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Mosque Of Emir Altunbugha Al-Maridani In Light Of Mamluk Patronage Under Al- Nasir Muhammad Ibn Qalawun, Diana Isaac Bakhoum May 2009

Mosque Of Emir Altunbugha Al-Maridani In Light Of Mamluk Patronage Under Al- Nasir Muhammad Ibn Qalawun, Diana Isaac Bakhoum

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Floriated Kufic On The Monuments Of Fatimid Cairo, Bahia Shehab May 2009

Floriated Kufic On The Monuments Of Fatimid Cairo, Bahia Shehab

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Funeray Complex Of Taghri Bardi, Ahmed Kamal May 2009

Funeray Complex Of Taghri Bardi, Ahmed Kamal

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Traditional Architecture Of Asir Region- Saudi Arabia The Architecture Of Rujal Village As A Case Study Analytical Study, Manal Ibrahim Jan 2009

Traditional Architecture Of Asir Region- Saudi Arabia The Architecture Of Rujal Village As A Case Study Analytical Study, Manal Ibrahim

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Influence Of Trade On Sabil Decoration, Maryam Abd Al-Aziz Farrag Jan 2009

Influence Of Trade On Sabil Decoration, Maryam Abd Al-Aziz Farrag

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Seeing The Unseen, Hebatallah Youssef Jan 2009

Seeing The Unseen, Hebatallah Youssef

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Man as a being has always been concerned with seeing the unseen; each individual who ventures upon this search has a different trajectory. This research studies the path which seems to unite different travelers who seek the vision of the unseen, through analyzing Plato's allegory of the cave, which is an excerpt from The Republic, Heidegger's interpretation of the allegory which is from his book The Essence of Truth, and some of the works of Ibn 'Arabi which shed light on the Sufi path. It is my hope that the similarities that emerge from this analysis will help enunciate the …


Alexander In The Himalayas: Competing Imperial Legacies In Medieval Islamic History And Literature, Anna Akasoy Jan 2009

Alexander In The Himalayas: Competing Imperial Legacies In Medieval Islamic History And Literature, Anna Akasoy

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In 1888, Rudyard Kipling published a collection of stories in a volume with the title The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales. The collection includes the short story The Man Who Would be King, in which Kipling's alter ego, a British journalist in India, makes the acquaintance of a pair of adventurers, Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan, who demand his help as a fellow Mason. The two shady characters have set out to take advantage of divisions among the natives and are determined to install themselves as kings in Kafiristan, a remote region inhabited by pagans in the north of the …