ESSAYS
( * = in refereed publications), bibliographies, and prefatory matter
Introduction [proofs]. In The Hajj: Pilgrimage in Islam, ed. Eric Tagliacozzo and Shawkat M. Toorawa (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016), 25–78.
* Objections to Devotion? (Or Can the Muslim Speak?). Religion & Literature 44/3 (2013), 53–59 [in press]. [uncorrected proofs]
A Publication History of the Literary Works of Dev Virahsawmy, 1972–2012. In Flame Tree Lane/Lenpas Flanbwayan by Dev Virahsawmy, edited and translated by Shawkat M. Toorawa (London: Pink Pigeon/ Solitaire, 2012), 105–160.
Tea, Shortbread and 3 Things Worth Knowing. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Commentary (15 March 2011), A80.
Eid and the Imagery of Return. Le mauricien (19 September 2009), 7.
‘He heard music and dancing’: a Roger Allen bibliography, 1968-2008. Al-‘Arabiyya: Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic 40-41 (2007-2008), ix–xxx.
In Praise of Nuance. In Do the Humanties Have to Be Useful? Ed. Mohsen Mostafavi, Biddy Martin and Peter LePage (Ithaca: Cornell University, 2006), 107-110.
(with M. Cooperson), Introduction, in Arabic Literary Culture, 500-925, Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 311, ed. M. Cooperson and S. M. Toorawa (Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2005), vii-xxxiv.
Nomos kai paideia: a bibliography of the works of George Makdisi. In Law and Education in Medieval Islam: Studies in Memory of George Makdisi (Cambridge: Gibb Memorial Trust, 2004), ed. J. Lowry, D. Stewart and S. M. Toorawa, 7-17.
(with RRAALL) Annotated Guide [bibliography of pre-modern Arabic autobiographies]. In K. Brustad, et al, Interpreting the Self: Autobiography in the Arabic Literary Tradition, ed. D. F. Reynolds (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001), 255-288.
Mapping Communities and their Territories—A Reflection. In Towards the making of a Multi-Cultural Society. Conference papers, ed. S. Nirsimloo-Gayan (Moka, Mauritius: Mahatma Gandhi Institute Press, 2000), 10-17 = Culture’s Permeable Frontiers. In The Zimbabwean Review 3(4) (October-December 1997), 12-14.
Religion in Mauritius: I have a vision... In Consolidating the Rainbow, Independent Mauritius, 1968-1998, ed. Marina Carter (Port-Louis: Centre for Research on Indian Ocean Societies, 1998), 113-120. Reprint: In Le mauricien, May 8 and 9, 2007.
Why I Am (Not) An Africanist. In Proceedings of the The Fifth African Studies Consortium (online).
Khidr: The History of an Ubiquitous Master. Sufi 30 (1996), 45-49.
Islam in a plural society. Le mauricien (18 January 1996), 7. [more legible file]
Every Robe He Dons Becomes Him: Images of clothing in the Islamic tradition. Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition, Clothing 19(3) (Fall1994), 20-28.
A Funny thing happened on the way to Yemen, or Arabists and their Interpretations of the Movement of the Fatimid Caliphate. Le Croissant, 25th Anniversary Issue (April 1994), 13-14.
All Seek a Way: The Straight Path in Islam. Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition, Labyrinth 17(2) (Summer 1992), 22-24.
( * = in refereed publications), bibliographies, and prefatory matter
Introduction [proofs]. In The Hajj: Pilgrimage in Islam, ed. Eric Tagliacozzo and Shawkat M. Toorawa (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016), 25–78.
* Objections to Devotion? (Or Can the Muslim Speak?). Religion & Literature 44/3 (2013), 53–59 [in press]. [uncorrected proofs]
A Publication History of the Literary Works of Dev Virahsawmy, 1972–2012. In Flame Tree Lane/Lenpas Flanbwayan by Dev Virahsawmy, edited and translated by Shawkat M. Toorawa (London: Pink Pigeon/ Solitaire, 2012), 105–160.
Tea, Shortbread and 3 Things Worth Knowing. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Commentary (15 March 2011), A80.
Eid and the Imagery of Return. Le mauricien (19 September 2009), 7.
‘He heard music and dancing’: a Roger Allen bibliography, 1968-2008. Al-‘Arabiyya: Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic 40-41 (2007-2008), ix–xxx.
