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  • Reminiscences on being a student of Patricia Crone’s, entitled ‘With all Good Wishes’, al-Usur al-Wusta, November 2015.

  • Veiled Voices (2009), a documentary film: writer and co-producer; the film is directed and produced by Brigid Maher. Veiled Voices follows Muslim women religious leaders in the Middle East, exploring their relationship to tradition and modernity.