This dissertation is titled The Lives of Sām Mīrzā (923–75/1517–67): Dynastic Strife and Literary World-Building in Early Safavid Iran. It utilizes the career of a prince of the Safavid dynasty (conventionally, 907–1135/1501–1722) as a window on developments in both the politica…
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Grievances and similar phenomena in societal groups have been recognized as precursors to terrorism. Aggrieved refugee communities facing poor socioeconomic conditions are especially at risk of radicalization, which correlates to higher rates of terrorism and increased security …
This dissertation examines three biblical “texts of terror” and argues that all three narratives embody the realized conceptual metaphor of woman is food. Each text depicts violence toward a woman as perpetrated by a man, interwoven with culinary language that points toward its …
The research looks at refusal strategies in Saudi Arabic, with an emphasis on the influence of gender and social status on speech act behavior. The main objective of the research is to establish whether or not females and males in Saudi Arabia vary when requests are denied. The …
Esta disertación estudia cómo Tierra Santa ostenta un espacio importante en el imaginario cultural puertorriqueño. En lo que respecta al pentecostalismo, se han identificado instancias de filosemitismo y de apoyo al proyecto sionista. Se resalta la importancia de la Guerra de lo…
The housing deficit is a global problem. In Turkey, solutions to remedy scarce, unaffordable, and low-grade housing are being proposed by TOKI, the governmental mass housing administration. Its residential projects based on ‘standard regulations’ and ‘high-rise typologies’ have …
This dissertation examines the history of education provided to Palestinian refugees by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). At the heart of this inquiry is a dilemma that overshadows efforts to provide mass education to ref…
The purpose of the dissertation was to determine whether Habakkuk utilized covenant evocations. As covenant mediators, prophets declared the covenant message of Yahweh, the covenant judgment of Yahweh, and the covenant restoration of Yahweh. If indeed Hebrew prophets are covenan…
This project is an introduction for a major study that is planned to be carried on in the future. Accordingly, the main focus of the project is an attempt to provide information regarding the roles of the local leaders, such as ‘Alī Sayf al-Dawlah of Ḥamdān’s, in the changes in …
Image construction in translation has recently attracted the interest of scholars in Translation Studies (Doorslaer, Flynn & Leerssen 2016). Much of the discussion, however, has been on the target culture’s construction of the image of the Other. Rarely discussed is the construc…
The present study examines the metric variability of beer jars used for the official temple cult and private votive activities at the Thutmosis III chapel in the North Abydos Votive Zone (NAVZ), and beer jars and votive dishes deposited at Umm el-Qa’ab as private offerings for t…
This thesis explores how Palestinian prisoners in Israel and across the Middle East organized and mobilized during periods of nationalist revolt since the 1970s. It examines the way prisoners formed internal governing structures and committees that provided order, discipline, an…
This dissertation examines the Ottoman transition to a new mode of kingship in the first decades of the sixteenth century by examining the life and work of Idris Bidlisi (861-926/1457-1520), one of the most dynamic scholars and statesmen of the period. It situates Bidlisi’s life…
This dissertation examines how and why Saudis have documented their genealogies over the past three centuries. Despite the erosion of kinship ties resulting from three centuries of religious conditioning, and despite the unprecedented material transformation of Saudi society in …
In Morocco, the fantasia, the traditional equestrian display, is not only a sport, but also an important aspect of the region’s cultural heritage. This thesis explores the ways in which the fantasia evolved from a cavalry tradition to celebratory display in traditional tribal an…
This research is the first exploratory survey of rule of law officials in Iraq. Prior to this research, little has been done to examine whether U.S. rule of law efforts in Iraq were informed by a proper knowledge of the culture and criminal justice systems of Iraq and whether th…
Material reminiscent of an Aegean-style culture, which was distinct from that of the indigenous population, appeared in southern Canaan some time near the beginning of the 12th century B.C.E. Scholars have long associated this material with the arrival of a group of newcomers, t…