Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Journal issue | 58 | 2022
Research Article | The Other al-Ḥusayn: The Hero of Karbalāʾ in Contemporary Egyptian Literature
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.
Submitted: Feb. 14, 2022 | Accepted: March 25, 2022 | Published June 30, 2022 | Language: it
Keywords Ahl al-bayt • Egyptian contemporary literature • ʿAlī • al-Ḥusayn b • Karbalāʾ • Revolutionary martyr
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The Other al-Ḥusayn: The Hero of Karbalāʾ in Contemporary Egyptian Literature |
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Tondi Arianna |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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Research Article |
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it |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2022/1/laltro-al-husayn-leroe-di-karbala-nella-letteratur/ |
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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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Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale |
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Vol. 58 | June 2022 |
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2022-06-30 |
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2022-03-25 |
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2022-02-14 |
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2385-3042 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2022/01/005 |
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yes |
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Ahl al-bayt |
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Egyptian contemporary literature |
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Karbalāʾ |
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Revolutionary martyr |
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al-Ḥusayn b |
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ʿAlī |
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