Abstract Mudbrick settlements are a common sight in central Oman and are often attributed to the Yaʿariba and al‐Busaydī periods. They have been the subject of study of different projects in the past, providing a good basis for understanding the settlements.
Irini Biezeveld
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FRIGHT AND THE FRAYING OF COMMUNITY: Medicine, Borders, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
ABSTRACT This article addresses the psycho‐spiritual intersection of geopolitics and medicine in the borderlands between Yemen and Saudi Arabia, at the margins of war. Set in a Saudi Arabian Hospital in Jeddah, it examines patients’ demand for and physicians’ attempt to secure ‘afiya (psychic, physical, and spiritual well‐being) amid regional upheaval ...
ASHWAK SAM HAUTER
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Is national identity in crisis? An assessment of national imaginations in the early 2020s
Abstract The current context of a worldwide pandemic has once again sparked debate about the bleak future of nationalism. For those who support this view, the fact that long‐lasting national identities are being decisively contested represents a major symptom of the crisis of nationalism, which the challenges associated with the coronavirus outbreak ...
Asier H. Aguirresarobe
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Tayyib bin Amir A Historic or Legendary? [PDF]
The Ismailites were several times divided in their religious history. The most important division occurred during the time of Al-Mostanser Billah (427-487 H), the eighth Fatimid Caliph in 487 H when a group of Ismailites announced their faith in the ...
عبدالله ناصری طاهری +1 more
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Milk kinship and the maternal body in Shi’a Islam [PDF]
In Islamic law, kinship is defined by consanguineal and affinal relationships. Birth and Islamic marriage are important events that define religious responsibilities of family members towards each other. Some responsibilities are connected to Mahramiyat,
Rahbari, Ladan
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Education for all five years after Dakar. The long road of Yemen [PDF]
Although there are positive developments in the education of Yemen and other Arabic countries, it is yet unclear if the Dakar-goals can be achieved; especially the education of girls is a critical aspect. The article informs about the education system of
Bergmann, Herbert
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Analysis of the Intertextual Relationship between the Verse ʼIṭāʽat with Verses Imāmah, Wilāyah and Virtues of Ahl al-Bayt (AS) [PDF]
The verse of ‘ulul’amr (Nisā’: 59), is one of the most important reasons for the legitimacy of obedience in the fields of religious and political authority in the Qur’an, which is devoted to the issue of the social verse, namely the leadership of the ...
Sayyed Sajjad Qolami +2 more
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A Comparative survey on Imamate from the Viewpoint of Allameh Hilli and Fazl Ibn Roozbehan with an Emphasis on the Books Nahj-ul-Hagh and Ibtal-ul-Batil [PDF]
It has long been a place of dispute amongst the Muslims whether Imamate is a position to be granted to Imam through election or appointment; on the one hand, the Imamyya School, based on a rational explanation, holds that Imam is to be immediately ...
ناصر شعبانی, Mostafa Soltani
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Importing the Revolution: Institutional change and the Egyptian presence in Yemen 1962-1967 [PDF]
On the night of 26 September 1962, a column of T-34 tanks trundled through the streets of Sanaa and surrounded the palace of the new Imam of Yemen, Muhammad al-Badr, who had succeeded his father Imam Ahmad (r. 1948-62) only one week earlier. Opening fire
Rogers, Joshua
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The Place of the Verse of Mubahala in the Shiite and Sunni Theological Studies [PDF]
The verse of Mubahala is one of the most prominent verses that has long been common in the context of Shiite and Sunni theological conversations. Imami theologians have sought to provide Qur'anic support for the foundations of the Shiite ideology in the ...
Seyed Mohammad Taghi Musavi Keramati
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