MELA Notes

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eScholarship stats: History by Item for June through September, 2026

ItemTitleTotal requests2026-092026-082026-072026-06
4m13f3tnArchiving of Persian Classical Music in the Past Century77812744470137
84j9r6ccThe Albert Nekimken Turkish Theater Collection: Censorship, Contentious Politics, and the Cold War Stage3616611310082
9cg5j814Persepolis, 1960-1971: Material Culture, State Ideology, and Melancholic Contemplation on National Identity323628063118
6h35t5zjA Tradition of Stewardship: Documenting and Promoting Egyptian and Regional Heritage at the Rare Books and Special Collections Library, The American University in Cairo, Egypt27257788354
83f78713From Court to Archive: The Mughal Imperial Library and the Institutional Afterlife of ʿArafāt al-ʿĀshiqīn25836735693
2nx6x7h4Nasser Bakhshi’s Museum-Archive: Excavating the Hidden Layers of Memory24047684778
0f68259rRenaming (and Reshaping) The University of Edinburgh’s “Oriental” Manuscript Collection22828706664
53j108xzSolidarity Across Shelves: Children's Literature, Archives, and the Hijabi Librarians' Collective16932396632
255176qtPaleography and Textual Editing Practices in Afghanistan During the 20th Century16828563945
26r806xsA Library Worthy of a Prince:  The Collection of Iʿtiżād al-Salṭana Qajar at the Sipahsālār Library 15465242243
6bs610dzMuḥammad Ramaẓānī: A Bridge for the Transmission and Continuity of Written Heritage in the Transition from the Qajar to the Pahlavi Era15342472737
20m5x64xKeykāvūs Jahāndārī: A Key Figure in the Transition to Modern Librarianship in Iran, with a Focus on His Bibliographic and Iranological Contributions13427411254
08m691ccFrom Hamadan to Los Angeles; The Life and scientific legacy of Dr. Hooshang Ebrami from Shaping Iran’s Information Infrastructure and Founding Academic Librarianship to Cultural Activism in Immigration13333292942
82p9v7gtStrategic Preservation of Rare Books in Iranian Libraries: Toward a Context-Sensitive Policy Framework12215342944
6pb9b7vvMahdavi: The Myth of Middle East exceptionalism: Unfinished Social Movements10922321540
8r42h324Middle East Studies Beyond the Middle East Archive – Promises, Predicaments and Practices of MENA research in Western Governmental Archives9731281523
2745j4gxShaikh & Seedat: The Women’s Khutbah Book, Contemporary Sermons on Spirituality and Justice From Around the World8911242529
8w78r5tpMELA Business Meeting 20228412251433
3js1s3prBrookes: On the Sultan’s Service: Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil’s Memoir of the Ottoman’s Palace, 1909-19128215241033
84639720Advertisement8013222025
3567251fMerhavy: National Symbols in Modern Iran: Identity, Ethnicity, and Collective Memory671025626
196906q4Fahmy: In Quest of Justice: Islamic Law and Forensic Medicine in Modern Egypt6510201223
31k3r057MELA Business Meeting 2023652116919
81b8g6wdNūshāfarīn Anṣārī and the Development of Librarianship and Children’s Literature in Iran 6565
8z30h05hEl-Ghobashy: Bread and Freedom: Egypt’s Revolutionary Situtation641317925
43k6n0w9Marr: Egypt at the Crossroads: Domestic Stability and Regional Role622020814
7847x7drTable of Contents6216111421
9n24n73pEditor's Note6211121326
94g4s53rBiography of Nūshāfarīn Anṣārī5757
4vh6t18nFrontmatter #97, 20255517111017
1jm7d6v8Table of Contents549181017
1v6909c5Front Matter541412721
56k6551qAhsan-Tirmizi: Pious Peripheries: Runaway women in post-Taliban Afghanistan531571219
6k70v9rzLibraries of Care: Nushafarin Ansari and Feminist Democracy in Iranian Librarianship5353
8j2602v2The Impact of Noushafarin Ansari on Increasing Women’s Cultural Participation in Iran5353
97x240j3Table of Contents5151
5d97w21gEditor's note 46810622
8d07t564Reviews4343
1v53b0sgIntroduction to the Special Issue: Nūshāfarīn Anṣārī: Books, People, and Institutions3535
1kq1f5wmNūshāfarīn Anṣārī Noush-Afarin Ansari and the Development of Social Librarianship in Iran3434
0909109kFrontmatter3333
16694637Nush-Afarin Ansari and the Children’s Book Council of Iran: Cultural Institution-Building, Organized Voluntarism, and the Logic of Sustainability3232
4kf7w4p6Bibliography of Nūshāfarīn Anṣārī3131
6pb3g1j8Editor's note2929

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