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Noty bibliograficzne. 2004-2006
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2007)
The Bibliography of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Poland (2004-2006).
Literature-Untamed element (A proposal of a typology of the modern Arabic prose)
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2007)
On the 30th of August 2006 Naǧīb Maḥfūẓ died-a legend and symbol of modern Arabic literature, so far the only Noble Prize winner (1988) in that field. For decades he had enriched literature with new novels, short stories ...
Al-Ǧuwaynī’s theory of the imamate in his treatise Ġiyāṯ al-umam
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2007)
By the eleventh century the community founded in the seventh century by the Prophet Muḥammad had split into several religious groups. The umma as a single, unified community, had become a political fiction. The Abbasid ...
The Nile River in Muslim Geographical Sources
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2004)
The Arab Egyptians usually call this river Baḥr an-Nīl (The Sea of Nile). Travelers from other Islamic regions also adopted this name apparently because of its great length and width. Although the name An-Nīl does not ...
Search for identity in modern Arabic prose
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2004)
Bedouins in headscarves, men in jeans and suits, they all speak one Arabic language and search for their place in the world, uncertainly, bravely, with hope. This is a picture that comes up from the modern Arab prose that ...
Global or Local? Arab Mediascape in the Information Age. Towards the New World Communication Order?
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2007)
In the contemporary world characterized by the dynamic progress of technology and easiness with which the media transcend the national boundaries, the historical communication peripheries seems to gradually disappear. ...
Anti-Sunna opposition: Historical perspective I. The beginning
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2007)
Although the supporters of Sunna want to see its opponents as newcomers to Islam and recent, West-influenced innovators, it is a historical fact that controversies around the Prophetic Tradition emerged long before the ...
‘Alī Muṣṭafā al-Miṣrāṭī’s story As-Sā’iḥāt al-ǧamīlāt wa-al-Ḥāǧǧ. Critical Analysis and Evaluation
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2001)
The story I am introducing here is As-Sā’iḥāt al-ǧamīlāt wa-al-Ḥāǧǧ (The beautiful female tourists and the Ḥāǧǧ), chosen from Al-Miṣrāṭī’s Al-Qird fī al-maṭār collection of stories. The reason behind my choice of this ...
Manly Myths in the Book of the Thousand and One Nights
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2001)
Many characters of the Book of the Thousand and One Nights, which came into being in the Middle Ages, have occupied a permanent place in culture and continue to enjoy popularity, both in the East and in the West. Sheherazade ...
Al-Munqiḏ min aḍ-ḍalāl
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2000)
Abū Ḥāmid al-Ġazālī (1058-1111) nazywany jest ḥuǧǧat al-islām (dowód, argument islamu) i powszechnie uważany za jednego z najwybitniejszych uczonych muzułmańskich. Do dziś imponuje wszechstronnością. W swych dziełach ...