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Misbah
Princeton’s First Magazine Exploring Islam and the Muslim World 
IN THIS ISSUE
Oman: An Indian Ocean Empire
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1
 
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 Misbah
- Exploring Islam and the Muslim World
Misbah Magazine
Exploring Islam and the Muslim World 
DISCLAIMER/DONATIONS
 Misbah
is Arabic for “ 
lamp
 ,” a symbol of illumination.
 Misbah Maga-zine explores the ideas, history and development o Muslims and Islamin the world. It is oered ree o charge to all students, aculty and sta  o Princeton University and the surrounding community. All questions about donations and o-campus subscription and advertising rates should be directed to misbah@princeton.edu.Views expressed in Misbah Magazine do not necessarily reect those o the editors, sponsors, trustees or o Princeton University. Letters to the editor can be directed to misbah@princeton.edu and may be edited or length and clarity.
CONTRIBUTORS
Shaguta Ahmed GS ’07Nour Aoude ’10 Ahson Azmat ‘10Nancy CofnR. David Coolidge GS ’08George Hatke Aman Kumar ’10Barbara RomaineSohaib Sultan
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Babur Khwaja ’09
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
 Joy N. Karugu ’09
SENIOR EDITOR
 Wasim Shiliwala ’09
DESIGN AND LAYOUT
 Waqas Jawaid ’10
SPONSORS
Printing o this journal is made possible donations rom private indi-viduals and generous grants rom the ollowing sources:Ofce o the Dean o Religious Lie Peter B. Lewis Center or the Arts Princeton University Center or Human Values Undergraduate ForumPrinceton University Council o the Humanities Princeton Institute or International and Regional Studies 
COVER IMAGE
Te cover photograph, titled “Dhows Coming Back Home,” was takenby Ld Germain, and is used under the Creative Commons License. It  eatures the traditional arab ship used in the Indian Ocean, the 
Dhow 
.
 
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Princeton University - Fall 2008
Contents
Editor’s Note 2Harry Potter and the Two Traditions 3
Ahson Azmat ’10 
Mitigating Subjectivity: The Primacy of Qur’anicMemorization (Hifdh) for the Future of Islam in America 5
R. David Coolidge GS ’08 
Reections on the Essence of Ramadan 8
Sohaib N. Sultan
Oman: An Indian Ocean Empire 11
George Hatke 
The Druze of Lebanon 15
Nour Aoude ’10 
Journey Through Kosovo 18
Shaguta Ahmed GS ’07 
A Translation of Ibrahim Aslan 20
Barbara Romaine 
Foreskin and All 21
Aman Kumar ’10 
Mahmoud Darwish 23
Nancy Cofn
ENCOUNTERSSPIRITUALITY REFLECTIONARTSISLAM IN THE WORLDHISTORY OBITUARY 
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