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Imperial Perceptions of Palestine: British Influence and Power in Late Ottoman Times (1854-1923)
No full text‘A scholarly, original study that offers several new insights and a balanced criticism of British and Zionist perceptions of Palestinian history and society. For anyone with an interest in deconstructing the present of our region this book is a must.’ --
Moshe Ma’oz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem --
‘Imperial Perceptions of Palestine is a powerful and truly illuminating study of Palestine’s history under British influence that will challenge common conceptions and understandings of that period. Based on meticulous and extensive archival work, Kamel shows how the dispossession to which Palestinians have long been subject extends to their history in what he terms “biblical orientalism”, denuding not only Palestinian claims but a lived history upon which those claims are based. Hence, the Palestinian struggle at present is not only about liberation but is also an attempt to “get back into history”, reclaiming a past in all its vibrancy, complexity and beauty.’
-- Sara Roy, Harvard University --
‘This is a truly outstanding academic work. It fills a gap in the literature on modern Palestine and, more generally, on the construction of the modern Middle East. It is based on a wide range of primary sources in six languages. It offers a comprehensive outlook on a wide number of issues such as cultural, social and spatial boundaries, local identities, land tenure, institutions, toponomy and borders.’
-- Ilaria Porciani, Bologna University --
‘This book offers important critical research about the roots of the conflict over Palestine. The author has made a thorough investigation based on a wide range of resources and documents, opening new avenues for re-reading a crucial period in the history of the Middle East.’
-- Nazmi Jubeh, Birzeit University, Ramallah -
“Anti-Jewish Philosemitism”: Exploitation of the history of the Jewish People in British Literature
No full textDe excidio et conquestu Britanniae is the title of the most ancient surviving manuscript ever written by a British author about the story of Albion. It was written around 564 C.E. by Gildas, a Welsh clergyman who went down in history as the oldest source of the history of post-Roman Britain. The latter, although it did not host any Jewish communities at the time, is referred to as “the new Israel” in the manuscript, and the battles of this “holy nation” against the “invading barbarians” are compared to the battles of ancient Israel against Babilonians and Philistines. There are quotations from the Old Testament on almost every page of the De Excidio. In Gildas’ eyes the British are the people of Israel of his times.
This article investigates the perception of Jews and Jewesses in British Literature from Gildas to George Eliot (1819-1880), assessing how these perceptions affected the modern and contemporary history of Great Britain, Palestine and the Jews
Contemporary African Literatures Under Tension : A “Tokenized” Werstern Gaze ? The Case of Algerian Writer Kamel Daoud
No full textKamel Daoud has become a globalized author. His authorial figure, increasingly polarized between his homeland and his host space, makes him a controversial writer. Indeed, the Algerian writer is often criticized for adopting a discourse in line with the host literary field, in this case France, thus adapting an authorial stance adjusted to the ideas and ideals of the coveted literary space. In turn, the host field offers the Algerian writer the media coverage necessary for his literary and social recognition, which is often criticized for being conditioned by symbolic expectations. His posture, which oscillates between criticism of his own country and a discourse adapted to the French intellectual space, raises the question of his possible tokenization. In this article, we propose to analyze the mechanisms of the literary and social recognition of the writer Kamel Daoud from the tokenist prism, through his discourses within his work and outside of itKamel Daoud est devenu un écrivain algérien et africain globalisé. Sa figure d’auteur, de plus en plus polarisée entre l’espace d’origine et l’espace d’accueil, fait de lui un écrivain controversé. En effet, il est souvent reproché au romancier algérien d’adopter un discours en adéquation avec le champ littéraire d’accueil, en l’occurrence la France, adaptant dès lors une posture auctoriale ajustée aux idées et idéaux de l’espace littéraire occidental. À son tour, le champ d’accueil offre à l’écrivain algérien la médiatisation nécessaire à sa reconnaissance littéraire et sociale, à laquelle on reproche souvent d’être conditionnée à des attentes symboliques. Sa posture, qui oscille entre la critique de sa propre contrée et un discours adapté à l’espace intellectuel français, soulève la question de sa possible « tokénisation ». Dans cet article, nous proposons d’analyser les mécanismes de la reconnaissance littéraire et sociale de l’écrivain Kamel Daoud sous le prisme tokéniste à travers ses discours dans son œuvre et à l’extérieur de cette dernière
