Digital Humanities has been in the agenda of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies for almost a decade and eventually its first outcome in the form of an edited book came out in 2016.1 Edited by Elias Muhanna who leads the Digital Islamic Humanities Project at Brown University, the book is the product of a conference, the first of the initiative’s scholarly meetings. In his introduction, besides the routine goal of reflecting on the subsequent chapters, Muhanna offers modest typological principles for the readers who are familiar with Islamic and Middle East studies in non-digital forms. Opening the discussion, the principles he offers demonstrate the ambiguous but promising nature of Digital Humanities in relation to Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES).