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Narratives of Arab Anglophone Women and the Articulation of a Major Discourse in a Minor Literature [PDF]

, 2014
“It is important to stress that a variety of positions with respect to feminism, nation, religion and identity are to be found in Anglophone Arab women’s writings.
Sarnou, Dalal
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Skeletal Trauma and Social Dynamics in Medieval Silves (Southern Portugal): Islamic Versus Christian Populations

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Skeletal trauma provides insight into both accidental injury and interpersonal violence, reflecting everyday risk and social dynamics. This study tests the hypothesis that trauma, particularly among males, was more prevalent in the Islamic population of Silves (9th–13th centuries) than in the subsequent Christian rule (13th century onwards ...
Ana González‐Ruiz, Maria José Gonçalves, Ana Luisa Santos   +2 more
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Islamic Studies in the Academic Heritage of Academician A. Krymsky

Українське Pелігієзнавство, 2004
A.Yu.Krymsky is a world-renowned scholar, a well-known Orientalist who has dedicated his life to the study of Middle Eastern and Middle Eastern issues. Even the layman knows that it is impossible to study the languages, literature, history or ethnography
Yu.M. Kochubey
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From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction, semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots Des outils parlants aux métahumains : interactions sociales, compétences sémiotiques et autorité des robots conversationnels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative analytical comparative study of the "Kan Makan" story by Mikhail Naeema and "One was not the same" Jamalzadeh [PDF]

ادبیات تطبیقی, 2020
The contexts and factors that create contemporary fiction in Arabic and Persian literature are close to each other; In particular, in both languages, the story is derived from Western storytelling patterns, meaning that the similarities have led many ...
Mohammad reza Pashaei, Hedayatollah Taghizadeh   +1 more
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Islamic Influence on Spain: Discussion of Women’s Rights and Islamic Influence [PDF]

, 2017
Current sentiment in the West surrounding Islam stems from a variety of factors: terror attacks, lack of understanding the Islamic faith and cultures that practice the religion, and stereotypical depictions in the media of Muslims as terrorist or as ...
Uzzama, Samreen
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What Was a Relevant Translation in the 18th Century? [PDF]

, 2017
The paper applies RT to analyse an 18th century translation of a Latin text by the preeminent Romanian scholar Demetrius Cantemir. The translation diverges significantly from the original and was met with harsh criticism.
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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
wiley   +1 more source

Orientalism on the Revelation of the Prophet

American Journal of Islam and Society, 1986
W. Montgomery Watt, Muhammad at Mecca (Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1953), 192 pp., and Muhammad at Medina (Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1956), 417 pp. Maxime Rodinson, Mahomet (France: Club francais du livre, 1961), 378 pp., English translation by
Muhammad Benaboud
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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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