Omid Ghaemmaghami
Biographic Data
| ID | 1067832 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Omid Ghaemmaghami |
| GIVEN NAMES | Omid |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghaemmaghami |
| SIGNATURE | GHAEMMAGHAMI O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Binghamton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1920-5167 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Qiblih in Bahá’í Thought and Comparative Perspective
The adherents of various religions have during times of prayer and worship oriented themselves toward a fixed, sacred direction or location. Since ancient times, followers of Judaism have turned in prayer to Jerusalem. Traditionally, Zoroastrians have prayed facing a source of light—typically the sun or a fire—representing divine truth and presence. By the second and third centuries of the common era, many Christian communities prayed facing the …
An Ante Litteram Critique of Orientalism
Since the late 1970s, the term Orientalism has been closely associated with Edward Said (d. 2003) and his influential monograph of the same name. First published in 1978, Orientalism advanced a number of critiques about the discipline of “Oriental Studies”, its frequently condescending portrayal and depiction of the Eastern world, and the complex relationship between knowledge and power in the context of the Middle East. As revolutionary as a num…
He Who Stands on the Ṭutunjayn” and the Return of Ḥusayn
While many of Tahirih’s poems have been studied and translated by scholars, her surviving prose works in Arabic and Persian – whose size far outweighs the number of her extant poems – have not received much attention. This article is a further attempt to partially fill this noticeable lacuna by exploring Tahirih’s prodigious prose oeuvre. Special attention will be given to a neologism Tahirih invokes to describe the Bāb and to the many references…
From the Seed of Love We Sow
Arresting the Eschaton
Stories of encounters between the concealed Shi‘i messianic saviour known as, inter alia , the Hidden Imam, and his privileged devotees (mostly from the ranks of the ulama) during the period that is known as his occultation ( ghayba ) occupy a recurring theme in many of the works dedicated to this figure. The encounter topos was revivified in the late nineteenth century by the prolific Shi‘i scholar Mirza Husayn Tabarsi Nuri (d. 1902). Nuri lived…
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Arresting the Eschaton
Stories of encounters between the concealed Shi‘i messianic saviour known as, inter alia , the Hidden Imam, and his privileged devotees (mostly from the ranks of the ulama) during the period that is known as his occultation ( ghayba ) occupy a recurring theme in many of the works dedicated to this figure. The encounter topos was revivified in the late nineteenth century by the prolific Shi‘i scholar Mirza Husayn Tabarsi Nuri (d. 1902). Nuri lived…
An Ante Litteram Critique of Orientalism
Since the late 1970s, the term Orientalism has been closely associated with Edward Said (d. 2003) and his influential monograph of the same name. First published in 1978, Orientalism advanced a number of critiques about the discipline of “Oriental Studies”, its frequently condescending portrayal and depiction of the Eastern world, and the complex relationship between knowledge and power in the context of the Middle East. As revolutionary as a num…
He Who Stands on the Ṭutunjayn” and the Return of Ḥusayn
While many of Tahirih’s poems have been studied and translated by scholars, her surviving prose works in Arabic and Persian – whose size far outweighs the number of her extant poems – have not received much attention. This article is a further attempt to partially fill this noticeable lacuna by exploring Tahirih’s prodigious prose oeuvre. Special attention will be given to a neologism Tahirih invokes to describe the Bāb and to the many references…
From the Seed of Love We Sow
The Qiblih in Bahá’í Thought and Comparative Perspective
The adherents of various religions have during times of prayer and worship oriented themselves toward a fixed, sacred direction or location. Since ancient times, followers of Judaism have turned in prayer to Jerusalem. Traditionally, Zoroastrians have prayed facing a source of light—typically the sun or a fire—representing divine truth and presence. By the second and third centuries of the common era, many Christian communities prayed facing the …
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