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Middle Eastern Literatures, a journal

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A forum for the academic study of all Middle Eastern Literatures (broadly conceived) from Late Antiquity until the present. Critical work welcome!

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Middle Eastern Literatures, a journal @meliteratures.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
And finally, a review of Mohsen Ashtiany (ed)'s _A History of Persian Literature III_ from Anna Livia Beelaert doi.org/10.1080/1475...
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Persian Narrative Poetry in the Classical Era, 800–1500. Romantic and Didactic Genres
Published in Middle Eastern Literatures (Vol. 26, No. 3, 2023)
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Middle Eastern Literatures, a journal @meliteratures.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Adam Mestyan reviews Ahmed El Shamsy's _Rediscovering the Islamic classics: how editors and print culture transformed an intellectual tradition_ doi.org/10.1080/1475...
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Middle Eastern Literatures, a journal @meliteratures.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Gabrielle van den Berg explores canonical Persian author Sadeq Hedayat’s vegetarianism, with generous translated excerpts from the author's two major works on the subject. doi.org/10.1080/1475...
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Sadeq Hedayat’s vegetarianism: a few notes on the representation of vegetarianism, animals and animal rights in Sadeq Hedayat’s Favāʾid-i giyāhkhārī (The benefits of vegetarianism) and Insān-u ḥayvān (Human and animal)
Sadeq Hedayat (1903–1951) is an Iranian author known for his short stories and his novel Būf-i Kūr (The Blind Owl). An intellectual from an influential family, Hedayat traveled abroad at a young ag...
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Middle Eastern Literatures, a journal @meliteratures.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Brady Patrick Ryan's contribution theorizes the Sufi notion of shawq (longing) in Ḥammūr Ziyāda’s novel _Shawq al-darwīsh_, reading the idea as a radically persistent political and spiritual ethic. doi.org/10.1080/1475...
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Middle Eastern Literatures, a journal @meliteratures.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Christopher Iacovetti explores the limitations of 'Saidian' interpretations of Palestinian autobiography, and compellingly reads Fawaz Turki's autobiographical series to offer alternative frameworks to the field. doi.org/10.1080/1475...
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Ways of being Palestinian: autobiography as critical emplotment in the work of Fawaz Turki
Autobiography has become an increasingly prominent form of Palestinian literature since the 1980s, giving rise to scholarly discussions about how best to read, interpret, and analyze Palestinian li...
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Middle Eastern Literatures, a journal @meliteratures.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Rawand Sliman-Baraky gives 26.3 an insightful reading of 'concepts of house/home' in 90s Arab poets, reading _Ḥattā atakhallā ʿan fikrat al-buyūt_ by Īmān Mirsāl. doi.org/10.1080/1475...
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The concept of a house/home in the poetry of the Nineties Poets – Ḥattā atakhallā ʿan fikrat al-buyūt by Īmān Mirsāl as a model
The article presents readings of two poems by Īmān Mirsāl, “Jaras al-ṣabāḥ” (Morning Bell) and “Fikrat al-buyūt” (The Idea of Houses), from her collection Ḥattā atakhallā ʿan fikrat al-buyūt (Until...
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Middle Eastern Literatures, a journal @meliteratures.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Merve Atasoy follows up with "A Distinct Flânerie: Roleplaying and Affective Responses to the City in Reşat Nuri Güntekin’s Miskinler Tekkesi" and a critical reading of accepted roles at the threshold between 'Ottoman' and 'Turkish' text. doi.org/10.1080/1475...
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A Distinct Flânerie: Roleplaying and Affective Responses to the City in Reşat Nuri Güntekin’s Miskinler Tekkesi
A significant response to the urban experience of Istanbul in the early decades of Republican Turkish literature (1923–1950s), is the expression of pride for the past. Pride, during this era of cha...
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Middle Eastern Literatures, a journal @meliteratures.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
We are pleased to announce the publication of Vol 26.3, which kicks off with an innovative reading of the Palestinian literary text _Ali_ about a Palestinian fighter with the Communist International fighting against fascism in Spain. By Nevine Abraham. doi.org/10.1080/1475...
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From social and national struggle in Mandate Palestine to combatting fascism in Spain: Yassin’s ʿAlī, Qissat Rajul Mustaqīm (2017)
This article examines Hussein Yassin’s novel (b. 1943-), Alī: Qissat Rajul Mustaqīm (2017), (ʿAlī: The Story of an Honorable Man), the first historical fiction which treats the real story of ʿAlī ʿ...
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