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U.S Mediation At Camp David (I) And (Ii): A Reflection On Third Party Mediation Processes, Bassel Salah Mostafa

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Rise And Development Of Societal Obligation (Fardh Kifiiya) In Islamic Legal Philosophy, Nahla El-Haraki

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Even In Words, There's Greed: Stories About Power And The Everyday Among Christian Cement Carriers In Saft El-Laban, Fouad Halbouni

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Assur Is King Of Persia: Illustrations Of The Book Of Esther In Some Nineteenth-Century Sources, Steven W. Holloway

Libraries

The marriage of archaeological referencing and picture Bibles in the nineteenth century resulted in an astonishing variety of guises worn by the court of Ahasuerus in Esther. Following the exhibition of Neo-Assyrian sculpture in the British Museum and the wide circulation of such images in various John Murray publications, British illustrators like Henry Anelay defaulted to Assyrian models for kings and rulers in the Old Testament, including the principal actors in Esther, even though authentic Achaemenid Persian art had been available for illustrative pastiche for decades. This curious adoptive choice echoed British national pride in its splendid British Museum collection …

Understanding The History Of Ancient Israel (Book Review), Brian R. Doak

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Review of H.G.M. Williamson, ed., Understanding the History of Ancient Israel. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, xxD432 pp, ISBN 978 0 19 726401 0

The Ghosts Of Our Mothers: From Oral Tradition To Written Words—A History And Critique Of Jewish Women Writers Of Iranian Heritage, Farideh Goldin

English Faculty Publications

Throughout the 2,000 years of Iranian Jewish history, women usually were either illiterate or silenced. Iranian Jewish women in exile have been making up for their foremothers by creating prose literature at a fast pace in the last two decades. Through their poetry, novels and memoirs, they validate the claim that with financial security, access to education, and freedom of speech—rarely accessible to Iranian women until the twentieth century—they can shine. This article explores the history and background of Jewish women writers of Iranian heritage.

Writings: Presentation Delivered Friday September 26, 2008 On Candidates Night At The Ramallah Club, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Speeches: Presentation sponsored by the Arab American Institute, delivered September 26, 2008 at the Ramallah Club of Jacksonville.

Politics And The Irrevocable Land Convenant: A Theological And Practical History Of The Land In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ramy Makar

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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

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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 Mut`Azilī Criteria For Evaluating Prophetic Traditions With Special Reference To Usụ̄L Al-Fiqh, Mohamed Ahmed Abdelrahman

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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

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

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Democratic Solutions To Identity Conflict: The Case Of Lebanon, Monty Roberson Jr.

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Cultural Persistence And The Bedouin Of Egypt's Sinai Penninsula, Simeon Roos-Eefsting

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Mamluk Carpets ( Cairene And Ottoman), Hala Mohamed Sayed

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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 …

Kurds In The Mosul Province 1918-1932, Kristen Alff

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Saudi Arabia: Remodeling Authoritarianism For The 21 St Century, Kira D Jumet

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

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Religion In Language Policy, And The Survival Of Syriac, Ibrahim George Aboud

Theses Digitization Project

Throughout Islamic era, the Syriac language remained the language of the majority despite Arabic hegemony. The decline of the Syriac accompanied the decline of Christianity in the East, and was affected by the policies of rival religious and nationalist groups. By considering the current conditions under which Syriac speakers live, and the renewed interest in reviving the language among Christian communities in the modern Fertile Crescent, this thesis will examine the causes of decline over the centuries, and the possibilities for the revival of Syriac in modern times. The present research examines how religion contributed to the shaping of language …

Documentary Film Presentation Local Colors: Natural Dyeing In A Milas Carpet Weaving Village, Ulara Tamura, John Wells

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

This documentary, filmed in 2006, examines the process of naturally dyed carpet production in a village in the Milas region of Muğla Prefecture in southwest Turkey, a region well known as a traditional Turkish carpet production area. In large numbers of villages of this region, carpet weaving is the household based work of every woman who lives there.

In this paper, I aim to add more detailed information and discussion specifically on the colors and dyes of the carpets shown in this film. First I will introduce the varieties of the natural dye materials the villagers use one by one. …

The Book Of Daniel In Light Of The Ancient Near Eastern Literary And Material Finds: An Archaeological Perspective, Patrick Mazani

Dissertations

This dissertation examines the text of the book of Daniel in light of some ancient Near Eastern archaeological discoveries. While chapter 1 of this research is introductory, chapter 2 begins by investigating personal and place names mentioned in Daniel and making a comparative analysis between the claims of Daniel's text and related archaeological discoveries. Archaeological evidence shows that the place names mentioned in the book of Daniel were real geographical locations where historical events are claimed to have taken place. Archeological materials not only help clarify some words, phrases, and locations of places, but seem to show that at least …

A Reevaluation Of Some Iconographic Motifs On The Taanach Cult Stand, Brian R. Doak

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Since its discovery in 1968, the so-called “Taanach cult stand” has generated no small amount of scholarly controversy; indeed, the unique combination of images on the stand evoke a variety of interpretations, perhaps due to the sheer number of key iconographic motifs used in combination and their implications for the history of religion within the borders of ancient “Israel” in the 10th century BCE. The imagery on the Taanach stand raises a series of provocative questions regarding many recent discussions, such as: Was the Israelite national deity, YHWH, depicted iconographically in ancient Israel, and are any of these images on …

Continuity Within Islamic Art And Architecture: Hassan Fathy As A Modern Catalyst, Ahmad Hamid

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The Construction Of A National Identity In Exile: Palestinians In Egypt, Wael Mohamed Ismail

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The Experience Of Protest: Masculinity And Agency Among Young Sudanese Refugee Males In Cairo, Martin Timothy Rowe

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The Influences Of Fatimid Jewelry: Echoes Through Motifs, Techniques And Shapes, Dina M. El-Mahdy Tolba

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Being Ghetto: The Hara As Heterotopia In Judeo-Tunisian Literature, Deborah Barnard

The Coastal Review

The Hara, or ghetto, is a place that distinguishes its inhabitants from other religious and cultural groups, acting as a spatial indicator of their difference. When Foucault’s theory of heterotopia is applied, the Hara becomes a hybrid, a place simultaneously of crisis and of deviation. In Albert Memmi’s La statue de sel, the protagonist experiences the Hara as antagonistic, or as a dystopia. In Nine Moati’s Les belles de Tunis, the protagonist experiences the Hara as a utopia.

Portraying Domestic Violence In Egyptian Films, 1950-2000, Maie Shawky

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