The first issue of “Rewaq of History and Heritage” (January, 2016)

The first issue of “Rewaq of History and Heritage” (January, 2016)

     The Hassan Bin Mohammed Center for Historical Studies released the first issue of Rewaq of History and Heritage in the month of January 2015, after issuing its trial number before six months.

 This issue contains a number of research papers in the field of History and Islamic legacy. Professor Rushdi reviewed the position of Ibn al-Haytham and his contributions in Mathematics and Optics, and Professor Nasser Ahmed Suleiman wrote about “Seyahatname of Egypt (1673-1680): a Critical Reading of the Dimensions of Ottoman Discourse”.  In his article entitles “Kiswah and Drapes of Prophet’s Mosque and Chamber: Preliminary Study of their Origin, History and Artistic Patterns”, the researcher Mohammed bin Hussein Al-Mojan reviewed a documented historical account about the Kiswah and its development.  And in the field of Greek Literature, Professor Magda El-Nowieemy reviewed “The First Arabic Edition of Iliad by Homer” showing the peculiarity of translating this epic poetry and its determinants. Professor Lutfullah Qari in his article discussed about the historical sets of surgical instruments preserved in Museums of the world and the importance of introducing them”.  Professor Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Ghani Ibrahim presented his article titled "King Abdul Aziz: his Divan and Types of Najdi Traditions in the Book of “the Phoenix of Arabian Peninsula” as an eyewitness. Professor Maher Issa tried to find out the answer for: “Why Egyptians Turned to Arabic?” In the field of archival documents, Professor Penelope Tuson, a curator of archives and historian, wrote her article “Qatar and Arabian Gulf States in Documents of British Archives”.

Author

Aly