- Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki
Wydział Orientalistyczny
Uniwersytet Warszawski
ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
00-927 Warszawa
ORCID: 0000-0002-6007-7363
- She is a researcher in the field of contemporary Arabic literature and intercultural interferences. Since 2009 she te... moreShe is a researcher in the field of contemporary Arabic literature and intercultural interferences.
Since 2009 she teaches Arabic language in the Center for Eastern Languages at the University of Warsaw, and since 2020 also works as assistant Professor in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at University of Warsaw. Between 2011 and 2020 she worked as assistant Professor in the Department of Arabic Language and Culture at Nicolas Copernicus University in Torun.
The list of her accomplishments includes many publications in Polish, English, Arabic and German. Among them :Miraże i oazy. Su’ad as-Sabah i inne poetki kuwejckie (Mirages and Oasis, Suad as-Sabah and other Women Poets of Kuwait, 2006), and Motyw śmierci w twórczości współczesnych poetek arabskich (The Death Motif in the Works of Contemporary Arab Women Poets, 2009). She has also published translations of Arabic literature. Abd ar-Rahman Munif, Miasta soli, (Cities of Salt, 2010), and Khalil Gibran, Połamane skrzydła, (Broken Wings, 2012).
Dr. Kubarek is a member of the Polish Orient Society, a member of the Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants and the European Association for Modern Arabic Literature.
ماجدالينا كوباريك دكتورة في العلوم الإنسانية متخصصة في اللغة العربية وآدابها ، مترجمة الأدب العربي، من عام 2020 أستاذة مساعدة في قسم الدراسات العربية والإسلامية التابع لكلية الاستشراق بجامعة وارسو ، من عام 2009 مدرّسة للغة العربية في مركز اللغات الشرقية في جامعة وارسو. في فترة بين 2011-2020 أستاذة مساعدة في قسم اللغة والثقافة العربية التابع لجامعة نيقولاوس كوبرنيكوس بمدينة تورون. عضو مجلس الإدارة في اتحاد المستشرقين في بولندا وعضو الأتحاد الأوروبي للمستعربين والمتخصصين في الدراسات الإسلامية وعضو الجمعية الأوروبية للأدب العربي الحديث.
شاركت في العديد من المؤتمرات العلمية داخل بولندا وخارجها كما شاركت في تنظيم المؤتمرات البولندية والدولية المنعقدة في بولندا.
تقوم بالأبحاث العلمية في مجال الأدب العربي المعاصر والأدب الإسلامي وظواهر التداخل بين الثقافات ونشرت العديد من الدراسات في هذا المجال باللغة البولندية والعربية والإنجليزية. من أهم منشوراتها:
السراب والواحات. سعاد الصباح وغيرها من الشاعرات الكويتيات، وارسو 2006، في دائرة الثقافة الإسلامية. مواد تعليمية لمعلمي المدارس الثانوية، وارسو 2007، موضوع الموت في إبداع الشاعرات العربيات المعاصرات، لودز 2009. الكتب المترجمة: مدن الملح. التيه لعبد الرحمن منيف، والأجنحة المتكسرة لجبران خليل جبران وعزازيل ليوسف زيدان.edit
The world we live in is a part of us and we are a part of it. Every day we experience its injustice, as well as the happiness it gives us. All this is reflected in art, music and literature; for human beings they are an alternative world... more
The world we live in is a part of us and we are a part of it. Every day we
experience its injustice, as well as the happiness it gives us. All this is reflected in art, music and literature; for human beings they are an alternative world – one that they create on their own but, at the same time, closely related to their everyday lives. We cannot tear ourselves away from it – if only because it is impossible. And this applies to all cultures of the world, because in their nature people are not as different from each other as it sometimes seems.
This book is a further proof of that. It is a description of fragments of the
represented world as seen through the eyes of Arab writers and poets of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Iraqi, Syrian, Lebanese, Egyptian, Omani, Tunisian and Algerian literature. In this way, we get an insight into different literary traditions, although they have a lot in common, as they derive from the common stem of classical Arabic literature. Of course, it is not a complete picture of what we can observe in literature, but it is a reflection of the research interests of individual authors, representing European and Arab scientific circles: British, Polish, Romanian,
French, Italian, Iraqi, Omani, Egyptian and Algerian.
