Maya Kesrouany
Biographic Data
| ID | 9606815 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maya Kesrouany |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maya |
| FAMILY NAME | Kesrouany |
| SIGNATURE | KESROUANY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University Abu Dhabi |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Between writer and militant
Culture outside of the state
This article analyses Egyptian definitions of thaqāfa or “culture” from 1922 to 1954 by focusing on three intellectuals: Salama Musa (1887–1958), Taha Husayn (1889–1973), and Ramsis Yunan (1913–1966). It considers how their definitions complicated the European integration of the term into the Arabic language, and how they contrasted with other relevant terms such as tarbiya (moral education) and taʿlīm (institutional instruction). Examining the c…
City of Beginnings
Robyn Creswell's City of Beginnings takes its title seriously: it explores the novel poetics of a 1950s group of poets in Beirut—the title's metaphoric city—known for their magazine Shiʿr [Poetry]. The group represents one of “the deepest fault lines in the cultural Cold War,” which Creswell attributes to “the issue of literary autonomy” (8). The founding poets Adonis, Yusuf al-Khal, and Unsi al-Hajj adopted literary autonomy from late modernist …
City of Beginnings
Robyn Creswell's City of Beginnings takes its title seriously: it explores the novel poetics of a 1950s group of poets in Beirut—the title's metaphoric city—known for their magazine Shiʿr [Poetry]. The group represents one of “the deepest fault lines in the cultural Cold War,” which Creswell attributes to “the issue of literary autonomy” (8). The founding poets Adonis, Yusuf al-Khal, and Unsi al-Hajj adopted literary autonomy from late modernist …
City of Beginnings
Robyn Creswell's City of Beginnings takes its title seriously: it explores the novel poetics of a 1950s group of poets in Beirut—the title's metaphoric city—known for their magazine Shiʿr [Poetry]. The group represents one of “the deepest fault lines in the cultural Cold War,” which Creswell attributes to “the issue of literary autonomy” (8). The founding poets Adonis, Yusuf al-Khal, and Unsi al-Hajj adopted literary autonomy from late modernist …
Culture outside of the state
This article analyses Egyptian definitions of thaqāfa or “culture” from 1922 to 1954 by focusing on three intellectuals: Salama Musa (1887–1958), Taha Husayn (1889–1973), and Ramsis Yunan (1913–1966). It considers how their definitions complicated the European integration of the term into the Arabic language, and how they contrasted with other relevant terms such as tarbiya (moral education) and taʿlīm (institutional instruction). Examining the c…
Between writer and militant
Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Islamic Studies and History (3 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Realism (2 works) · Accidental (1 works)