Books
(Bloomsbury, 2026). [ed. with Mario Murgia]
Alexandria: The City that Changed the World听(, 2023; , 2024). 听听Winner of the Runciman Award.听 听The Times, Sunday Times, TLS, Booklist, Epoch Times, Athens Voice, and听Waterstones听Book of the Year. 听 Translated into six languages (, ,听, , Spanish, and ).
(Oxford University Press, 2023).听[ed. with Angelica Duran]听 听Winner of the Milton Society of America's Irene Samuel Award.
(Routledge, 2021).
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); paperback 2019. [ed. with David Currell]
(Oxford University Press, 2017). [ed. with Angelica Duran and Jonathan Olson]听 听Winner of the Milton Society of America's Irene Samuel Award.
(Routledge, 2016); paperback 2018.听听听Winner of the Milton Society of America's Outstanding First Book Award.
Journal Articles
鈥�鈥�,听Cankaya Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences听18.1 (2024).
鈥溾��,听Milton Studies听63.1 (2021).
鈥淩ethinking Islamophobia: From Renaissance to World War One鈥�,听Oxford Islamic Studies Online听3.1 (2020). [with Imran听Awan]
"'鈥�, The Muslim World, 108.3 (2018), 367-386. [with Imran Awan]
鈥溾��,听Times Literary Supplement 5981 (2017).听
鈥溾��, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900, 55.1 (2015), 197-214.
鈥溾��, English Studies, 96.1 (2015), 82-101.
鈥溾��, Milton Quarterly, 46.4 (2012), 219鈥�32.听听听Winner of the Michael K. O鈥橰ourke PhD Best Publication Award (2013).
Book Chapters
鈥淪hakespeare and听the Visual Around the World鈥�, in听Global Shakespeare and Visual Art, eds. Mario Murgia and Islam Issa (Bloomsbury, 2026). [with Mario Murgia]
鈥淯rban Shakespeare: Civic and Public Art in England's Second City鈥�, in听Global Shakespeare and Visual Art, eds. Mario Murgia and Islam Issa (Bloomsbury, 2026).
鈥淭he Synergies of Drawing and Painting听Paradise Lost鈥�, in听Milton Across Borders and Media, eds. Islam Issa and Angelica Duran (Oxford University Press, 2023). 摆飞颈迟丑听Richard Kenton Webb and Angelica Duran]
鈥淢ilton Lost and Regained in Turkey鈥�, in听Milton Across Borders and Media, eds. Islam Issa and Angelica Duran (Oxford University Press, 2023). [with Mustafa Kirca, Hasan Baktir, Murat Ogutcu, and Angelica Duran]
鈥淚ntroduction: 鈥楾he meaning not the name鈥欌��, in听Milton Across Borders and Media, eds. Islam Issa and Angelica Duran (Oxford University Press, 2023).听摆飞颈迟丑听Angelica Duran]
鈥淎ntony and Cleopatra in Arabic鈥�, in听, eds. Ewan Fernie and Tom Epps听(Birmingham: History West Midlands, 2022).听
"How literature shapes history鈥�, in听, eds. Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb (London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2021).
鈥淲hen Shakespeare travelled with me鈥�, in听听(London: Penguin / BBC Audio, 2021).
鈥�Rebel Angels: Milton, Epstein鈥檚听Lucifer,and the Kashmiri Sitter鈥�, in听, eds. Angelica Duran and Mario Murgia (London: Lexington Books, 2021). [with Matthew Geary]
鈥淢ilton鈥檚 Areopagitica in the Arab World Today鈥�, in , eds. David Currell and Fran莽ois-Xavier Gleyzon (New York: Routledge, 2018).
鈥溾�楳ilton! Thou Shouldst Be Living in These Media鈥欌��, in Digital Milton, eds. David Currell and Islam Issa (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). [with David Currell]
鈥淭he Online Revolution: Milton and the Internet in the Middle East鈥�, in Digital Milton, eds. David Currell and Islam Issa (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).
鈥淧aradise Lost in Arabic: Images, Style, and Technique鈥�, in Milton in Translation, eds. Angelica Duran, Islam Issa and Jonathan Olson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017).
鈥淔rom 鈥楥ambalu鈥� to 鈥楨l Dorado鈥欌�� (with Angelica Duran), in Milton in Translation, eds. Angelica Duran, Islam Issa and Jonathan Olson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017). [with Angelica Duran]
鈥淢ilton鈥檚 Global Impact: the Arabic-Speaking World鈥�, in , ed. Thomas Corns (Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2016).
鈥淥ur Relationship with the Nile Today: A Consideration Through Romantic Poetry鈥�, in Translation and Cultural Identity, ed. Mahmud Didamuny (Cairo: Hemmat Lashin Center for Culture & Creativity, 2014).
Exhibitions
Sole Researcher and Curator: "Stories of Sacrifice" 鈥� the first exhibition devoted to the Muslim contribution to World War One, British Muslim Heritage Centre, Manchester (January 2016 鈥� January 2018).听听听Winner of the听Times Higher Education Awards 'Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences';听the Muslim News Awards 'Excellence in Community Relations Prize'; the Manchester Culture Awards 鈥楬ighly Commended Exhibition鈥�.听Exhibition tour includes: Greater Manchester Police HQ; Manchester Central Library.听VIP visitors include: HRH King Charles III; General Sir Nick Carter (Chief of UK Army); Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London).听
Content Curator and Academic Advisor: "", Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon (May 2017 鈥� September 2018).听Exhibition tour includes: Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Sole Researcher and Curator: "", Shakespeare Centre/Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (April 2018).
Magazine/Newspaper Articles (selected)
鈥�Islam Issa on an influential medieval treatise on the study of history鈥�, BBC History Magazine听(August 2025).
鈥�Egypt鈥檚 great pyramids at Giza weren鈥檛 built by foreign slaves鈥�, BBC History Magazine听(June 2025).
鈥�鈥�,BBC History Magazine听(May 2025), feature length.
鈥淲here is Alexander the Great鈥檚 tomb? Closer than many people think鈥�, National Geographic听(January 2025).
鈥�鈥�, BBC History Magazine (December 2024), feature length.
鈥�鈥�, BBC History Magazine (March 2024), feature length.
鈥淛ulius Caesar and the drama of politics鈥�, BBC History Magazine (January 2024).
鈥�鈥�,听The New Statesman (October 2017).
鈥�鈥�, The Guardian (September 2017).
