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An analytical study of the theatre of the Syrian playwright Saadallah Wannous, with particular emphasis on the plays written after the 1967 war
Full text linkThis study is an examination of the life and work of
the Syrian dramatist Saadallah Wannous (1941-1997). Wannous's name is virtually unknown in the West; only two academic studies of any significance have appeared in English on this eminent and challenging writer, who was honoured by UNESCO at the end of his life. Even in the Arab world his standing rests largely upon his celebrity as a cultural icon, since professional performances of his plays are rare due to the decline of the theatre in the region, and little attention has been devoted to theatre studies by Arab academics. The two studies in English do not attempt to be comprehensive but focus on particular stages of Wannous's career. This study is, therefore, the first to encompass the full range of Wannous's work. To do so it combines an account of his life which seeks to comprehend the various forces that shaped his thinking with an analysis of his dramatic works. The study concentrates on the plays written in the years following the trauma inflicted on the Arab world by the catastrophe of their
defeat in the Arab-Israeli war of June, 1967. Wannous's career can be divided into three phases: the immature plays of his young manhood which are influenced by European models and generally focus on the social condition of the individual; his middle period - the `theatre of politicisation', when his Marxist politics were the main
factor shaping his drama; and his late works, which are characterised by an extraordinary freedom of thought and expression. The introduction places Wannous in his historical and sociocultural context and provides a brief background explaining the literary and theatrical traditions of the Arab world that influenced his activity as a dramatist. Each phase is then examined in turn and the plays are analysed in accordance with the focus of the study. This means that emphasis is given to the middle period,
but no significant work is neglected. The study aims to trace the trajectory of Wannous's development using a
variety of sources: the plays themselves, Wannous's own journalism and critical writings, interviews with his widow, his friends and colleagues, and numerous
journals, books and articles, some of which contain
important interviews with Wannous that shed light on his thought and ways of working. Use is also made of the
two studies mentioned above. The study shows that Wannous's theatre was influenced by the key political, social and cultural developments of his time, and that he
constantly sought to find forms that would express those transformations in dramatic terms
Uncertainties based queries for Interactive policy learning with evaluations and corrections
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The abduction of Libya’s prime minister : militias run rampant
No full textOn 10 October, 2013, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was briefly abducted by one of Libya’s numerous militia groups but was released unharmed hours later. His abduction may have more to do with the peculiar dynamics of post-revolutionary politics in Libya
KUE ALI AGREM KHAS KARAWANG SEBAGAI IDE KARYA SENI DEKORASI RUMAH DENGAN ALAT SULAM PUNCH NEEDLE
Full text linkPenciptaan karya tugas akhir yang berjudul Kue Ali Agrem sebagai Ide Karya Seni Dekorasi Rumah dengan Alat Sulam Punch Needle ini berawal dari generasi muda yang kurang mengetahui makanan tradisional khas Karawang salah satunya kue ali agrem sehingga penulis ingin memperkenalkan kue ali agrem lewat karya seni ini. Penulis ingin mengaplikasikan kue ali agrem ke dalam media kain dengan menggunakan teknik sulam punch needle. Kue ali agrem salah satu makanan tradisional khas Karawang yang kehadirannya kian memudar tetapi masih banyak peminatnya. Kue ali juga sering disajikan saat acara keagamaan maupun saat acara pernikahan, karena kue ali sendiri dalam bahasa sunda artinya cincin. Metode pendekatan yang digunakan ada tiga tahap, metode penciptaan kriya dimulai dari tahap eksplorasi, perancangan, dan perwujudan. Teknik perwujudan yang diterapkan dalam keseluruhan karya adalah dengan teknik sulam punch needle. Karya yang dihasilkan dari penciptaan Tugas Akhir ini adalah empat karya seni, yaitu berupa cermin hias, bantal, keranjang, dan hiasan dinding. Setiap masing-masing karya sulam memiliki keunikannya masing-masing dan penulis berharap dengan diwujudkannya karya ini dapat membawa manfaat dan inspirasi bagi para pecinta seni khususnya di bidang kriya tekstil.
Kata kunci: Kue Ali Agrem, Sulam, dan Punch Needle.
