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Aftermaths Of Opposition: Effectiveness Of Repression Against Reformist Islamists In Saudi Arabia, Londyn Lorenz

Honors Theses

Saudi Arabia has long been considered a religious, political, and economic hub of the Middle East and North Africa as the home of the two holiest cities in Islam: Mecca and Medina. The kingdom’s leaders, the Al Saud family, have relied on their Islamic clout to remain in power since the 1700s, but their Islamic credentials were called into question following their allowance of American troops on Saudi soil and alliance with Western ideals during and following the Gulf War of the 1990s. Islamist outrage against the throne poured out across the nation, bringing demands for political change and increased …

Pendulums Of Personhood? Exploring The Multitudes Of Immigrant Womanhood In Spanish-Maghrebi Literature, Kaitlyn C. Sisco

Honors Theses

Often considered articulations of in-between-ness and bearers of fraught selfhoods, the work of Spanish-Maghrebi authors has been widely debated in literary fields, with academics arguing that it constitutes a largely homogenous set of texts about the standard immigrant experience. However, by placing these texts in a single category, such arguments end up erasing the immensely varied identities expressed and represented by Spanish-Maghrebi authors. This thesis seeks to address this issue by paying particular attention to how Spanish-Maghrebi authors negotiate different types of immigrant subjectivities in their writing. Specifically, I analyze the works of three contemporary Spanish-Maghrebi writers, Najat El Hachmi, …

Zinā In The Criminal Legislation Act (1999-2000): An Evaluation Of The Implication For Muslim Women's Right In Nigeria, Paul Orerhime Akpomie

Theses and Dissertations

The research engages in an exploration of human rights in Islam. Human rights issues are then contrasted with international law positions. The data gotten is then used for investigating women’s human rights issues in Shariʾa penal tradition regarding zinā (adultery) in Nigeria. The re-emergence of Sharia penal codes adopted by 12 Northern states in Nigeria in 1999 as an operative Islamic law has sparked concerns about rulings amounting to stoning to death in several cases of zinā. These events raised concerns about Shariʾa penal traditions’ legality and relationship with other legal traditions operational in Nigeria, a secular political space. …

Decolonizing Female Archetypes: Creating An Oppositional Consciousness In Contemporary Chicana And Iraqi Women’S Fiction, Semah Salih Hussein

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In dominant imperialist discourses, women, such as Iraqi women and Chicanas, have been marginalized in political, social and economic structures and have been manipulated to maintain imperialist exploitation and processes. They have been frozen within certain archetypal configurations. Iraqi women have been misrepresented as victims of their culture and traditions, and Chicanas have been represented in derogatory terms or excluded from mainstream hierarchies of representation. This study examines some counternarratives and oppositional subjectivities/ consciousnesses provided by Iraqi and Chicana women writers through their utilization of the legacy of a number of fictional and historical female figures. The primary texts analyzed …

WaqāʾIʿ Ḥārat Al-ZaʿFrānī (Facts Of ZaʿFrani Alley) By Gamāl Al-Ghaiṭānī: A Translation, Peter O. Daniel

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New Approaches To Islam In Film, Sophia Rose Arjana

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a book review of Kristian Petersen, ed., New Approaches to Islam in Film (New York: Routledge, 2021).

The Bedouin In Arabia: A Nomadic Success, Cole D. Quinn

Student Publications

This paper analyzes the lifestyle of Bedouin tribes in Arabia prior to the rise of Islam. It looks closely at how Bedouin tribes were able to coexist alongside pre-Islamic settlements and secure a dominant position in Arabia. Specifically, this paper covers the Bedouin's practice of pastoralism, tribalism, and militarism, and explains how Bedouin tribes were able to secure and maintain a dominant position in Arabia despite the pressure of neighboring settlements.

