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Amira El-Zein |
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Assistant Professor of Arabic
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German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature Department
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MA in French Literature, ABD in Arabic and Islamic Studies (Paris, University of La Sorbonne); MA in Simultaneous Translation (Paris, University of Paris VII), PhD in Arabic Language and Literature (Georgetown University) |
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Amira.el-zein@tufts.edu
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http://www.rawi.org
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| Scholarship & Research: |
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The Jinn and Other Poems. Poetry, Arrowsmith Publishers, Boston, 2006.
“Hommes et djinns: similarities et différences” in French. Published in the refereed French journal, Conaissance des religions. (Paris: Devry, 2004.) , pp.173-191.
“The unifying force of Poetry”. A chapter in the book entitled, Beacon of Knowledge. In English. (Kentucky: Louisville, Fons Vitae, 2003.) , Pp.189-216.
“Madness, mysticism, and poetry: from Majnun Leyla to Majnun Aragon” In Arabic. Alif: The Journal of Comparative Poetics, Cairo: American University of Cairo, Spring 2001, pp.161-183. A refereed journal. In Arabic.
“Spiritual consumption in the United States: The Rumî phenomenon.” Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. (Routledge, 2000), volume 11, Number 1 / March 1, pp. 71-85. In English.
Co-editor of the book, Culture, Creativity and Exile, (Jusoor Publishers, Washington DC, 1996.) In English.
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