Browsing Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Arabic & Islamic Studies by Title
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Televangelists, Media Du'ā, and 'Ulamā': The Evolution of Religious Authority in Modern Islam
(Georgetown University, 2016)The rise of modern media has led to debates about religious authority in Islam, questioning whether it is fragmenting or proliferating, and exploring the state of the ‘ulamā’ and new groups like religious intellectuals and ... -
The Ambiguity of 'Being' in Arabic and Islamic Philosophy
(Georgetown University, 2020)This dissertation studies the refutation of monism in the philosophy of Abū Naṣr al-Fārābī (d. 950) through the logical theory of ambiguous predication (al-ḥaml bi-al-taškīk). I show how Fārābī conceives of a close ... -
The Poet’s Self-Image Versus Authority in Arabic Poetry: Between Classical and Modern
(Georgetown University, 2019)This project studies the ways through which poets form their self-image and design its relationship with authority. It explores how poets forge their distinct identities through their responses to the challenges of the ... -
A Thousand and One Wives: Investigating the Intellectual History of the Exegesis of Verse 4:24
(Georgetown University, 2016)“A Thousand and One Wives: Investigating the Intellectual History of the Exegesis of Verse 4:24” traces the intellectual legacy of the exegesis of Qur’an 4:24, which is used as the proof text for the permissibility of mut’a ... -
Tradition and Its Boundaries: A Diachronic Study of the Concept of Bidʿah (Religious Innovation) in Early Islam
(Georgetown University, 2019)This dissertation aims at problematizing and deconstructing the sunnah-bidʿah dichotomy, by reconstructing its early history. Bidʿah (religious innovation) in Islamic thought is conceptualized in opposition to sunnah, which ... -
Unpacking the modern, national self : the diary of Khalil al-Sakakini
(Georgetown University, 2010)
