Browsing Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Arabic & Islamic Studies by Creation Date
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Divine Story-Telling as Self-Presentation: An Analysis of Sūrat al-Kahf
(Georgetown University, 2012)This dissertation explores the application of narrative analysis to five Qur'ānic stories in Sūrat al-Kahf, the eighteenth chapter of the Qur'ān. Traditional Qur'ānic exegesis treats the narratives atomistically, giving ... -
Framing the Jurist: The Legal Persona of Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
(Georgetown University, 2012)This research looks at attempts by the Egyptian polymath Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 1505) to frame his authority as a jurist in his legal writings. The research aims to access the multi-faceted legal persona that the ... -
Ibn Kathir (d. 774/1373): His Intellectual Circle, Major Works and Qur'anic Exegesis
(Georgetown University, 2012)This dissertation focuses on one of the most popular medieval Muslim figures in modern times, Ibn Kathir. I argue that Ibn Kathir's work reflects a critical theological struggle in the history of Islam between those who ... -
Beginning and advanced learners' awareness of corrective feedback in the Arabic foreign language classroom
(Georgetown University, 2012)Corrective feedback as part of conversational interaction has been shown to facilitate language development (Li, 2010; Russel & Spada, 2006), but learners differ in the extent to which they benefit from it. Awareness is ... -
The Moral Psychology of Political Islam in Turkey: An Ideational Ethnography Concerning Islamism, Rationalism, and Cannibalism
(Georgetown University, 2013)Using intuitionist moral psychology and a detailed anthropological investigation of the moral reasoning of Turkish "Islamist" voters, I argue for an urgent rethinking of the dynamics of political Islam and religious ... -
The Falls of Baghdad in 1258 and 2003: A Study in Sunni-Shi'i Clashing Memories
(Georgetown University, 2013)This dissertation analyzes the narratives on the fall of Baghdad of 1258, focusing on the question of responsibility for the event: why did Baghdad fall to the Mongols and to whom was responsibility attributed? The ... -
BETWEEN HANDS: SANCTITY, AUTHORITY AND EDUCATION IN THE MAKING OF MODERN EGYPT:
(Georgetown University, 2013)This study argues that mysticism, as found in representations of sanctity (walaya) in Sufi philosophy and practice formed the basis of schema of leadership among the Egyptian elite and politics through a case study of Abu ... -
Al-Kashshaf: Al-Zamakhshari's (d. 538/1144) Mutazilite Exegesis of the Quran
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Intersections: Modernity, Gender and Qurʾanic Exegesis
(Georgetown University, 2014)Modernity imparted a new theoretical significance to the issue of gender reform in the Muslim world. This dissertation examines the impact of modernity on the hermeneutical approaches and interpretations of three modern ... -
ELITE ENGAGEMENT IN LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING: AHMED TALEB IBRAHIMI AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARABIZATION IN ALGERIA
(Georgetown University, 2015)This dissertation looks at elite engagement in the process of language policy and planning in Algeria after independence, highlighting the connection between ideology and the development of national identity. To achieve ... -
Al-'Iqd (The Necklace) and Rhetoric of Restoration
(Georgetown University, 2015)The present monograph is a study of al-‘Iqd (The Necklace), a twenty-five volume anthology purportedly compiled and written in Córdoba by Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ‘Abd Rabbih al-Qurṭubī (d. 328/940). Specifically, the study ... -
NATION-BUILDING, POETRY, AND PATRONAGE: THE NABAṬĪ QAṢĪDA WAṬANĪYA;YA IN QATAR AND THE UAE
(Georgetown University, 2015)This dissertation is a work on the role of nabati poetry in Qatari and Emirati projects of nation-building and the construction of national history. This role is double. On the one hand, as this research demonstrates, the ... -
The Development of Frequency-Based Assessments of Vocabulary Breadth and Depth for L2 Arabic
(Georgetown University, 2015)Lexical knowledge is an essential component of language knowledge. Vocabulary size has consistently been found to be correlated with other measures of language proficiency and to predict functional language ability. ... -
Hybridity and Superdiversity on Syrian Dissidents' Facebook Pages: An Online Ethnography of Language, Identity and Authenticity
(Georgetown University, 2016)This work contributes to the discussion about the role of social media in political mobilization by analyzing the writing practices of a group of Syrian dissidents on Facebook. Challenging the assumption that Western ... -
History and Politics of Nomadism in Modern Palestine (1882-1948)
(Georgetown University, 2016)My research examines contending visions on nomadism in modern Palestine, with special focus on the British Mandate period. By nomadism I refer to a form of territorialist discourse, one which views tribal formations as the ... -
FROM GOD'S NATURE TO GOD'S LAW: THEOLOGY, LAW AND LEGAL THEORY IN ISLAM
(Georgetown University, 2016)This study explores the ways in which theological ideas regarding the nature of God shaped the jurisprudential and legal landscape of Islam in the classical period. Focusing on the traditionalist theological and jurisprudential ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
REBEL PREACHERS: THE MAKING OF ISLAMIC ACTIVISM IN SHĪ‘Ī LEBANON (1960-1985)
(Georgetown University, 2016)This study investigates the intellectual and organizational genesis of the Shī‘ī religious community that burgeoned in Lebanon in the 1970s. It demonstrates how several competing religious currents in the Shī‘ī community ... -
NATURAL JUSTICE UNDER THE SCOPE OF RHETORIC: THE WRITTEN AND THE UNWRITTEN LAWS IN IBN RUSHD’S POLITICAL AND LEGAL PHILOSOPHY
(Georgetown University, 2016)This dissertation explores the works of Ibn Rushd and identifies an appropriation of Aristotle’s concept of natural justice, paying attention to the distinction he makes between the written laws (al-sunan al-maktūba) and ...
