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From New Values to New Aesthetics : Turning Points in Modern Arabic Literature. Vol. 1. From Modernism to the 1980s
- 2011
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Proceedings (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This volume includes 11 articles which cover a number of pivotal turning points in Arab societies which have inspired to new aesthetic values and forms of expression in Modern Arabic literature until the 1980s. Discussions center on themes such as psycho-social and existential factors leading to the rise of the Modern Arabic Novel, the East-West encounter and search for a modern Arab identity, the influence of avant-garde literary magazines, and the indelible imprint of Naguib Mahfouz in Arabic literary creativity.
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- Ramsay, Gail, 1955-
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Breaking the silence of nature in an Arabic novel : Nazif al-hajar by Ibrahim al-Kawni
- 2014
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Ingår i: From Tur Abdin to Hadramawt. - Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag. - 9783447102650 ; , s. 149-172
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This article applies Hubert Zapf's (2002) eco-critical triadic model to the novel Nazif al-hajar by the Libyan author Ibrahim al-Kawni/al-Kony (1990). Through the representation of three central characters and three animal species affiliated with the desert, we inquire about the problematic of the extinction of central species of the fauna in the bioregion in which the novel is set, the south-western Libyan desert. We also inquire about 'alternative' life-styles suitable for life in the global village of the present.
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- Ramsay, Gail, 1955-
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Egyptiska bloggare : Del av en tradition och ett uppror
- 2012
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Ingår i: Årsbok/Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala. - Uppsala. - 0349-0416. ; , s. 109-130
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In this paper I present five popular Egyptian bloggers who blog in Arabic and show their posts to be activist, at times breaking taboos with regard to what may be said publicly about the president, the government and State Security. While doing this they also adhere to a deep-seated Arabic tradition of using cultural instruments of expression. From the vantage point of Sabry Hafez’ (2011) findings with regard to despondency and gloom in Arabic literary texts from the 1900s, we find these bloggers to be vexed with the pervasive corruption, harassment from State Security and lack of democratic rights such as freedom of speech and rule of law in their society. With Hoda Elsadda (2010 and 2012) we also perceive these bloggers to be creative while voicing vibrant and diverse views in their posts. No matter how activist or radical the blogger emerges, a substantial instrument of expression may be derived from the Arabic cultural tradition of poetry in the service of resistance.The bloggers according to popularity ranking when they were selected during 2010: (1) Wael Abbas (Wāʾil ʿAbbās), (2) Abdel Moneim Mahmoud (ʿAbd al-Munʿim Maḥmūd), (3) Ashraf al-Anany (Ashraf al-ʿAnānī), (4) Nawara Negm (Nawwāra Najm), (5) Ahmed Shokeir (Aḥmad Shuqayr).
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- Ramsay, Gail, 1955-
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Layla and Me
- 2013
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Ingår i: Revisioning Red Riding Hood Around the World. - Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press : Wayne State University Press.
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- A translation from Arabic of Qatari woman author Hudā al-Naʿīmī's short story Laylā wa-Anā into English from her short story collection Abāṭīl, published in Cairo, 2001.
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- Ramsay, Gail
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What kind of Arabic and why? Language in Egyptian blogs
- 2013
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Ingår i: Orientalia Suecana. - Uppsala. - 0078-6578 .- 2001-7324. ; 61:Supplement, s. 49-87
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article strives to set in motion comprehensive research on the ways in which Arabic is evolving in Arabic blogs and computer mediated communication (CMC). By combining media studies, sociolinguistics and literature it examines code choice, content and mode of representation in five top ranked Egyptian blogs. We distinguish between MSA, ECA and mixed varieties and establish that all three codes may be employed. We argue that bloggers make deliberate choices regarding code, and that code-switching in CMC may function as frames for familiarizing or officialdom. We conclude that bloggers with an activist agenda tend to use ECA and a mixed variety, and educational blogs tend to use MSA and a mixed variety. Both activist and educational bloggers may employ a Bakhtinian carnivalesque mode of representation.
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- Riegert, Kristina, 1964-, et al.
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Activists, Individualists and Comics : The Counter-publicness of Lebanese blogs
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Ingår i: Television and New Media. - : SAGE Publications. - 1527-4764 .- 1552-8316. ; 14:4, s. 286-303
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Can Arab blogging, whether in English or in Arabic, be considered emerging counter-public spheres in the Arab world? And what is the impact of blogging in different Arabic mediascapes: do they broaden the boundaries for freedom of expression on political and social issues, do they test cultural/religious norms and are women empowered to exercise agency through participation? This article addresses questions such as these with respect to the Lebanese blogosphere.
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