The volume is the outcome of the International Conference on Modern Arabic Literature – between Myth and Reality, which was organized by the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Universityof Warsaw on June 1–2, 2023.
experience its injustice, as well as the happiness it gives us. All this is reflected in art, music and literature; for human beings they are an alternative world – one that they create on their own but, at the same time, closely related to their everyday lives. We cannot tear ourselves away from it – if only because it is impossible. And this applies to all cultures of the world, because in their nature people are not as different from each other as it sometimes seems.
This book is a further proof of that. It is a description of fragments of the
represented world as seen through the eyes of Arab writers and poets of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Iraqi, Syrian, Lebanese, Egyptian, Omani, Tunisian and Algerian literature. In this way, we get an insight into different literary traditions, although they have a lot in common, as they derive from the common stem of classical Arabic literature. Of course, it is not a complete picture of what we can observe in literature, but it is a reflection of the research interests of individual authors, representing European and Arab scientific circles: British, Polish, Romanian,
French, Italian, Iraqi, Omani, Egyptian and Algerian.
The volume is the outcome of the International Conference on Modern Arabic Literature – between Myth and Reality, which was organized by the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Universityof Warsaw on June 1–2, 2023.
Research Interests: Arabic Literature, Modern Arabic Literature, Modern Arabic Poetry, Arabic Culture, Contemporary Arabic Studies, and Comparative literature, postcolonial literatures and literary theory, world literature, contemporary literature, intersections among Latin American and Arabic literatures, liberation movements, and translation studies
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Książka Świat arabski w języku, historii i kulturze to niezwykle interesująca monografia ukazująca w wielu przypadkach nieznane aspekty kultury arabsko-muzułmańskiej, w innych zaś proponująca odmienne interpretacje problemów już znanych i... more
Książka Świat arabski w języku, historii i kulturze to niezwykle interesująca monografia ukazująca w wielu przypadkach nieznane aspekty kultury arabsko-muzułmańskiej, w innych zaś proponująca odmienne interpretacje problemów już znanych i zdawałoby się rozwiązanych.
[...] Zawarte w niniejszym tomie teksty oscylują wokół czterech zasadniczych osi tematycznych – islamu oraz literatury, języka i sztuki arabskiej. Można zatem powiedzieć, że poza badaniami historycznymi obejmują wszystkie główne nurty badań nad światem arabsko-muzułmańskim, jakie rozwijają się w Polsce. Stanowią one kontynuację problematyki, która w mniejszym lub większym stopniu buduje bardzo ważne pola eksploracyjne polskich badań arabistyczno-islamistycznych od momentu zaistnienia tej gałęzi orientalistyki w nauce polskiej.
[...] Proponowana Czytelnikowi książka pozostaje w ramach tematyki nakreślonej przez arabistyczno-islamistyczną tradycję, rozwija ją jednak w niezwykle twórczy sposób. Widać, jak jeszcze wiele jest do zrobienia w naszej dziedzinie. Rozważania Autorów niniejszego opracowania bez wątpienia mogą stanowić zachętę do prowadzenia własnych badań, rozwijających podjęte tu zagadnienia.
Ze Wstępu prof. dra hab. Marka M. Dziekana
[...] Zawarte w niniejszym tomie teksty oscylują wokół czterech zasadniczych osi tematycznych – islamu oraz literatury, języka i sztuki arabskiej. Można zatem powiedzieć, że poza badaniami historycznymi obejmują wszystkie główne nurty badań nad światem arabsko-muzułmańskim, jakie rozwijają się w Polsce. Stanowią one kontynuację problematyki, która w mniejszym lub większym stopniu buduje bardzo ważne pola eksploracyjne polskich badań arabistyczno-islamistycznych od momentu zaistnienia tej gałęzi orientalistyki w nauce polskiej.
