HomePage for Michael Sells

This Page is Currently Under Construction!
my email is: msells@uchicago.edu.

A note on my former web pages hosted at Haverford College

Some of my recent writings online or as yet unpublished:

Draft, Breivik, Trifkovic, and Bat Ye'or, Part I, July, 2011
War as Worship, Worship as War, Religion and Culture Forum, December 2006
Shrine Destruction in Bahrein, Sightings, June 9, 2011
Mark Twain's Palestine, at frequencies: a collaborative geneology of sprituality, November 3, 2011
Day Falls Night, translation of a nasib by Ibn al-`Arabi, OccasionalReligion.com, November 29, 2011
Flight Four (poem), OccasionalReligion.com, September 1, 2011
For You Alone (translation of a ghazal by Hafez), OccasionalReligion, July 27, 2011
Dead on the Trail of Dhat al-Ada, translation of a nasib by Ibn al-`Arabi, June 9, 2011, OccasionalReligion.com
Ghazel (You the Dawn and I), translation of a ghazal by Hafez, April 22, 2011, OccasionalReligion

Click here for my Curriculum Vitae

Does Using Revolving Doors Save Energy and Reduce Carbon Emissions? Yes.

Word to PDF

Ten Fast Fingers Typing Test

University of Chicago Sustainability Home Page

Course for the fall of 2007: Readings in Arabic Religious Texts

Course for the spring of 2009: Islamic Love Poetry

Course for the spring of 2011, tentative syllabus: Readings in the Qur'an, Tafsir, and Sira

Sites with Resources on Islamic Studies

Windows on Iran

On the UNC_Qur'an Controversy:

Statements and Articles of Michael Sells on the UNC-Qur'an Controversy, along with bibliography and "mediography" tracing the controversy through the summer of 2002.

Useful Resources (Mention here implies no endorsement of any specific points of view advocated on these sites):

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

On Persian/Farsi Poetry and Art

Furogh Farrakhzad (English) *(p. 3 Border Walls, p. 8 Window) Furogh Farrakhzad (Persian)
Soroosh reciting Rumi's Ghazals, with text. Neyestan
The Divan of Hafez Shirazi (Persian) Songs of Hafez (English and Persian) Selected Ruba'iyat of Hafez (Persian transcription, English)
Selected Poems of Hafez Persian * Persopedia Persian Poetry
Ahmad Shamlu's Poetry Recordings * Hafez Dance of Life Web Site from Mage
35 Searchable Persian Poets Site * Afghan Lyric * Afghan Hits
Bedil * Music from Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran * A Poem by Zohra Saeed
Omar Khayyam Persian * Fitzgerald's Omar version 1 * Persian Poetry from Mazda *
Rumi Site * Rumi's Quatrains: Persian and English by Zara Housmand
Dara Sayda's Untired with Loving: a site of Poems and Sufi Texts with Translation and Commentary
Mosques and Shrines of Isfahan; Larger Isfahan Tour
Iran Image Image * Karbala Site * Ishtihardi's Lamentations
csis: on Consquences of a War with Iran * cfr Consquences of Attacking Iran * A Senate Hearing
Windows on Iran

On Urdu Poetry and Related Topics

Urdu Poetry Archive * Ghazals of Khwaja Mir Dard (1721-1785) * Ghazals of Mir Taqi Mir
Ghazals of Ghalib (1797-1869) : Lyrics * Dil hi to hai * Dil hi to hai, urdu and english
Ghazi and Kugel: Khwaja Mir Dard: Arz-o sama' * Mirza Ghalib Ghazi Kugel Juz Qais
Frances Prtichett's Ghalib Site and Work in Progress: A Desertful of Roses
A Qawwal Sample from Nusret Fateh Ali Khan * mysticsaint * Nusret Fateh Ali Khan Voice from Heaven
Bahadur Shah Zafar site with Diwan in Urdu
Pakistani Sacred Music * Shahram Nazeri Shajarian

