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Fatma

Author : Raja Alem
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780815607588

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'There was a blue cast to Satjma's handsomely sculpted mesmerizing tale of earthbound witchery and celestial love." Fatma, an Arabian peasant girl, unwittingly embarks upon a strange journey of transformation the day her father marries her off to a snake handler. Unbeknownst to the new bride, her husband milks the venom of his snakes for use in potions he sells on the side. Bitten by one of the snakes, Fatma changes from naïve girl to sensuous woman. What's more, she now gains an arcane affinity for her husband's reptiles as well as a talent for controlling them. This trait will enable her to travel from the sands of Arabia to the shadows of the Netherworld beyond the realm of ordinary human experience. Resonating with ritual and mystery, Fatma is a fabulous tale of one woman's path to ecstasy—an enraptured vision of enchantment in this world and fulfillment in another. The first novel to be published in English by one of the most distinguished of modern Arabic writers, this imaginative work blends naturalistic prose, poetry, and song with all the magic of its author's abundant literary gifts.

All About Fatma

Author : Lily Calla
Publisher : America Star Books
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781611027440

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This is a story of miracles that begin to happen to Fatma, who works as a housekeeper for Jael. A miracle isn’t against the laws of nature. On the contrary it shows us that above all our belief in the cause can justify the result. This story is a fun and humorous one about house cleaning and about real life, and in the story there are mice that sing, elephants that sigh and flowers and plants that grow at a rather alarming rate. This story is designed to bring adults and children together to talk about the importance of responsibility, but also to show how the underlying reason for being responsible in daily matters can also be in sync with our natural surroundings and bring us closer to these things. The story also has some interactions that show how to react when under pressure, instead of getting stressed.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Law Studies (INCOLS 2022)

Author : Aurora Jillena Meliala,Davilla Prawidya Azaria,Jennifer Lydia,Adibæv Açet Maratovich,Collie Brown,Christopher Cason
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9782494069237

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Proceedings of the International Conference on Law Studies (INCOLS 2022) by Aurora Jillena Meliala,Davilla Prawidya Azaria,Jennifer Lydia,Adibæv Açet Maratovich,Collie Brown,Christopher Cason Pdf

This is an open access book. Praise and thanks giving we pray to God Almighty because for the blessings of His grace and guidance, we were able to complete the task of this paper. The purpose of writing this paper is to fulfill the requirement of INCOLS 4.0. We also hope that this article is able to describe these issues precisely and clearly. If there are mistakes and shortcomings, we are ready to receive any suggestions and constructive criticism from the readers. The author hoped the contents of this paper would be useful in enriching the repertoire of knowledge. Hopefully, God replies to you all, helps, and blesses you all.

Ottomans Looking West?

Author : Can Erimtan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857715425

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The 'Tulip Age', a concept that described the beginning of the Ottoman Empire's westward inclination in the eighteenth century, was an idea proposed by Ottoman historian Ahmed Refik in 1912. In the first reassessment of the origins of this concept, Can Erimtan argues the 'Tulip Age' was an important template for various political and ideological concerns of early twentieth century Turkish governments. The concept is most reflective of the 1930s Republican leadership's attempt to disengage Turkey's population from its Islamic culture and past, stressing the virtues of progress, modernity and secularism. It was only the death of Ataturk in 1938 that precipitated a hesitant revival of Islam in Turkey's public life and a state-sponsored re-invigoration of research into Turkey's Ottoman past. In this exciting reassessment Erimtan shows us that the trope of the 'Tulip Age' corresponds more to Turkish society's desire to re-orientate itself to the Occident throughout the twentieth century rather than to early eighteenth-century Ottoman realities.

Where Humans and Spirits Meet

Author : Kjersti Larsen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780857450562

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Where Humans and Spirits Meet by Kjersti Larsen Pdf

Zanzibar, an island off the East African coast, with its Muslim and Swahili population, offers rich material for this study of identity, religion, and multiculturalism. This book focuses on the phenomenon of spirit possession in Zanzibar Town and the relationships created between humans and spirits; it provides a way to apprehend how society is constituted and conceived and, thus, discusses Zanzibari understandings of what it means to be human.

