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Hispano-Umayyad Caliphal Iconography, Maria Isabel Varas Cruz Jun 1997

Hispano-Umayyad Caliphal Iconography, Maria Isabel Varas Cruz

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Contemporary Gulf Poetesses: A Feminist Perspective, Dhabiya Khamis Jun 1997

Contemporary Gulf Poetesses: A Feminist Perspective, Dhabiya Khamis

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No abstract provided.


Lexical Organization In Trilingual: Investing The Foreign Store Hypothesis, Christine Laliberté Jun 1997

Lexical Organization In Trilingual: Investing The Foreign Store Hypothesis, Christine Laliberté

Archived Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated lexical organization in trilingual by attempting to determine a) whether lexical items in the dominant language (L1) are stored separately from those of the L2 and the L3; and b) whether lexical items in the L2 and the L3 are stored together, in a "foreign language store", or separately. As well, potential differences between the lexical organization of bilinguals and trilingual were examined. Previous research has revealed that language dominance and proficiency play a crucial role in intra- and interlanguage interference. Typically, interlingual interference originates from the dominant language (L1) ; however, as proficiency in the non-dominant …


An Illustration Of The Transitional Period In Egypt During 1919-1924: Political Cartoons In Egypt's Revolutionary History, Tonia Rifaey Jun 1997

An Illustration Of The Transitional Period In Egypt During 1919-1924: Political Cartoons In Egypt's Revolutionary History, Tonia Rifaey

Archived Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents the 1919 revolution in Egypt and its effects on the Egyptian political arena as portrayed by the political cartoons during that period. The political cartoons portrayed a visual and tangible approach to a review of nationalism during this era. The cartoons also focused on Egyptian efforts to end British colonialism and imperialism. A review of the cartoons within a six-year period (1918- 1924) yielded one hundred and eighty-two political cartoons. The criteria for the selection of the cartoons was their political nature -pertaining to political actors and politics. The cartoons followed closely the rise and fall of …


Masters Of The Trade: Crafts And Craftspeople In Cairo, 1750-1850, Pascale Ghazaleh Jan 1997

Masters Of The Trade: Crafts And Craftspeople In Cairo, 1750-1850, Pascale Ghazaleh

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No abstract provided.


First Language Maintenance, Shift And Attrition Among Egyptian Immigrants In Houston, Texas, Tawhida Ahmed Askary Jun 1996

First Language Maintenance, Shift And Attrition Among Egyptian Immigrants In Houston, Texas, Tawhida Ahmed Askary

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No abstract provided.


Status And Characteristics Of The Nubian Short Story In Egyptian Literature: Layali Al-Misk Al-Atika By Hadjdjadj Hasan Uddul And Arus Al-Nil By Yahya Mukhtar, Muhammad Helmi Jun 1996

Status And Characteristics Of The Nubian Short Story In Egyptian Literature: Layali Al-Misk Al-Atika By Hadjdjadj Hasan Uddul And Arus Al-Nil By Yahya Mukhtar, Muhammad Helmi

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No abstract provided.


Isnad In Arabic Literary Works, William J Kopycki Jun 1996

Isnad In Arabic Literary Works, William J Kopycki

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No abstract provided.


The Idea Of Land Reform In The Egyptian Parliament, 1942-1952, Eunkyung Lee Jun 1996

The Idea Of Land Reform In The Egyptian Parliament, 1942-1952, Eunkyung Lee

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No abstract provided.


Arab Views Of Northern Europeans In Medieval History And Geography, Thabit Abdullah Jan 1996

Arab Views Of Northern Europeans In Medieval History And Geography, Thabit Abdullah

Faculty Book Chapters

This collective volume is the result of the Second Annual Conference on Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Mediterranean held at the American University in Cairo, 5-7 May, 1996. The contributors, David R. Blanks, John Victor Tolan, Nabil I. Matar, John Rodenbeck, Thabit Abdullah, E.M. Sartain, Omaima Abou-Bakr, and Nadia M. El-Cheik, take an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from sociology, anthropology, political science, history, and literature, in medieval their examination of past attitudes, in particular images of the 'Other' in medieval Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, in order to trace the origins of modern stereotypes. The essays are divided into three …


An Ambivalent Image: Byzantium Viewed By The Arabs, Nadia M. El-Cheik Jan 1996

An Ambivalent Image: Byzantium Viewed By The Arabs, Nadia M. El-Cheik

Faculty Book Chapters

This collective volume is the result of the Second Annual Conference on Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Mediterranean held at the American University in Cairo, 5-7 May, 1996. The contributors, David R. Blanks, John Victor Tolan, Nabil I. Matar, John Rodenbeck, Thabit Abdullah, E.M. Sartain, Omaima Abou-Bakr, and Nadia M. El-Cheik, take an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from sociology, anthropology, political science, history, and literature, in medieval their examination of past attitudes, in particular images of the 'Other' in medieval Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, in order to trace the origins of modern stereotypes. The essays are divided into three …


