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Oweiss, Ibrahim M. “A View on Islamic Economic Thought.” (2002)
Originally presented at the Kareema Khoury CCAS Annual Distinguished Lecture series, this paper presents a survey of Islamic economic theory from the Middle Ages to the present…
August 14, 2017
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Muhawi, Ibrahim. “Contexts of Language in Mahmoud Darwish.” (2009)
This paper, which emerged from Dr. Muhawi's January 2009 lecture at the Center's commemoration of the life and work of Mahmoud Darwish, explores three contexts of language in…
August 14, 2017
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Orfalea, Gregory. “Obama’s First 150 Days.” (2009)
Mr. Orfalea details measures Obama has taken to reach out to the Arab world and analyzes his ability to effect positive change in the region. Starting with Obama's first day in…
August 14, 2017
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Racy, A.J. “Art and Ecstasy in Arab Music.” (2010)
Dr. Racy explores the idea of tarab, or musical ecstasy, in Arab music. "The word tarab refers to both the ecstatic state evoked by traditional Arab music and the music itself,"…
August 14, 2017
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Stowasser, Barbara. “Time Sticks: How Islam and Other Cultures Have Measured Time.” (2011)
Dr. Stowasser examines the five daily prayers of Sunni Islam in order to explore how the "day" and the "hour" are structured in Islamic tradition, in Islamic science, and how…
August 14, 2017
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Stowasser, Barbara. “Religion and Political Development: Comparative Ideas on Ibn Khaldun and Machiavelli.” (2011)
Dr. Stowasser presents an interesting and unusual comparison of the political philosophy of two great medieval thinkers -- Ibn Khaldun (d. 1402) and Machiavelli (d.).…
August 14, 2017
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Eid, Gamal and Laleh Khalili, Jillian Schwedler, William Zartman. “Revolution in the Arab World: The Long View.” (2011)
CCAS presents recent analysis of the historical context and events making up the Arab.…
August 14, 2017