Semantic Change in Ancient Arabic Poetry

Mathematical Ideas in Ancient Indian Poetry

Modern mathematics owes a big debt to India’s contributions to the subject. Of particular importance is the decimal, place value number system that appeared in India during the Vedic period or soon after, circa 1300 BC to 300 AD, and made its way to Europe during the Middle Ages. That period of time in India also produced a heady mixture of poetic works: poems, songs, grand epics, biographies a...

Transmitting (and Hiding) Knowledge in Ancient Greek Pharmaceutical Poetry

Comedies of Transgression in Gangsta Rap and Ancient Classical Poetry

First paragraph: The history of literature and art offers no shortage of works created to offend or shock an audience, but few have been as incendiary as gangsta rap. Apologists cannot deny the problematic content of this form of rap—the misogynistic posturing, themes of intense violence, freewheeling and gratuitous obscenity—and some detractors hold that even the attempt to analyze the genre b...

contemporary arabic poetry in khuzestan

â â â  contemporary arabic poetry in khuzestan â  â  â  * gholamhosein karimifard â  malek kab omyr ** â  â  abstract â â â  khuzestan arabic poetry in contemporary age has continued its progress and dehiscence. in spite of following old poetry, it shows the changes and renewal in the form and poetical objects and style. this poetry has been influenced by contemporary arabic poetry and its poet...

Which metadata for Ancient Arabic Manuscripts Cataloguing?

Three million ancient Arabic manuscripts are jealously preserved in libraries, in conservation institutions and in private homes. A non-consulted document is like a dead document—its fate is related to its consultation by users. The access to this kind of document is very difficult because of two main reasons: first, the fragile state of the manuscripts that make them easily degradable, necessa...