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Bio-Medical Discourse and Oriental Metanarratives on Pandemics in the Islamicate World from the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries

Humanities
This paper examines the writings of European travelers, chaplains, and resident doctors on pandemics in the Mediterranean regions from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Using French comparative literary theory, the article highlights how Muslim communities
Suhail Ahmad, Robert E. Bjork, Mohammed Almahfali, Abdel-Fattah M. Adel, Mashhoor Abdu Al-Moghales   +4 more
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Social Status of Afghan Women During The History and Its Impact on Their Contemporary Life [PDF]

International Multidisciplinary Journal of Pure Life
SUBJECT & OBJECTIVES: One of the most significant issues in the contemporary world is women's legal status and social activities. Afghanistan is at the forefront of women's discussions due to its drastic changes and developments.
Mohammd Zakaria Saeidi, Mohsen Ghanbari Alanaq   +1 more
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Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa) in Substantiating Justice in Land Tax

The Muslim World, Volume 115, Issue 4, Page 295-319, Autumn 2025.
Abstract This article discusses the relationship between the systemization of kharāj (land tax) and the higher objective of Islamic law or Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa. After the conquest of Sawād region (located in modern‐day southern Iraq), the First Caliph ʿUmar (634 ‐ 644 CE) introduced a new approach to the distribution of ghanīmah (spoils of war), leaving ...
Öznur Özdemir, Mehmet Asutay
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The Role of Popular Ashura Traditions in the Development of Ashura Culture in Iran (907-656 A. H) [PDF]

تاریخ اسلام
Identifying Ashura traditions among ordinary people and the role of these traditions in the formation of Ashura culture in different historical periods is of significance.
Mohammad Ali Rahimi Sabet, Mohsen Alviri, Alireza Abtahi   +2 more
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New Insights Into Early Islamic Hydro‐Agricultural Strategies in Northwest Arabia: A Geoarchaeological Study of al‐Bint Dam (Sadd al‐Bint)

Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 5, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT The Sadd al‐Bint is one of the largest known ancient dams in Saudi Arabia, and yet, its construction date, function and collapse remained uncertain. This study presents the first numerical chronology for the dam, integrating radiocarbon dating, Bayesian modelling, geomorphological analysis and hydrological modelling to reconstruct its history.
Bruno Depreux, Munirah AlMushawh, Stephen McPhillips, Guillaume Chung‐To, Sylvain Colin, Elora Chambraud, Kévin Guadagnini, Saifi AlShilali, Mashael AlDughailbi, Fatimah AlRashidi, Khalid AlKhaldi, Charlotte Faiers, Rémy Crassard, Guillaume Charloux   +13 more
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Provincialising Early Feminism: A View from the Middle East

Gender &History, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 591-605, July 2025.
Abstract ‘Provincializing Europe’, derived from Dipesh Chakrabarty's work of that name, argued that an imagined ‘Europe’ was a founding myth for modernity. While not mentioning feminism, this analysis is a valuable starting point for tracing the path of the term ‘féminism’ from France to Britain to the Ottoman Empire and from the USA to the Arab world –
Ruth Roded
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Evidence of glass bead‐making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula

Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 2, Page 364-379, April 2025.
Abstract Glass beads from two Islamic archaeological sites in the Tagus valley in central Spain were selected and analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS), and a subset of samples (n = 6) was analysed for Pb isotopes by multicollector thermal ionization mass spectrometry (MC‐TIMS).
Cristina Boschetti, Jorge de Juan Ares, Sophie Gilotte, Catherine Guerrot, Nadine Schibille   +4 more
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Authenticity of The Hadith of The Sultan of Allah's Shadow on Earth and Its Popularity in Muslim Political History

Al-Tahrir
The authenticity and political interpretation of the ḥadīth al-sulṭān ẓillullāh fī al-arḍ remain contested within Islamic scholarship, particularly concerning its role in legitimizing monarchical authority.
Syamsudin Syamsudin, Sigit Budiyanto
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المفارقة ودلالاتها البلاغية والنفسية في قصائد مختارة من ديوان علي الجارم Irony and its Rhetorical and Psychological Implications in Selected Poems from Ali Al-Jarim’s Diwan [PDF]

Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ al-Luġaẗ al-'arabiyyaẗ bi-Assiut
  وتهدف هذه الدراسة إلى تطبيق آلية تعبيرية حديثة هي المفارقة، وتحليلها تحليلًا بلاغيًا، من خلال نص إبداعي حديث، هو ديوان (علي الجارم)، وخاصةً أنه لم يتطرق أحد إلى تطبيق المفارقة في شعره، على الرغم من أنها ظاهرة لافتة في الديوان، تسعى إلى النفاذ من ...
صباح جودة سيد عبد الرحمن
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Islamic Medievalism and Mobility in Mathias Énard's Street of Thieves

Literature Compass, Volume 21, Issue 10-12, October-December 2024.
ABSTRACT Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring uprisings, Jihadist extremism, and the neoliberal exploitation of the Global South, Mathias Énard's 2012 novel Street of Thieves (Rue des voleurs) follows the fortunes of Lakhdar, a young man from Tangier who finds himself living as an undocumented migrant in Barcelona's notorious Carrer d’En Robador,
Louise D'Arcens
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