/library/oar/handle/123456789/27647 2025-11-14T19:53:14Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/26046 Title: Vignettes of Egyptian life : an extract from Du'a' al-Karawan by Taha husayn Abstract: An extract taken by Pierre Cachia from Du'a' al-Karawan by Ṭāhā Ḥusayn. In Husayn Ṭāhā's book, Du'a' al-Karawiin (The Call of the Curlew), the heroine tells how, although she started life as a mere housemaid, she had the good fortune to serve in an enlightened household where she had opportunity to learn both Arabic and French, so that she has developed into a woman of far greater sophistication and refinement of feeling than she would otherwise have become. Her sister Haniidi, also a housemaid, is seduced by her employer, and in accordance with the fierce code of honour that still survives in rural Egypt, her uncle butchers her. The heroine conceives a subtle plan of revenge: she enters the employment of her sister's seducer, inflames his passions but refuses to satisfy them. Having succeeded in driving him to remorse, she then discovers that she also has fallen in love with him, and they marry. The novel is intended to celebrate the victory of love over hate, and the title refers to an imaginary bird that appears in the heroine's visions at moments of high emotional tension. The extract which follows is of little relevance to the story; indeed its earthy realism contrasts strangely with the exalted emotionalism of the rest of the novel. It is, however, colorful and revealing. It picks up the story at the point where the heroine, her mother, and her sister flee the town where Hanadi's shame has been discovered. 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/26044 Title: The triliterality of quadriliterals in semitic Maltese Abstract: The Maltese language, originally pure Semitic, has developed into such a blend of neo-Latin and Arabic that it can no longer be called a dialect of the latter; nor could it ever be classified as a branch of Sicilian because, despite its evolution within the compass of that primary post Latin speech, its basic morphological and syntactical structure has remained typically Semitic. This article shall delve into the triliterality of Quadriliterals in Semitic Maltese and the panoramic synopsis of the normal quadriliterals in Arabic proper, all present in Maltese, which have not lost their status as an evolution of the triliteral base; and of the special quadriliterals of the extra·inflectional preformative type, as well as of the infixed dissimilating non-geminated type, practically non-existent in known Arabic, and so typical of Maltese. 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/26040 Title: Editorial Abstract: In this editorial J. Aquilina gives a brief introduction on the themes dealt with in the Journal of Maltese Studies, Volume 3 of 1966. He also emphasized on the fact that this review has made a good impression on Maltese and foreign linguists, but also expressed his opinion at the infrequent and irregular appearance of this review which is the only one of the kind in the field of Semitic Studies. 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/26039 Title: R. Shmuel Aboab's letters to the Palestinian sages held captive in Malta and Messina Abstract: In the diaries and letters of R. Shmuel Aboab at the Montefiore Library in Jews College, London) there are seven letters that give important information about the work of the Society and about his own activities in securing release of the captives, information that helps considerably in completing our knowledge of the subject. The letters were addressed to four sages from Palestine who were held captive in Malta and one in Messina between the years 1647 and 1666, that is, from the Society's foundation to close on the time of the letters in its minute-books. Therefore, this article is based on those letters and the involvement of The 'Redemption of Captives' Society on the Palestinian captives held in Malta and Messina. 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z