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Near Eastern Languages and Literature J-Term 2022

Day 8!

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January 13, 2022

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Day 3!

January 06, 2022

Compared to the last two days, today was a little bit more Arabic Literature heavy, as I started off the day by reading this article about Naguib Mahfouz , that was given to me as in-class work by Dr. Dar yesterday. The article talked about many different topics surrounding Mahfouz, specifically his adaptation of The Arabian Nights , and the meaning behind his ending of his adaptation of this story. While reading this article, one specific aspect of Mahfouz's life that I never thought about was the fact that he received a lot of threats, specifically from an Islamist group. I never thought that Mahfouz's stories would cause any group of people to become so angry like that, but it turns out that I was wrong, as mentioned in the article, Mahfouz was attacked by a member of this group on October 14th, 1994. This attack left him barely able to write as much as he used to. I also thought that Mahfouz didn't deserve to have this type of attack against him, as I still don't u...

Day 4!

January 07, 2022

This morning I started off by continuing to read articles about Naguib Mahfouz. Specifically, I read an article that briefly went through Mahfouz's life, and one of the stories he wrote, which was Children of the Alley . This book brought a lot of hate towards Mahfouz, which was also talked about in the article I read yesterday. Specifically, this hate came from the story's "depiction of God and the prophets" in Islam. This specific part of the article surprised me a little bit, as I didn't realize that some of Mahfouz's stories went much more past the boundaries of Arabic Literature that existed at the time. I knew beforehand that he helped further develop Arabic Literature into what it is now, but I never knew the specifics of some of the other stories that he wrote during his time as an author. Afterwards, I finished reading the article! Then, I took a little break and ate my lunch! In the afternoon, I continued with my Arabic Lesson with Ms. Samira! For t...