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Medieval Christian Dualist Perceptions and Conceptions of Biblical Paradise (2013)
Journal Article
Stoyanov, Y. (2013). Medieval Christian Dualist Perceptions and Conceptions of Biblical Paradise. Studia Ceranea. Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe, 3, 149-166. https://doi.org/10.18778/2084-140X.03.11

The article intends to draw attention to some of the most significant and telling appropriations of traditional themes of Biblical paradise in medieval Christian dualism (namely, Paulicianism, Bogomilism and related groups in Eastern Christendom and... Read More about Medieval Christian Dualist Perceptions and Conceptions of Biblical Paradise.

Defenders and Enemies of the True Cross: The Sasanian Conquest of Jerusalem in 614 and Byzantine Ideology of Anti-Persian Warfare (2011)
Book
Stoyanov, Y. (2011). Defenders and Enemies of the True Cross: The Sasanian Conquest of Jerusalem in 614 and Byzantine Ideology of Anti-Persian Warfare. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1553/0x0028e87e

The Persian conquest of Jerusalem and the Holy Land in 614 represented one of the crucial episodes and high points of the last great war of antiquity between Sasanian Persia and the East Roman/Byzantine empires (603-628). The purpose of this monograp... Read More about Defenders and Enemies of the True Cross: The Sasanian Conquest of Jerusalem in 614 and Byzantine Ideology of Anti-Persian Warfare.

Early and recent formulations of theories for a formative Christian heterodox impact on Alevism (2010)
Journal Article
Stoyanov, Y. (2010). Early and recent formulations of theories for a formative Christian heterodox impact on Alevism. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 37(3), 261-272. https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2010.524435

Amongst the multitude of attempts to re-examine the heritage, history and textual basis of the Alevi tradition, one particular issue remains of importance; the putative relationship between Alevi and Christian groups in the Balkans and Anatolia. In p... Read More about Early and recent formulations of theories for a formative Christian heterodox impact on Alevism.

Grammatical Contact in the Sahara: Arabic, Berber, and Songhay in Tabelbala and Siwa (2010)
Thesis
Souag, L. Grammatical Contact in the Sahara: Arabic, Berber, and Songhay in Tabelbala and Siwa. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

This thesis examines the effects of contact on the grammars of the languages of two Saharan oases, Siwa and Tabelbala. These share similar linguistic ecologies in many respects, and can be regarded as among the most extreme representatives of a langu... Read More about Grammatical Contact in the Sahara: Arabic, Berber, and Songhay in Tabelbala and Siwa.

Norms of War in Eastern Orthodox Christianity (2009)
Book Chapter
Stoyanov, Y. (2009). Norms of War in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. In V. Popovski, G. M. Reichberg, & N. Turner (Eds.), World Religions and Norms of War (166-220). United Nations University Press

Siwa and its significance for Arabic dialectology (2009)
Journal Article
Souag, L. (2009). Siwa and its significance for Arabic dialectology. Zeitschrift für arabische Linguistik, 51-75

Siwi is best known for being the easternmost Berber language, but includes a very substantial Arabic stratum. The q reflex of qāf and the final ʾimāla of -ā to -ī in loanwords alone suffice to establish that most of this influence derives neither fro... Read More about Siwa and its significance for Arabic dialectology.

Najdi Arabic (2008)
Book Chapter
Ingham, B. (2008). Najdi Arabic. In K. Versteegh (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. Vol.3 (326-334). Brill

Afterword (2008)
Book Chapter
Al-Ali, N. (2008). Afterword. In I. Al-Qazwini (Ed.), Zubaida's Window: A Novel of Iraqi Exile (123-135). The Feminist Press at the City University of New York

Khuzestan Arabic (2007)
Book Chapter
Ingham, B. (2007). Khuzestan Arabic. In K. Versteegh (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. Vol.2 (571-578). Brill

Afghanistan Arabic (2006)
Book Chapter
Ingham, B. (2006). Afghanistan Arabic. In K. Versteegh (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Arabic language and linguistics. Vol. 1 (28-35). Brill

Notes on the Algerian Arabic dialect of Dellys (2005)
Journal Article
Souag, L. (2005). Notes on the Algerian Arabic dialect of Dellys. Estudios de dialectología norteafricana y andalusí, 151-180

The Arabic dialect of Dellys (Algeria) has been generally neglected in North African linguistics, despite the town's age and its location just kilometers from the Arabic-Kabyle linguistic boundary. It belongs to the little-documented urban north-cen... Read More about Notes on the Algerian Arabic dialect of Dellys.

Gender Writing/Writing Gender: The representation of women in a selection of modern Egyptian literature (1994)
Book
Al-Ali, N. (1994). Gender Writing/Writing Gender: The representation of women in a selection of modern Egyptian literature. The American University in Cairo Press

In this critical study, Nadje Sadig Al-Ali analyzes the representations of women in the works of six Egyptian writers. Her purpose is to determine to what extent these writers exhibit a gender ideology, and to examine the reflection of wider discours... Read More about Gender Writing/Writing Gender: The representation of women in a selection of modern Egyptian literature.