Mehreen Zahra Jiwan

Mehreen Zahra Jiwan is a Fellow and Research Assistant at the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies. She is currently an MA student at the University of Toronto’s Department for the Study of Religion. She obtained her Honors BA in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations and Peace, Conflict & Justice Studies with the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
Arabic Manuscript

The Role of Paratextual Elements in Shaping Reading Sensibilities: Preliminary Observations from a 17th-Century Manuscript and 19th-Century Lithograph of Sharīf al-Murtaḍā’s (d.436/1044) Ghurar wa-Durar

By: Mehreen Zahra Jiwan
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Islamic History
Topics: Manuscripts
Type: Analysis/Commentary

Despite the influence of Sharīf al-Murtaḍā’s Amālī, the paratextual features of its manuscript copies are seldom discussed. This paper compares such features in two 17th and 19th-century manuscripts.   Abstract A number of Sharīf [...]

Book Review: The Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250-1517)

By: Mehreen Zahra Jiwan
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Islamic History
Topics: Manuscripts
Type: Analysis/Commentary

Despite the influence of Sharīf al-Murtaḍā’s Amālī, the paratextual features of its manuscript copies are seldom discussed. This paper compares such features in two 17th and 19th-century manuscripts.   Abstract A number of Sharīf [...]

sayyid al-himyari zahra jiwan

The Poet as Exegete: An Analysis of a Panegyric for the Ahl al-Bayt by al-Sayyid al-Ḥimyarī

By: Mehreen Zahra Jiwan
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Islamic History
Topics: Manuscripts
Type: Analysis/Commentary

Despite the influence of Sharīf al-Murtaḍā’s Amālī, the paratextual features of its manuscript copies are seldom discussed. This paper compares such features in two 17th and 19th-century manuscripts.   Abstract A number of Sharīf [...]

Book Review: Twelve Infallible Men: The Imams and the Making of Shiʿism

By: Mehreen Zahra Jiwan
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Islamic History
Topics: Manuscripts
Type: Analysis/Commentary

Despite the influence of Sharīf al-Murtaḍā’s Amālī, the paratextual features of its manuscript copies are seldom discussed. This paper compares such features in two 17th and 19th-century manuscripts.   Abstract A number of Sharīf [...]