Ghada Osman
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1538075 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ghada Osman |
| PRENOMES | Ghada |
| SOBRENOME | Osman |
| ASSINATURA | OSMAN G |
| AFILIAÇÕES | San Diego State University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2001 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2013 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Population Redistribution and Language Spread in the Medieval Muslim World
Between the seventh and eighth centuries, a remarkable linguistic phenomenon took place: the Arabic language, which had been mainly the tongue of a few isolated tribes in Western Arabia, became the spoken and written language of a vast region that spanned from the Oxus River in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. Virtually overnight, speakers of other languages had to become conversant and literate in Arabic in order to maintain their pos…
Education efforts in the dissemination of Medieval Arabic
The rapid expansion of Islam in the seventh century was accompanied by another intriguing, little-studied phenomenon: the spread of the Arabic language. Within a century after the death of Muhammad in 632, Arabic had become the language of an extensive empire. As Arabic spread to a convert population, scholars became horrified by what they saw as a wide-scale corruption of the language, and wholesale educational efforts began. The article discuss…
Translation and interpreting in the Arabic of the Middle Ages
Between the seventh and the eighth centuries, a remarkable linguistic phenomenon took place: the Arabic language, which in the early seventh century had been mainly the tongue of a few isolated tribes in Western Arabia, became the spoken and written language of a vast region that spanned from the Oxus River in the East to the Atlantic Ocean in the West. Virtually overnight, speakers of other languages had to become conversant and literate in Arab…
Foreign slaves in Mecca and Medina in the formative Islamic period
This article is an examination of the position of foreign slaves in Mecca and Medina in the formative Islamic period. Mainly a reference piece and a prosopography, the article first examines in detail accounts of two contexts featuring slaves in Mecca: the ‘teacher(s)’ of the Prophet, and the builder(s) of the Kacba. It then presents a listing of the names of the slaves given in the early Arabic sources, followed by available details of their liv…
Pre-Islamic Arab Converts to Christianity in Mecca and Medina
Representing the West in the Arabic Language
The autobiography of the West African slave Omar ibn Said is the earliest piece of extant Arabic writing on American soil. Omar Ibn Said was captured as a slave and arrived in the USA in 1807. About twenty-five years after his arrival, he was commissioned to write an autobiography in the Arabic language, which he had studied for religious purposes in his native land. Unlike most slave narratives that have come to light, Ibn Said's is remarkable i…
Book notice
The Historian on Language
Long regarded as a landmark historian, sociologist and philosopher, Ibn Khaldun has entered Islamic tradition as a giant figure of learning. His Muqaddimah marked the earliest attempt by any historian to build a framework to explain the political and social structure of civilization. While much has been written about his views on history and society, very little recognition has been granted to his writings on the Arabic language. Ibn Khaldun dedi…
Oral vs. Written transmission
My thanks go to Professor Roy P. Mottahedeh for his encouragement and com- ments on the initial draft of this piece. 1 ’ Abd al- ’ Az “ z Duri, The Rise of Historical Writing Among the Arabs . Translated by Lawrence I. Conrad. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983, p. 70. ORAL VS. WRITTEN TRANSMISSION: THE CASE OF ÿ ABAR í AND IBN SA ’ D* by GHADA OSMAN Harvard University T R al-Rusul wa-l-Mul k , The History of Prophets and Kings, by Mu ú …
Pre-Islamic Arab Converts to Christianity in Mecca and Medina
Foreign slaves in Mecca and Medina in the formative Islamic period
This article is an examination of the position of foreign slaves in Mecca and Medina in the formative Islamic period. Mainly a reference piece and a prosopography, the article first examines in detail accounts of two contexts featuring slaves in Mecca: the ‘teacher(s)’ of the Prophet, and the builder(s) of the Kacba. It then presents a listing of the names of the slaves given in the early Arabic sources, followed by available details of their liv…