The creation of the final project work entitled Ali Agrem Cake as an Idea of Home Decoration Artwork with Punch Needle Embroidery began with the younger generation who did not know the traditional food of Karawang, one of which was ali agrem cake so the author wanted to introduce ali agrem cake through this artwork. The author wants to apply ali agrem cake into fabric media using the punch needle embroidery technique. Ali agrem cake is one of Karawang's traditional foods whose presence is fading but there are still many fans. Ali cakes are also often served during religious events and at weddings, because ali cakes themselves in Sundanese language mean rings. The method used is three stages, the craft creation method starts from the exploration, design, and embodiment stages. The embodiment technique applied in the entire work is the punch needle embroidery technique. The works produced from the creation of this Final Project are four works of art, namely in the form of decorative mirrors, pillows, baskets, and wall decorations. Each embroidery work has its own uniqueness and the author hopes that the realization of this work can bring benefits and inspiration to art lovers, especially in the field of textile crafts.
Keywords: Ali Agrem Cake, Embroidery, and Punch Needle
The representation of speech and its processing in the human brain and deep neural networks
No full textFor most languages in the world and for speech that deviates from the standard pronunciation, not enough (annotated) speech data is available to train an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system. Moreover, human intervention is needed to adapt an ASR system to a new language or type of speech. Human listeners, on the other hand, are able to quickly adapt to nonstandard speech and can learn the sound categories of a new language without having been explicitly taught to do so. In this paper, I will present comparisons between human speech processing and deep neural network (DNN)-based ASR and will argue that the cross-fertilisation of the two research fields can provide valuable information for the development of ASR systems that can flexibly adapt to any type of speech in any language. Specifically, I present results of several experiments carried out on both human listeners and DNN-based ASR systems on the representation of speech and lexically-guided perceptual learning, i.e., the ability to adapt a sound category on the basis of new incoming information resulting in improved processing of subsequent speech. The results showed that DNNs appear to learn structures that humans use to process speech without being explicitly trained to do so, and that, similar to humans, DNN systems learn speaker-adapted phone category boundaries from a few labelled examples. These results are the first steps towards building human-speech processing inspired ASR systems that, similar to human listeners, can adjust flexibly and fast to all kinds of new speech.Multimedia Computin
The threat of talibanisation of Pakistan : a case study of federally administered tribal areas (FATA) and north west frontier province (NWFP)
No full textThe terrorist attacks in the United States of America (U.S.) on 11 September 2001 had its epicenter in Afghanistan. The subsequent U.S.-led war on terror in Afghanistan overthrew the Taliban regime in the country and dismantled Al-Qaeda (AQ) network. However, the Taliban and AQ terrorists successfully fled Afghanistan and took refuge in the adjoining Pashtun-inhabited western border areas, including the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. Gradually, the Afghan Taliban and AQ were able to spread their ideology and recruit local Pashtun tribesmen to their cause of waging jihad in Afghanistan and abroad. The rise of the Pakistani Taliban in FATA witnessed a gradual Talibanisation of the entire region between 2003-2008. The Taliban successfully exerted control over the area by side-lining the political administration in FATA. The subsequent Talibanisation virtually diminished the state authority in the region. Gradually, FATA became a no-go area for the government. During the same time, the Pakistani Taliban, after successfully Talibanising the FATA, attempted to Talibanise the adjoining North West Frontier Province or N.W.F.P. (now renamed as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province). Despite causing much mayhem in the N.W.F.P, the Taliban failed in Talibanising the Province. This thesis seeks to understand why the Pakistani Taliban were able to Talibanise the FATA region but failed to do so in the adjoining N.W.F.P., despite the fact that both are predominantly Pashtun-inhabited and share similar ethnicity, culture, language, religion and are geographically contiguous with each other. A logical explanation could be the difference in the constitutional status of both FATA and N.W.F.P., and the nature of institutions which exist in both the area. The presence of British-era archaic institutions in FATA failed to deter the onslaught of the Taliban, while formal governance institutions existing in the N.W.F.P. inhibited the Talibanisation of the Province.Doctor of Philosoph
Penafsiran Wasathiyyah Ali Jum'ah serta relevansinya Ddngan gerakan sosial keagamaan
Full text linkPenelitian ini berupaya untuk mengeksplorasi dimensi gagasan, konsep dan mekanisme pendekatan wasathiyyah Ali Jum’ah mantan mufti Mesir dan ulama senior al-Azhar dalam karya-karyanya serta bagaimana pemikirannya memiliki relevansi kuat dengan Gerakan sosial keagamaan. Moderasi beragama menjadi salah satu komoditi yang sedang diperbincangkan dikalangan para sarjana muslim maupun Barat. Di beberepa negara, moderasi beragama menjadi salah satu doktrin yang disuarakan dan diimplementasikan sejak menguatnya ideologi-ideologi kontradiktif dengan agama seperti ekstrimisme, radikalisme, terorisme. Mohammad Hashim Kamali, seorang pengamat kajian Islam dan cendekiawan muslim kontemporer menyoroti moderasi merupakan aspek ajaran Islam yang fundamental, namun sering diabaikan.
