This publication explores the presence of the shared heritage and interdependence of poetry composed around the theme of wine in diverse literary traditions of the Islamic world. The specialist contributions discuss multiple aspects of the literary polyphony of wine in the pre-modern Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Ottoman Turkish, and Urdu literatures during the first millennium of the Islamic era. Presenting these together and in dialogue with one another, the volume offers a comparative perspective on a long, varied, but singularly mutual tradition.
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03 May 2024
Dr Nilsson-Wright was part of a 30 minute discussion programme on Wednesday of this week with the Arirang English-language TV programme, “Within the Frame” discussing North Korea’s security challenges in East Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
03 May 2024
Kanda Yoko and Tatekawa Shinoharu brought their captivating performances to FAMES on Wednesday 1 May 2024
30 April 2024
We have been successful in a bid to attract British Academy funding for a 4-Year Global Professor to join the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at FAMES. This is one of eight new Global Professorships announced by the Academy.
26 April 2024
James Montgomery writes for New Lines Magazine about how, when his patron captured Indian Brahmins, Abu Rayhan al-Biruni saw the chance to study a living link to a lost Greek civilization
24 April 2024
Elizabeth Monier was interviewed by BBC News Brazil for a report on alliances and rivalries and in the Middle East, published 20 April.
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