Humanities
Recent Submissions
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A Concubine in Early-Modern Egypt: The Example of Nafisa Khatun al-Muradiyya
( Brill Academic Publishers , 2016 , Article)This article portrays the life of Al-Sit Nafisa Khatun al-Muradiyya, originally taken captive in Georgia and sold into slavery in Cairo, who rises from life as a concubine to become the wife of the Mamluk leader Murad Bey ... -
Regulating land rights in late nineteenth-century salt: The limits of legal pluralism in Ottoman property law
( Indiana University Press , 2016 , Book chapter)This article examines the relationship between different district-level decision-making bodies in the late nineteenth-century Ottoman context. Using Sharia court records and property registers produced in the rural Syrian ... -
Manama, Bahrain
( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)Kish is a low-lying island of coral rock, 90 km2 in area, a few kilometres off the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf. Ferdousi Street is the actual main avenue of Kish, but in spite of its line of hotels, amusements and ... -
Labels of origin and terroir: the case of the certified wine label ‘Québec Certified Wines’ and the protected geographical indication ‘Ice wine Québec’
( Routledge , 2016 , Article)Today, agriculture and agri-food are at the heart of the changes affecting contemporary economies with the tension between globalization and return to the territories. Consequently the food industry provides a good ... -
The Arab spring: A fourth wave of democratization?
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2016 , Article)Between 1974 and 1990, over 30 countries in southern Europe, Latin America, some parts of Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa made transitions to democracy, nearly doubling the number of democratic governments in the world. ... -
The development of the first Qatar national museum
( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)This chapter investigates the establishment of the first National Museum in Qatar in the 1970s, during the reign of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani. Opened on the 23 June 1975, the Qatar National Museum became the first ... -
The Nazi 'recovered territories' myth in the eastern Upper Silesian borderland, 1939-1945
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Assessing general education learning outcomes at Qatar University
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2016 , Article)The purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of a new general education program at Qatar University (QU) in achieving English writing and critical thinking outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Collegiate ... -
تسويق المشروع الصهيوني على العرب خلال الحرب العالمية الأولى 1914-1918 موقف الشريف الحسين بن علي مثالا
( مركز جيل البحث العلمي , 2019 , Article)تتناول هذه الدراسة جانبا من العلاقات العربية -الصهيونية خلال الحرب العالمية الأولى، وقد رسمت خلالها ملامح الأوضاع السياسية للبلاد العربية بعد الحرب. كما تلمست أثر الحرب على الوجود اليهودي في فلسطين، وتغير الموقف الدولي ... -
Partisans’ and Civil Elites’ Role in Supporting Military Coups: The Case of the Egyptian Elites
( Canadian Center of Science and Education , 2020 , Article)Abstract The study reported in the article below tried to examine partisans’ and civil elites’ role in military interventions and coups. The 2013 Egyptian coup d'état that took place on 3 July 2013 was used as a model of ... -
Community identity and economy in Qatar prior to the oil industry, based on archaeological evidence: An interdisciplinary research study
( University of Akron , 2017 , Article)Since the middle of the 20th century, many archaeological excavations have been conducted within Qatar. They revealed remains of historical towns and villages that are primary sources for understanding and reconstructing ... -
The role of museums in correcting the distorted image of Islam: A comparative study between Qatar and Singapore
( University of Akron , 2017 , Article)The paper analyses attempts and efforts in Qatar and by the Muslim community in Singapore to showcase a comprehensive picture of Islam at cultural institutions, museums, and galleries. The aim of such efforts is to reach ... -
دراسة الإسلام وحركاته: استعادة محاولة نقدية في العلوم الاجتماعية
( دار نشر جامعة قطر , 2020 , Article)بعد أن فرغت من إنجاز دراستي للدكتوراه في نهاية عام 1989، التحقت بكلية سانت أنطوني في جامعة أوكسفورد كزميل باحث، حيث عكفت على إعداد الرسالة للنشر، وكذلك على إعداد ونشر كتابي "من يحتاج الدولة الإسلامية" (صدر كلاهما في عام ... -
An historiographical analysis of the Arabic accounts of early mosques: With special reference to those at Madina, Basra and Kufa
( Oxford University Press , 2019 , Article)[No abstract available] -
The Qur'an and the Hadith as sources of Islamic law
( Taylor and Francis , 2019 , Book chapter)Legal sources, the Qur'an and the Sunnah/Hadith present various forms of challenge to legal scholars. This chapter presents a general historical overview of these two sources of Islamic law in addition to some of the ... -
Jerusalem as a place of exile during the mamluk era
( Academy of Islamic Studies, Dept of Islamic History and Civilization, University of Malaya , 2019 , Article)Jerusalem fell to the Mamluks in the year ce 1260. Up until then the Ayyubids had been ruling the holy city ever since Salah al-Din had liberated it from the Crusaders in ce 1187. Under Mamluk rule, which lasted for nearly ... -
Unpublished coins from Al-Zubarah: Scientific and economic analysis
( Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2019 , Book chapter)Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) has kindly permitted the research team to study and publish a number of coins discovered in the old town of Al-Zubarah. The coins are now housed at the 19th century re-built of Al-Zubarah Fort. ... -
Museums in Qatar: An educational role in the twenty-first century
( Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2019 , Book chapter)This article addresses the focus of museum sectors in Doha, Qatar in relation to their educational role. This role can be linked to the opening of the Education Centre (EC) at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in fall 2009, ... -
Universalizability and the metaphysics of moral particularism, specified
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2018 , Article)[No abstract available] -
The importance of Abdul Ghani Al-Nabulsi, a trip to the Hajj in 1105 AH as a source for the study of the history of the Tabuk Region in the 12th century AH
( University of Jordan , 2018 , Article)The study deals with the history of the Tabuk region in 12 AH / 18 th century, and includes the study area geographically located within the current administrative boundaries and include all of Tabuk, Taima, Duba, field, ...
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