On Arabic Poetry and Related Topics

Al-Adeeb Arabic Poetry * Abu Dhabi Poetry Competition Video * Articles on Competition 1, 2
Arabic Poetry Cornell Site * Arabic Poetry Princeton Site * Al-Mubarak Arabic Poetry Texts
Al-Waraq * Al-Bab Arabic Poetry Site * Al-Turath
Radio Tunis * Issa Boulos * Moroccan Arabic Poetry * Abdelwahab * Haytham Safia
University of Chicago Arabic Circle 09-10 * University of Chicago Arabic Circle 2010
Kuthayr`Azza Wa LaQad Laqiita `Alaa * Sheikh Zein and the Ibn al-`Arabi Ensemble
Qays(Majnun) Mannaytuki n-nafsa transliteration doc
Jabalay Na`man Arabic94, Jabalay Na`man Arabic alt, MESA * Hassan bin Thabit Elegy
`UmaribnabiRabi`a, Hanii'anLakum * `UmarKarmiSelection1, * `UmarKarmiSelection1
Arabic Awzan: Explained, with Arabic poetry sung illustrating each wazn
University of Oklahoma Middle East Poetry * Princeton Online Arabic Poetry
William Wright's Translation of Labid's Mu`allaqa
Poetas del Mundo. Excellent site on Arabic poetry * Al-Jehat. !
Translations of Modern Arabic Song Lyrics 1, 2, 3, 4, Fairouz, Fairouz 2, 3, 4
Al-A`sha, Wadi` Hurayra al-Mubarak Site
Ahmad al-Khaligh's Sufi Music and Sama` from Around the World
Arab Films * T * Selected Qur'an Recitations and Anashid * Fayruz * Map of Cairo
Umm Kulthum *Al-Atlal Lyrics * Al-Atlal Lyrics Voweled * Kullun Fi Tariq * Al-Atlal Corrected * Arabic Love Poems
Ibn Zaydun's Nuniyya Arabic Text 1 * Text 2 (at al-Adeeb under Andalusi) * Text 3 at al-Mubarak
Poems from Muslim Andalusia * Maltese Lyric Attributed to Petrus Caxaro (d. 1563).

Helen Vendler, The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar
Ein Sof to Love Liran Tal Music Video and Text on Gifted Misrahi Tal Disguising Himself as Ashkenazi to Gain Playtime in Israel
LitGloss ! * Cross-Cultural Poetics * Turkish Poetry * Daniel Moore Poetry * Spirit of Bosnia * Merkaz Moreshet Yisrael
Three Classical Chinese Lyrics
Han Chu, Written for Ko Yah Ch'ing
Li He, Bring in the Wine
Le Qing-zhao, to "Southern Song" (nan-ge-zi)
The Book of Lamentations: Hebrew / English side-by-side

On the Qur'an

Mosshaf.com: A complete site, with audio, readings, commentaries, translation, and other features.
Search Qur'an and Hadith * Qur'an Auto Reciter * Muhammad Rifaat Recordings * Quran Download.Com * Study Quran.Org
Qur'an Recitation Sample by Syed Sadaqat Ali * Qur'an Grammatical Analysis * Tanzil.Net * Al-Afasi
Qur'an Recitation by Shaykh al-Manshawi * Qur'an Reciter, Download, Sa`d al-Ghamdi
Qur'an4U, Ghamdi reciting, with English version of Ibn Kathir's Commentary
Online Tafsir of Sura 3, vv. 100 to the end by Abdur Raheem as-Saranbi
Qur'an Recitations by Shaykhs Husari and Hudheifi rules of recitation and various translations
Quran Text Color Coded for Tajwid * Medina Mushaf * Alafasy Qur'an Murattal
Abdul Basit Video with Arabic Subtexts Surat at-Takwir * Mishary b. Rashid Surat Taha 1-55 * Abdul Basit Video Surat Ta Ha 111-122
Abdul Basit Videos Full Menu
Videos of major recitors available online
Turkish Ezans in Various Maqams * Baybars Qur'an and Other Texts * Noble Quran * Quran Complex
Qur'an Browser * Qur'an Online * Qur'an Explorer * Qur'an Flash * Quran Search Truth
Kufic Exercise * Online Islamic Calendar * Middle East Virtual Library
Online English Translation of Mawdudi's Tafsir * Hadith Data Base 2 * One Umma Pastable Qur'an Text and Translations
Bible Search * Bible Search 2 * Tyndale Bible and Qur'an Site

Other Resources on Arabic and Islamic Topics

Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon * Tyndale Lane's Lexicon Site * Lisan al-`Arab * Taj al-Arus
Waqfeya Arabic Books Online * Al-Mostefa Arabic Books Online * Al-Waraq Arabic Books Online
Shamela Open Source PC Arabic Books Program
Arabic Programs in the U.S. and around the World * Middlebury Program and Fellowships
Global Gateway: Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Calligraphy; Qu'ran, Poems, etc.. A rich site.
Islamic-Gregorian Date Converter * Al-Husein Madhany's Arabizing Windows Article * Transliterating Arabic
On Learning Arabic * Just Arabic Alphabet * Islamport Online Library * Islamspirit Online Library
Fadak Online Arabic Books * Jarir Online Arabic Books * Al-Kitab Online Arabic Books
Arabic Calligraphy Library of Congress Site
Al-Farabi's al-Madinat al-Fadila online Arabic text
Islamic Philosophy Online , with texts in Arabic, French, and English
Encyclopaedia Iranica Online * Sayed Javad Miri
Sociology of Islam and Muslim Societies
Major Online Library of Sufi Books from Al-Azhary
Beeston on Arabic Nomenclature * Online Lane * The Timbuktu Manuscript Project
Panoramic Tours of Major Islamic Monuments in Turkey and Elsewhere
Panoramic Tour of the Haram al-Sharif * Panoramic Tour of the Suleymaniye Mosque
Panoramic Tour of the Alhambra * SaudiAramco Picture Archive * Ethnic Map of Central Asia
Apostasy and Islam Blogspot Statement * The American Muslim * Heretic Muslims
Apostasy and Islam IslamOn lineEnglish IslamOnlineArabic * Islamic Philosophy Online Angry
Arab News Service * MuslimWakeup * Liberal Islam Network
Hizb ut-Tahrir on the Inevitability of Civilizational Clash * Muslims and Islam Net (Readings)
Muhammad ibn Salih al-`Uthaymin site, UK * Madrasa Reforms Blogspot
Vincent Cornell on the concept of Jihad * M Sells on Taliban Iconoclasm and 9/11, informal blog post, 2001.
Fatima Bhutto * Middle East Monitor * Deenport * Qantara * Bayyinat * Vibes
Jazbah: Women of Pakistan *Dialogues, Islamic World, The West * Revolutionary Women of Afghanistan
Nicholas Eberstadt, Four Surprises in Global Demography * Omid Safi on Pictoral Representations of Muhammad
Khaleel Muhammad Analysis of Qur'anic Passages on Jews in Debate with Robert Spencer and Bat Ye'or
Americans Studying Arabic Abroad * Illinois Network on Islam and Muslim Studies
BiH Commission to Restore National Monuments * Potocari Summer Study Program * Srebrenica Memorial
My Uncle the Muslim Atheist (an illuminating essay by Hanif Kureishi) CK * Daniel Varisco, Tabsir
Justice Africa Darfur Page * Ahmad Subhy Mansour and Ahl al-Qur'an site * Juan Cole * Religion Dispatches
A Sheila Musaji Site * Deen Research Center * Global Heritage Fund
Battle for Pakistan's Soul * Institute for Islamic Education, Chicago

My Personal Picks as Honorable British and American Ghazals

Bob Dylan, Ain't Talkin
Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet
Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, and Nezami, Three Songs

Oral Traditions 22.1 (2007): Bob Dylan Issue

Occasional Religion

Religion Dispatches

"Morning Feeling" and "Elegy": Modern Uyghur Poems by Perhat Tursun, with text, audio-file of Tursun recited his poems, and a translation and introducion by Joshua L. Freeman, Hayden's Ferry Review, Issue 48 (Spring / Summer 2011). Translation and introduction by Joshua L. Freeman

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