El extranjero: Albert Camus vs. Kamel Daoud. Por un postexistencialismo libertario
No full textThe Stranger by Camus is one of the most widely read books in the world. This essay tackles Camus philosophy of the absurd in his philosophical tale, along with libertarian spirit that Daoud’s counter inquiry tends to defend, nearly half a century later, in The Meursault Investigation. Indeed the Algerian author offers a retelling of The Stranger in order to confront the absurd figured by Camus with those real harsh conditions of living that his own people had to endure, at least concerning its minorities. We are the absurd! This is the thesis the author wishes to defend. This dialogue between Daoud and Camus argues the issue of a potential process of independence and liberty from a libertarian and post-existentialist perspective.El extranjero de Albert Camus es uno de los libros más leídos del mundo. El presente ensayo pone en relieve la filosofía del absurdo que aborda Camus en este cuento filosófico con la visión libertaria defendida, medio siglo después, por Kamel Daoud en su contra encuesta: Meursault, caso revisado. El autor argelino propone reescribir El extranjero para confrontar el absurdo desde las condiciones objetivas de existencia sufridas por las minorías de su pueblo. ¡El absurdo somos nosotros!, es la tesis que defiende el autor. Este diálogo Albert Camus vs. Kamel Daoud argumenta la posible construcción de un proceso de independencia y de libertad a partir de un post-existencialismo-libertario
The Stranger: Albert Camus vs. Kamel Daoud. For a libertarian post-existentialism
No full textÈlodie Ségal, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana – Cuajimalpa. Profesora Investigadora, UAM Cuajimalpa, Departamento de Estudios Institucionales, [email protected]. Asociada Universidad Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, IEDES. Doctora en Sociología, Centre Pierre Naville, Francia. Ha escrito artículos sobre el tema de las cualificaciones de los trabajadores, la regulación económica, sus alternativas/resistencias y su impacto sobre la racionalización de la subjetividad. En 2015 participó en los seminarios de Monique David-Ménard sobre psicoanálisis y filosofía. Recientemente inició un programa de investigación intitulado: “El exiliado. Bajo el signo Libertario”, en la red de investigación de la Cátedra Estudios Críticos de la Cultura de la Universidad Iberoamericana.El extranjero de Albert Camus es uno de los libros más leídos en el mundo. El presente ensayo pone en relieve la filosofía del absurdo abordada por Camus en este cuento filosófico, contraponiéndola a la visión libertaria defendida, medio siglo después, por Kamel Daoud en su contrainvestigación: Meursault, caso revisado. El autor argelino propone reescribir El extranjero para confrontar el absurdo desde las condiciones objetivas de existencia experimentadas por las minorías de su pueblo. ¡El absurdo somos nosotros!, es la tesis que defiende. Este diálogo entre, Albert Camus y Kamel Daoud gira en torno a la posibilidad de construir un proceso de independencia y libertad partiendo de un postexistencialismo libertario.The Stranger by Camus is one of the most widely read books in the world. This essay tackles Camus philosophy of the absurd in his philosophical tale, along with libertarian spirit that Daoud’s counter inquiry tends to defend, nearly half a century later, in The Meursault Investigation. Indeed the Algerian author offers a retelling of The Stranger in order to confront the absurd figured by Camus with those real harsh conditions of living that his own people had to endure, at least concerning its minorities. We are the absurd! This is the thesis the author wishes to defend. This dialogue between Daoud and Camus argues the issue of a potential process of Independence and liberty from a libertarian and post-existentialist perspective
Multinomial Sequence Based Estimation Using Contiguous Subsequences of Length Three