The 1967 Defeat Impact On The Generation Of The Sixties And Earlier Generations, Shahira Khalil Jun 1995

The 1967 Defeat Impact On The Generation Of The Sixties And Earlier Generations, Shahira Khalil

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Similarities Between Sources Of Syntactic Errors Made By Arab Learners Of "Fusha" And Sources Of Errors Made By Second Language Learners, Nihal Mohamed Talaat Jun 1995

Similarities Between Sources Of Syntactic Errors Made By Arab Learners Of "Fusha" And Sources Of Errors Made By Second Language Learners, Nihal Mohamed Talaat

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Relativization In Egyptian Educated Spoken Arabic, Dalia Abou Hagar May 1995

Relativization In Egyptian Educated Spoken Arabic, Dalia Abou Hagar

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No abstract provided.


Sudanese Women Speech Variation And Its Role Of Convergence, Samia Mohamed Adnan May 1995

Sudanese Women Speech Variation And Its Role Of Convergence, Samia Mohamed Adnan

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No abstract provided.


A Study On Ibn Al-Dumaynah's Poetry, Sabry Botros Abd El-Masseh Jun 1994

A Study On Ibn Al-Dumaynah's Poetry, Sabry Botros Abd El-Masseh

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No abstract provided.


Collocations And Vocabulary Teaching, Dala Yassin Abo El Seoud Jun 1994

Collocations And Vocabulary Teaching, Dala Yassin Abo El Seoud

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Classical And Colloquial Arabic, Mona Kamel Hassan May 1994

Classical And Colloquial Arabic, Mona Kamel Hassan

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No abstract provided.


Industrial Monuments In The Holy Land, Adham Mahmoud Fahmy Mar 1994

Industrial Monuments In The Holy Land, Adham Mahmoud Fahmy

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No abstract provided.


The Practical Apologetic Of Muhammad Abduh With A View Toward His Approach To Christianity, Michael F Kuhn Feb 1994

The Practical Apologetic Of Muhammad Abduh With A View Toward His Approach To Christianity, Michael F Kuhn

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Representation Of Migration To The Gulf In Arabic Novels, Noha M Radwan Jan 1994

The Representation Of Migration To The Gulf In Arabic Novels, Noha M Radwan

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No abstract provided.


Trading Politics And The Politics Of Trade, Peter Thompson Jan 1994

Trading Politics And The Politics Of Trade, Peter Thompson

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No abstract provided.


Tiraz Fabrics In Islamic Collection: Textile Museum, Washington, D. C., Amal Abul-Hajj-Hull Jan 1994

Tiraz Fabrics In Islamic Collection: Textile Museum, Washington, D. C., Amal Abul-Hajj-Hull

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Development Of A Cairene Open Space, Sherif Hazem Mansour Jan 1994

The Development Of A Cairene Open Space, Sherif Hazem Mansour

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No abstract provided.


The Arab Andalusian Love Poetry, Basma Al Dajani Jan 1993

The Arab Andalusian Love Poetry, Basma Al Dajani

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No abstract provided.


The Development Of The Hero In Makhail Naimy's Novels, Hadia Ihsan Hallak Ramadan Jan 1993

The Development Of The Hero In Makhail Naimy's Novels, Hadia Ihsan Hallak Ramadan

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Section From The ʻUyūN Al-AkhbāR Wa FunūN Al-ĀThāR (Volume Vii) Of DāʻĪ IdrīS ʻImāD Al-Din̄ (D. 872/1468) ; And, The Succession Controversy Following The Death Of The Fatimid Caliph Al-MustansịR, Bazat Saifiyah Qutbuddin Jul 1992

A Section From The ʻUyūN Al-AkhbāR Wa FunūN Al-ĀThāR (Volume Vii) Of DāʻĪ IdrīS ʻImāD Al-Din̄ (D. 872/1468) ; And, The Succession Controversy Following The Death Of The Fatimid Caliph Al-MustansịR, Bazat Saifiyah Qutbuddin

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Ibn TaimīYa's Concept Of Heresy With Particular Reference To His Fatwa On JihāD, Lamia Ahmad Hosny Eid Jun 1992

Ibn TaimīYa's Concept Of Heresy With Particular Reference To His Fatwa On JihāD, Lamia Ahmad Hosny Eid

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No abstract provided.


Code-Switching In Sheikh ShaʻArawi's Commentaries On The Qur'an, Hala Mohamed Hassan Hassan El Ganayni Jun 1992

Code-Switching In Sheikh ShaʻArawi's Commentaries On The Qur'an, Hala Mohamed Hassan Hassan El Ganayni

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The BimāRistāN Of Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh And The Area Around It, Nairy Hampikian Feb 1992

The BimāRistāN Of Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh And The Area Around It, Nairy Hampikian

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.