Metode Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif, dengan kajian Pustaka sebagai corenya. Studi literature review dilakukan terhadap karya-karyanya al-Bayān Limā Yashgulu al-Adzhān al-Juz al-Awwal, Al-Nibrās fī Tafsīr al-Qurān al-Karīm, At-Tharīq Ilallah, Sabīlu Al-Mubtadi’īn fī Syarh Al-Bidāyāt Min Manāzili As-Sāirīn, dan beberapa lainnya, penulis berupaya menggali dinamika pemikiran konsep wasathiyyah Ali Jum’ah dalam karya tafsirnya, dimana penekanan kajian akan difokuskan pada tiga research question yaitu 1) Bagaimanakah penafsiran wasathiyyah Ali Jum’ah dalam karya-karyanya 2) Bagaimanakah karakteristik dan mekanisme pendekatan penafsiran wasathiyyah Ali, 3) Bagaimanakah relevansi penafsiran wasathiyyah Ali Jum’ah Jum’ah dengan konstruksi paradigma Gerakan sosial keagamaan. Analisis penelitian menggunakan deskriptif-analisis (description-analytical method).
Penelitian disertasi ini menemukan beberapa temuan fundamental diantaranya: pertama, konsep penafsiran wasathiyyah Ali Jum’ah meliputi dimensi akidah, Syariah dan akhlak dimana prinsipnya berpijak pada pertengahan, kebijaksanaan, keseimbangan, dan kebaikan. Kedua, Adapun karakteristik wasathiyyah yang ditemukan yaitu wasathiyyah aghlabiyyah (moderasi beragama mayoritas) dimana teori ini bertumpu pada kelompok mayoritas memiliki peran kunci dalam mempromosikan dan mempertahankan moderasi beragama. Wasathiyah aglabiyyah mencerminkan prinsip bahwa mayoritas umat Islam mendukung pandangan dan praktik yang moderat dan seimbang, menolak ekstremisme dan kekerasan dalam berbagai bentuk. Pemikiran wasathiyyah aghlabiyyah bertumpu pada pendekatan teologis, historis, filosofis dan pedagogis. Prinsip utama pemikiran ini bertumpu pada tujuh kaidah; 1) Pemahaman Komprehensif dan Menyeluruh tentang Islam, 2) Interpretasi Al-Quran dan Sunnah Nabi dengan Benar, 3) Berpijak pada Maqashid Syari’ah Al-Khamsah, 4) Merujuk Kepada Pendapat Mayoritas Baik dari Sahabat, Tabi’in, dan ulama, 5) Keseimbangan Antara Dimensi Moral, Spiritual, dan Fisik, 6) Mengutamakan Persatuan dan Menghindari Perpecahan, 7) Memadukan antara tekstual dan kontekstual. Adapun mekanisme pendekatannya yaitu Memahami Istilah sesuai pada Tempatnya, Berpedoman kepada Sumber Pokok Al-Quran dan Sunnah, Memaparkan Pandangan Mayoritas Ulama, Berpedoman Kepada Maqashid Syari’ah.
