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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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“Our blood is becoming white”: Race, religion, and Siddi becoming in Hyderabad, India
American Anthropologist, Volume 126, Issue 2, Page 194-203, June 2024.Abstract “Our blood is becoming white.” This was a constant lament I heard from siddis in contemporary Hyderabad, India—third‐ and fourth‐generation descendants of East African slaves and soldiers recruited by the local ruler or Nizam in the 1860s to form the African Cavalry Guard in his army.
Gayatri Reddy
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A Study of the Evolution in the Representation of Clothing Folds and the Position of Level-Knitting in the Formation of Twisting and Tangled Lines in the Paintings of the Baghdad and First Tabriz Schools [PDF]
نگرهIntroduction: Iranian painting, especially in the early Islamic centuries, was not used independently to express or convey concepts. In the period of the Abbasid caliphate, the image was complementary to the text, and due to the formation of the Baghdad ...
Mostafapour Maryam +1 more
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Ceramics with metallic lustre decoration. A detailed knowledge of Islamic productions from 9th century until Renaissance [PDF]
, 2008 Cette publication a fait l'objet d'un article publié en 2012 dans la revue "Matériaux and Techniques" 100, 1 Pages 47-68, disponible sur : http://hal-ensmp.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00686405This paper describes research on the technological evolution of ...
Aucouturier, Marc +7 more
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Composition and affinities of glass from the Ma'agan Mikhael B shipwreck, Israel
Archaeometry, Volume 66, Issue 2, Page 340-351, April 2024.Abstract Material recovered from the Ma'agan Mikhael B shipwreck, off the coast of northern Israel, includes a significant assemblage of glass, which appears to represent waste workshop material (cullet) collected for recycling. Twenty‐three samples were selected for analysis for major and minor elements using SEM‐EDS, to provide insight into the ...
Agnese Benzonelli +3 more
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Al-TahrirThe 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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The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy
American Journal of Islam and Society, 2004 In The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy, Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych effectively debunks the myth that the classical Arabic panegyric ode (qasidat al-madh) is merely a descriptive, prescriptive, or sycophantic poetic genre by demonstrating its dynamic ...
Michelle Hartman
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The Past, Present, and Future of Gulf Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments in China
Middle East Policy, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 66-87, Spring 2024.Abstract This article explores sovereign wealth fund investments by Gulf Cooperation Council member states in China's equity market. Using data from Chinese stock exchanges, we analyze patterns of shareholding over two decades, across different sectors and among distinct funds, and compare them to their non‐Gulf counterparts. We reveal a gradual upward
Mai Alfarhan, Mohammed Alsudairi
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Morphology of Iranian Ceramic Filter Vessels Based on Vladimir Propp’s Theory [PDF]
هنرهای زیبا. هنرهای تجسمیCeramic filter vessels in Iran are typically unglazed containers featuring a mesh filter integrated into their necks or openings. These vessels typically date back to the late 2nd millennium BCE and were used throughout the Islamic period, particularly ...
Vajihe Avay +2 more
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Two New Pahlavi Inscriptions from Fars Province, Iran [PDF]
, 2018 First edition of two previously unknown Middle Persian inscriptions from the region of Fars in ...
Asadi, Ali, Cereti, Carlo G.
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