About ASJ

Arab Studies Journal is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary research publication in the field of Arab and Middle East studies. Submissions are evaluated on their scholarly probity not on their theses.

Arab Studies Journal is published by the Arab Studies Institute (ASI) and is housed in the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University. The contents of the Journal do not necessarily represent the opinions the Arab Studies Institute, Georgetown University, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the Editorial Review Board, or the editors.

Research articles submitted to the Journal should be eight- to ten-thousand words, including endnotes. All submissions must include the author’s name, institutional affiliation, and email address. Submissions may be sent by email or online (see below). The Journal conforms to the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition. Please see our Submissions Section submission instructions, including formatting and style requirements. Guidelines and deadlines for advertising are also available upon request.

Submissions, letters to the editor, and donations should be sent to [email protected]g to Arab Studies Journal, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, ICC 241, Washington, DC 20057, USA. The editors of Arab Studies Journal reserve final editorial authority. 

Article Index

Review Index

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​Editorial Review Board

Lila Abu-Lughod, As‘ad AbuKhalil, Nadje al-Ali, Sinan Antoon, Walter Armbrust, Rochelle Davis, Ellen Fleischmann, William Granara, Lisa Hajjar, Rema Hammami, Michael Hudson, Wilson Chacko Jacob, Toby Jones, Zachary Lockman, Timothy Mitchell, Kirsten Scheid, Judith Tucker, Robert Vitalis

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Submissions

Please see our Submissions Page for submission instructions, transliteration notes, and complete submission style requirements. All submissions must include the author's name, institutional affiliation, address, telephone number, and email address.

The Journal conforms to the Chicago Manual of Style. Transliteration follows a modified International Journal of Middle East Studies system. The editors of the Arab Studies Journal reserve final editorial authority.

Guidelines and deadlines for submission and advertising are available upon request.

• For article inquiries, please contact the Co-Editors.
• For book review inquiries, please contact the Book Review Managing Editors.
• For advertising inquiries, please contact the Business Manager.​​

Review copies and donations should be sent to:  

Arab Studies Journal
CCAS, ICC 148,
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057

Editorial Team

Co-Editors: Ziad Abu-Rish and Owain Lawson

Senior Editors: Charles Anderson, Dina Ramadan, Sherene Seikaly

Associate Editor: Chris Toensing

Assistant Editors: Zachary Cuyler, Amy Fallas, Taylor Moore, Vicki Valosik, Murat Yildiz

Book Review Managing Editors: Charles Anderson & Elizabeth Williams

Book Review Editors: Naira Antoun, Samuel Dolbee, Muriam Haleh Davis, Aaron Jakes, Sarah El-Kazaz,  Matthew MacLean

Business Managers: Jonathan Adler & Kylie Broderick

Communication and Development Manager: Mary Kate Smith

Graphic Design: Happen London, Future Anecdotes Istanbul 

Website Editor: Maddie Vagadori

​Former Editors: Bassam Haddad; Sherene Seikaly & Nadya Sbaiti; Sherene Seikaly.

​Founding Editor: Bassam Haddad

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