Doris Hambuch
Biographic Data
| ID | 6837861 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Doris Hambuch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Doris |
| FAMILY NAME | Hambuch |
| SIGNATURE | HAMBUCH D |
| AFFILIATIONS | United Arab Emirates University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5096-4746 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Zeina Hashem Beck’s Translingual Ghazals in Light of Historical Poetics
This article situates Zeina Hashem Beck’s ghazals within the category of world poetry, aiming to avoid hegemonic notions of this category as much as possible. The ghazal is a form of lyric that originates as a mode in seventh-century Arabic poetry. Definitions depend on the historical period and linguistic tradition of its performance. Key moments of the form’s migration include tenth-century adaptations to Persian and Urdu, as well as late eight…
Pattern poetry and ludic relief in Zeina Hashem Beck’s oeuvre
This article analyzes the playful use of language and poetic form developed by the Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck as a kind of ludic relief from discomforting topics, such as war, physical and mental illness, death, assault, and exile, predominant throughout her texts. Examples of shape poetry and less obvious defamiliarization strategies are studied alongside unique forms like the triptych and the duet. The selected experiments with translingua…
Is There a Third Text in Zeina Hashem Beck’s Duets? Translingual Poetics in O
This article traces Zeina Hashem Beck’s development of a new poetic form called the “duet.” Duets include equal parts written in two different languages, English and Arabic for the Lebanese poet whose recent collection, O, includes six such duets. The ideal bilingual reader brings sufficient context in both languages to the understanding of the dialogue between the two duet halves. This study argues, however, that access to the third text hidden …
Literary Translingualism in the United Arab Emirates
This study investigates the motivations of Emirati creative writers to choose the global language, English, rather than the UAE’s official language, Arabic, for their literary texts. Much scholarship has been dedicated to the role of English in the Gulf region, but hardly any of this research focusses on the arts. Drawing upon studies of anglophone literature from other countries where English is not an official language, content analysis, and a …
Ways of Seeing Nujoom Alghanem’s Nearby Sky (سماء قريبة) and Sharp Tools (آلات حادة) as Docupoetry
This article proposes to establish a sub-category called “docupoetry” to classify the documentary films by Emirati poet and filmmaker Nujoom Alghanem. Detailed analysis of two selected films, Sharp Tools (2017) and Nearby Sky (2014), illustrates the unique composition, cinematography, and use of poetic devices, such as rhythm, symbolism, and personification of settings, which render the proposed classification beneficial for viewers. Based on Mic…
Humorous Takes on Marriage in the UAE
This article investigates humorous representations of marriage in digital comics, stand-up comedy and short films created by Emirati artists and content creators who primarily rely on social media as their most effective form of distribution. Studied against theories of humor in the Western and the Arabic traditions, selected examples demonstrate that the story-based genre appears less light-hearted in its combination of comic with tragic plot tu…
Liberating Bicycles in Niki Caro’s Whale Rider and in Haifaa Al Mansour’s Wadjda
Susan B. Anthony declared in 1896 that the bicycle “has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.” The comparative study of Whale Rider (2002) and Wadjda (2012) demonstrates that this liberating effect of the basic tool of transportation is being reinforced in the new millennium. The analysis further situates two contemporary women filmmakers, Niki Caro from New Zealand and Haifaa Al Mansour from Saudi Arabia, within the grow…
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Liberating Bicycles in Niki Caro’s Whale Rider and in Haifaa Al Mansour’s Wadjda
Susan B. Anthony declared in 1896 that the bicycle “has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.” The comparative study of Whale Rider (2002) and Wadjda (2012) demonstrates that this liberating effect of the basic tool of transportation is being reinforced in the new millennium. The analysis further situates two contemporary women filmmakers, Niki Caro from New Zealand and Haifaa Al Mansour from Saudi Arabia, within the grow…
Ways of Seeing Nujoom Alghanem’s Nearby Sky (سماء قريبة) and Sharp Tools (آلات حادة) as Docupoetry
This article proposes to establish a sub-category called “docupoetry” to classify the documentary films by Emirati poet and filmmaker Nujoom Alghanem. Detailed analysis of two selected films, Sharp Tools (2017) and Nearby Sky (2014), illustrates the unique composition, cinematography, and use of poetic devices, such as rhythm, symbolism, and personification of settings, which render the proposed classification beneficial for viewers. Based on Mic…
Humorous Takes on Marriage in the UAE
This article investigates humorous representations of marriage in digital comics, stand-up comedy and short films created by Emirati artists and content creators who primarily rely on social media as their most effective form of distribution. Studied against theories of humor in the Western and the Arabic traditions, selected examples demonstrate that the story-based genre appears less light-hearted in its combination of comic with tragic plot tu…
Is There a Third Text in Zeina Hashem Beck’s Duets? Translingual Poetics in O
This article traces Zeina Hashem Beck’s development of a new poetic form called the “duet.” Duets include equal parts written in two different languages, English and Arabic for the Lebanese poet whose recent collection, O, includes six such duets. The ideal bilingual reader brings sufficient context in both languages to the understanding of the dialogue between the two duet halves. This study argues, however, that access to the third text hidden …
Literary Translingualism in the United Arab Emirates
This study investigates the motivations of Emirati creative writers to choose the global language, English, rather than the UAE’s official language, Arabic, for their literary texts. Much scholarship has been dedicated to the role of English in the Gulf region, but hardly any of this research focusses on the arts. Drawing upon studies of anglophone literature from other countries where English is not an official language, content analysis, and a …
Zeina Hashem Beck’s Translingual Ghazals in Light of Historical Poetics
This article situates Zeina Hashem Beck’s ghazals within the category of world poetry, aiming to avoid hegemonic notions of this category as much as possible. The ghazal is a form of lyric that originates as a mode in seventh-century Arabic poetry. Definitions depend on the historical period and linguistic tradition of its performance. Key moments of the form’s migration include tenth-century adaptations to Persian and Urdu, as well as late eight…
Pattern poetry and ludic relief in Zeina Hashem Beck’s oeuvre
This article analyzes the playful use of language and poetic form developed by the Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck as a kind of ludic relief from discomforting topics, such as war, physical and mental illness, death, assault, and exile, predominant throughout her texts. Examples of shape poetry and less obvious defamiliarization strategies are studied alongside unique forms like the triptych and the duet. The selected experiments with translingua…
Art (4 works) · Poetry (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Poetics (3 works) · Arabic (2 works) · History (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · North African History and Literature (2 works)