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Shawkat Toorawa

Brand Blanshard Professor of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and Professor of Comparative Literature Brand Blanshard Professor of Arabic Literature

Yale University

Affiliations

African Studies

Humanities

Medieval Studies

Modern Middle East Studies

Shawkat Toorawa is currently serving as an African Studies Brand Blanshard Professor of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and Professor of Comparative Literature Brand Blanshard Professor of Arabic Literature at Yale University.

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Shawkat Toorawa

Yale University

Brand Blanshard Professor of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and Professor of Comparative Literature Brand Blanshard Professor of Arabic Literature

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literature theatre culture world literature translation studies anthropology cultural history religion literary history islamic thought islamic studies literary criticism narrative sociology of religion religious research modern literature cultural change textual practice symptom management literary studies playwriting ritual global studies contemporary islam scientific study of religion cultural policy contemporary fiction internal medicine medical history integrative medicine folklore tradition interfaith religious symbol religious tourism lexicon comparative religion multiculturalism biblical studies cultural impact cultural dynamics cultural context cultural process cultural factors reflection removal clinical disease general internal medicine evidence-based medicine clinical populations orientalism christian practice religious groups video article video installations philosophy of history historical scholarship mauritian writers global scale global study muslim religious calendar arabic writerly culture ninth century bookman arabic literary culture modern arabic fiction english translation modern literary illustrative translations english prose organizational principles ibn al-nadim critical works al-tayyib al-salih medieval arabic literature comparative literature

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ʿArīB Puts Al-WāṯIq in His Place: Visualizing Unspoken Love (and Unbridled Emotion). Quaderni di Studi Arabi (2024)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

artislamic studiesvisualizing unspoken loveislamic thoughtemotionscultureunbridled emotionvisual culturecultural studies

The Qur’anic Story of Joseph in Five Acts: A Playscript Translation of SūRat YūSuf (Q. 12). Journal of Qur anic Studies (2023)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

playscript translationtheatretranslation studies

What and Where on Earth is Waqwaq?. Journal of Abbasid Studies (2023)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

islamic studiesanthropology

Works Cited. Harvard University Asia Center eBooks (2023)

Sarah M. AllenJack W. ChenXiaofei Tian

humanitiesphilosophy of historymodern europetextual practicehistorical scholarshipintellectual historyhistorical reviewlatinliterary historyrhetoriccarl springerhistory of philosophyphilosophyancient philosophyrhetorical legacyclassics

A Rhyming Translation of SūRat Al-Layl (Q. 92). Journal of Qur anic Studies (2022)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

comparative literaturelinguistics

A Translation of SūRat Al-Kahf (Q. 18) ‘the Cave’. Journal of Qur anic Studies (2021)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

comparative literature

Cadenced Rhyming Translations of SūRat Al-Nabaʾ (Q. 78) and SūRat Al-TakwīR (Q. 81). Journal of Qur anic Studies (2021)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

comparative literaturelinguistics

A Corpus, Not a Canon (nor an Anthology). Journal of World Literature (2017)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

world literatureliterary studiestextual practiceenglishcomparative literatureliterary historyliteratureliterary theoryliterary criticismmodern literature

Performing the Pilgrimage. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2015)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

religious studiestheatreperformance studiesreligion

Rendering the Qur'an Into Cadenced, Rhyming English Prose: Process and Outcome in a Translation of SūRat Al-GhāShiya (Q. 88). Journal of Qur anic Studies (2015)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

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Shawkat Toorawa

Brand Blanshard Professor of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and Professor of Comparative Literature Brand Blanshard Professor of Arabic Literature

Yale University

Affiliations

African Studies

Humanities

Medieval Studies

Modern Middle East Studies

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Shawkat Toorawa

Yale University

Brand Blanshard Professor of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and Professor of Comparative Literature Brand Blanshard Professor of Arabic Literature

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

ʿArīB Puts Al-WāṯIq in His Place: Visualizing Unspoken Love (and Unbridled Emotion). Quaderni di Studi Arabi (2024)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

artislamic studiesvisualizing unspoken loveislamic thoughtemotionscultureunbridled emotionvisual culturecultural studies

The Qur’anic Story of Joseph in Five Acts: A Playscript Translation of SūRat YūSuf (Q. 12). Journal of Qur anic Studies (2023)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

playscript translationtheatretranslation studies

What and Where on Earth is Waqwaq?. Journal of Abbasid Studies (2023)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

islamic studiesanthropology

Works Cited. Harvard University Asia Center eBooks (2023)

Sarah M. AllenJack W. ChenXiaofei Tian

A Rhyming Translation of SūRat Al-Layl (Q. 92). Journal of Qur anic Studies (2022)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

comparative literaturelinguistics

A Translation of SūRat Al-Kahf (Q. 18) ‘the Cave’. Journal of Qur anic Studies (2021)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

comparative literature

Cadenced Rhyming Translations of SūRat Al-Nabaʾ (Q. 78) and SūRat Al-TakwīR (Q. 81). Journal of Qur anic Studies (2021)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

comparative literaturelinguistics

A Corpus, Not a Canon (nor an Anthology). Journal of World Literature (2017)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

world literatureliterary studiestextual practiceenglishcomparative literatureliterary historyliteratureliterary theoryliterary criticismmodern literature

Performing the Pilgrimage. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2015)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

religious studiestheatreperformance studiesreligion

Rendering the Qur'an Into Cadenced, Rhyming English Prose: Process and Outcome in a Translation of SūRat Al-GhāShiya (Q. 88). Journal of Qur anic Studies (2015)

Shawkat M. Toorawa

english

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