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Origin Narratives And The Making Of Dynastic History In Al-Dīnawarī’S Akhbār, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
Origin Narratives And The Making Of Dynastic History In Al-Dīnawarī’S Akhbār, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
This article takes the reader on a journey into the historical writing of the ninth century Muslim historian al-Dīnawarī (d. 895) and examines the motives behind composing his al-Akhbār al-ṭiwāl. The themes and narrative arrangements of this work give insight into al-Dīnawarī's historical agenda that demonstrates his interest in royal histories that exemplify the rise and fall of nations, dynasties, and powerful rulers. Al-Dīnawarī's emphasis on specific episodes and events demonstrates that only certain ethnic groups whose political legitimacy derives from a respectable and prominent origin can bring about political and social stability. By dealing with these sociopolitical concerns, …
Ça Commence Aujourd' Hui, Être Et Avoir Et Entre Les Murs: Une Vision Diffractée De L'École Républicaine Française, Annie Jouan-Westlund
Ça Commence Aujourd' Hui, Être Et Avoir Et Entre Les Murs: Une Vision Diffractée De L'École Républicaine Française, Annie Jouan-Westlund
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
The essay is a detailed cinematic and cultural analysis of Ça commence aujourd'hui by Bertrand Tavernier (1999), Être et Avoir by Nicolas Philibert (2003) and Entre les Murs by Laurent Cantet (2008). It contrasts the cinematic depictions of three French schools in rural, urban, and suburban France. Through a comparison of locations, pedagogy, and student expectation, the essay shows a contrasted and diffracted vision of the French educational system portrayed in the films. In the context of school reforms debated in France, the essay points out the variety and complexity of different schools visualized through the cinematic lens, and it …
The Evolution Of The Term ‘Qarn’ In Early Islamic Sources, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
The Evolution Of The Term ‘Qarn’ In Early Islamic Sources, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
In modern standard Arabic, recurrences of the term qarn (pl. qurun), of the root q-r-n, revolve around two meanings: a "horn" or "one hundred years."2 The association of qarn with "horn" is borrowed from the animal domain due to the eye-catching sight oft he animal's horns. Hence, the etymology of qarn is based on the notion that two things are situated parallel to each other. This study, however, will not examine the first meaning of qarn, but instead focus on the second. The attestations of qarn in early Islamic sources point to a composite term that retained a wide range …
The Evolution Of The Story Of Julian The Apostate In Early Islamic Sources = Tabalwur QiṣṢAt Al-QayṣAr Yūliyānūs Fī Al-Fikr Al-Islāmī Al-Ta’Rīkhī, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
The Evolution Of The Story Of Julian The Apostate In Early Islamic Sources = Tabalwur QiṣṢAt Al-QayṣAr Yūliyānūs Fī Al-Fikr Al-Islāmī Al-Ta’Rīkhī, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
The article examines the representations of the story of Roman emperor, Julian the Apostate (r. 361-363), in early Islamic historical writing and the channels of information that Muslims writers used to construct this narrative. The study is a comparative analysis of pertinent Islamic accounts in terms of narrative strategies, sources (Arabic, Persian, Syriac, and Greek), and methodology. In so doing, this study provides a constructive framework that enhances our understanding the historical agendas of these Muslim historians as well as the cultural discourses against which they wrote. The study also reflects on the early stages of the incorporation of Greco-Roman …
Review Of Cambridge Companion To The Age Of Pericles, Kelly L. Wrenhaven
Review Of Cambridge Companion To The Age Of Pericles, Kelly L. Wrenhaven
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
Review of Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles
Review Of Islam: Origins • Practices • Holy Texts • Sacred Persons • Sacred Places By Matthew S. Gordon, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
Review Of Islam: Origins • Practices • Holy Texts • Sacred Persons • Sacred Places By Matthew S. Gordon, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
Review of Islam: Origins • Practices • Holy Texts • Sacred Persons • Sacred Places by Matthew S. Gordon, Oxford University Press, 2002.
Review Of Byzantium Viewed By The Arabs By Nadia Maria El-Cheikh, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
Review Of Byzantium Viewed By The Arabs By Nadia Maria El-Cheikh, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
Review of Byzantium Viewed by the Arabs by Nadia Maria El-Cheikh, Harvard Univesity Press, 2004.
The Story Behind Csu’S Lafayette Collection Or: How A French Aristocrat Brought Two “Ohio Sons” Together, Tama L. Engelking
The Story Behind Csu’S Lafayette Collection Or: How A French Aristocrat Brought Two “Ohio Sons” Together, Tama L. Engelking
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography: Harun Al-Rashid And The Narrative Of The ʿAbbasid Caliphate By Tayed El-Hibri, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
Review Of Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography: Harun Al-Rashid And The Narrative Of The ʿAbbasid Caliphate By Tayed El-Hibri, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
Review of Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography: Harun al-Rashid and the Narrative of the ʿAbbasid Caliphate by Tayed el-Hibri, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Review Of Displacements: Women, Tradition, Literatures In French, Tama L. Engelking
Review Of Displacements: Women, Tradition, Literatures In French, Tama L. Engelking
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
Reviews the book `Displacements: Women, Tradition, Literatures in French,' edited by Joan DeJean and Nancy K. Miller.
Mary Haddad Macron, Arab Americans And Their Communities Of Cleveland, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
Mary Haddad Macron, Arab Americans And Their Communities Of Cleveland, Abed El-Rahman Tayyara
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.