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The Narrative Legacy Of Shajar Al-Durr In Arabic Literature, Mary Evelyn Quinlan Jun 2026

The Narrative Legacy Of Shajar Al-Durr In Arabic Literature, Mary Evelyn Quinlan

Theses and Dissertations

The story of the life of Shajar al-Durr (d. 1257) has been retold many times in Arabic literature in a variety of genres and mediums. In the pre-modern era, Shajar al-Durr’s biography appeared in the works of Ibn Wāṣil, Abū al-Fidāʾ, Al-Maqrīzī, and Ibn Taghrībirdī as well as the popular epic Sīrat Baybars. Many others have written about her since the 19th century, including Qadriyya Ḥusayn and Jurjī Zaydān. Writers of her biography used varying degrees of narrativization to create a story that served their needs, whether that was chronicling the history of 13th century Egypt or promoting contemporary ideological …


Exploring My Father's Rare Books, Magazines, And Newspapers Collection, Amal Nagah Elbeshbishi Nov 2023

Exploring My Father's Rare Books, Magazines, And Newspapers Collection, Amal Nagah Elbeshbishi

Performances, Events, and Presentations

This presentation was delivered at the a workshop under the title "Here be dragons: Navigating newspaper archives in Egypt and the Middle East". It provides background information about the Nagah Elbeshbishi collection which is held at AUC and Bibliotheca Alexandrina.


"On The Bridge Between Life And Death" … A Biography Of Aisha Abdurrahman (The Beach Girl), Circles Of Silence, And The Clamor Of Questions, ِAbbas Abbas Feb 2023

"On The Bridge Between Life And Death" … A Biography Of Aisha Abdurrahman (The Beach Girl), Circles Of Silence, And The Clamor Of Questions, ِAbbas Abbas

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

The present study represents a critical and analytical approach to a feminist biography of a well-known writer in our modern Arab culture, Aisha Abdurrahman (The Beach Girl). The title of this biography is "On the Bridge between Life and Death," which she wrote soon after the death of her inspiring professor and husband, the Sheikh and the renovated scholar (Amin Al-Khuli). The study attempts to look at this biography as one of the contents of the Arabic feminist narrative reflected (shaped) by practicing autobiographical writing, which motivated the researcher to formulate fundamental interpretations of the contents of this speech via …


Al-Mushahada Wa Al-Rywaia End Al-Omari, Mysr Al-Shawarah, Raghdah Zboon Jul 2021

Al-Mushahada Wa Al-Rywaia End Al-Omari, Mysr Al-Shawarah, Raghdah Zboon

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

No doubt that the abbasid age had passed and left an immortal heritage of science,literature,art and compilations in several sciences and arts were available,circumstances were prepared for the mamluk age in enlightment of thinking,where artists and(men of letters)exerted efforts in gathering and collecting their heritage,dictating and classifying it,as they collect their its dispersion and conserve its greatnesses;so al omari had secured a side of this heritage and depended in his biographies on numerous and different sources,and took numerous standards for translation starting from the pre islamic age untill his age,sothe time eras had an evident effect in his biographies,also preference …