MD & MDiv grad Monica Bodd thinks a lot about the patient experience and how to make it better — both through research and clinical practice. You can take the doctor out of Duke, but you can't take Duke out of the doctor.

*Julie Poucher Harbin's article is cited in this 2020 book (Syracuse University Press). Citation accessed via Google Scholar.

CITED: Elgenaidi, “Addressing Islamophobia, One Person at a Time”, ISLAMICommentary, June 30, 2015.

Has Nostra Aetate – the Catholic Church’s declaration on relations with non-Christian religions — stood the test of time?

Thanks to A. David Lewis Who Brought us “Comics & Dialogue” ! Here Is a List and Links to All of His ISLAMiCommentary Columns.

[Column » 'By the Book' by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN for ISLAMiCommentary] How did the rise of nation-states in the 20th century doom religious diversity and pluralism in the Middle East?

Here’s a List of All of Our Original Book Q & As and Essays to Date, with Special Thanks to Joseph Preville for his “By the Book” Columns!

Muslim characters are either terrorists or “good” Muslims trying to overcome “bad” Muslim plots.

(RNS) As part of his “Islam in Film” class at the University of Nebraska, religious studies professor Kristian Petersen screens movies such as “The Hurt Locker” , “Argo” and “American Sniper” to make the point that depictions of Muslims on the big...

How did the rise of nation-states in the 20th century doom religious diversity and pluralism in the Middle East? And, can pluralism be recovered to heal and transform the Middle East? Veteran journalist Nicolas Pelham considers these questions.

The new anthology, co-edited by Mbaye Lo, grew out of a workshop hosted by the Duke Islamic Studies Center in Fall 2013 on “Islamic Institutions of Higher Learning in Africa: Their History, Mission and Role in Regional Development.”

“We have to recognize that there are several shattered political visions that are still with us and there are several unhealed traumas or wounds – the Armenians, Kurds, Palestinians..we are still dealing with the long-term legacy..."

The status of LGBTQ rights in the Muslim world today is perplexing given that Islamic history is characterized by its relative tolerance of sexual diversity and same-sex desire.

Mara Leichtman's latest book is "Shi‘i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa: Lebanese Migration and Religious Conversion in Senegal." Senegal is predominantly Sunni Muslim. While Shi‘i Muslims make up only a small minority, the number is growing.

The motto of the Kingdom of Morocco is “Allah, al-Watan, al-Malik” (God, the Nation, the King). This motto was the spark for Yale University professor Jonathan Wyrtzen’s new book, "Making Morocco: Colonial Intervention and the Politics of Identity."