Ketiga, gagasan moderasi beragama yang digulirkan oleh Ali Jum’ah memiliki relevansi kuat dengan konstruksi Gerakan sosial keagamaan yang ada di Indonesia. Kelompok mayoritas sering kali memiliki peran penting dalam mengelola konflik karena memiliki kekuasaan lebih besar, sesuai dengan teori konflik sosial. Mereka dapat menggunakan kekuasaan ini untuk menerapkan kebijakan yang mendukung moderasi beragama, yang pada gilirannya menciptakan stabilitas sosial yang lebih besar. Transmisi keilmuwan Ali Jum’ah di Indonesia dipromosikan oleh Sebagian tokoh agamawan di Indonesia, khususnya alumni Al-Azhar Mesir
Bio-nanotechnology application in wastewater treatment
No full textThe nanoparticles have received high interest in the field of medicine and water purification, however, the nanomaterials produced by chemical and physical methods are considered hazardous, expensive, and leave behind harmful substances to the environment. This chapter aimed to focus on green-synthesized nanoparticles and their medical applications. Moreover, the chapter highlighted the applicability of the metallic nanoparticles (MNPs) in the inactivation of microbial cells due to their high surface and small particle size. Modifying nanomaterials produced by green-methods is safe, inexpensive, and easy. Therefore, the control and modification of nanoparticles and their properties were also discussed
Nexus between Iraqi SMEs cloud computing adoption intention and firm performance: moderating role of risk factors
Get PDFCloud computing has been adopted in many developing nations, namely Iraq and Ghana, for its multiple benefits. Nonetheless, there is a dearth of studies on cloud computing adoption in developing nations. This study aims to investigate the factors influencing cloud computing adoption among Iraqi small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the implication of cloud computing on the SME firm performance. The diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory served as the foundation for the research model. Primary data from 396 SMEs were analysed using the structural equation modelling (SEM) approach through SmartPls 3.0 software for model testing. Resultantly, the use of cloud computing enhances firm performance. The technological factor also positively affects firm performance and cloud computing. The findings provide cloud service providers, managers, and government regulators with important recommendations to encourage the adoption and effective implementation of cloud computing in Iraq
Adapting authoritarianism: institutions and co-optation in Egypt and Syria
No full textThis PhD thesis compares Egypt and Syria’s authoritarian political systems. While the tendency in social science political research treats Egypt and Syria as similarly authoritarian, this research emphasizes differences between the two systems with special reference to institutions and co-optation. Rather than reducibly understanding Egypt and Syria as sharing similar histories, institutional arrangements, or ascribing to the oft-repeated convention that “Syria is Egypt but 10 years behind,” this thesis focuses on how events and individual histories shaped each states current institutional strengthens and weaknesses. Specifically, it explains the how varying institutional politicization or de-politicization affects each state’s capabilities for co-opting elite and non-elite individuals.
Beginning with a theoretical framework that considers the limited utility of democratization and transition theoretical approaches, the work underscores the persistence and durability of authoritarianism. Chapter two details the politicized institutional divergence between Egypt and Syria that began in the 1970s. Chapter three and four examines how institutional politicization or de-politicization affects elite and non-elite individual co-optation in Egypt and Syria. Chapter five discusses the study’s general conclusions and theoretical implications.
This thesis’s argument is that Egypt and Syria co-opt elites and non-elites differently because of the varying degrees of institutional politicization in each governance system. Rather than view one country as more politically developed than the other, this work argues that Syria’s political institutions are more politicized than their Egyptian counterparts. Syria’s political arena is, thus, described as politicized-patrimonialism. Syria’s politicized-patrimonial arena produces uneven co-optation of elites and non-elites as they are diffused through competing institutions. Conversely, the Egyptian political arena remains highly personalized as weak institutions and individuals are manipulated and molded according to the president’s ruling clique. This is referred to as personalized-patrimonialism. As a consequence, Egypt’s political establishment demonstrates more flexibility in ad hoc altering and adapting its arena depending on the emergence of crises.
This study’s theoretical implications suggest that, contrary to modernization and democratization theory’s adage that institutions lead to a political development, politicized institutions within a patrimonial order actually hinder regime adaptation because consensus is harder to achieve and maintain. It is within this context that Egypt’s de-politicized institutional framework advantages its top political elite. In this reading of Egyptian and Syrian politics, Egypt’s personalized political arena is more adaptable than Syria’s. These conclusions do not indicate that political reform is a process underway in either state
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