Ruqayya Yasmine Khan

Region of Interest

South Asia

Primary Country of Residence

United States of America

Title

Associate Professor of Islamic Studies

Affiliation

Trinity University

Email

rkhan@trinity.edu

Mailing Address

Department of Religion
Trinity University
One Trinity Place
San Antonio, TX 78112 USA

Phone/Fax Number(s)

phones: 210-999-8428 (direct)
210-999-8426 (Religion Office)
fax: 210-999-7843

Countries of Specialization

Pakistan

Research Interests

Islam, South Asia, Middle East; Qur'anic Studies;
Arabic Literature, Urdu Literature, Islamic Literature

Publications

Book:
Self and Secrecy in Early Islam, The University of South Carolina Press
(Studies in Comparative Religion, Frederick M. Denny, General Editor),
2008.

Articles/Chapters:
"Pastoralism and the 'wild man' in an early Arabic romance," Middle
Eastern Literatures, August, 2008.

"'The child on loan': childhood, children and adolescents in Islamic
studies," in Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives
from the world's religious traditions, November, 2005

Keywords

Islam ; South Asia ; middle east ; Qur'anic studies ; Arabic literature ; Urdu literature ;