These are the journal articles and essays authored or co-authored by Abdelwahab El-Affendi.

> "'Discovering the South': Sudanese Dilemmas for Islam in Africa," 18pp., pp. 371-389, African Affairs, vol. 89   (1990), ISSN 0001-9909

> "The Long March from Lahore to Khartoum: Beyond the Muslim Reformation," 14pp., pp. 137‑51, BRISMES Bulletin, vol. 17 (1990), ISSN 1353-0194.

> "The Eclipse of Reason: The Media in the Muslim World," 30pp., pp. 163-193, Journal of International Affairs, vol. 47, (Winter 1993),  ISSN 0022-197x

> "The Impasse in the IGAD Peace Process for Sudan: The Limits of Regional Cooperation," 18pp., 581-599, African Affairs, vol. 100 (2001), ISSN 0001-9909.

> "Islam and Human Rights: The Lessons from Sudan," 25pp., pp. 481-506, The Muslim World, vol.  91 (Fall,
2001), ISSN 0027-4909.

> "Sudan’s Futures: One State or Many?" Contemporary Arab Affairs, 9pp., pp. 61-70, 1 (1), 2008, ISSN: 1755-0912.

> "The People on the Edge: Religious Reform and the Burden of the Western Muslim Intellectual", Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review, 8 (2009), 19–50 (Re-published as an occasional paper by the Virginia-based IIIT (2010, ISBN 978-1-56564-357-4).

> "Esperando a Luteroy a las bombas: la 'reforma islamica' como una estrategia de guerra" (Waiting for Luther and the Bombs: The 'Islamic Reformation' as a War Strategy", Awraq, 1:1 (2010), pp. 26-45 ; ISSN 0214-834x