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  1. Female Religious Authority among Shi'is in Syria

    Article • British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Edith Szanto, Dr Edith Szanto

  2. Women in the Syrian Uprising

    Article • Journal of Middle East Women s Studies, November 2016, Duke University Press

    Dr. Edith Szanto, Dr Edith Szanto

  3. Religion and State in Syria: The Sunni Ulama from Coup to Revolution. By Thomas Pierret. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 287 pp. $29.99 paper, $95.00 cloth

    Article • Politics and Religion, May 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Edith Szanto, Dr. Edith Szanto

  4. Contesting Fragile Saintly Traditions: Miraculous Healing among Twelver Shiʿis in Contemporary Syria

    Article • January 2013, Brill

    Dr Edith Szanto, Dr. Edith Szanto

  5. Beyond the Karbala Paradigm: Rethinking Revolution and Redemption in Twelver Shi‘a Mourning Rituals

    Article • Journal of Shi a Islamic Studies, January 2013, Project Muse

    Dr Edith Szanto, Dr. Edith Szanto

  6. Book reviews / Comptes Rendus: Shi‘ism in America Liyakat Takim New York: New York University Press, 2009TakimLiyakatNew York: New York University Press, 2009

    Article • Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, June 2012, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Edith Szanto, Dr Edith Szanto

  7. SAYYIDA ZAYNAB IN THE STATE OF EXCEPTION: SHIʿI SAINTHOOD AS “QUALIFIED LIFE” IN CONTEMPORARY SYRIA

    Article • International Journal of Middle East Studies, April 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Edith Szanto, Dr. Edith Szanto

  8. Illustrating an Islamic Childhood in Syria: Pious Subjects and Religious Authority in Twelver Shi'i Children's Books

    Article • Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East, January 2012, Duke University Press

    Dr. Edith Szanto

  9. Inter-religious Dialogue in Syria: Politics, Ethics and Miscommunication

    Article • Political Theology, February 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Edith Szanto