Associate Professor of History, Middlebury College
Febe Armanios is Associate Professor of History at Middlebury College. She is co-author with Boğaç Ergene of "Halal Food: A History" (Oxford University Press, 2018) and author of "Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt" (Oxford University Press, 2011).
Her research focuses on comparative religious practices in the Middle East, particularly between Christians and Muslims, ranging from food traditions and ritual pilgrimages to pious media. She is currently working on a book project that explores the rise of Christian television in the region.

For many Muslim grocery shoppers, a shifting definition of 'halal'
Aug 01, 2018 14:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views
For Muslims, halal food follows certain rules proscribed by Islamic law. It usually pertains to ritual slaughter and abstention from certain items like pork, blood and alcohol. But the interpretation of Islamic food...