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- Ramsay, Gail, 1955-
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Blogs & Literature & Activism : Popular Egyptian blogs and literature in touch
- 2017
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- The blogosphere and blogging provided Arab bloggers momentarily with a domain in which to criticize the government, call for change, break taboos and mobilize citizens. This book shows that many of the same societal and political problems that have been treated for decades in literary expression in Egypt are also brought up in five Egyptian, top-ranked blogs in the run-up to the uprising of January 2011. Social critical narrative themes common to the literature as well as to blogposts include criticism of poor governance, corruption, poverty, religious hypocrisy and the vast class differences existing in Egyptian society. Some of the bloggers call for democratic liberties such as human rights and freedom of expression.
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- Ramsay, Gail, Professor, 1955-
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Nature as a road to integration? : A Saudi experience
- 2019
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Ingår i: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1353-0194 .- 1469-3542. ; 48:3, s. 419-435
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Well-being through outdoor life and ecolacy are fundamental concepts in sociological research with regard to the question whether nature is instrumental for integration into some Western societies. In this article, we ask if the Saudi Arabian protagonist in Muḥammad Ḥasan ʿAlwān’s novel, al-Qundus, (The Beaver), 2011, becomes a part of, “integrated in”, North American society by means of ecolacy. An ecocritical and sociological reading, which takes into account human and non-human communication, shows that the protagonist does not become integrated into the North American society to which he has immigrated by way of his acquired ecolacy. Rather, his steps towards ecolacy seem to lead to self-knowledge and reconciliation with his family members in Riyadh rather than being a conduit to integration.
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- Ramsay, Gail, 1955-
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Semitiska språk från Bibeln till Sveriges Yttrandefrihetsgrundlag
- 2016
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Annan publikation (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Professuren i Semitiska språk vid Uppsala universitet instiftades 1605, då för att studera Bibeln på originalspråk. När Linné-lärjungen Peter Forsskål 1761 gav sig iväg med en forskningspexpedition till Arabien hade han redan författat sitt verk "Tankar om den borgerliga friheten" 1759. Detta verk speglar dagens liberala idéer om individens frihet att uttrycka sig. Forsskål dog av malaria i Jemen och när vi fick tryckfrihet i Sverige hade Forsskål redan varit död i tre år. Forsskåls tankar om människans kärlek till individuell frihet och att få tänka, tro och uttrycka sig fritt lever vidare. Idag, när människor från Mellanöstern och arabvärlden flyr, bland annat därför att de inte får säga vad de önskar, eller tvingas överge sina övertygelser eller modersmål framstår studiet av Semitiska språk minst lika viktigt som för 400 år sedan.
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- Ramsay, Gail, 1955-
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Stenblödning : av Ibrahim al-Koni
- 2019
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Ingår i: Karavan. - Stockholm. - 1404-3874. ; :4, s. 57-58
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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