Mutual Othering: Islam, Modernity, and the Politics of Cross-Cultural Encounters in Pre-Colonial Moroccan and European Travel Writing -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Literary Depictions of the Moor, Travel Writing, and the Maghreb -- Chapter 2: The Riḥla to Europe: Transcultural Islam and the Islamization of Modernity -- Chapter 3: Visions of Morocco and Its Premodernity in French Travel Writing -- Chapter 4: Slavery, Racism, and the Rhetoric of Modernity in British Travel Writing -- Chapter 5: Conclusions and Contemporary Debates -- Notes -- References -- Index.