Alexander Jabbari
@yakabikaj
Professor of sundry Persianate things. Tweeting about philology (Persian, Urdu, Semitic), language, literature, history, Muslim and Jewish stuff, Marxism
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A. Z. Foreman: Serious Philology, Silly Behavior I am consistently surprised by how dominant liberal *anticommunism* is in US academia, including among the younger professoriate that came of age post-1989.
Join the Iranian program for an exciting talk with Alexander Jabbari, University of Minnesota.
'The Making of Persianate Modernity: Language and Literary History between Iran and India'
April 24, 2024@ 12:00
202 Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse
YaleMacMillan Center Alexander Jabbari
I wrote about how many of Morocco's Amazigh Jews once supported Israel as part of 'an anti-Pan-Arabism rivalry,' and how the war in Gaza has led the community to reconsider its faith in Israel.
For New Lines Magazine
newlinesmag.com/reportage/moro…
Evliya Çelebi'nin en çılgın hikâyelerinden birisini Alexander Jabbari paylaşmış. İngilizcesi de çok güzel ve eğlenceli ama orijinal metindeki renkliliği yansıtmaktan bir hayli uzak. Bir Çerkesin Evliya'ya bol bol kasık kılı ihtivâ eden bal yedirmesini Seyâhatnâme'den okuyalım:
#PersianPoem
Muhammed Taghi Bahar’s ode on Pakistan; one of the first Persian poems on the country: ganjoor.net/bahar/ghasideb…
همیشه لطف خدا باد یار پاکستان
به کین مباد فلک با دیار پاکستان
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