Selected Publications

Mediating God: Muhammad al-Ghazali and the Politics of Divine Presence in Twentieth-Century Egypt. Oxford University Press, 2025.

“Scouting for God: Metaphysics and Masculinity in the Muslim Brotherhood’s Jawwāla Program, 1933–1948.” International Journal of Middle East Studies, forthcoming.

“Cosmopolitan Spirits: Islam and the Experimental Cosmologies of Egypt’s Spiritualist Movement, 1947–1960.” Comparative Studies in Society and History 68, no. 1 (2026): 114–139.

“Sufi Reformism and the Politics of Enchantment in Nasser’s Egypt (1954–1970).” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 89, no. 1 (2021): 143–173.

“The American Sufis: Self-Help, Sufism, and Metaphysical Religion in Postcolonial Egypt.” Comparative Studies in Society and History 61, no. 4 (2019): 864–893.

Short Essay

“Between Discipline and Wonder: On Writing the Unseen into Islamic History.” Comparative Studies in Society and History, “Behind the Scenes,” February 28, 2026.

"Finding Metaphysics and Meaning in Self-Help Literature." Comparative Studies in Society and History, “Behind the Scenes,” November 14, 2019.