The image of a muslim arab woman in medieval rus’ literature

Zofia Aleksandra Brzozowska

doi:10.14201/shhme392131152

The image of a muslim arab woman in medieval rus’ literature

Studia Historica Historia Medieval ◽

10.14201/shhme392131152 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

pp. 131-152

Author(s):

Zofia Aleksandra Brzozowska

Keyword(s):

Personal Experience ◽

Arab Women ◽

Holy Land ◽

Arab Woman

Rus’ medieval authors drew information about the history and culture of the Arabs mainly from Byzantine sources, translated into Old-Church-Slavonic. The image was supplemented by observations made by residents of medieval Rus’ in the course of direct contacts with the Arabs (e.g. during their travels to the Holy Land) or ideas about other Islamic peoples, whose customs could be known to old Rus’ authors from personal experience (e.g. Turks or Mongols/Tatars). The aim of this paper is to analyze the image of Arab women emerging from old Rus’ works. We will be interested in people from Muhammad’s closest surroundings (e.g. his first wife Khadija or Fatima, the daughter of the prophet), as well as selected figures of Muslim Arab women from later centuries. The question will also be raised as to how the authors of the examined texts perceive and evaluate the position of women in Arab Medieval societies.

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Immigrant Arab Women in Chile during the Renaissance (Nahda), 1910s-1920s

Al-Raida Journal ◽

10.32380/alrj.v0i0.30 ◽

1970 ◽

pp. 47-55

Author(s):

Sarah Limorté

Keyword(s):

20Th Century ◽

19Th Century ◽

Thematic Analysis ◽

New World ◽

Arab Women ◽

Arab Woman ◽

The Subject ◽

The 19Th Century

Levantine immigration to Chile started during the last quarter of the 19th century. This immigration, almost exclusively male at the outset, changed at the beginning of the 20th century when women started following their fathers, brothers, and husbands to the New World. Defining the role and status of the Arab woman within her community in Chile has never before been tackled in a detailed study. This article attempts to broach the subject by looking at Arabic newspapers published in Chile between 1912 and the end of the 1920s. A thematic analysis of articles dealing with the question of women or written by women, appearing in publications such as Al-Murshid, Asch-Schabibat, Al-Watan, and Oriente, will be discussed.

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Viewpoints and Voices from the Conference on Arab Women and Business Management

Al-Raida Journal ◽

10.32380/alrj.v0i0.904 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 21-24

Author(s):

Myriam Sfeir

Keyword(s):

Personal Experience ◽

Business Management ◽

Arab Women ◽

Recent Conference ◽

The Future

Between presentations at the recent conference on "Arab Women and BusinessManagement," IWSAW staffer Myriam Sfair conducted impromptu interviews with most of the presenters and some of the audience members. We present here some of the interesting voices and viewpoints that Myriam recorded. The comments of the conference participants contain valuable insights into Arab woman's role in management, the nature of the challenges she confronts, the future requirements for her continued success and progress in the professional world, and observations based on hard-won personal experience.

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The Role of LAU in Empowering Women: A Personal Experience - Anita Farah Nassar

Al-Raida Journal ◽

10.32380/alrj.v0i0.236 ◽

1970 ◽

pp. 84-85

Author(s):

Myriam Sfeir

Keyword(s):

Personal Experience ◽

Nursery School ◽

Arab World ◽

Arab Women ◽

Program Coordinator ◽

American University ◽

Lebanese American University ◽

Assistant Director ◽

Program Officer

Anita Farah Nassar has been affiliated with the Lebanese American University (LAU) since 1965, and throughout those 37 years, she has served LAU diligently. After graduating from the Beirut College for Women (currently LAU) in 1969 with a Bachelor degree, she worked at the nursery school then later joined the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) as Program Coordinator and was later promoted to Program Officer. She also received her Masters degree from this same institution after it became a full-fledged university. She currently serves as the Assistant Director of IWSAW. Given that this issue of Al-Raida investigates the role of higher education in empowering Arab women, here is what Nassar had to say about her university years.

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Cultural Dilemma of The Arab Woman Expressed through Nature Imagery: An Ecocritical Study of Fadia Faqir’s Pillars of Salt

SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH ◽

10.24113/ijellh.v8i10.10813 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (10) ◽

pp. 175-193

Author(s):

Shilpa George

Keyword(s):

Women Characters ◽

Arab World ◽

Recent Theory ◽

Arab Women ◽

Collective Consciousness ◽

The Novel ◽

Significant Progress ◽

Arab Woman ◽

Nature Imagery ◽

History Of

The Arab community is essentially a patriarchal one with a history of women being subjected to various kinds of afflictions and oppression under cultural, religious and societal laws. Though there is a collective consciousness now regarding the position of the Arab woman in the Arab world, with significant progress being made to emancipate and empower them, much needs to be done still. Set in the mid-20th century Jordan, Arab Anglophone author Fadia Faqir’sPillars of Salt portrays the tragic plight of Arab women at the hands of the traditional patriarchal Arab communities of Jordan. Nature plays a significant role in Faqir’s narrative wherein much of the miseries faced by the women characters are conveyed through rich nature imageries and analogies. This renders the novel the identity of an eco-fictional work and provides scope for analysis based on the ecological approaches as perceived in Emerson’s Nature to the more recent theory of Ecocriticism formulated by William Rueckert. This paper explores an ecocritical approach towards the position of women in the Arab society as expressed through profound eco-comparisons, imageries and analogies in Fadia Faqir’s Pillars of Salt.

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Apartheid in the Holy Land: Theological reflections on the Israel and/or Palestine situation from a South African perspective

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies ◽

10.4102/hts.v72i4.3434 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 72 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jerry Pillay

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Personal Experience ◽

Holy Land ◽

The South ◽

African Experience ◽

African Perspective ◽

The Church

I first attempt to draw a comparison between the Israel-Palestine conflict and the South African experience of apartheid. Drawing on other established sources and personal experience, I conclude that, while there may be some differences between the two contexts, in essence, the similar experiences of colonialisation and racialisation makes the apartheid comparison compellingly relevant. I then proceed to theologically explore the themes of justice and reconciliation and what it may mean in the context of Israel-Palestine whilst extracting from the South African experience. The article also offers some reflections on the role of the Church in addressing the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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Mazes of Boundaries, Identities, Memories and Longings: Letters Between Two Border Passing Women

Al-Raida Journal ◽

10.32380/alrj.v0i0.424 ◽

1970 ◽

pp. 44-51

Author(s):

Azza Basarudin ◽

Maddy Mohammed

Keyword(s):

Graduate School ◽

Arab Women ◽

Arab Woman

It has been quite some time since we had a dialogue in this format, and I welcome the chance to do it again. How are you? Not writing you as often is unhealthy for my soul. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the topic we so often used to discuss when I lived in Chicago – about a non-Arab woman doing research on Arab women. I know we covered so much ground on this topic, but being back in graduate school makes these questions more prevalent, frustrating and at times, painful. Shall I demonstrate what I mean?

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