirasaat Ifrikiyyah Journal · December 2007 Cite

Seeking the Roots of Terrorism: a Traditional Islamic Perspective

Journal article Journal of Religion and Popular Culture · 2005 Link to item Cite

Arabic and the Development of ‘ajami Writings in Africa

Journal article El-Multaqa. Journal · October 2000 Cite