19 research outputs found
Can I see your hair? Choice, agency and attitudes: the dilemma of faith and feminism for Muslim women who cover
Full text linkA grammar of contemporary Persian. By Gilbert Lazard, translated by Shirley A. Lyon. (Persian Studies Series, 14.) pp. xii, 301. Costa Mesa, Calif, and New York, Mazda Publishers in assoc. with Bibliotheca Persica, 1992. US 25.00.
No full textSUSANNE PINCKNEY STETKEVYCH, AbŪ Tammān and the Poetics of the 'Abbāsid Age. Studies in Arabic Literature, 13. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1991. xv, 404 pp
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Ethics of War and Peace in the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi
No full textThis article provides an overview of the ethics of war and peace in the most important and normatively influential work of epic literature known in the eastern lands of Islam, namely the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi (d. 1020 CE). As one of the greatest sources of the Iranian cultural identity for over a millennium, Shahnameh (lit. The book of kings) defines normative ideals in the ethics of war and peace within narratives that connect the ancient history of Iran to its mythical eras and in effect to both the medieval time of the epic\u27s authorship and modern Iranian identity. By identifying limits, standards and legitimacy for war and peace in Shahnameh, this article aims to facilitate an Iranian contribution to the global literature and practice on peacemaking that has deep roots in the Islamo-Persian tradition
Colonialism, nationalism and modernity in al-Manfalūṭī’s novelization of a Coppée’s play: a comparative reading of Fī sabīl al-tāj
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