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Arab Spring Revolutions throughout Modern Arabic Poetry

open access: yesAsian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, 2020
One of the core dominant events, in the Middle East in 21th century, was Arab Spring revolutions in 2010-2011. These revolutions aimed to achieve democracy and get rid of the dictator regimes in the Arab countries. No doubt that Arab Spring had political social and economic reasonable and significant impacts. This paper will examine various reflections
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The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the cloud‐gazing scenes in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet through the lens of early modern artistic theory and material practices, particularly the art of limning. Building upon existing philosophical and poetic interpretations of Shakespearean clouds as metaphors for ephemerality and memory, the essay argues that the ...
Anne‐Valérie Dulac
wiley   +1 more source

“A Place Where Freedom Means Something”: James Baldwin's Global Maroon Geographies

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, 2026.
Abstract Despite his vocal support for the Algerian revolution, Palestinian liberation, and the South African anti‐apartheid struggle, James Baldwin has continued to be regarded as a thinker whose work predominantly revolved around themes of civil rights, cross‐racial dialogue, and integration.
Ida Danewid
wiley   +1 more source

Vainglorious Poetry (Syi'r al-Fakhr wa al-Hamasa) of the Umayyad Rulers of al-Andalus A Textual Thematic Examination [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The Umayyad rulers of al-Anda/us; were professional poets to some extent. The extensive study on the poetry of the Umayyad shows that, on one hand, more than 200 couplets of poetry found to be composed by the rulers themselves according to Ibrahim ...
Hasan, Ahmad
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An Idiom for India: Hindustani and the Limits of the Language Concept [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This essay explores the cultural legacy of Hindustani, which names the intimate overlap between two South Asian languages, Hindi and Urdu. Hindi and Urdu have distinct religious identities, national associations and scripts, yet they are nearly identical
Madhumita Lahiri
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Weakness or Strength? The Perceived and Actual Utility of Expressing Sadness in Inter Group Context

open access: yesJournal of Applied Social Psychology, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 164-179, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Mass media allows groups to convey messages to many outgroup members simultaneously. Unfortunately, such messages are often overlooked, hindering intergroup communication. This is unfortunate, since maintaining openness to outgroup messages is a key component in advancing communication and promoting group goals and intergroup reconciliation ...
Tamar Gur   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pico della Mirandola and the Presocratics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) decided to study all the ancient and medieval schools of philosophy, including the Pre-Socratics, in order to broaden his scope. Pico showed interest in ancient monists.
Steiris, Georgios
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Reading Motivation in Multiple Languages: Perspectives From Multilingual Readers

open access: yesJournal of Adolescent &Adult Literacy, Volume 69, Issue 4, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT This narrative study describes and interprets how multilinguals' lived experiences influence their motivation to read in two or more languages. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with two international graduate students at a public Midwestern university, the research examines how personal histories and expectancy values shape motivation with texts
Kristhyna Fermín
wiley   +1 more source

Miłosz: Self-Reflection as the Topic of a Poetic Description [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Czesław Miłosz’s poetry displays two reverberating topics which may be defined as contradictory existence and world experiences. One of those is the admiration for the beauty of the world and awe consequent upon capturing the simultaneous existence of ...
Stelmaszczyk, Barbara
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Nima's “Incomplete” Humans: Storying Adolescents’ Black Inhabitations in Accra

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract In this article, I story adolescents as “incomplete” human beings whose inventive modes of storytelling and inhabiting community space shape a “black sense of place” in the Nima neighbourhood of Accra, Ghana. In collaborative arts‐based research with Spread‐Out Initiative NGO, Nima adolescents share stories and narrate experiences that witness
Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye
wiley   +1 more source

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