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Taskla or The Creation of a New Literature Taskla 或创造新文学

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Review of Middle East Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI: 10.1017/rms.2024.1

El Khatir Aboulkacem

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The Absent Dimension: Anti-Racism in Mbark Ben Zayda's Amazigh Poetics 缺失的维度：姆巴克-本-扎伊达阿马齐格诗学中的反种族主义

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Review of Middle East Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-30 DOI: 10.1017/rms.2023.24

Brahim El Guabli

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Identity Poetics in Modern Amazigh Poetry: Dramatizing History and Memory in Ali Sidki Azaykou's Poem “Taketbiyt” 现代阿马齐格诗歌中的身份诗学：Ali Sidki Azaykou 的诗作 "Taketbiyt "中的历史与记忆戏剧化

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Review of Middle East Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-30 DOI: 10.1017/rms.2023.14

Lahoussine Hamdoune

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The Amazigh Republic of Letters: A Review and Close Readings 阿马齐格文学共和国》：回顾与细读

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Review of Middle East Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.1017/rms.2023.25

Brahim El Guabli, Aomar Boum

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The Question of Generic Contiguities in Amazigh (Kabyle) Literature: The Novel (ungal) and The Short Story (tullist) 阿马齐格（卡比尔）文学中的族属毗连问题：小说（ungal）和短篇小说（tullist）

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Review of Middle East Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-12 DOI: 10.1017/rms.2023.23

Nabila Sadi

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Reading Slimane Azem as a Poet of Wisdom 将 Slimane Azem 作为智慧诗人来阅读

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Review of Middle East Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.1017/rms.2023.27

Ghalia Bedrani

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A “Church of / for Poetry”: Revue Aguedal and The Friends of Amazigh Literature 诗歌的教堂"：阿圭达尔杂志》和《阿马齐格文学之友

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Review of Middle East Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.1017/rms.2023.26

Aomar Boum

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The Out-of-Flock Dissident: An Interview with Kurdish – Syrian Writer Jan Dost 不受约束的持不同政见者：库尔德叙利亚作家扬-多斯特访谈录

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Review of Middle East Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.1017/rms.2023.22

Nuha Askar

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From the Heights of the Atlas: A Panorama of Traditional Poetry in Tamazight 来自阿特拉斯高地塔马齐特传统诗歌全景

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Review of Middle East Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.1017/rms.2023.18

Abdelkader Aoudjit

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Changing Lives Through Hip-Hop in Casablanca Beats: Interview with Nabil Ayouch and review of the film 通过《卡萨布兰卡节拍》中的嘻哈音乐改变生活：采访 Nabil Ayouch 并回顾影片

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Review of Middle East Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-05 DOI: 10.1017/rms.2023.9

Nevine Abraham

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