[...] Proponowana Czytelnikowi książka pozostaje w ramach tematyki nakreślonej przez arabistyczno-islamistyczną tradycję, rozwija ją jednak w niezwykle twórczy sposób. Widać, jak jeszcze wiele jest do zrobienia w naszej dziedzinie. Rozważania Autorów niniejszego opracowania bez wątpienia mogą stanowić zachętę do prowadzenia własnych badań, rozwijających podjęte tu zagadnienia.
Ze Wstępu prof. dra hab. Marka M. Dziekana
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The work presents articles discussing various subjects relating to literary, cultural borders and borderlands as well as their crossings with the Orient and the Occident. A broad, multifaceted scope of the volume draws the attention of... more
The work presents articles discussing various subjects relating to literary, cultural borders and borderlands as well as their crossings with the Orient and the Occident. A broad, multifaceted scope of the volume draws the attention of readers to the problem of liminal spaces between cultures, genres, codes and languages of literary and artistic communication. The perspective of borderness proposed by orientalists, literary specialists, culture experts provide insights into multi-dimensional and heterogenic subjects and methods of consideration. The authors referring to, inter alia, comparative studies, theory of reception, intertextuality, transculturality of the East and West works touch upon themes such as coexistence, exclusion, crossing or the instability of borders. Also by taking into account identity issues, the interpenetration of various influences between different literatures, poetics and languages, the readers gain a broader context of intercultural dialogue between the Orient and Occident, what allow them to transgress barriers of a purely artistic, literary reception of the book contents. The volume – due to the abundance of proposed topics, its heterogeneous representations and manifold approaches used in analysis, discussion and (re)interpretations – is a debate’s record or a result of an academic reflection rather than a comprehensive monograph.
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It is a well-known fact that Kitāb alf layla wa-layla (One Thousand and One Nights) has played an integral part in creating the image of the East and the Arab and Islamic world in the West. This article discusses the degree of influence... more
It is a well-known fact that Kitāb alf layla wa-layla (One Thousand and One Nights) has played an integral part in creating the image of the East and the Arab and Islamic world in the West. This article discusses the degree of influence that the One Thousand and One Nights has registered on Polish prose, poetry, and drama – a literature known for its stories, interpretations, and fables.
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Twórcy powieści muzułmańskiej, konstruujący swoje utwory zgodnie z kryteriami opracowanymi dla tego gatunku w ciągu ostatnich kilkudziesięciu lat, zarówno przez teoretyków jak i samych pisarzy, podporządkowują literaturę funkcji... more
Twórcy powieści muzułmańskiej, konstruujący swoje utwory zgodnie z kryteriami opracowanymi dla tego gatunku w ciągu ostatnich kilkudziesięciu lat, zarówno przez teoretyków jak i samych pisarzy, podporządkowują literaturę funkcji dydaktycznej, która pełni rolę nadrzędną w stosunku do pozostałych. Dzieło musi odpowiadać wartościom islamu, prezentować świat przedstawiony z perspektywy muzułmańskiej, ale też poprzez konstrukcję postaci czy wątku odpowiednio kształtować świat poza-literacki i wpływać na postawy moralne, zwłaszcza wśród młodych ludzi. Stąd też sposób przedstawienia kobiecych bohaterek oraz idealnego wizerunku muzułmanki, zarówno w wymiarze psychicznym/społecznym, jak i fizycznym/cielesnym, reprezentuje bardzo ważny element świata przedstawionego, a także rodzaj manifestu moralnego, głęboko zakorzenionego w kulturze muzułmańskiej, i jako taki stanowi przedmiot rozważań i analiz podejmowanych w niniejszym artykule.
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Since 1948, Palestinian topics have been adopted by writers from different Arabic countries and have acted as a kind of political manifesto. By 1967 they were dominated by secularist views, primarily nationalist and socialist. The defeat... more
Since 1948, Palestinian topics have been adopted by writers from different Arabic countries and have acted as a kind of political manifesto. By 1967 they were dominated by secularist views, primarily nationalist and socialist. The defeat of the Arab armies in the war with Israel in 1967 was followed by an ideological crisis that, in later years, resulted in the rise of fundamentalist sentiments. Religion marginalised the old socialist or pan-Arabic ideas and again became an important element of social discourse and the new Arab identity. The popularisation of the Islamic ideology changed the categorisation of the Palestinian conflict from secular into religious. The article examines – on the basis of the novel Umar yazharu fi al-Quds by Nagib al-Kilani – the role which literature played in the process of building a new historical consciousness through the dissemination of Muslim symbols, terms and arguments.
