The Impact of Drought and Emotions

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According to the text, how does the desert represent scarcity and lack for those who live far away from it?

The desert represents emotions and attachment

The desert represents poverty and a lack (correct)

The desert represents dryness and barrenness

The desert represents abundance and plenitude

What is the author's main interest in the text?

Exploring the physical attributes of the desert

Investigating the different conceptions of the desert (correct)

Analyzing the narratives of desert writers

Defining the desert in geography and environmental sciences

How does the author propose to divide the perceptions and conceptualizations of the desert?

Based on the physical attributes of the desert

Based on the spatial proximity to the desert (correct)

Based on the emotional attachment to the desert

Based on the abundance or scarcity associated with it

According to the text, what is the desert often associated with?

Death Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, where are exilic prisons in the west mostly associated with?

Islands Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what does the desert become for those who live far removed from it?

A raw nature Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what does the desert become for writers who are from the desert?

An experiential space that can be transformed into a text Signup and view all the answers

Which village is the novel 'Endings' set in?

al-Taybah Signup and view all the answers

Who is the main character in the novel 'Cities of Salt'?

Mit’ib Signup and view all the answers

What happens to 'Assāf and his dog in 'Endings'?

They die in a sandstorm Signup and view all the answers

What does the novel 'Endings' emphasize about the relationship between humans and animals?

Continuity and symbiotic relationships Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, which of the following is the dominant organizing principle of Western culture?

Arborescent structures Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, the rhizomatic structure underlying Eastern cultures derives from a relation to which two eco-spatial figures?

Steppe and garden Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the duality of the West?

Forest and field Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, the desert represents a culture of what?

Scarcity Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is Munīf's conception of the desert?

The desert has a form of formlessness that is grounded in the unity of humans, animals, and physical nature. Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, how do those who are connected to the desert perceive it?

They perceive the desert as having form. Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the attitude of the desert people towards the migration of birds?

They welcome the birds as a godly sign. Signup and view all the answers

Which two novelists are discussed in the text?

Abdul Rahmān Munīf and Ibrahim al-Koni Signup and view all the answers

Where was Abdul Rahmān Munīf born?

Amman, Jordan Signup and view all the answers

What is the title of Abdul Rahmān Munīf's most well-known novel?

Mudun al-milh Signup and view all the answers

Where was Ibrahim al-Koni born?

Ghadāmis, Libya Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following novels by Al-Koni have been translated into English and feature the desert as a central theme or motif?

The Bleeding of the Stone Signup and view all the answers

What role did the Tuareg play in the dissemination of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa?

They resisted sedenterization Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, how did Walid Hamarneh help the Tuareg during the Libyan government's campaign to eradicate illiteracy?

He used mobile schools to accompany the Tuareg moving settlements Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, how does the desert differ from the city in terms of space and place?

In the desert, the place is the space, while in the city, place is the appropriation of space through severing and cutting it into pieces Signup and view all the answers