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dc.identifier	ECF_article_8290
dc.title	The Other al-Ḥusayn: The Hero of Karbalāʾ in Contemporary Egyptian Literature
dc.contributor.author	Tondi Arianna
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2022/1/laltro-al-husayn-leroe-di-karbala-nella-letteratur/
dc.description.abstract	Al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī is a hero of the Islamic history who stands against the oppressor for the sake of justice. His tragic death has been a major theme in Shiʿi literature, but he is highly esteemed also in Sunni Islam, especially in Egypt. This paper aims to present the other – less known – al-Ḥusayn through the literary representations made by Egyptian writers of the 20th and 21st centuries, who have read this transhistorical figure according to the political and social environment that they lived in. The martyr has become eternal symbol of resistance and struggle and a narrative lens to talk freely about the political events that upset Republican Egypt.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 58 \| June 2022
dc.issued	2022-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2022-03-25
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-02-14
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2022/01/005
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Ahl al-bayt
dc.subject	Egyptian contemporary literature
dc.subject	Karbalāʾ
dc.subject	Revolutionary martyr
dc.subject	al-Ḥusayn b
dc.subject	ʿAlī

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The Other al-Ḥusayn: The Hero of Karbalāʾ in Contemporary Egyptian Literature

Arianna Tondi Università del Salento, Italia

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Al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī is a hero of the Islamic history who stands against the oppressor for the sake of justice. His tragic death has been a major theme in Shiʿi literature, but he is highly esteemed also in Sunni Islam, especially in Egypt. This paper aims to present the other – less known – al-Ḥusayn through the literary representations made by Egyptian writers of the 20th and 21st centuries, who have read this transhistorical figure according to the political and social environment that they lived in. The martyr has become eternal symbol of resistance and struggle and a narrative lens to talk freely about the political events that upset Republican Egypt.

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June 30, 2022

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March 25, 2022

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Feb. 14, 2022

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Keywords: Ahl al-bayt • ʿAlī • al-Ḥusayn b • Revolutionary martyr • Karbalāʾ • Egyptian contemporary literature

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