Encyclopedia of Islam

of California, Santa Barbara. She specializes in
the history of Islamic architecture and urban-
ism, medieval Islamic iconography, and modern
Arab art. Her research has appeared in Muqar-
nas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture,
the International Journal of Middle East Studies,
and the Journal of Near Eastern Studies. She also
contributed to Autobiography in Medieval Arabic
Tradition, edited by Dwight Reynolds.
Max Leeming is on the religion faculty of Vassar
College, where she teaches Islamic studies and
the history of religions, with a focus on sacred
space in the Islamic Middle East .









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