Non-Islamic Studies

الإنتاجُ الأدبي مجالُ بحثٍ وتحليلٍ واسعٍ ينبضُ بإيقاعِ الحياة، ويُصوّر مُختلف زوايا المُجتمع، ويُعبِّر عن التّفاعل الإنساني في بيئاته المُتعدّدة. وحيث أنّ اللغة العربيّة بحاجةٍ إلى تغييرٍ نوعي في طُرقِ تعليمها لأبنائها أوّلاً وللناطقين بغيرها ثانيًا، فمِن المُفيد النّهوض بمنهجيّاتِ تدريسها، وتطوير المُحتوَى ليعرض خصائص اللغة وثقافتها - وَجْهي العُمْلة - بتقديم نماذج أدبيّة جاذبة، وبحرصٍ على مُواكبة التّطوّر السّريع الذي يشهده العالم في مجالِ تعليمِ اللغاتِ واكتسابها.

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This volume showcases a variety of innovative approaches to the study of Muslim societies and cultures, inspired by and honouring Gudrun Krämer and her role in transforming the landscape of Islamic Studies.

From a series of interviews with Lebanese middle- and upper-class women in their latter years, the paper traces an oral history of domestic service in Lebanon over the past century. The interviews reveal various periods when women and girls were recruited from the local village poor as well from among Syrians, Palestinians, Kurds, Egyptians, and others in accordance with convenience and regional political circumstances.

Women who migrate into domestic labour and care work are the single largest female occupational group migrating globally at present. Their participation in global migration systems has been acknowledged but remains under-theorized. Specifically, the impacts of women migrating into care work in the receiving as well as the sending societies are profound, altering gendered aspects of both societies.

As the title indicates, The Key to Medicine and a Guide for Students was written as an introduction to medicine, intended for students. After extolling the virtues of having a profession in general and of medicine in particular, Ibn Hindu (d. 423/1032) discusses various disciplines that a medical student should be familiar with, including a lengthy digression into philosophy and logic. He then deals with matters specifically medical, devoting separate sections to anatomy, diseases, pulse, and names of medicinal substances.