Arabic Research
Arabic has been taught in various forms at St Andrews for several centuries and the Department has an excellent record of academic scholarship in Islamic studies, Arab and wider Middle Eastern history and mediaeval and modern Arabic literatures.
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Recent Submissions
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Glory and immortality : the motif of monumentum aere perennius by Samawʾal b. ʿĀdiyāʾ
(Gorgias Press, 2017) - Book item -
Transcending cinema : Kiarostami’s approach to filmmaking
(2018-01-01) - Journal articleAs an artist, photographer and filmmaker, late Abbas Kiarostami continuously experimented with medium, style and storytelling throughout his long and fruitful career. I would like to argue that his filmmaking could be ... -
Sound and Sense in Classical Arabic Poetry by Geert Jan van Gelder
(2015) - Journal item -
Intellectuals as sacrificial heroes : a comparative study of Bahram Beyzaie and Wole Soyinka
(2015-07-25) - Journal articleA study of Bahram Beyzaie and Wole Soyinka’s works reveals how in two disparate cultural settings, traditional structures and themes appear in modern forms to renegotiate people’s cultural identity. Both writers demythologize ... -
Transliteration of Arabic : a new suggestion
(2014-05-14) - Working or discussion paperBased on the transliteration of the DMG (Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft) we propose some changes to its transliteration so as to linguistically reflect more accurately the Arabic original, make the transliteration ...
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