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Creationism in the Arabic drama
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1997)
Arabic drama as a collection of written texts belongs to the so-called “new” Arabic literature, which has been developing since the 19th century. Prior to this date, in the period of Arabic classical literature, only few ...
True, Untrue, False? Deciphering Šāfi‘ Ibn ‘Alī’s Biography of Qalāwūn
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1997)
The aim of this article is to analyze some aspects of Šāfi‘ Ibn ‘Alī’s biography of sultan Qalāwūn titled Al-Faḍl al-Ma’ṯūr min Sīrat aṣ-Ṣulṭān al-Malik al-Manṣūr, in the collection of the Bodleian Library MS no. Marsh ...
Some notes concerning the qurrā’ issue
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1997)
It has been noticed that some scholars in their attempt to discover something new in their researches, deplorably distort the clear facts of history. An example of this is their dealing with the qurrā’ issue in the early ...
Yahya R. Kamalipour (ed.), The US-Media and the Middle East Image and Perception, Westport, Connecticut 1995, 242 p.
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1997)
The review of Yahya R. Kamalipour (ed.), The US-Media and the Middle East Image and Perception, Westport, Connecticut 1995, 242 p.
The seventy-yard long chain desert (The prose of Ibrāhīm al-Kawnī)
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1996)
Odysseus had already abandoned his young and beautiful wife to begin dangerous travels. He was followed by hundreds of heroes of myths and legends who gave themselves up to the adventures far away from home. But they usually ...
Siyāset-nāme of Niẓām al-Mulk and Naṣīḥāt al-mulūk of Al-Ġazālī: two examples of “mirror for princes”
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1997)
The 8th century saw the emergence of a new literary genre: handbooks for princes and governors. By that time the Arab empire had expanded over a vast territory. A competent administration was necessary to govern the state. ...
The formula and theme in the Arabic chivalrous romance
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1997)
The anonymous Arabic chivalrous romances (sīrats) belong to a large family of heroic epics common to most cultures. After several centuries of oral transmission during which their number considerably increased, they were ...
Searching for the origins of things. On the ‘ilm al-awā’il in the culture of the Arabic Middle Ages
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1996)
It is not certain, either, if knowledge of the origins was treated, in Arabic culture, as a separate branch of knowledge or as an element of history or adab literature. Works as Kitāb al-awā’il by Al-‘Askarī or Al-Wasā’il ...
Gesellschaftlicher Umbruch und Historie im Zeitgenössischen Drama der Islamischen Welt. Herausgegeben von Johann Christoph Bürgel und Stephan Guth, Beirut 1995, in Komission bei Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart [Beiruter Texte und Studien. Herausgegeben vom Orient Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesselschaft, Band 60]
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1995)
The review of Gesellschaftlicher Umbruch und Historie im Zeitgenössischen Drama der Islamischen Welt. Herausgegeben von Johann Christoph Bürgel und Stephan Guth, Beirut 1995, in Komission bei Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart ...
Muḥammad’s Visit to Aṭ-Ṭā’if
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1998)
There are moments in history which proved decisive in shaping the future of nations and as “the most momentous results may follow most insignificant happenings”, Muhammad’s decision to shift his preaching activities first ...