The winners of the 2005 Albert Hourani Book Award were announced on November 20, 2005, at the awards ceremony at MESA’s annual meeting in Washington, DC.

2005 Albert Hourani Book Award

Winner

Robert R. Bianchi
Guests of God: Pilgrimage and Politics in the Islamic World

(Oxford University Press)

Honorable Mentions

Saba Mahmood
Politics of Piety
(Princeton University Press)

Gulru Necipoglu
The Harry S. Truman Research Institute,
The Hebrew University

The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire
(Princeton University Press)

Robert R. Bianchi
 
 
 
 
Gulru Necipoglu