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Abstract This short essay attempts at displaying briefly some examples of scholarly and intellectual interests in al‐Madina Document, which one can find in Arab and Western literature today. It endeavors to highlight the primary, focal conceptual orientations and the contextual concerns and motifs that make the Arab and the Western intellectual scenes ...
Najib George Awad
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Abstract This case study examines the use of X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) as an effective method for defining distinct chemical compositions of local basalt stone from different sources in the Roman period, even when their quarries have not been identified.
Mechael Osband +2 more
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Abstract Muslim religion has strict rules to determine what kinds of foodstuffs, and under what circumstances, are deemed appropriate for consumption. Fishes are not an exception to this rule and features such as body shape or the presence and conspicuousness of scales dictate whether certain species are acceptable or rejected.
Laura Llorente‐Rodriguez +2 more
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Composition and affinities of glass from the Ma'agan Mikhael B shipwreck, Israel
Abstract Material recovered from the Ma'agan Mikhael B shipwreck, off the coast of northern Israel, includes a significant assemblage of glass, which appears to represent waste workshop material (cullet) collected for recycling. Twenty‐three samples were selected for analysis for major and minor elements using SEM‐EDS, to provide insight into the ...
Agnese Benzonelli +3 more
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LAUREA MAGISTRALENell’ambito della ricostruzione post bellica, il progetto vuole essere parte del processo di ricostruzione della identità nazionale. Per questo il progetto è generato dall’analisi di una delle città maggiormente colpite dalla guerra ...
DE VECCHI, LORENZO MARIA +2 more
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Zainab's traffic: spatial lives of an Islamic ritual across Southwest Asia
Abstract Since the 1979 Revolution, Iranian pilgrims have engaged in saint visitation (ziyarat) to sites in Syria. By travelling via Turkey on buses, and venerating Sayyida Zainab at their destination, these pilgrims disrupt conventional conceptions of not only Islamic ritual, but also Iranian mobility under sanctions.
Emrah Yıldız
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Jews and Urban Life recognizes that throughout their long history, Jews have often inhabited cities. The reality of this urban experience ranged from ghetto restrictions to robust participation in a range of civic and social activities.
Greenspoon, Leonard J.
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Evangelism Among Muslims [PDF]
The issue to be addressed by this project is specifically the apparent ineffectiveness of evangelization among Muslims of the Middle East as evidenced by thirteen centuries of polarization between Muslims and Christians.
Oster, Kenneth S
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Syria's Monuments: their Survival and Destruction examines the fate of the various monuments in Syria (including present-day Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine/Israel) from Late Antiquity to the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.
Greenhalgh, Michael
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