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Persian Language and Literature in Contemporary Arab Scholarship
PERSIAN LANGUAGE and LITERATURE as the second language of ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION and one of the most influential languages in Arabic has always been at the center of the attention of Arab society in general and Arab scholars in particular. Renewed familiarity of the Arab world with PERSIAN LANGUAGE and LITERATURE traces back to late 19th and the ...
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Abstract This article examines the poll tax (Ottoman Turkish cizye; Arabic jizya) levied on non‐Muslim subjects of the Ottoman Empire, not as a fixed, one‐dimensional tax item within the Ottoman fiscal system but as a multi‐layered administrative instrument organized around obligation, exemption and remission.
ÖZLEM BAŞARIR
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Abstract This article examines the Yeditepe Biennial—Turkey's first Islamic and traditional arts biennial—as a creative festival shaped by the socio‐political and spatial dynamics of Turkish‐Islamist nationalism. Counterposed against the Istanbul Biennial and the Western‐oriented secular cultural legacy of the Turkish Republic, the Yeditepe Biennial ...
Hulya Arik, Sabrien Amrov
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The effect of Nowruz in the history of Arabic literature and language
Nowruz, this old holiday which is a treasure of pleasant traditions, has a long and instructive history. From very ancient times, the date of which is beyond the control of history, until today, this Eid with all its traditions and customs has opened its way through the ups and downs of history and great events and joined the ancient legendary world to
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The Golden Age of the Abbasids: Arabic Language and Literature as Pillars of Progress
The golden age of the Abbasid Dynasty (750–1258 CE) was a crucial phase in the history of Islamic civilization, marked by rapid advances in science, education, and culture. The caliphs, particularly Harun al-Rashid and Al-Ma'mun, played a significant role in promoting scientific activity through the establishment of institutions such as the Baitul ...
Raysa Kaila Azzah Winarno +3 more
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Abstract Marketplaces, crucial sites for low‐income populations as sources of affordable goods and social interaction, are at a critical juncture. They are experiencing decline due to the rise of shopping centres and neglect by public authorities, while at the same time being rediscovered as tourist attractions, sources of profit and tools for urban ...
Francesca Ru
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The Issue of Pre‐Islamic Arabic Christian Poetry Revisited
ABSTRACT Is only very little Arabic Christian poetry extant from pre‐Islamic times? While distancing myself from Louis Cheikho's (1859–1927) view that almost all pre‐Islamic poets were Christians, I contend in this article that some of them indeed were.
Ilkka Lindstedt
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ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent.
Jérôme Rohmer +11 more
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Greek ΜΝΗΣΘΗ and Aramaic DKYR in the Near East: A Comparative Epigraphic Study
ABSTRACT Past studies of graffiti containing the word ΜΝΗΣΘΗ have never fully established its intrinsic meaning. However, due to the existence of the Aramaic term DKYR, which carries a seemingly identical meaning to ΜΝΗΣΘΗ, in similar contexts in the Roman Near East, a comparison between both words is possible. Four distinct sites where the coexistence
Sebastien Mazurek
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist
ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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