In Praise of Nuance. In Do the Humanties Have to Be Useful? Ed. Mohsen Mostafavi, Biddy Martin and Peter LePage (Ithaca: Cornell University, 2006), 107-110.
(with M. Cooperson), Introduction, in Arabic Literary Culture, 500-925, Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 311, ed. M. Cooperson and S. M. Toorawa (Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2005), vii-xxxiv.
Nomos kai paideia: a bibliography of the works of George Makdisi. In Law and Education in Medieval Islam: Studies in Memory of George Makdisi (Cambridge: Gibb Memorial Trust, 2004), ed. J. Lowry, D. Stewart and S. M. Toorawa, 7-17.
(with RRAALL) Annotated Guide [bibliography of pre-modern Arabic autobiographies]. In K. Brustad, et al, Interpreting the Self: Autobiography in the Arabic Literary Tradition, ed. D. F. Reynolds (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001), 255-288.
Mapping Communities and their Territories—A Reflection. In Towards the making of a Multi-Cultural Society. Conference papers, ed. S. Nirsimloo-Gayan (Moka, Mauritius: Mahatma Gandhi Institute Press, 2000), 10-17 = Culture’s Permeable Frontiers. In The Zimbabwean Review 3(4) (October-December 1997), 12-14.
Religion in Mauritius: I have a vision... In Consolidating the Rainbow, Independent Mauritius, 1968-1998, ed. Marina Carter (Port-Louis: Centre for Research on Indian Ocean Societies, 1998), 113-120. Reprint: In Le mauricien, May 8 and 9, 2007.
Why I Am (Not) An Africanist. In Proceedings of the The Fifth African Studies Consortium (online).
Khidr: The History of an Ubiquitous Master. Sufi 30 (1996), 45-49.
Islam in a plural society. Le mauricien (18 January 1996), 7. [more legible file]
Every Robe He Dons Becomes Him: Images of clothing in the Islamic tradition. Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition, Clothing 19(3) (Fall1994), 20-28.
A Funny thing happened on the way to Yemen, or Arabists and their Interpretations of the Movement of the Fatimid Caliphate. Le Croissant, 25th Anniversary Issue (April 1994), 13-14.
All Seek a Way: The Straight Path in Islam. Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition, Labyrinth 17(2) (Summer 1992), 22-24.
CREATIVE WRITING
‘A Limerick Pair on a Central Asian Adventure’. Point Barre: revue de poésie contemporaine 8, Riez maintenant… (2010): 34.
‘Kisanla sa Derida-la?’ in 40 poet, enn rekey (Port Louis: Ledikasyon Pu Travayer, 2008), 76. First appeared in: SOURCES: Revue de la Maison de la Poésie, Namur (January 2007).
‘Layla.’ Point Barre: revue de poésie contemporaine 2, A fleur de peau (2007): 27.
‘Robert Surcouf, en voyant le Front de Mer, Caudan, 1997.’ SOURCES: Revue de la Maison de la Poésie, Namur (January 2007).
‘Brecht and Bayati.’ Al-Waha [Ithaca, NY] 1 (2005), 19.
The Hour of Death. Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition—Threshold 27(2) (Spring 1997), 47-48.
Guavas and Khandan. In Mauritian Voices: New Writing in English, ed. Ron Butlin (Newcastle upon Tyne: Flambard Press, 1997), 183-187.
‘A Limerick Pair on a Central Asian Adventure’. Point Barre: revue de poésie contemporaine 8, Riez maintenant… (2010): 34.
‘Kisanla sa Derida-la?’ in 40 poet, enn rekey (Port Louis: Ledikasyon Pu Travayer, 2008), 76. First appeared in: SOURCES: Revue de la Maison de la Poésie, Namur (January 2007).
‘Layla.’ Point Barre: revue de poésie contemporaine 2, A fleur de peau (2007): 27.
‘Robert Surcouf, en voyant le Front de Mer, Caudan, 1997.’ SOURCES: Revue de la Maison de la Poésie, Namur (January 2007).
‘Brecht and Bayati.’ Al-Waha [Ithaca, NY] 1 (2005), 19.
The Hour of Death. Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition—Threshold 27(2) (Spring 1997), 47-48.
Guavas and Khandan. In Mauritian Voices: New Writing in English, ed. Ron Butlin (Newcastle upon Tyne: Flambard Press, 1997), 183-187.
