This study examines the effect of a proposed course on the communicative competence of study-abroad advanced-level learners studying Arabic as a Foreign Language (AFL) in terms of: 1) intercultural communicative competence ...
This is a study of the formation of a Mamluk street. The street in question is that leading first east and then south from the Bâb Zuwayla, the great southern gate of Fatimid al-Qâhira. Its initial stretches were known ...
With the explosion of new material emerging from a branch of archaeology that focuses specifically on Islamic periods and Islamic lands since the 1980s, it is most pertinent to consider its origin, its development, and its ...
This thesis will be exploring in depth the urban fabric of the area formerly known as Birkat al-Fil, or Elephant Pond, and its modern day transformation into areas such as Hilmiyya and Hilmiyya al-Jadida. Though the pond ...
This study is intended to examine the depiction of woman in the pre-Islamic poetic collection known as the Mu'allaqat; which are considered the best piece of poetic collection in literary Arabic. The significance of this ...
Law has traditionally relied on age markers to distinguish between juvenile and adult offenders, while ignoring the category of young adult offenders. This article defines young adults, young adult offenders and young ...
This thesis is a study of the margins and the centers of Cairo as viewed through the lens of modern and contemporary Egyptian novels. I trace how these and other Egyptian writers map the main forces that shape centers of ...
The subject of this thesis is the Burji Mamluk mosque of Qijmas al-Ishaqi built near the end of the fifteenth century during the reign of sultan Qaytbay. It was founded at a time when the city of Cairo had already become ...
Narrations by notable Islamic personalities are a significant part of the Islamic religious edifice. However, these narrations are of variable quality and authenticity. To evaluate these narrations, standards and tools ...
This thesis explores interpretations of the poem of the Burdah composed by Imam al-Būṣīrī, a mystical panegyric poem that is associated with miracles and is believed by some to have healing and talismanic properties. ...
Al-Ṭabarī compiled extensive historical accounts which include those regarding the Battle of Ṣiffīn. He reported the details of this battle in his compilation by using speeches and dialogues as a means of relaying ...