Author: Adania Shibli Publisher: Berenberg Verlag GmbH ISBN: 3949203311 Category : Fiction Languages : de Pages : 114
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»Man reißt ein Grasbüschel aus und glaubt, man sei das Kraut für immer los, aber nach einem Vierteljahrhundert wächst Gras derselben Art an derselben Stelle wieder nach.« Im Sommer 1949 wird ein palästinensisches Beduinenmädchen von israelischen Soldaten missbraucht und ermordet. Jahrzehnte später versucht eine junge Frau aus Ramallah, mehr über diesen Vorfall herauszufinden. Sie ist fasziniert, ja besessen davon, vor allem, weil er sich auf den Tag genau fünfundzwanzig Jahre vor ihrer Geburt zugetragen hat. Ein Detail am Rande, das jedoch ihr eigenes Leben mit dem des Mädchens verknüpft. Adania Shibli verwebt die Geschichten beider Frauen zu einer eindringlichen Meditation über Krieg, Gewalt und die Frage nach Gerechtigkeit im Erzählen. »Ein außergewöhnliches Kunstwerk, das immer wieder überrascht und fesselt: eine äußerst rare Mischung aus moralischer Intelligenz, politischer Leidenschaft und formaler Virtuosität.« Pankaj Mishra
Author: Kenneth Avery Publisher: SUNY Press ISBN: 1438451792 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 168
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Considers what is known of acclaimed early Sufi master Ab? Bakr al-Shibl? and how he was characterized in various times and places. Early Sufi master Ab? Bakr al-Shibl? (d. 946) is both famous and unknown. One of the pioneers of Islamic mysticism, he left no writings, but his legacy was passed down orally, and he has been acclaimed from his own time to the present. Accounts of Shibl? present a fascinating figure: an eccentric with a showy red beard, a lover of poetry and wit, an ascetic who embraced altered states of consciousness, and, for a time, a disturbed man confined to an insane asylum. Kenneth Avery offers a contemporary interpretation of Shibl?s thought and his importance in the history of Sufism. This book surveys the major sources for Shibl?s life and work from both Arabic and Persian traditions, detailing the main facets of his biography and teachings and documenting the evolving figure of a Sufi saint. Shibl?s relationships with his more famous colleague Junayd and his infamous colleague ?all?j are discussed, along with his Qur?nic spirituality, his poetry, and the question of his periodic insanity. A very fine contribution to the history of Sufism. John Renard, editor of Fighting Words: Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts
Author: Paul Brooks Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group ISBN: 1934937568 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 556
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"Scientists have developed a substance that can destroy crops across America. Your mission, Mr. Horani, is to deliver it into the hands of al-Quaida." So begins "Shibli" -- a riveting political thriller by author Paul Brooks. A former Navy SEAL with a sterling record, Shibli Horani returns to civilian life in Texas. In the wake of 9/11, with customers shunning Arab-American businesses, he is struggling to keep the family company afloat while caring for his widowed mother. Shibli's military prowess and fluency in Arabic have come to the attention of the ICTA, a shadowy antiterrorist organization that offers him $1.5 million for a brief job as a courier. Desperate for money and eager to serve his country again, he accepts and soon finds he is in way over his head. His new employers have no respect for the laws of civilized society and no qualms in trampling the U.S. constitution or in killing innocent people. Trapped in a perilous arena of global espionage and political intrigue, Shibli must embark on a dangerous odyssey that takes him halfway around the world. With the CIA, the Israeli MOSSAD, and a band of al-Qaida fanatics all wanting him dead, he must use his quick thinking, linguistic skills, and military training to stay alive. Worse than the physical danger is the psychological conflict that arises when Shibli learns the true extent of the evil he has enabled. Against overwhelming odds and at the risk of everything, including his own life and the life of the woman he has come to love, he must violently oppose it.
Author: Angelika Neuwirth Publisher: Dr Ludwig Reichert ISBN: Category : Arabic poetry Languages : en Pages : 328
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Literary works are much more than mere illustrations of societal conditions. Literature is the setting in which society discusses itself. In this volume, international scholars of Literary Studies as well as specialists in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish Studies explore the dimensions and ways of how writers, from the classical period to modernity, tackled the values of their societies. From the contents: Religious Norms Advocating / Domesticating Literary Freedom - Literary Norms and the Travelling of Genres - Linguistic Norms: Writing in the 'Stepmother Tongue' - Gender Norms, Inverted and Subverted - Societal Norms I: The Poet Involved - Societal Norms II: Imagining Communities, Debating the Collective.
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