Vol. 6 No. 021 (2017): Issue 021

غلاف العدد 21 من دورية تبيّن

Issue 21 of Tabayyun (2017) includes the following studies and articles: “The Problematic of Ethics and the Means to Happiness in the Thought of Ibn al-Haytham” (Jalal al-Dridi); “The Epistle to Yemen: The National and Religious Propensity of Maimonides” (Hamdan Zaid Dammag); “On the Relationship Between the Sufi and the Philosopher: Ibn Arabi Mourning Ibn Rushd” (Hamdan Zaid Dammag); “The Theory of Literary Genre: Pedagogical Categorization or Cultural Conspiracy?” (Asmaa Essakouti); “The Imaginary of the Colonial Era: Duality of Speech and Self-Rupture in Yasmin Khadra’s What the Day Owes the Night” (Abdellah Chatta); “Maghrebian Public Space in France Today: The Vision of French Thinker: Michel de Certeau” (Mohammed Chaouki Zine); “Middle East Studies Association's 50th Annual Meeting (Boston, Massachusetts, USA November 17-20, 2016)”; “Report of The Sixth Annual Conference on the Social Sciences and Humanities - “Ethics in Arab-Islamic Civilization”” (Kamel Tirchi); “Book Review - Arab Occidentalism: Images of America in the Middle East” (Farrag Talaat); “Book Review - Epics and Sedition by Ibn Tawoos” (Aqil Abdulhussein).

Published: 2017-02-01

Studies

  • The Problematic of Ethics and the Means to Happiness in the Thought of Ibn al-Haytham

    Author: Jalal al-Dridi
    07-26

    In an attempt to reveal another dimension of Ibn al-Haytham's thought, this paper reflects on the legislative foundations for accountability, that make it possible to offer a practical discourse...

  • The Epistle to Yemen: The National and Religious Propensity of Maimonides

    Author: Hamdan Zaid Dammag
    27-44

    This paper attempts to expound the national and religious propensity of Rabbi Maimonides, which, to some extent, conflicts with what is known of him as an open and tolerant medieval philosopher....

  • On the Relationship Between the Sufi and the Philosopher: Ibn Arabi Mourning Ibn Rushd

    Author: Hamdan Zaid Dammag
    45-62

    The best explanation that can be provided for Ibn Rushd's view on Sufism and the Sufis is the latter's view of him. As long as the Sufis' viewpoint implicitly conceals an Averroistic view of...

  • The Theory of Literary Genre: Pedagogical Categorization or Cultural Conspiracy?

    Author: Asmaa Essakouti
    63-77

    This study is a historical analysis of genre theory in both western and eastern contexts, as an attempt to understand the relationship between literature and culture. Culture represents power,...

  • The Imaginary of the Colonial Era: Duality of Speech and Self-Rupture in Yasmin Khadra’s What the Day Owes the Night

    Author: Abdellah Chatta
    79-97

    This article offers a formal and careful reading of Yasmin Khadra's novel What the Day Owes the Night in light of cultural and post-colonial criticism. Methodologically, the study employs the...

Translations

  • Maghrebian Public Space in France Today: The Vision of French Thinker: Michel de Certeau

    Author: Mohammed Chaouki Zine
    115-126

    Michel de Certeau's thinking gears towards constructing a vision of public space in accordance with the dichotomy of the strategic and the tactical. This dualism acts as a method within the...

Reports

  • Middle East Studies Association's 50th Annual Meeting (Boston, Massachusetts, USA November 17-20, 2016)

    Authors: عيد محمد, طلعت فراج
    129-139

    To coincide with the 50 th anniversary of its founding and in celebration of its achievements in the field of academic research starting in 1966, the Middle East Studies Association of North...

  • Report of The Sixth Annual Conference on the Social Sciences and Humanities - “Ethics in Arab-Islamic Civilization”

    Author: Kamel Tirchi
    141-149

    The ACRPS in Doha held the Sixth Annual Conference on the Social Sciences and Humanities 2016-2017 from March 18-20, 2017. The two themes of the conference were the same as the two areas for the...

Book Reviews

  • Book Review - Arab Occidentalism: Images of America in the Middle East

    Author: Farrag Talaat
    101-105

    This book represents a balanced critical attempt to understand the phenomena of Arab Occidentalism – primarily using the case of Egypt – that engages with the complexities of the Arab world's...

  • Book Review - Epics and Sedition by Ibn Tawoos

    Author: Aqil Abdulhussein
    107-111

    Epics prove the authenticity of the Islamic grand narrative adopted by a particular group. They emphasize the role of the (assumed) reader in creating the narratives despite their textual and...