by Jon Lackman | 19 May 2006 | Books, Islamic, Theory
Reviewing Making Cairo Medieval, edited by Nezar Alsayyad, Irene A. Bierman, and Nasser Rabbat, Mohammad al-Asad writes: “The dependence of a good number of the essays on the critique of Orientalism is a liability. A significant part of this critique of the Orientalist discourse has become repetitive, predictable, and consequently tired. It is time to supersede it … Ironically, the critique of Orientalism inadvertently has served in the long run to solidify the Eurocentricism predominant in the study of the Islamic world, since it often presents the West as the points of reference and departure for such a critique.”
