The collection includes late nineteenth century and early twentieth century architecture in
Arab cityscapes and natural landscapes. The photos bear witness to the scars left by the
Ottoman empire , French and English. The collection includes postcards and albumen
photographs. The majority of the albumen photos where taken by professional
photographers, including the Zangaki brothers, Pascal Sabah and Lehnert & Landrock.
Orientalist photography (and painting) was born out of the westerners' desire for
entertainment and amusement. It capitalizes on portraying Arabs as savages in staged
settings. One section of the collection, the Colonial Harem postcards, is a testimony to this
notion. The Colonial Harem postcards were created primarily by French photographers.
The models for these postcards were very young girls from north Africa, primarily Morocco
, Alger, Tunis, and Egypt .. The photographs were staged to duplicate the compositions
of the western orientalist painters, embedding the false conception of the uncivilized Arab
even deeper in the western psyche.
The stereo-topical photographs of the Palestinian people and their lifestyle were created
to target western Christians, many of whom never traveled from their homes but were
curious about the birth place of Jesus.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Orientalist Photography
Orientalist Photography
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Sirat Bani Hilal Digital Archive
Sirat Bani Hilal Digital Archive
"The Sirat Bani Hilal Digital Archive is designed as an open access resource for the preservation and dissemination of audio recordings, written texts, photographic images and other materials related to the “Epic of the Bani Hilal tribe” (Arabic: Sīrat Banī Hilāl سيرة بني هلال ). The site is dedicated to the epic singers of al-Bakātūsh (Egypt) for their willingness to share their knowledge and performances of this thousand-year-old epic poem."The Archive was created and is maintained with support of the American Council of Learned Societies and the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Open Access Journal: Journal of Islamic Architecture
Journal of Islamic Architecture
ISSN: 2086-2636
ISSN: 2086-2636
Journal of Islamic Architecture (JIA) is a scientific publication for widespread research and criticism topics in Islamic architecture studies. JIA is published twice a year in June and December since June 2010 by International Center for Islamic Architecture from the Sunnah (CIAS), Department of Architecture UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang.
2012
2011
2010
Journal of Islamic Architecture (Vol 1 No 1; 2010)
See the Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies
Thursday, February 7, 2013
GLORIA Center's Free Books Project
"The GLORIA Center’s Free Books project features 13 books on our site, free and full-text to be read online or easily downloaded. The books are available in HTML and PDF and will soon be available for download in all other formats. GLORIA invites you to take advantage of this free service, designed to promote education on Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, and other issues. We hope you find this material useful in your work, research, study, and analysis."
The collection includes nine books by Barry Rubin.
Barry Rubin is Director of Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and Editor of Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA)
- Assimilation and Its Discontents
- Cauldron of Turmoil,
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The Arab States and the Palestine Conflict
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Istanbul Intrigues
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Paved with Good Intentions
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Modern Dictators: Third World Coupmakers, Strongmen, and Populist Tyrants
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Islamic Fundamentalists in Egyptian Politics
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The Long War for Freedom-The Arab Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East
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The Tragedy of the Middle East
- The Truth About Syria
- Secrets of State
- Hating America: A History
- Children of Dolhinov
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Open Access Iraqi Academic Scientific Journals
Iraqi Academic Scientific Journals (IASJ).
"IASJ is one platform where all scholarly journals published by the Iraqi universities and research institutions are indexed and discovered. All journals in IASJ are peer-reviewed and open access.
The main aim of IASJ is to improve the online discoverability and visibility of and access to the published scholarly research of iraqi academics. IASJ will help Iraqi authors to disseminate their research globally.
At the moment IASJ is launched in a Beta version with only 71 journals published by 18 institutions. The service will be further developed and will cover all journals, more than 200 journals publisher by 40 academic institutions in Iraq."
Agriculture
Archaeology
Asian studies
Business, economics and management
Education
Environmental studies
Gender studies
General reference
History
Language and literature
Law
Library and information science
Medicine
Others
Performing arts
Philosophy
Political science
Psychology
Religion
Science
Social sciences
Technology and engineering
Open Access Journal: Ādāb al-Baṣrah - اداب البصرة
Ādāb al-Baṣrah
اداب البصرة
ISSN: 1814-8212
Publisher: [Baṣrah, Iraq] : Wizārat al-Taʻlīm al-ʻĀlī wa-al-Baḥth al-ʻIlmī : Jāmiʻat al-Baṣrah
Faculty: Arts
Language: Chiefly in Arabic, English.
| 2012 | Volume:0 Issue:62 | Pages (1-391) |
| 2012 | Volume:0 Issue:61 | Pages (1-356) |
| 2012 | Volume:0 Issue:60 | Pages (1-360) |
| 2011 | Volume:0 Issue:59 | Pages (1-425) |
| 2011 | Volume:0 Issue:58 | Pages (1-415) |
| 2011 | Volume:0 Issue:57 | Pages (1-427) |
| 2011 | Volume:0 Issue:56 | Pages (1-356) |
| 2011 | Volume:0 Issue:55 | Pages (1-428) |
| 2010 | Volume:2 Issue:54 | Pages (1-348) |
| 2010 | Volume:1 Issue:54 | Pages (1-377) |
| 2010 | Volume:0 Issue:53 | Pages (1-347) |
| 2010 | Volume:0 Issue:52 | Pages (1-316) |
| 2010 | Volume:0 Issue:51 | Pages (1-352) |
| 2009 | Volume:0 Issue:50 | Pages (1-283) |
| 2009 | Volume:0 Issue:49 | Pages (1-350) |
| 2009 | Volume:0 Issue:48 | Pages (1-342) |
| 2008 | Volume:0 Issue:47 | Pages (1-362) |
| 2008 | Volume:0 Issue:46 | Pages (1-346) |
| 2008 | Volume:0 Issue:45 | Pages (1-340) |
| 2007 | Volume:0 Issue:44 | Pages (1-308) |
| 2007 | Volume:0 Issue:43 | Pages (1-361) |
| 2007 | Volume:0 Issue:42 | Pages (1-320) |
| 2006 | Volume:0 Issue:41 | Pages (1-261) |
| 2006 | Volume:0 Issue:40 | Pages (1-248) |
| 2005 | Volume:0 Issue:39 | Pages (1-234) |
| 2005 | Volume:0 Issue:38 | Pages (1-237) |
See the Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Middle Eastern Studies
Monday, February 4, 2013
Open Access Manuscripts: University of Edinburgh image collections
University of Edinburgh: Image Collections
"These collections display highlights of the resources of the University of Edinburgh Library, principally from within Special Collections. At present we have almost 12,000 images in the system with more being added on a regular basis.
The images that have been created by the University's Digital Imaging Unit are freely accessible to all. We also offer images through commercial services such as Archivision and the Amica Library. Access to these is restricted to students and staff of the University of Edinburgh. This restriction also applies to Edinburgh College of Art collections. All images are displayed using LUNA software."
"These collections display highlights of the resources of the University of Edinburgh Library, principally from within Special Collections. At present we have almost 12,000 images in the system with more being added on a regular basis.
The images that have been created by the University's Digital Imaging Unit are freely accessible to all. We also offer images through commercial services such as Archivision and the Amica Library. Access to these is restricted to students and staff of the University of Edinburgh. This restriction also applies to Edinburgh College of Art collections. All images are displayed using LUNA software."
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