Arab Americans in Film: From Hollywood and Egyptian Stereotypes to Self-Representation (Syracuse University Press, 2020)
Coming of Age in Iran: Poverty and the Struggle for Dignity (NYU Press, 2020)
Exile and the Nation: The Parsi Community of India and the Making of Modern Iran (University of Texas Press, 2020)
Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt (SUNY Press, 2009)
Nationalizing Iran: Culture, Power, and the State, 1870-1940 (University of Washington Press, 2008)
The Making of Iranian Modernity (Harvard University Press, 2025)
The Caspian World: Connections and Contentions at a Modern Eurasian Crossroads (Cornell University Press, 2025)
Islamist Politics in the Middle East: Movements and Change (Routledge, 2012)
The Struggle to Reshape the Middle East in the 21st Century (Edinburgh University Press)
Rethinking Iranian Nationalism and Modernity (University of Texas Press, 2014)
Children in Crisis: Ethnographic Studies in International Contexts (Routledge 2013)
This $2,000 prize will be awarded to the best published article on any topic relating to Persian literature. The winner will also be invited to present a public lecture at the University of Oklahoma and to serve on the award selection committee for the following year.
To be eligible for consideration, articles or book chapters must have been published in English or Persian in scholarly, peer-reviewed journals or edited volumes between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021. Publications must be on Persian literature specifically and not other related fields.
Submissions are currently closed.
World Literature Today is the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture. Its mission is to serve the international, state, and university communities by achieving excellence as a literary publication, a sponsor of literary prizes, and a cultural center for students. Now in its tenth decade of continuous publication, WLT has been recognized by the Nobel Prize committee as “one of the best edited and most informative literary publications” in the world. Below is a list of recent issues and articles dedicated to MENA-related topics.
OU librarians Laurie Scrivener and Liorah Golomb have compiled a helpful library guide for MENA scholars. For questions or more information, please contact them at lscrivener@ou.edu and lgolomb@ou.edu.
