Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) articles from September 1997

Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) archives from September 1997

In memoriam: Arfan al-Hani (1945-1997). (Arab-American physician)(Obituary)
September 22, 1997... In January 1997, Arfan Al-hani invited a number of us to Chicago to discuss AAUG and ADC's role in relief efforts for the children of Iraq. We met with several representatives of the Iraqi-American community and Arfan rose to give a quiet address...

In memoriam: Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri (1900?-1997). (Arab poet)(Obituary)
September 22, 1997... Muhammad al-Jawahiri's poetry is highly charged with emotion and the explosive nature of his violent and often original imagery has an almost physical impact on his reader, with the result that the poet's anger at social injustice, political...

Nazik al-Mala'ika's poetry and its critical reception in the West.(Modern Iraqi Literature in English Translation)
September 22, 1997... Nazik al-Mala'ika occupies a prominent position in modern Arabic literature not only because of her innovative, experimental poetry, but also because of her well-known systematic critical efforts and her views toward important artistic,...

Studies in human psyche and human behavior under political and social pressure: the recent literary works of Fu'ad al-Takarli.(Modern Iraqi Literature in English Translation)
September 22, 1997... Fu'ad al-Takarli was born in Baghdad in 1927, in the same year as Gha'ib Tu'ma Farman and, like him, is one of the most outstanding fiction writers of the rather young modern Iraqi literature. After his study of law in Baghdad, he worked for many...

Stirring words: traditions and subversions in the poetry of Muzaffar al-Nawwab.(Modern Iraqi Literature in English Translation)
September 22, 1997... The first time I was exposed to the work of Iraqi-born poet Muzaffar al-Nawwab was in Egypt in the early 1980s, at an informal gathering at the home of friends. What was most striking and most piqued my interest in al-Nawwab was seeing the...

The people's theater of Yusuf al-Ani.(Modern Iraqi Literature in English Translation)
September 22, 1997... Drama as it is known in the west (a mimetic performance set on stage, requiring conflict, plot, and dialogue exchanged by actors impersonating characters) appeared in Iraq in the closing decades of the Nineteenth Century, some thirty years after...

False heroes: a study of Abd al-Rahman Majid al-Rubay'i's novel 'Al-Washm' (The Tattoo).(Modern Iraqi Literature in English Translation)
September 22, 1997... The post world war II history of Iraq has been characterized by continual strife. In 1958 the British-installed monarchy was toppled and was replaced by a republican regime headed by Colonel Abdul Karim Qasim. The new regime lifted some of the...

'The Blind River': self and anxiety in Aziz al-Samawi's poetry.(Modern Iraqi Literature in English Translation)
September 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION A well-known and respected poet among the Iraqis, and particularly familiar to those who are, like him, exiled, Aziz al-Samawi is best known for his use of the vernacular and his images of southern Iraq. Those familiar with his...

Iraq's modern Arabic literature in English translation: a preliminary bibliography.(Modern Iraqi Literature in English Translation)
September 22, 1997... The primary purpose of this bibliographical survey is to provide a guide to Iraq's modern Arabic literature in English translation. Iraqi literature written in other languages such as Kurdish and Turkmen are not included in this survey....

The politics and the poetics of Sa'di Yusuf: the use of the vernacular.(Modern Iraqi Literature in English Translation)
September 22, 1997... When Irish poet seamus Justin Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995, the Academy praised him for "works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday life and the living past" (Schlessinger 93).(1) Though having no...

Cultures in Conflict: Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the Age of Discovery.
September 22, 1997... Cultures in Conflict is an elegantly written essay based on the author's numerous previous lectures focusing on the multiple anniversaries of 1492. However, in addition to its penetrating historical analyses and thoughtful comparisons, it also...

The View from the Edge.
September 22, 1997... Cultures in Conflict is an elegantly written essay based on the author's numerous previous lectures focusing on the multiple anniversaries of 1492. However, in addition to its penetrating historical analyses and thoughtful comparisons, it also...

The Political Economy of Syria Under Asad.
September 22, 1997... This rigorous book relies essentially on a structural-functionalist framework that makes for tedious reading in an otherwise well researched work. According to the author, Syria's political economy demonstrates that crisis is inevitable in an...

The Six-Day War: A Retrospective.
September 22, 1997... "History has a hard time being made correctly. Time does not help." Former CIA director Richard Helms, The Six-Day War, p. 258. This book grew out of a conference held in 1992 at the U.S. State Department's Foreign Service Institute (FSI)....