Guides for Authors
Alif encourages the submission of articles written in English, Arabic, and/or French in the fields of the Humanities, including literature, philosophy, history, social sciences, the arts, and cultural studies. Manuscripts submitted to the journal may not be or have been published or submitted elsewhere. Submissions are subject to peer review that maintains the anonymity of authors and reviewers. Submissions have to conform to the announced thematic issues. Abstracts or submissions emailed without indicating which forthcoming issue they wish to be published in will not be considered.
Abstracts must be submitted on time, always on the first of October of every year, to [email protected]. Submissions must include: An initial 300-word abstract, the author’s email address, telephone number, and postal address.
Articles to be considered for publication have to be accepted in the abstract stage first, and must be submitted online through Editorial Manager.
For more details on online submission, please visit our EM Support page.
The text must be in Microsoft Word for English, Arabic, or French double-spaced and should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words.
Manuscripts must include a cover page containing the title, author’s name, affiliation and an abstract of no more than 100 words and no less than 4 keywords (all in both English and Arabic).
- Text and works cited style must conform to MLA 9th edition. Transliteration follows the style of the International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.
- For English Author Guidelines, click here.
- For Arabic Author Guidelines, click here.
- For more information contact us at [email protected].