Knowledge Through Divine Light: Ghazali’S Notions Of Mystical Cognition, Maisara Maasoum Marzouk

The Undergraduate Research Journal

Illumination, or knowledge through divine light, is a type of mystical cognition that Abu Hamid Ghazali regarded to be the cause of his rescue from his famous skeptical crisis. According to him, this type of divine knowledge is the apex of knowledge, to which all other sciences are subordinate. The receptive organ of this knowledge is the heart, a divine and cognitive subtlety that is distinct though related to the physical heart. Such is done by removing the veils that obstruct divine light from reaching it by means of the science of unveiling. The disclosure of knowledge that occurs once …

De Quelques Problèmes Majeurs De La Parémiologie Moderne, Michel Quitout

Dirassat

Some Major Problems of Modern Paremiology

Before getting to the heart of the matter, let us first make an empirical observation: in Arab societies, the recurrence of proverbial statements both at the level of oral communication and at the level of written texts is a reality that is evident. It imposes itself on it. Proverbs occupy a prominent place in Arab societies. For a very long time, the Arabs have manifested their taste for this type of concise, very expressive and full of teachings speech.

Reinterpreting Medieval Islamic Autobiography: The Case Of Al-SakhāWī’S Irshād (1428/831 Ah - 1497/902 Ah), Maha Shawki

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis research aims to contribute to the study of medieval Arabic autobiographies by examining the autobiography of one of fifteenth-century Mamluk scholars, Muḥammad Ibn ʿabd al-Raḥmān al-Sakhāwī (1428/831 AH - 1497/902 AH).

The objective of this research is to understand more about the art of writing an autobiography during the late Mamluk period and how it relates to broader Islamic tradition. This will be done by considering al-Sakhāwī’s autobiography in the context of other similar concurrent texts written during the late Mamluk period to detect possible links and investigate how a medieval autobiography can be shaped by the character …

Printing Devotion: Sufi Books And Their Transregional Networks In An Age Of Print, Mariam Elashmawy

Theses and Dissertations

The production of printed books in the Muslim world is a story that encompasses an array of actors, spanning centuries, and taking place in remote, yet connected locales. This thesis provides an intellectual history of Ṣūfī print production of Islamicate mystical works in the nineteenth-twentieth centuries by examining three overlapping genres: poetry, Ṣūfī histories (hagiography), and litanies (aḥzāb). Texts such as the Dīwān of devotional poetry by Ibn al-Fāriḍ (d. 632/1234), the litany of Abū al-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī (d. 656/1258), Ḥizb al-baḥr, and Rashaḥāt ʿayn al-ḥayāt, a history of the Naqshbandiyya order by Fakhr …

The Mosques Of Sinan Pasha And Mustafa Shurbagy Mirza As Reflections Of Bulaq's Socio-Economic Realities; 1571-1698, Concepcion G. Anorve-Tschirgi

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Egyptian Attitudes Toward Various Arabic Vernaculars, James B. Herbolich

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Alternation Of Prepositions In Arabic Among Grammarians And Its Impact On The Interpretation Of Meaning, Ahmad Tamtami

Al Jinan الجنان

This research deals with the topic of the letters of meanings and their effect on the interpretation of the Qur’anic verses, and presents applied examples from the book “Facilitating Tafsir” by Qutb Atfayesh. The research problem: what are the doctrines of grammarians in the rotation of letters, and what is the opinion that the pole went to by presenting applied models from his book, Facilitation of Interpretation. The research aims to explain Qutb’s opinion on the issue of rotation of letters, while presenting various applied models from the book Facilitation of Tafsir. The approach used in this research is a …

Critical Issues In The Book (Eiar Al-Shier), Arwa Majzoub

Al Jinan الجنان

The importance of the critique science lies in that it helps the reader of literature understand its artistic characteristics, and to appreciate its creativity and fine quality. Its function is to judge the quality of literature texts, and provide a comparison between them in the context of the finest artistic rubrics and aesthetic articulation. Accordingly, this research work provides a comprehensive study covering the critique methods covered by the Ibn Tabataba›s book (The Caliber of Poetry). The book is considered one of the pioneers in this area that had a contribution to laying the foundations and origins of critique science. …

