Sectarian Homes: The Making of Shi'i Families and Citizens under the French Mandate, 1918-1943 [PDF]
, 2013 My dissertation focuses on the legal recognition of the Shi'i sect by the Mandate state as a pivotal point in generating increased sectarian awareness, particularly as it related to the domain of the family.
Sayed, Linda
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The Sufi As The Axis Of The World: Representations Of Religious Authority In The Works Of Ismail Hakki Bursevi (1653-1725) [PDF]
, 2016 The present study examines the ways in which Ismail Hakki Bursevi (1653-1725) d(re)defines and deploys Islamic discursive practices and institutions to assert his religious authority as the most influential Sufi master in the Celveti order after its ...
Atanasova, Kameliya
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Cairo’s Coffeehouses In The Late Nineteenth- And Early Twentieth-Centuries: An Urban And Socio-Political History [PDF]
, 2018 CAIRO’S COFFEEHOUSES IN THE LATE NINETEENTH- AND EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURIES: AN URBAN AND SOCIO-POLITICAL HISTORY Alon Tam Heather J. Sharkey Coffeehouses in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Cairo were an urban hub for working- and middle-class men, as ...
Tam, Alon
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Grand Plans in Glass Bottles: The Economic, Social, and Technological History of Beer in Egypt 1880-1970 [PDF]
, 2015 Contrary to common perceptions, the history of beer (and indeed of other alcoholic beverages) in the Muslim-majority context of Egypt has not been a history of government officials desperately seeking to extirpate the evil of alcohol as rumrunners ...
Foda, Omar D.
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Drama Translation as Social Practice: The Case of George Bernard Shaw’s Dramatic Work in Arabic [PDF]
, 2019 This thesis attempts to investigate how George Bernard Shaw’s drama has been represented and negotiated in Arabic translation through identifying the socio-cultural and political factors including poetics, patronage, capital, field properties, and ...
Sairafi, Duaa Adnan
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Book ownership in Ottoman Sarajevo 1707-1828 [PDF]
, 2015 This dissertation presents findings on book ownership in Ottoman Sarajevo based on the examination of 59 inheritance inventories recorded in the city court registers (sijills) for the period from 1707 to 1828.
Zubcevic, Asim
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The Maghrib in the Mashriq [PDF]
This book is about the impact of knowledge produced in the Islamic West on the Mashriq. Topics include the emergence and construction of the concept ‘Maghrib’, the role of travel in the transmission, reception and integration of locally produced ...
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Manuscript Treasures from Afro-Eurasia [PDF]
The significance of medieval manuscripts as vehicles for the transmission of knowledge is well known. Less understood, particularly when it comes to non-Latin manuscripts, is the complex web of human interactions that influenced their production and ...
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al-Misbāh fī al-Nahw By Nāsir al-Dīn al-Mutarrizī al-Nahwī (d. 610/1213) A Critical Edition of the Text with the Life History of the Author [PDF]
, 2010 Nāsir al-Dīn al-Mutarrizī al-Nahwī (d.610/1213) was one of the most renowned figures in the field of Arabic Grammar. He has left an indelible mark on the world of Arabic language and literature. He is also known as the successor of al-Zamakhsharī.
ABID, MUHAMMAD-AFZAL
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Kuwaiti foreign policy in light of the Iraqi invasion,with particular reference to Kuwait’s policy towards Iraq, 1990-2010 [PDF]
, 2013 The study stems from the gap it fills in the description and analysis of Kuwait’s foreign policy behaviour towards Iraq during the period from 1990s and the impact of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on changing the concepts of Kuwait foreign policy on ...
Alazemi, Talal Zaid A
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