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Identity, culture and democratization: the case of Egypt [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This article seeks to present an alternative approach to understanding the failure of democratization in the Arab world by locating the problem of democracy-building within the logic of the process of reproducing national identity and culture.
Pratt, Nicola Christine
core   +1 more source

Samuel Johnson’s view about Oduduwa in connection with the origins of the Yoruba

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
The most favourable explanation pertaining to the Yoruba origin is that of the Oduduwa tradition according to which he is the original ancestor of the Yoruba people.
Agai M. Jock
doaj   +1 more source

PECULIARITIES OF BIBLICAL THEMES IN THE COPTIC TEXT “THE MYSTERIES OF JOHN THE APOSTLE” [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Екатеринбургской духовной семинарии
The article deals with the analysis of biblical themes in the Coptic apocryphon the detailed title of which can be translated as “The Mysteries of John, the Apostle and Holy Virgin, That (the mysteries) Were Taught to Him in Heaven”.
Evgenia S. Kalchenko
doaj   +1 more source

Coptic SCRIPTORIUM: Digitizing a Corpus for Interdisciplinary Research in Ancient Egyptian

open access: yes, 2016
Coptic, having evolved from the language of the hieroglyphs of the pharaonic era, represents the last phase of the Egyptian language and is pivotal for a wide range of disciplines, such as linguistics, biblical studies, the history of Christianity ...
Amir Zeldes   +3 more
core   +1 more source

From 3ptl-to passive : incipient, emergent and established passives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper explores, in some detail, the development of third person plural impersonal constructions into passive ones with the aim of determining the conditions most conducive to the emergence of a canonical passive, i.e.
Siewierska, Anna
core   +1 more source

The status of the Arabs and their influence in the Abbasid era 132-232 AH [PDF]

open access: yesآداب الرافدين, 1975
The Quraysh are considered the dearest Arab tribes in pre-Islamic times and Islam. They have prestige, wealth, leadership, and religious sovereignty, and they remained so throughout the era of the Rashidun, unchallenged by them.
Salah Al-Hidary
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural Rights and Social Inclusion: Reflections on the Engagement of Refugee Communities in Egyptian Museums

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, Volume 69, Issue 1, Page 57-79, January 2026.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, Egypt has been a place of refuge for many individuals fleeing political upheaval, including Sudanese, Syrian, Yemeni, Iraqi, and Palestinian communities. The influx of Sudanese refugees since 2023 has further increased the country's refugee population.
Nevine Nizar Zakaria, Heba Alders
wiley   +1 more source

Remains of Gnomic Anthologies and Pagan Wisdom Literature in the Coptic Tradition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
It is well known that a complete and satisfying “history of Coptic literature” is still a desideratum. Among the other causes contributing to the difficulty of such an enterprise are the fragmentary status of the codices which preserve the texts and the ...
Buzi, Paola
core  

Relative Chaoticity of Natural Languages

open access: yesComplexity, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
This paper presents a novel approach to analyzing and grouping natural languages based on the degree of their chaoticity. It clusters 52 languages from 18 language families, according to the value of the entropy–complexity pair, to reveal the chaotic properties of semantic trajectories.
Assel S. Yerbolova   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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