26 Questions
According to the text, how does the desert represent scarcity and lack for those who live far away from it?
The desert represents poverty and a lack
What is the author's main interest in the text?
Investigating the different conceptions of the desert
How does the author propose to divide the perceptions and conceptualizations of the desert?
Based on the spatial proximity to the desert
According to the text, what is the desert often associated with?
Death
According to the text, where are exilic prisons in the west mostly associated with?
Islands
According to the text, what does the desert become for those who live far removed from it?
A raw nature
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
Which village is the novel 'Endings' set in?
al-Taybah
Who is the main character in the novel 'Cities of Salt'?
Mit’ib
What happens to 'Assāf and his dog in 'Endings'?
They die in a sandstorm
What does the novel 'Endings' emphasize about the relationship between humans and animals?
Continuity and symbiotic relationships
According to the text, which of the following is the dominant organizing principle of Western culture?
Arborescent structures
According to the text, the rhizomatic structure underlying Eastern cultures derives from a relation to which two eco-spatial figures?
Steppe and garden
According to the text, what is the duality of the West?
Forest and field
According to the text, the desert represents a culture of what?
Scarcity
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.
According to the text, how do those who are connected to the desert perceive it?
They perceive the desert as having form.
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.
Which two novelists are discussed in the text?
Abdul Rahmān Munīf and Ibrahim al-Koni
Where was Abdul Rahmān Munīf born?
Amman, Jordan
What is the title of Abdul Rahmān Munīf's most well-known novel?
Mudun al-milh
Where was Ibrahim al-Koni born?
Ghadāmis, Libya
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
What role did the Tuareg play in the dissemination of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa?
They resisted sedenterization
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
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
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