No full textThe Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Bayesian estimation paradigms work within the model that the data, from which the parameters are to be estimated, is treated as a set rather than as a sequence. The pioneering paper that dealt with the field of sequence-based estimation [2] involved utilizing both the information in the observations and in their sequence of appearance. The results of [2] introduced the concepts of Sequence Based Estimation (SBE) for the Binomial distribution, where the authors derived the corresponding MLE results when the samples are taken two-at-a-time, and then extended these for the cases when they are processed three-at-a-time, four-at-a-time etc. These results were generalized for the multinomial “two-at-a-time” scenario in [3]. This paper (This paper is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Mohamed Kamel, who was a close friend of the first author.) now further generalizes the results found in [3] for the multinomial case and for subsequences of length 3. The strategy used in [3] (and also here) involves a novel phenomenon called “Occlusion” that has not been reported in the field of estimation. The phenomenon can be described as follows: By occluding (hiding or concealing) certain observations, we map the estimation problem onto a lower-dimensional space, i.e., onto a binomial space. Once these occluded SBEs have been computed, the overall Multinomial SBE (MSBE) can be obtained by combining these lower-dimensional estimates. In each case, we formally prove and experimentally demonstrate the convergence of the corresponding estimates
A review on graphene and graphene composites for application in electromagnetic shielding
No full text<p>This document is an author version of review paper ragarding new shielding materials. <span>To design an EMI shielding product, a compromise must be achieved between the electromagnetic shielding efficiency, the thickness of shielding materials, durability, mechanical strength, reduced volume and weight, and elasticity. Due to its ability to block EMWs, flexibility, lightweight, and chemical resistivity, graphene has been identified as a promising candidate material for efficient EMI shielding. Herein, we reviewed the studies that investigated various graphene-based composites as potential EMI shielding materials, with a focus on the composites based on graphene and silver nanowires due to their high EMI shielding efficiency, low production price, and favorable mechanical properties. </span></p>
Réinvention et détournement du féminin ou Schéhérazade au masculin dans ZABOR ou les psaumes de Kamel Daoud
No full textScheherazade, an important female character in the collection of tales The Thousand and One Nights, its main storyteller and guarantor since she ensured its continuity by inventing each night a new story to achieve a specific goal: (to)
save from the execution. She is also presented as the perfect embodiment of the therapist who wields speech with great intelligence to heal the king of his complexes and his insatiable desire for revenge. But what fate was reserved for her after the thousand and one nights stories? In this article, we analyze the novel by Algerian author Kamel Daoud ZABOR ou les psaumes focusing our attention on the reinvention and diversion of the female character of Scheherazade to the masculine
Erratum: Statistical analysis on the radiological assessment and geochemical studies of granite rocks in the north of Um Taghir area, Eastern Desert, Egypt (Open Chem. (2022) 20: 1 (254–256) DOI: 10.1515/chem-2022-0131)
No full textCorrigendum to: Awad H, Abu El-Leil I, Nastavkin A, Tolba A, Kamel M, El-Wardany R, et al. Statistical analysis on the radiological assessment and geochemical studies of granite rocks in the north of Um Taghir area, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Open Chem. 2022;20(1):254 6. https://doi.org/10.1515/chem-2022-0131. After publishing the article, the authors noticed that there is a mistake in the authors contributions section. It was given as: Author contributions: H.A., I.A., A.N.conception of the study; A.T, M.K.experiment; R.E., A.R.analysis and manuscript preparation; H.Z., H.A., H.T.data analysis and writing the manuscript; S.I., H.Z.analysis with constructive discussions. It should be given as: Author contributions: H.A., I.A., A.N.conception of the study; A.T, M.K.experiment; R.E., A.R.analysis and manuscript preparation; H.Z., H.A., H.T.data analysis and writing the manuscript; H.A., A.E., S.I., H.Z.analysis with constructive discussions. © 2022 De Gruyter. All rights reserved
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