Tardiyat Abu Nawas Aspects Of Renewal In Abu Nawas’ Poems (Tardiyat), Farah Jam, Hachem Ayoubi

Al Jinan الجنان

Al Taradiyat is one of the oldest poetry. It was known by Arab people since Jahili Time and at its peak was in Abbassi time. Abu Nawas was the foremost representative of it. He created new forms. His style was far from the old poetic purposes and he used metaphors and imaginary similes derived from the luxurious life of that time. In addition to that he adopted strange words that dealt with traits of predators and describing them carefully and meticulously. Moreover it highlighted that kind of old poetry since poetry and literature are an extension of the past and …

Philosophy In The Narrative Mode: Alexander The Great As An Ethical Character From Roman To Medieval Islamicate Literature, Anna Ayşe Akasoy

Publications and Research

Histories of Arabic and Islamic philosophy tend to focus on texts which are systematic in nature and conventionally classified as philosophy or related scholarly disciplines. Philosophical principles, however, are also defining features of texts associated with other genres. Within the larger field of philosophy, this might be especially true of ethics and within the larger body of literature this might be especially the case for stories. Indeed, it is sometimes argued that the very purpose of storytelling is to reinforce and disseminate moral conventions. Likewise, the moral philosopher can be conceptualized as a homo narrans.

The aim of this …

التوجيهات الصرفية لابن سيده ت: 458هـ في كتابه "شرح أبيات الجمل" دراسة وتحليل, ابراهيم حسين صنبع استاذ مساعد

Journal of Al-Azhar University – Gaza (Humanities)

الملخص:

يهدف هذا البحث إلى الوقوف مع علم من أعلام الدرس اللغوي الذي كان له دور في الحياة العلمية في بلاد الأندلس في القرن الخامس الهجري الذي عاش فيه ابن سيده المتوفي سنة 458هـ، فقد أبرزت مكانته العلمية بين علماء العربية في زمانه.

وقصرت البحث على الجانب الصرفي عند هذا العَالِم، فقد وقفت على كتابه شرح أبيات الجمل، وتتبعت توجيهاته الصرفية في هذا الكتاب الذي يُعّد أول مؤلفاته فحاولت الوقوف مع هذه التوجيهات وربطها بما قاله النحاة السابقون عليه، لأعرف رأيه بين هذه الآراء وما أضافه إليها، ولم يقتصر البحث على ذلك، بل استفاد الباحث ممن جاء بعد ابن سيده …

التَّوجِيهُ النَّحْوِيُّ لِلقِراءَاتِ القُرآنِيَّةِ عِندَ ابنِ الوَرديِّ فِي كِتابِهِ تَحريرِ الخَصاصةِ في تَيسيرِ الخُلاصةِ, نهاد عبدالفتاح بدرية استاذ مساعد

Journal of Al-Azhar University – Gaza (Humanities)

الملخص:

يتناول هذا البحث التوجيه النحوي للقراءات القرآنية عند ابن الوردي (ت749هـ)، إذ بدأتُ البحث بترجمة موجزة لابن الوردي، ثم تحدثتُ عن القراءات القرآنية وأنواعها، ثم ذكرتُ التوجيهات النحوية لابن الوردي في المسائل التي تضمنت القراءات القرآنِيَّة في شرحه للألفية الموسوم بـ "تحرير الخصاصة في تيسير الخلاصة"، مع بيانِ آراءِ النحاة ومواقفهم من توجيهاته النحوية.

وقد تضمن البحث إحدى وعشرين مسألة في القراءات القرآنية، وهي المواضع التي وردت في شرحه للألفية، وكل مسألة تحمل توجيهًا نحويًا لابن الوردي، وقد بدأت كل مسألة بذكر الآية القرآنية برواية حفص عن عاصم المشهورة في بلادنا، ثم أوردت قول ابن الوردي مقتبسًا، ثم شرحت …

The Concept Of Ibn Al-Balad, Sawsan Messiri

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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