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Provincialising Early Feminism: A View from the Middle East

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 591-605, July 2025.
Abstract ‘Provincializing Europe’, derived from Dipesh Chakrabarty's work of that name, argued that an imagined ‘Europe’ was a founding myth for modernity. While not mentioning feminism, this analysis is a valuable starting point for tracing the path of the term ‘féminism’ from France to Britain to the Ottoman Empire and from the USA to the Arab world –
Ruth Roded
wiley   +1 more source

PERSIAN POWDER FLASKS PRESERVED IN THE GAYER–ANDERSON MUSEUM IN CAIRO: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC STUDY [PDF]

open access: yesShedet, 2018
Muslims had some contributions in using black powder in projectiles and firearms, as the pressure of military need has helped them develop all weapons which can catapult balls of fire. As a result of that, they make flasks to carry gunpowder. Nowadays, a
Hossam O. TANTAWY, Rehab I. ELSIEDY
doaj   +1 more source

Text, time, and travel: temporal pathways of postsocialism and Islam

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 217-239, March 2025.
Abstract As the concept of postsocialism faces increased scrutiny, there is a call to expand its spatiotemporal scope beyond socialist contexts in order to reclaim its analytical capacity. In Azerbaijan, the quiet resurgence of tezkirahs – biographical anthologies rooted in both the Islamic and Soviet traditions – presents an opportunity to explore how
Serkan Yolaçan
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Cultural, Artistic and Commercial Policies of Iranian Rug in Qajar Era [PDF]

open access: yesهنر اسلامی, 2018
During the Qajar era, after establishing a relative calm during the reign of Fath Ali Shah and Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar, the headstock was made for the production of exquisite Persian rugs.
Azar Rasouli   +2 more
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The past and future of the study of Islamic esotericism

open access: yesReligion Compass, Volume 18, Issue 7, July 2024.
Abstract The study of Islamic esotericism, particularly the concept of al‐bāṭiniyya, remains fragmented. While often studied under various labels like “mysticism” and “occultism,” it is widely equated to Sufism. Scholars still hesitate to use the term al‐bāṭiniyya due to its historical pejorative connotations, linking it to extremist adherence to ...
Liana Saif
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Assessing Rheology Effects and Pore Space Complexity in Polymer Flow Through Porous Media: A Pore‐Scale Simulation Study

open access: yesWater Resources Research, Volume 60, Issue 5, May 2024.
Abstract Non‐Newtonian fluid flow within porous media, exemplified by polymer remediation of contaminated groundwater/aquifer systems, presents complex challenges due to the fluids' complex rheological behavior within 3D tortuous pore structures. This paper introduces a pore‐scale flow simulator based on the OpenFOAM open‐source library, designed to ...
Mehdi Amiri   +3 more
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A comprehensive review of HVS‐I mitochondrial DNA variation of 19 Iranian populations

open access: yesAnnals of Human Genetics, Volume 88, Issue 3, Page 259-277, May 2024.
Abstract Iran is located along the Central Asian corridor, a natural artery that has served as a cross‐continental route since the first anatomically modern human populations migrated out of Africa. We compiled and reanalyzed the HVS‐I (hypervariable segment‐I) of 3840 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from 19 Iranian populations and from 26 groups ...
Motahareh Amjadi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing the impact of lithography book a Khosravan images on tiles embossed pictures Golestan Palace Museum [PDF]

open access: yesنگره, 2016
Illustration editions rooted in the traditions of Persian painting has Qajar era stone, tile art is again a critical period.will be, will become. The effect of lithographed images on tiles with Drvnmayh historic paintings can be seen. In these paintings,
Seyyed Mahmood mirazizi   +1 more
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The Social – Political Functions Of Qajar Haramsara in Qajar Era

open access: yesزن در فرهنگ و هنر, 2010
به منظور بررسی نقش سیاسی و اجتماعی زنان خاندان قاجار، مطالعه ی حرمسراهای این دوران اهمیت به سزایی خواهند داشت. موقعیت حرمسرا های دوره ی قاجار و کارکردهای سیاسی – اجتماعی آن، ضرورت تعمق در این نهاد را برای تبیین ساخت سیاسی دولت قاجاریه ایجاب می کند. برخی موضوعات، در محدوده ی کارکردهای حرم، اهمیت بیشتری خواهند داشت؛ از جمله: 1-روند ورود زنان به حرمسراهای
Hamid Hajian Pour, Masumeh dehghan
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The propaganda war in Iran among the former allies, 1945–1949: The Soviet perspective as seen through Soviet documents

open access: yesDigest of Middle East Studies, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 184-203, Spring 2024.
Abstract This article gives an interesting picture of how the Soviets viewed the propaganda war in Iran during the second half of the 1940s. It is mainly based on documents from the USSR's Ministry of Interior, the use of which is considered an innovation in the existing literature on the subject.
Soli Shahvar
wiley   +1 more source

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