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Nesma Elsakaan

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In partenza verso il majhul. Italiani ed egiziani in fuga per Alessandria d'Egitto

2019

This article analyzes two novels set in Alexandria. The first one is "Cortile a Cleopatra" by the Italian writer Fausta Cialente. The second one is "Nobody sleeps in Alexandria" (Lâ ahad yanâm fî'l-Iskandariyya) by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid. The analysis focus on actions that characterize the genre of travel literature in which the traveler is expected to perform two actions: leaving then returning. If the traveler does not come back to the starting point, his experience is not considered as "travel", rather as "change of residence". But it does not always work out that way. In the two novels, the protagonists leave with intentions of ever coming back. At the same time, their departure includes …

Travel literature Cortile a Cleopatra No One Sleeps in Alexandria (Lâ ahad yanâm fî'l-Iskandariyya) Fausta Cialente Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
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The Embryo Development in Quranic Verses

2016

The aim of this paper is to answer two questions: is there a section in the Quran that describes the human embryo development? Second, if such a case existed, could it be compared to the Greek theories of generation? The answer to both questions is affirmative. In the first part of this paper, we discuss some Quranic verses talking about the embryo development. We also outline how the terminology (nufah, alaqah, mughah) used for expressing the embryo development in these verses involves complex translation challenges. In the second part, we compare the Quranic verses to two Greek theories of generation. Finally, we highlight a little-known aspect of the Quranic text worthy of study.

Quran Generation Nufah Alaqah Mughah
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Riconsiderare l’identità delle donne musulmane nell’Egitto post-rivoluzionario

2019

Questo articolo esplora alcune forme dell’identità femminile nell’Egitto post-rivoluzionario, quale si manifesta in due documenti pubblicati dopo la Rivoluzione del 2011 sui diritti delle donne musulmane. Sono il Documento di al–Azhar (2013) e la Dichiarazione di Alessandria (2014), concordi nel ribadire il valore delle donne e i diritti garantiti loro dalla shari‘a. L’uno e l’altra hanno visto il coinvolgimento delle femministe islamiche. Si descrivono anche le possibilità di collaborazione tra al-Azhar e le femministe islamiche, per fondare una conoscenza religiosa-femminista autoctona e sensibile al genere. Tale collaborazione è utile per l’affermazione di un’identità femminile rispettos…

وثيقة الأزهر للمرأة - إعلان الإسكندرية "حول حقوق المرأة في الإسلام" - هوية النساء - الإسلام - مصر بعد ثورة 25 ينايرAl Azhar Position Paper on Women’s Rights - Alexandria Declaration on Women’s Rights in Islam - gender equality-sensitive religious knowledge - Islamic feminists - Egypt after the 2011 revolutionDocumento di al–Azhar – Dichiarazione di Alessandria – Diritti delle donne – Islam – Identità femminile – Egitto post-rivoluzionario
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Femminismo islamico e cosmopolitismo

2021

The chapter introduces Islamic feminism as a movement with a focus on three study cases from Egypt (Omaima Abou-Bakr), Iran (Ziba Mir-Hosseini), and the United States (Amina Wadud). In my section, I claim that besides being a social commitment, Islamic feminism is a form of moral cosmopolitanism, for it is a global and transnational movement. The advocacy of Islamic feminists is rooted in local contexts, at the same time they are involved in empowering international networks which allow them to meet activists from other domains, enforce their projects, share their experiences and work together for achieving their goals. The name “cosmopolitan Islamic feminist” is not an oxymoron, since it d…

Islamic feminism Cosmopolitanism Omaima Abou-Bakr Amina Wadud Ziba Mir-Hosseini Islamic Ethics Human rights.
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Feminism (Islamic) in ODIP: The Online Dictionary of Intercultural Philosophy a cura di Thorsten BotzBornstein

2020

Islamic Feminism
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Il femminismo islamico in Egitto. Donne, religione e giustizia di genere

2019

نسوية إسلامية، جندر، مساواة، اميمة أبو بكر، مصر La lotta per l’uguaglianza di genere coinvolge donne di tutte le parti del mondo. Una delle manifestazioni di questa mobilitazione globale è il femminismo islamico. Si tratta di un appello aperto che vuole unire donne che si battono per penetrare le mura del discorso religioso dominato dagli uomini. Questo libro racconta l’esperienza delle femministe islamiche con focus sul contesto egiziano e sulla voce di Omaima Abou-Bakr. La ricerca e l’azione di questa studiosa e femminista dimostrano il potenziale esplosivo che le donne musulmane portano con sé in quanto soggetti attivi capaci di produrre conoscenza religiosa alternativa favorevole alla g…

Islamic feminism feminist hermeneutics gender equality Qur'anic ethics Omaima Abou-Bakr EgyptFemminismo islamico ermeneutica femminista uguaglianza di genere principi etici del Corano Omaima Abou-Bakr Egitto.
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Feminism (Arab)

2020

Feminism in the Arab world

Arab worldFeminism
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Mobilità di genere e attivismo nel Nord Africa post-rivoluzionario. Strategie, sviluppo e sfide

2019

"Emerging Actors in Post-Revolutionary North Africa: Gender Mobility and Social Activism", Anna Maria Di Tolla e Ersilia Francesca (eds), book review, in «Studi magrebini», XIV-XV (2016-2017), vol. I, pp. 452. The review highlights the issues that that book deals with, focusing in particular on gender mobility and social activism in post-revolutionary North Africa. Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt are Study cases of the book that includes papers in English and in French.

Gender Mobility Social Activism Post-Revolutionary North Africa.
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Classroom Vocabulary

2020

Classroom Vocabulary
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