A Worldview Approach to Ministry among Muslim Women

Author : Cynthia A. Strong,Meg Page
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780878084999

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A Worldview Approach to Ministry among Muslim Women by Cynthia A. Strong,Meg Page Pdf

Four years in the making, A Worldview Approach to Ministry Among Muslim Women is a ground-breaking exploration into the way culture and worldview affect ministry among Muslim women. Using original field research from eight different language and culture groups, the book explores a variety of ministries among Muslim women and provides tools to analyze their effectiveness. With contributions from scholars, field workers and agency administrators, readers are encouraged in a holistic Muslim ministry perspective through in-depth studies in Muslim beliefs, anthropological tools, worldview analyses, and explorations in strategic issues and discipleship. The book concludes with case studies and discussion questions to provide a comprehensive training manual for workers and students alike.

Second Language Learning Theories

Author : Florence Myles,Rosamund Mitchell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134639731

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Second Language Learning Theories by Florence Myles,Rosamund Mitchell Pdf

Second Language Learning Theories is an introduction to the field of second language learning for students without a substantial background in linguistics. Drawing on the expertise of both a specialist in the teaching of second languages and a linguist specializing in second language acquisition, this textbook provides an up-to-date introductory survey of the most active and significant perspectives on the subject. In this new edition, the authors have revised and updated the text throughout to reflect the substantial developments that have taken place in the field in recent years. New studies have been incorporated as examples and there is more material on work in L2 phonology and lexis, as well as syntax. The evaluation sections in each chapter have been expanded and generally the book is rebalanced in favour of newer material. The first edition quickly established itself as the textbook of choice for students new to second language learning. The updates and revisions in this new edition ensure that the book remains as fresh, engaging and useful as the day it was first published.

Muslim Women in Britain, 1850-1950

Author : Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor,Jamie Gilham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197768297

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Muslim Women in Britain, 1850-1950 by Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor,Jamie Gilham Pdf

A landmark volume on the lives of Muslim women across a century of rapid change, restoring lost voices and enriching our picture of British society.

Law as Metaphor

Author : June Starr
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0791407810

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This book explains the growth of secular law in a Middle East nation, revealing it to be the product of elite competition over control of the state, a competition the secular elites won in Turkey when Ataturk set up the new Republic. The author demonstrates the great extent to which secularism dominates the discourse of Turkish conflict resolution by the mid-1960s. Her work exemplifies the uses of empirical field research set within a historical context.

Faces of the State

Author : Yael Navaro-Yashin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691214283

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Faces of the State is a penetrating study of the production of a state-revering political culture in the public life of 1990s Turkey. In this new contribution to the anthropology of the state, Yael Navaro-Yashin brings recent poststructuralist and psychoanalytic theory to bear on the study of the political. Delving deeper than studies of nationalist discourse that would focus on consciously articulated narratives of political identity, the author explores sites of "fantasy" in the public-political domain of Istanbul. The book focuses on the conflict over secularism in the aftermath of an Islamist victory in the city's municipalities. In contrast with studies that would problematize and objectify religious movements, the author examines the agency of secularists under a state widely known for its "secularist" policies. The complexity and dynamism of the context studied moves well beyond scholarly distinctions between "secularity" and "religion," as well as "state" and "society." Here, secularism and Islamism emerge as different guises for a culture of statism where people from "society" compete to claim "Turkish culture" for themselves and their life practices. With this work that stretches the boundaries of regionalism, the author situates her anthropological study of Turkey not only in scholarship on the Middle East, but also in the broader problem of thinking "Europe" anew.

Strength Beyond Structure

Author : Mirjam De Bruijn,Rijk Van Dijk,Jan Bart Gewald
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004156968

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Strength Beyond Structure by Mirjam De Bruijn,Rijk Van Dijk,Jan Bart Gewald Pdf

Drawing on a wide range of historical and anthropological case studies from various parts of Africa, this anthology provides an understanding of the importance of agency in processes of social transformation, especially in the context of crisis and structural constraint.

Stars in World Cinema

Author : Andrea Bandhauer,Michelle Royer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857738356

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Stars in World Cinema by Andrea Bandhauer,Michelle Royer Pdf

Deflecting the attention from Hollywood, Stars in World Cinema fills an important gap in the study of film by bringing together Star Studies and World Cinema. A team of international scholars here bring their expertise and in-depth knowledge of world cultures and cinema to the study of stars and stardom from six continents, exploring their cultures, their local history and their global relevance. Chapters look at the role of acting, music, singing, painting and martial arts in the making of stars from Australia's indigenous population, Austria, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Japan, North and South Korea, Nigeria, the Philippines, the former Soviet Union, Spain, North and South America. Since the very beginnings of cinema, actors and stars have been central to its history and have been one of the medium's defining characteristics. They have also been fundamental to the marketing of cinema and have played a major part in the reception of films in many cultures. Stars in World Cinema examines stardom and the circulation of stars across borders, analysing how local star systems or non-systems construct stardom around the world. Contributors put into practice their local knowledge of history, language and cultural systems, to consider issues of hybridity, boundary crossing, the mobility of stardom, and embodied spectatorship, in order to further the understanding of stars in light the of recent interest in reception theory. Rooted in a multidisciplinary and polycentric approach, this book throws light on unexpected connections between stars and stardoms from different parts of the world, cutting across chronology, geographies and film history.

Childhood in the Late Ottoman Empire and After

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004305809

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Childhood in the Late Ottoman Empire and After by Anonim Pdf

This volume explores the variety of ways in which childhood was experienced, lived and remembered in the late Ottoman Empire and its successor states. The period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a time of rapid change, and the history of childhood reflects the impact of new expectations, lived realities and national responsibilities on the youngest members of societies undergoing monumental change because of ideological, wartime and demographic shifts. Drawing on comparisons both within the Balkans, Turkey and the Arab lands and with Western Europe and beyond, the chapters investigate the many ways in which upheaval and change affected the youth. Particular attention is paid to changing conceptions of childhood, gender roles and newly dominant national imperatives. Contributors include: Elif Akşit, Laurence Brockliss, Nazan Çiçek, Alex Drace-Francis, Benjamin C. Fortna, Naoum Kaytchev, Duygu Köksal, Kathryn Libal, Nazan Maksudyan, Heidi Morrison, and Philipp Wirtz. This title, in its entirety, is available online in Open Access.

Sands of Death

Author : Michael Asher
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780222547

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Desert explorer Michael Asher investigates the most disastrous exploration mission in the history of the Sahara In December 1880 a French expedition attempted to map a route for a railway that would stretch from their colony in Algeria right across the Sahara desert to reach their territories in West Africa. 'Paris to Timbuctoo in Six Days' was the slogan. It would do for the French colonies what the American railways were doing in the western states at the same time. No native opposition was expected. As one of the expedition's organizers said, 'A hundred uncivilized tribesmen armed with old-fashioned spears: what is that against the might of France?' Four months later, a handful of emaciated survivors staggered into a remote outpost on the edge of the desert. Although armed with modern rifles, the column had been lured to destruction by the self-styled 'lords of the desert', the Tuareg. At this, the highpoint of European colonialism in Africa, this story of treachery, massacre, torture and even cannibalism made headlines around the world. Attacked by the Tuareg in their remote heartland, the survivors had been pursued for weeks on end, driven into the waterless desert to die. The desperate lengths they resorted to shocked Victorian sensibilities. They do not make easy reading now. This grisly story, told by our greatest living desert explorer reveals what happened when the conceit of western colonialism met the equally arrogant Tuareg, who had dominated this remote region, and anyone trying to cross it, for a thousand years.

New Spaces and Old Frontiers

Author : Salma Ahmed Nageeb
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0739105965

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Salma Nageeb's book provides case studies and analysis of the lives of four Muslim women living in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. Nageeb examines how these women negotiate their social space, locating their daily struggles within the increasingly rigid Islamic practice in Sudan. The women express resistance and cultural accommodation in different ways: while some choose to instrumentalize state and religious rules and rhetoric for their own aims, others stretch the boundaries with gentle persistence. These case studies provide a unique dimension to Nageeb's important sociological and social anthropological analysis of everyday life in the context of globalization and 'Islamization.'