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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 81 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Arabic.
11. The Novels of an Egyptian Romanticist : Yūsuf al-Sibāʿī
Sammanfattning : The Egyptian author Yuusuf al-Sibaa'ii (1917-1978) was not worried about the critical attitude that the literary élite and the book reviewers displayed towards his novels. He had many thousands of enthusiastic readers in all parts of the Arab world. This thesis seeks to uncover what lies beind these divergent opinions. LÄS MER
12. The Arabic Dialect of Tillo in the Region of Siirt : (south-eastern Turkey)
Sammanfattning : This study is in many respects a traditionally descriptive one which places special emphasis on socio-linguistic and language-contact phenomena. It concerns, however, a relatively unfamiliar example of involuntary cultural assimilation and probable extinction, which is not without relevance to current politics among great powers. LÄS MER
13. Qusta ibn Luqa On Numbness : A Book on Numbness, Its Kinds, Causes and Treatment According to the Opinion of Galen and Hippocrates. Edition, Translation and Commentary
Sammanfattning : Qusta ibn Luqa (fl. 860) was a prominent figure in the Graeco-Arabic translation movement that reached its peak in the 9th century. At the request of wealthy and influential commissioners, Qusta translated Greek works on astronomy, mathematics, mechanics and natural science into Arabic. LÄS MER
14. A War of Words
Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to come to an understanding of the meanings of words pertaining to acts of political violence in modern Arabic and Hebrew. The semantics of these terms will be established by comparison between the meaning in dictionaries of modern and classical Arabic and Hebrew, the meaning in the Koran and the Bible as well as the meaning we extract from the context in the newspapers where the terminology is found. LÄS MER
15. Muṣannifak, Ḥall al-rumūz wa-kashf al-kunūz : Part 2: Sharḥ Risālat al-abrāǧ. Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary
Sammanfattning : The Risālat al-abrāǧ (‘Epistle of the Towers’) is one of the least studied works by the 12th century philosopher and mystic Shihāb al-Dīn Yaḥyā al-Suhrawardī, founder of the Ishrāqī or Illuminationist school of philosophy. The epistle, much in the vein of Suhrawardī’s other short allegorical narratives, depicts the journey of the individual soul through the microcosm of the human body and the dangers along the road to ultimate deliverance. LÄS MER