This is our third issue of al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā (UW) in its new (online, peer-reviewed, and open-access) format. To begin, our deepest thanks to Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah, our indispensable managing editor. Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta, Vol. 25 No. 1 (2017): Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā