SOAS Research Online

Authored Books

George, Andrew (2009) Babylonian Literary Texts in the Schøyen Collection. Bethesda, Md: CDL Press. (Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology 10; Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection, Cuneiform Texts 4)

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Shah, Mustafa, ed. (2009) The Hadith: Articulating the Beliefs and Constructs of Classical Islam. London: Routledge. (Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies)

van Gelder, Geert Jan and Hammond, Marle, eds. (2009) Takhyil: the Imaginary in Classical Arabic Poetics. [Oxford]: E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Trust.

Book Chapters

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2009) 'The Politics of Peace in Islam.' In: Hogan, Linda and Lehrke, Dylan Lee, (eds.), Religions and the Politics of Peace and Conflict. Eugene Oregon: Pickwick Publications. (Princeton Theological Monograph Series)

Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad (2009) 'Qur’an.' In: Versteegh, C., (ed.), Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, Vol. IV (Q-Z). Leiden: Brill, pp. 21-32.

Dorfmann-Lazarev, Igor (2009) '‘Exploration of the Kazakh Steppes and Semireč’e in Russia from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century.' In: Bonora, G.L., Pianciola, N. and Sartori, P., (eds.), Kazakhstan: Religions and Society in the History of Central Eurasia. Turin, Italy: U. Allemandi, pp. 179-198.

Dorfmann-Lazarev, Igor (2009) 'L’Ermete armeno: un catechismo. Ermete il Tre-volte-grande ad Asclepio «Definizioni»(annotated translation, introduction, lexicon).' In: Scarpi, P., (ed.), La rivelazione segreta di Ermete Trismegisto, vol. I. Milan: Mondadori, 3-23, 393.

Dorfmann-Lazarev, Igor (2009) 'Silence, Intellect and Discourse in the Quest for the True Teaching: Reflections on Hermes Trismegistos’s «Definitions».' In: Pabst, A. and Schneider, C., (eds.), Encounter between Eastern Orthodoxy and Radical Orthodoxy: Transfiguring the World through the Word. Surrey: Ashgate, pp. 176-184.

El-Desouky, Ayman (2009) 'Bahaa' Taher (1935-).' In: Al-Mallah, Majd Yaser and Fitzpatrick, Coeli, (eds.), Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 346: Twentieth-Century Arab Writers. New York: Bruccoli Clark Layman, Inc, pp. 252-257.

El-Desouky, Ayman (2009) 'Gamal al-Ghitani (1945-).' In: Al-Mallah, Majd Yaser and Fitzpatrick, Coeli, (eds.), Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 346: Twentieth-Century Arab Writers. New York: Bruccoli Clark Layman, Inc, pp. 58-68. (Dictionary of Literary Biography)

Hammond, Marle (2009) 'From Phantasia to Paronomasia: Image-Evocation and the Double Entendre in Khalil Hawi's 'The Mariner and the Dervish'.' In: van Gelder, Geert Jan and Hammond, Marle, (eds.), Takhyil: the Imaginary in Classical Arabic Poetics. [Oxford]: E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Trust, pp. 274-286.

Kennedy, Hugh (2009) 'Survival of Iranianness.' In: Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh and Stewart, Sarah, (eds.), The Rise of Islam. London: I.B. Tauris, pp. 13-29.

Laachir, Karima (2009) 'Social Class.' In: Albertazzi, Daniele and Cobley, Paul, (eds.), The Media: An Introduction. London: Pearson.

Ouyang, Wen-Chin (2009) 'The Arabian Nights in Chinese and English Translations: Differing Patterns of Cultural Encounter.' In: Chraibi, Aboubakr and Ramirez, Carmen, (eds.), Les Mille et une nuits et le recit oriental: En Espagne et en Occident. Paris: L’Harmattan, pp. 371-400.

Phillips, Christina (2009) 'Abd al-Hakim Qasim.' In: Fitzpatrick, Coeli and Al-Mallah, Majd Yaser, (eds.), Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth Century Arabic Writers. Detroit: Gale Cengage Learning. (Dictionary of literary biography)

Schwemer, Daniel (2009) 'Tod, Geschick und Schicksalsgöttin: Übergänge zwischen Leben und Tod in babylonischen Abwehrzauber-Ritualen.' In: Berlejung, Angelika and Janowski, Bernd, (eds.), Tod und Jenseits im alten Israel und in seiner Umwelt. Theologische, religionsgeschichtliche, archäologische und ikonographische Aspekte. Tübingen: Mohr - Siebeck, pp. 583-595.

Sperl, Stefan (2009) 'Darkness Transformed into Light: Ibn al-Mu'tazz on the Pen.' In: Allison, Christine, Joisten-Pruschke, Anke and Wendtland, Antje, (eds.), From Daēna to Dîn : Religion, Kultur und Sprache in der iranischen Welt ; Festschrift für Philip Kreyenbroek zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 457-464.

Sperl, Stefan (2009) 'Islamic Kingship and Arabic Panegyric Poetry in the Early Ninth Century.' In: Stetkevych, Suzanne P., (ed.), Early Islamic Poetry and Poetics. Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 79-94.

Journal Article

Alshaer, Atef (2009) 'The Poetry of Hamas.' The Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 2 (2). pp. 214-230.

Geer, Benjamin (2009) 'Prophets and Priests of the Nation: Naguib Mahfouz’s Karnak Café and the 1967 Crisis in Egypt.' International Journal of Middle East Studies, 41 (4). pp. 653-669.

George, Andrew (2009) 'Babylonian texts from the folios of Sidney Smith, part four: Two Old Babylonian letters.' Revue d'assyriologie, 103. pp. 49-57.

Inge, Anabel (2009) 'Political Islam: Global and Local Manifestations and Challenges.' The Middle East in London, 5 (10). p. 13.

Ouyang, Wen-Chin (2009) 'An Ethical Underworld?: Legendary Con Artists in Arabic Vernacular Fiction.' Oriente Moderno, 89 (2). pp. 407-424.

Schwemer, Daniel (2009) 'Review of J. Scurlock, 'Magico-medical Means of Treating Ghost-induced Illnesses on Ancient Mesopotamia'.' Bibliotheca Orientalis, 66 (1-2). pp. 168-177.

Schwemer, Daniel (2009) 'Schicksal (-stafel, -sbestimmung). B. Bei den Hethitern.' Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie, 12 (1-2). pp. 155-157.

Schwemer, Daniel (2009) 'Washing, Defiling and Burning: Two Bilingual Anti-witchcraft Incantations.' Orientalia Nova Series, 78 (1). pp. 44-68.

Schwemer, Daniel and Abusch, Tzvi (2009) 'The Chicago Maqlû Fragment (A 7876).' Iraq, 71. pp. 53-87.

Schwemer, Daniel and Abusch, Tzvi (2009) 'RIAA 312 (O 193) Revisited.' Akkadica, 130 (1). pp. 103-110.

Shah, Mustafa (2009) 'Review Article of Mourad, Suleiman Ali. 'Early Islam between Myth and History: Al-Hasan al-Basri (d. 110H/728CE) and the Formation of His Legacy in Classical Islamic Scholarship'.' Journal of Qur’anic Studies, 11 (2). pp. 93-119.

Shindler, Colin (2009) 'Opposing Partition: the Zionist Predicaments after the Shoah.' Israel Studies, 14 (2). pp. 88-104.

Weeden, Mark (2009) 'The Akkadian Words for "Grain" and the God Haya.' Welt des Orients, 39 (1). pp. 77-107.

Zebiri, Kate (2009) 'The Relationship between Seeker and Spiritual Guide as portrayed in Contemporary Western Sufi Autobiographies.' Comparative Islamic Studies, 5 (2). pp. 297-333.

Conference or Workshop Items

Inge, Anabel (2009) Integration of Muslim Communities in Germany and Britain – success or failure? In: Integration of Muslim Communities in Germany and Britain – success or failure?, May 28, 2009, SOAS.

Book Reviews

Alshaer, Atef (2009) 'Gaza in Suspension: Review of, 'Governing Gaza: Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917–1967, by Ilana Feldman.' H-Net H-Levant .

Alshaer, Atef (2009) 'Review of 'Embers and Ashes: Memories of an Arab Intellectual', by Hisham Sharabi.' Electronic Intifada .

Alshaer, Atef (2009) 'Review of 'The Strings of the Lute', by Eileen Colucci.' Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 2 (1). pp. 176-179.

Dorfmann-Lazarev, Igor (2009) 'Review of 'Nerses of Lambron. Commentary on the Revelation of Saint John'. Translation of the Armenian text, notes, and introduction by Robert W. Thomson.' Le Muséon, 122 (1/2). pp. 231-236.

Hammond, Marle (2009) 'Review of Radwa Ashour et al (eds.), Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999.' Middle Eastern Studies, 45 (5). pp. 851-855.

Schwemer, Daniel (2009) 'Review of: A. Taggar-Cohen, Hittite Priesthood (Texte der Hethiter 26), Heidelberg 2006.' Orientalia Nova Series, 78 (1). pp. 96-105.

Shah, Mustafa (2009) 'Book review of: Colin F. Baker. Qur’an Manuscripts: Calligraphy, Illumination and Design (London: British Library, 2007).' Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 11 (1). pp. 126-132.

Shah, Mustafa (2009) 'Review of 'The Oral and the Written in Early Islam' by Gregor Schoeler; translated by Uwe Vagelpohl.' Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 10 (1). pp. 98-128.

Shindler, Colin (2009) 'Review of 'A History of Palestine: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Founding of the State of Israel' by Gudrun Krämer.' Journal of Israeli History, 28 (1). pp. 79-83.

Shindler, Colin (2009) 'Review of 'Hamas vs Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine' by Jonathan Schanzer.' Asian Affairs, 11 (2).

Shindler, Colin (2009) 'Review of 'Yigal Allon, Native Son: A Biography by Anita Shapira'. Translated by Evelyn Abel.' Middle Eastern Studies, 45 (1). pp. 149-153.

Other

Alshaer, Atef (2009) 'Syria: The Weeping Child of Our Conscience.' E-International Relations.

Phillips, Christina and Berrada, Mohamed (2009) 'Like A Summer Never To Be Repeated. An English translation of 'Mithla ṣayf lan yatakarrar' by Muḥammad Barādah.' Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press.

Phillips, Christina and al-Shaykh, Hanan (2009) 'The Beauty Parlour for Swans. An English translation of al-Shaykh Hanan's 'Salun al-Tajmil li'l-Baja'.' London: The Royal Parks.

Shindler, Colin (2009) 'Tel Aviv at 100: A Short Walk to Modernity.' In: The Jewish Year Book 2009. Edgware: Vallentine Mitchell.