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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Near Eastern studies"”.
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At the Confluence: Participatory Development, State-Society Relations, and Transboundary Water Management in the Kura River Basin
The water sector is part of a larger impetus in environmental policy towards public participation, particularly as water management practices have expanded from purely technocratic approaches to include diverse stakeholders and societal groups (Brethaut 2016, Pahl-Wostl et al., 2007). In …
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'ABD Al-Rahman Al-Kawakibi's Vision for an Islamic Renaissance: Umm Al-Qura
… for writing it resided in his desire to reform Eastern society in general, in addition to reforming the corruption in the Ottoman government, which he had personally witnessed.Information about the social, cultural, political aspects of al-Kawakibi's ideology can not be derived without taking …
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Thugs, Thieves, Tricksters or Popular Heroes? A Comparative Look at the Phenomenon of "Ayyari"
This project examines the phenomenon of 'ayyari in various primary and secondary sources. During the medieval period, 'ayyar brotherhoods flourished in many of Iran's urban centers. Although they have attracted the attention of a wide spectrum of modern scholars, basic questions regarding their …
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Discerning activity areas in domestic space : a model for the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Levant
… to Early Iron Age has been strongly debated in Near Eastern studies. Proponents of cultural change argue that a new type of building, the “four-room” house is a strong indicator of a new population moving in, despite compelling evidence that this type of house had precedents in earlier periods. …
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Turkey's Internal Other: Embodiments of TASRA in the Works of Orhan Pamuk, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and Fatih Akin
In Turkey, the concept of taşra connotes much more than its immediate spatial meaning as those places outside of the city center(s). Its extensive circulation as a trope that indicates externality to modernity is inextricably linked to the specific configurations of the project of Turkish …
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As Below So Above: Reconstructing the Neo-Babylonian Worldview
<p>To add to our knowledge about a Near Eastern culture, this project examines through textual evidence how the early first millennium BCE Neo-Babylonians thought, reasoned, and wrote in order to partially reconstruct the shared, generally held worldview of the Neo-Babylonian people using the …
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Silencing Sexuality: LGBT Refugees and the Public-Private Divide in Iran and Turkey
The current Islamic Republic of Iran distinguishes between homosexuals and same-sex sexual activity: the former is not recognized as an identity, while state apparatuses openly condemn the latter. Beginning in Iran's medieval period, through its current Islamic regime, this dissertation argues that …
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Egyptian Hip Hop and the January 25th Revolution
In 2011, the world watched as a wave of popular uprisings rippled through North Africa and the Middle East. These “revolutions,” as they came to be known, were aimed at overthrowing the region’s dictatorial rulers and sought to address the growing social issues of police brutality, government …
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The Spatial Politics of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AK Party): On Erdoganian Neo-Ottomanism
My dissertation analyzes the architectural voice of the Islamic bourgeoisie by evaluating contemporary government-funded urban renewal projects in Turkey. This topic also discusses the counter voices' response to the urban renewal programs which sparked the Gezi Park protests of summer 2013. My …
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NATIONAL SELF AND NARRATIVE OF IDENTITY: CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONALISM IN MODERN PERSIAN LITERATURE AND FILM
This dissertation looks at the dialectical relationship between Persian literary works representing or alluding to the pre-Islamic legacy and the political conditions of Iran. Through discursive analyses, it shows that these works in new political conditions change the orientation and main thrust …
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Coptic Papacy and Power in a Changing Post-Mubarak Egypt
On November 4, 2012 the Coptic Orthodox Church elected a new pope, Tawadros II, to replace Pope Shenouda III who passed away in April of the same year. Shenouda III had led the church for over forty years and had firmly established his role and himself in the authority structure of the church and …
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THE APPROPRIATION OF ISLAMIC HISTORY AND AHL AL-BAYTISM IN OTTOMAN HISTORICAL WRITING, 1300-1650
This is a study of Ottoman historical productions of the pre-1700 period that deal directly with narratives of early Islamic history. It specifically deals with the representations of the formative events of early Islamic history. Through the lenses of universal histories, biographies of Muhammad, …
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Amidst the Trees: Encountering the Arboreal in Late Antiquity
This dissertation shows how trees, and practices performed upon them, helped Christians and others in late antiquity understand both themselves and the arboreal world. A tactile relationship with trees shaped cultural, religious, and philosophical knowledge to such an extent that articulations of …