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Arabic Rhetoric Discourse: An Analysis Of Opinion Newspaper Articles, Fatma Gad Jun 2008

Arabic Rhetoric Discourse: An Analysis Of Opinion Newspaper Articles, Fatma Gad

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This study is a descriptive quantitative study which examines text superstructure patterns of opinion articles written in Arabic by native Arabic-speakers. It addresses three questions: 1) What is/are the rhetorical superstructure pattern(s) of Arabic argumentative texts represented in newspaper political/social opinion articles? And what are the frequencies of these patterns? 2) Where, in these opinion articles, do Arab writers prefer to introduce their "general thesis"? And 3) What are the argument constructions and forms used by Arab writers within opinion articles? By utilizing an adapted Problem-Solution analysis pattern to answer the study’s questions, the text superstructure of 26 opinion newspaper …


Code Mixing In 'Ammiyat Al-Muthaqqafin: A Case Study On The Use Of The B-Prefix As A Tense Marker, Hanady Tawakol Jun 2008

Code Mixing In 'Ammiyat Al-Muthaqqafin: A Case Study On The Use Of The B-Prefix As A Tense Marker, Hanady Tawakol

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This study aims at investigating possible rules that govern code mixing between the two basic varieties (H and L; Ferguson, 1959) at the verbal phrase level (combining linguistic features of Fusha and ‘ammiya in spoken verbal sentences used in ‘ammiyat Al-Muthaqqafin). In this study, the feature of choice is the use of the b-prefix (an aspectual marker used as a prefix with present tense ‘ammiya verbs). In particular, this study aims at analyzing the possible rules that govern the use of the b-prefix from a linguistic perspective. Furthermore, this study attempts to determine whether morphological or syntactic factors affect its …


Narrative, Authority And The Voices Of Morality And Reason: An Intertextual Exploration Of Select Texts Of Mirror For Princes Literature & The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night With Select Sufi Literature, Sharon Allen Jun 2008

Narrative, Authority And The Voices Of Morality And Reason: An Intertextual Exploration Of Select Texts Of Mirror For Princes Literature & The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night With Select Sufi Literature, Sharon Allen

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Medical Healers In Ottoman Egypt, 1517-1798, Sherry Sayed Gad Elrab Jun 2008

Medical Healers In Ottoman Egypt, 1517-1798, Sherry Sayed Gad Elrab

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No abstract provided.


Stylistic Analysis Of The Use Of Simile In Kalila Wa Dimna By Ibn Al-Muqaffa', Cynthia Brandenburg Harlow Jun 2008

Stylistic Analysis Of The Use Of Simile In Kalila Wa Dimna By Ibn Al-Muqaffa', Cynthia Brandenburg Harlow

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Dialectic Of Past And Present In Eco's The Name Of The Rose And Al-Ghitani's Zayni Barakat, Martino Lovato Jun 2008

Dialectic Of Past And Present In Eco's The Name Of The Rose And Al-Ghitani's Zayni Barakat, Martino Lovato

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This thesis compares an Italian and an Egyptian novel, Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose and Gamal al-Ghitani's Zayni Barakat, paying particular attention to the way European and Arabic historiographies influence their composition. Both set at the end of the Middle Ages, the two novels are taken as representatives of the way contemporary European and Arabic literature portray the past in relation to their present. Starting with a reconstruction of the two historiographic patterns based on Salvation and Progress, and their influencing the notion of literary Medievalism, the two novels are treated separately in order to contextualize them in …


The ḤĪran School: A Canonical Controversy In Pre-Islamic Poetry, Adam Talib Jun 2008

The ḤĪran School: A Canonical Controversy In Pre-Islamic Poetry, Adam Talib

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Subverting Hegemonic Masculinity In Contemporary Arabic Literature: A Comparative Study Of Sonallah Ibrahim's Al-Lajna, Mourid Barghuti's Ra'aytu Ramallah, Hoda Barakat's Hajar Al-Dahik And Ahlam Mosteghanemi's Dhakirat Al-Jasad, Nesrin Helmy Allam Feb 2008

Subverting Hegemonic Masculinity In Contemporary Arabic Literature: A Comparative Study Of Sonallah Ibrahim's Al-Lajna, Mourid Barghuti's Ra'aytu Ramallah, Hoda Barakat's Hajar Al-Dahik And Ahlam Mosteghanemi's Dhakirat Al-Jasad, Nesrin Helmy Allam

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Hija' In The Early Islamic Period, Elsa Birgitta Elmahdy Feb 2008

Hija' In The Early Islamic Period, Elsa Birgitta Elmahdy

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No abstract provided.


Ibn 'Arabi's Primacy Of Consciousness: Finding In Being Found By The Real, Reham Elnory Feb 2008

Ibn 'Arabi's Primacy Of Consciousness: Finding In Being Found By The Real, Reham Elnory

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No abstract provided.