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Paraenetic literature encompasses didactic literature which promotes adequate and morally correct manner of action. One of the features of paraenesis is its normativism proposing models of ideal heroes, characteristic for a given social... more
Paraenetic literature encompasses didactic literature which promotes adequate and morally correct manner of action. One of the features of paraenesis is its normativism proposing models of ideal heroes, characteristic for a given social background. Paraenetic literature has its roots in Ancient Greece. In the subsequent centuries Christianity, drawing on the ancient canon of an ideal man, proposed moral values and ideal heroes hitherto unknown. At the same time, what Christianity did in the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque, was to develop new genres that aimed at conveying paraenetic content. The concept of the aesthetic role of literature as opposed to its utilitarian character was created as late as in Romanticism.In the Arab world the utilitarian and aesthetic functions have stood hand in hand since the very beginning. In the 1980s a movement described as “Islamic literature” emerged. This genre has a didactic function and aims at forming attitudes and moral behavior patterns...
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Since 1948, Palestinian topics have been adopted by writers from different Arabic countries and have acted as a kind of political manifesto. By 1967 they were dominated by secularist views, primarily nationalist and socialist. The defeat... more
Since 1948, Palestinian topics have been adopted by writers from different Arabic countries and have acted as a kind of political manifesto. By 1967 they were dominated by secularist views, primarily nationalist and socialist. The defeat of the Arab armies in the war with Israel in 1967 was followed by an ideological crisis that, in later years, resulted in the rise of fundamentalist sentiments.
Religion marginalised the old socialist or pan-Arabic ideas and again became an important element of social discourse and the new Arab identity. The popularisation of the Islamic ideology changed the categorisation of the Palestinian conflict from secular into religious. The article examines – on the basis of the novel Umar yazharu fi al-Quds by Nagib al-Kilani – the role which literature played in the process of building a new historical consciousness through the dissemination of Muslim symbols, terms and arguments.
Religion marginalised the old socialist or pan-Arabic ideas and again became an important element of social discourse and the new Arab identity. The popularisation of the Islamic ideology changed the categorisation of the Palestinian conflict from secular into religious. The article examines – on the basis of the novel Umar yazharu fi al-Quds by Nagib al-Kilani – the role which literature played in the process of building a new historical consciousness through the dissemination of Muslim symbols, terms and arguments.
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When literature began to develop in the Arab world, the utilitarian and aesthetic functions of a literary work were seen as mutually complementary. It was not until the Arab renaissance (Al-Nahda) in the 19th century that, under the... more
When literature began to develop in the Arab world, the utilitarian and aesthetic functions of a literary work were seen as mutually complementary. It was not until the Arab renaissance (Al-Nahda) in the 19th century that, under the influence of European ideas, some changes occurred in the perception of the role of a literary work even though they were limited to a small group of experimenters. Regardless of their ideological or political affiliation, prose writers, poets and playwrights treated their creative work as a continuation of the traditional mission. The 1980s saw a rise of fundamentalism and development of a new kind of literature, described as “Islamic literature” (al-adab al-islami). Its goal was to oppose the moral degradation promoted by secular literature imitating Western models on the one hand, and on the other, to shape attitudes and moral standards consistent with the principles of Islam. The article describes the cultural and socio-political context of the development of this movement, and analyses how the role and form of a literary work has been perceived and defined by theorists of Islamic literature as well as Arab authors and readers.
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Paraenetic literature encompasses didactic literature, which propagates adequate and morally correct manner of action. One of features of paraenesis is its normativism, which proposed models of ideal heroes, characteristic for a given... more
Paraenetic literature encompasses didactic literature, which propagates adequate and morally correct manner of action. One of features of paraenesis is its normativism, which proposed models of ideal heroes, characteristic for a given social background. Paraenetic literature has its roots in Ancient Greece. In the subsequent centuries Christianity, drawing from the ancient canon of an ideal man, proposed moral values and ideal heroes, hitherto unknown. At the same time, what Christianity did in the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque, was develop new genres that aimed at conveying paraenetic content. The concept of aesthetic role of literature as opposed to it utilitarian character was created as late as in Romanticism.
