Browsing Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Arabic & Islamic Studies by Title
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'Abd al-Ḥalīm Ḥāfiẓ and Egyptian National Culture
(Georgetown University, 2020)This dissertation is a study of twentieth-century Egypt and the role that popular music plays in constructing the modern nation, a process I examine through the lens of the famous singer ‘Abd al-Ḥalīm Ḥāfiẓ (1929-1977). ... -
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 ... -
Al-Kashshaf: Al-Zamakhshari's (d. 538/1144) Mutazilite Exegesis of the Quran
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Al-Khutūbah : defiance in the face of interrogation
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Arab historiography in Mandatory Palestine, 1920-1948
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Between Revivalism and Reconstructionism: Islam, Reform, and Secularism in the Works of Taha Abderrahmane and Mohammed Arkoun
(Georgetown University, 2018)The examination of the works of some of the major reformist thinkers in the Maghrib region since the late nineteenth century reveals a tension between two attitudes, revivalism and reconstructionism. The study contends ... -
Bled, Sweat, and Tears: Youthhood, Rural Livelihoods, and Spatio-Temporal Precarity in the Moroccan Countryside
(Georgetown University, 2020)This thesis addresses the experience of male youth living in the rural Gharb region of northwestern Morocco through the lens of livelihood practices and aspirations. Drawing on three months of ethnographic research in seven ... -
Bosnia and Kosovo : an understanding of Muslim-Christian relations
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Bridging the Gulf : Qatari business diplomacy and conflict mediation
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Coordinating Mass Protests in Tahrir Square: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Engroupment, Multi-Modal Intertextuality and Revolution
(Georgetown University, 2016)This dissertation poses three central questions about the 2011 Egyptian Arab Spring: 1) What catalyzed and perpetuated Egypt’s 2011 ‘revolutionary interval’? 2) How effective were various messaging channels (vocal, gestural, ... -
Crowdsourcing shari'a : digital fiqh and changing discourses of textual authority, individual reason, and social coercion
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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. ... -
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 ... -
Dreams of Alternative Modernities on the Nile
(Georgetown University, 2016)This study accounts for the ability of Egyptian cinema, as a modern art form and popular culture, to critique rigid social realities and imagine modern social experiences despite overt and covert censorship regimes, thereby ... -
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 ... -
Empire through Language: al-Ḥajjāj b. Yūsuf al-Thaqafī and the Power of Oratory in Umayyad Iraq
(Georgetown University, 2018)This dissertation examines the speeches and the literary-historical figure of al-Ḥajjāj b. Yūsuf al-Thaqafī (d. 714), the governor of Iraq under the Umayyad dynasty (661-750), to explore the role that public speech played ... -
Entangled Legal Formations: Crimea under Russian Rule in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
(Georgetown University, 2021)This dissertation explores the transformation of Crimean legal structures after the Russian Empire annexed the Crimean peninsula in 1783. Up until today, no extensive study has examined the annexation’s impact on the Crimean ... -
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 ...