Representing the West in the Arabic Language
The autobiography of the West African slave Omar ibn Said is the earliest piece of extant Arabic writing on American soil. Omar Ibn Said was captured as a slave and arrived in the USA in 1807. About twenty-five years after his arrival, he was commissioned to write an autobiography in the Arabic language, which he had studied for religious purposes in his native land. Unlike most slave narratives that have come to light, Ibn Said's is remarkable i…
The Historian on Language
Long regarded as a landmark historian, sociologist and philosopher, Ibn Khaldun has entered Islamic tradition as a giant figure of learning. His Muqaddimah marked the earliest attempt by any historian to build a framework to explain the political and social structure of civilization. While much has been written about his views on history and society, very little recognition has been granted to his writings on the Arabic language. Ibn Khaldun dedi…
Oral vs. Written transmission
My thanks go to Professor Roy P. Mottahedeh for his encouragement and com- ments on the initial draft of this piece. 1 ’ Abd al- ’ Az “ z Duri, The Rise of Historical Writing Among the Arabs . Translated by Lawrence I. Conrad. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983, p. 70. ORAL VS. WRITTEN TRANSMISSION: THE CASE OF ÿ ABAR í AND IBN SA ’ D* by GHADA OSMAN Harvard University T R al-Rusul wa-l-Mul k , The History of Prophets and Kings, by Mu ú …
Book notice
The Historian on Language
Long regarded as a landmark historian, sociologist and philosopher, Ibn Khaldun has entered Islamic tradition as a giant figure of learning. His Muqaddimah marked the earliest attempt by any historian to build a framework to explain the political and social structure of civilization. While much has been written about his views on history and society, very little recognition has been granted to his writings on the Arabic language. Ibn Khaldun dedi…
Representing the West in the Arabic Language
The autobiography of the West African slave Omar ibn Said is the earliest piece of extant Arabic writing on American soil. Omar Ibn Said was captured as a slave and arrived in the USA in 1807. About twenty-five years after his arrival, he was commissioned to write an autobiography in the Arabic language, which he had studied for religious purposes in his native land. Unlike most slave narratives that have come to light, Ibn Said's is remarkable i…
Foreign slaves in Mecca and Medina in the formative Islamic period
This article is an examination of the position of foreign slaves in Mecca and Medina in the formative Islamic period. Mainly a reference piece and a prosopography, the article first examines in detail accounts of two contexts featuring slaves in Mecca: the ‘teacher(s)’ of the Prophet, and the builder(s) of the Kacba. It then presents a listing of the names of the slaves given in the early Arabic sources, followed by available details of their liv…
Pre-Islamic Arab Converts to Christianity in Mecca and Medina
Translation and interpreting in the Arabic of the Middle Ages
Between the seventh and the eighth centuries, a remarkable linguistic phenomenon took place: the Arabic language, which in the early seventh century had been mainly the tongue of a few isolated tribes in Western Arabia, became the spoken and written language of a vast region that spanned from the Oxus River in the East to the Atlantic Ocean in the West. Virtually overnight, speakers of other languages had to become conversant and literate in Arab…
Population Redistribution and Language Spread in the Medieval Muslim World
Between the seventh and eighth centuries, a remarkable linguistic phenomenon took place: the Arabic language, which had been mainly the tongue of a few isolated tribes in Western Arabia, became the spoken and written language of a vast region that spanned from the Oxus River in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. Virtually overnight, speakers of other languages had to become conversant and literate in Arabic in order to maintain their pos…
Education efforts in the dissemination of Medieval Arabic
The rapid expansion of Islam in the seventh century was accompanied by another intriguing, little-studied phenomenon: the spread of the Arabic language. Within a century after the death of Muhammad in 632, Arabic had become the language of an extensive empire. As Arabic spread to a convert population, scholars became horrified by what they saw as a wide-scale corruption of the language, and wholesale educational efforts began. The article discuss…
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