Author: Fiona Vella
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789995799113
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bizarre Malta
Author: Fiona Vella
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789995799113
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789995799113
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Gianni Vella
Author: Christian Attard
Publisher: Midsea Books
ISBN: 9789993274445
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This book marks the artistic life of Gianni Vella, one of the most prolific Maltese artists of the twentieth century. Vella certainly left an indelible mark on sacred art but equally important is the mark he left on political caricature, on landscape painting and on images recording a bygone, romanticized Malta.
Publisher: Midsea Books
ISBN: 9789993274445
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This book marks the artistic life of Gianni Vella, one of the most prolific Maltese artists of the twentieth century. Vella certainly left an indelible mark on sacred art but equally important is the mark he left on political caricature, on landscape painting and on images recording a bygone, romanticized Malta.
Strada Stretta
Author: George Cini
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789990931709
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789990931709
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Wild flowers of the Maltese Islands
Author: Edwin Lanfranco
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789995746599
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Maltese Islands are host to over 1000 species of wild flowering plants. Of these, over 800 are native, the rest being introduced, intentionally or accidentally, as a result of human intervention and running wild. This book illustrates nearly 300 of these species and describes many others. Users should be able to identify a significant number of plants they meet.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789995746599
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Maltese Islands are host to over 1000 species of wild flowering plants. Of these, over 800 are native, the rest being introduced, intentionally or accidentally, as a result of human intervention and running wild. This book illustrates nearly 300 of these species and describes many others. Users should be able to identify a significant number of plants they meet.
Learn Maltese
Author: Joseph Vella
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789990958027
Category : Maltese
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789990958027
Category : Maltese
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Breeding Birds of Malta
Author: Joe Sultana
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789995733148
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789995733148
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
A Dictionary of Moroccan Arabic
Author: Richard Slade Harrell
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 9781589011038
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
This classic volume presents the core vocabulary of everyday life in Morocco--from the kitchen to the mosque, from the hardware store to the natural world of plants and animals. It contains myriad examples of usage, including formulaic phrases and idiomatic expressions. Understandable throughout the nation, it is based primarily on the standard dialect of Moroccans from the cities of Fez, Rabat, and Casablanca. All Arabic citations are in an English transcription, making it invaluable to English-speaking non-Arabists, travelers, and tourists--as well as being an important resource tool for students and scholars in the Arabic language-learning field.
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 9781589011038
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
This classic volume presents the core vocabulary of everyday life in Morocco--from the kitchen to the mosque, from the hardware store to the natural world of plants and animals. It contains myriad examples of usage, including formulaic phrases and idiomatic expressions. Understandable throughout the nation, it is based primarily on the standard dialect of Moroccans from the cities of Fez, Rabat, and Casablanca. All Arabic citations are in an English transcription, making it invaluable to English-speaking non-Arabists, travelers, and tourists--as well as being an important resource tool for students and scholars in the Arabic language-learning field.
Jinn Eviction as a Discourse of Power
Author: Mohammed Maarouf
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047422783
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
This book is intended to construct a basis for the understanding of the rites and practices associated with exorcism, or jinn eviction as it is performed within the maraboutic institution called zawiya. Jinn eviction as it occurs in the maraboutic institution reproduces ideologies and social hierarchies of traditional society through the use of a variety of healing symbols and rituals. These symbols are delved into for the benefit of understanding the perennial cultural foundations of the discourse and practice of power in Morocco. The result is an ethnography of possession that has combined meticulous ethnographic field work with critical discourse analysis.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047422783
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
This book is intended to construct a basis for the understanding of the rites and practices associated with exorcism, or jinn eviction as it is performed within the maraboutic institution called zawiya. Jinn eviction as it occurs in the maraboutic institution reproduces ideologies and social hierarchies of traditional society through the use of a variety of healing symbols and rituals. These symbols are delved into for the benefit of understanding the perennial cultural foundations of the discourse and practice of power in Morocco. The result is an ethnography of possession that has combined meticulous ethnographic field work with critical discourse analysis.
Legends of the Fire Spirits
Author: Robert Lebling
Publisher: Tauris Parke
ISBN: 9780755642052
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A magnificent and indispensable portrayal of the rich folklore of the Islamic world. According to Islamic tradition, Allah created three types of beings: angels, made of light; humans, made of earth; and jinn, made of smokeless fire. Supernatural, shape-shifting, intelligent and blessed with free will and remarkable powers, jinn have over the ages been given many names - demon, spirit, ghoul, genie, ifrit and shaitan. Believed in by hundreds of millions of people throughout the world and from all faiths, jinn have played a particularly central role in the literature, culture and belief systems of the Middle East and the Islamic world. Legends of the Fire Spirits explores through time and across nations the enduring phenomenon of the jinn. From North Africa to Central Asia, from the Mediterranean to sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, this riveting, often chilling, yet reasoned book draws on ancient testimonies, medieval histories, colonial records, anthropologist's reports and traveller's tales to explore the different types of jinn, their behaviour, society, culture and long history of contact with humankind. It documents their links with famous figures in history such as King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba and illustrates the varied and vivid portrayals of jinn in world literature. In essence, Legends of the Fire Spirits demonstrates the colourful diversity of human culture and the durability of faith and is a magnificent and indispensable portrayal of the rich folklore of the Islamic world.
Publisher: Tauris Parke
ISBN: 9780755642052
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A magnificent and indispensable portrayal of the rich folklore of the Islamic world. According to Islamic tradition, Allah created three types of beings: angels, made of light; humans, made of earth; and jinn, made of smokeless fire. Supernatural, shape-shifting, intelligent and blessed with free will and remarkable powers, jinn have over the ages been given many names - demon, spirit, ghoul, genie, ifrit and shaitan. Believed in by hundreds of millions of people throughout the world and from all faiths, jinn have played a particularly central role in the literature, culture and belief systems of the Middle East and the Islamic world. Legends of the Fire Spirits explores through time and across nations the enduring phenomenon of the jinn. From North Africa to Central Asia, from the Mediterranean to sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, this riveting, often chilling, yet reasoned book draws on ancient testimonies, medieval histories, colonial records, anthropologist's reports and traveller's tales to explore the different types of jinn, their behaviour, society, culture and long history of contact with humankind. It documents their links with famous figures in history such as King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba and illustrates the varied and vivid portrayals of jinn in world literature. In essence, Legends of the Fire Spirits demonstrates the colourful diversity of human culture and the durability of faith and is a magnificent and indispensable portrayal of the rich folklore of the Islamic world.
Sri Prema Vivarta
Author: Srila Jagadananda Pandita
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781608870448
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781608870448
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description