Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to announce the publication of Vol. 8/2 of our journal Approaching Religion, which has been produced as a co-operation between the Donner Institute and the Finnish Institute in the Middle East.

Theme: Transformations of Identity and Space in the Middle East and North Africa
Guest editors: Docent Raija Mattila

You find the journal open access at https://journal.fi/ar

AR is an open access journal published by the Donner Institute. Its purpose is to publish current research on religion and culture and to offer a platform for scholarly co-operation and debate within these fields. The articles have been selected on the basis of peer-review.

Thanks for the continuing interest in our work,

Ruth Illman
Editor of Approaching Religion