In the Arab world the utilitarian and aesthetic functions stood hand in hand from the very beginning. In the 80s a movement described as “Islamic literature” emerged. This genre has a didactic function and aims at forming attitudes and moral behavior patterns that go in line with the rules of Islam. This paper analyses and models of heroes, who are inspired by the Prophet Muhammad and face modern dangers and challenges, resulting from the Western pressure.
In the Arab world the utilitarian and aesthetic functions stood hand in hand from the very beginning. In the 80s a movement described as “Islamic literature” emerged. This genre has a didactic function and aims at forming attitudes and moral behavior patterns that go in line with the rules of Islam. This paper analyses and models of heroes, who are inspired by the Prophet Muhammad and face modern dangers and challenges, resulting from the Western pressure.
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As part of the 2nd International African Congress, that will take place in Toruń (Poland) on February 20-21, 2025, I am organizing a seminar on "Arabic literature in Africa - African literature in Arabic". Here is a brief description:... more
As part of the 2nd International African Congress, that will take place in Toruń (Poland) on February 20-21, 2025, I am organizing a seminar on "Arabic literature in Africa - African literature in Arabic". Here is a brief description:
"The panel addresses the issues of creative writing in Arabic countries throughout northern Africa including the rich literary tradition and modern national literatures written in Arabic but also in French (francophone literature) and English as well as the works by Muslim authors writing in Arabic in Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa with their variety, uniqueness and distinctiveness".
If you are interested, please register for the International African Congress by August 31, 2024: https://africa.marszalek.com.pl/index.php/en/registration. In the comments section, please indicate "Seminar on Arabic literature in Africa".
"The panel addresses the issues of creative writing in Arabic countries throughout northern Africa including the rich literary tradition and modern national literatures written in Arabic but also in French (francophone literature) and English as well as the works by Muslim authors writing in Arabic in Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa with their variety, uniqueness and distinctiveness".
If you are interested, please register for the International African Congress by August 31, 2024: https://africa.marszalek.com.pl/index.php/en/registration. In the comments section, please indicate "Seminar on Arabic literature in Africa".
Research Interests: African Studies, Arabic Literature, African Literature, Egypt, Morocco, and 14 moreModern Arabic Literature, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Moroccan Literature, Tunisia, Algerian Literature, Mauretania, Libia, Arabic Studies, Etiopia, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Tunisian Literature, Morocco, Moroccan Studies, Libian Arabic Literature, and Algieria
The conference will be held on June 1-2, 2023 at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Tyniecka St. 15/17, Warsaw, Poland. Conference registration forms with abstracts (in English up to 500 words) shall be submitted... more
The conference will be held on June 1-2, 2023 at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Tyniecka St. 15/17, Warsaw, Poland.
Conference registration forms with abstracts (in English up to 500 words) shall be submitted to the email address: arablit2023@uw.edu.pl
Deadline for paper and panel proposal submission: 28 February 2023
The languages of the conference are English and Arabic.
The invitation is also available on the website of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies: http://arabistyka.uw.edu.pl/aktualnosci/konferencje/
Conference registration forms with abstracts (in English up to 500 words) shall be submitted to the email address: arablit2023@uw.edu.pl
Deadline for paper and panel proposal submission: 28 February 2023
The languages of the conference are English and Arabic.
The invitation is also available on the website of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies: http://arabistyka.uw.edu.pl/aktualnosci/konferencje/
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Invitation to the “Oriental Studies for the Future -- International Conference Organized on the Occasion of the 90th Anniversary of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw” which will be held under the auspices of the Rector of the... more
Invitation to the “Oriental Studies for the Future -- International Conference Organized on the Occasion of the 90th Anniversary of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw” which will be held under the auspices of the Rector of the University of Warsaw on June 29-30, 2022 (Old Library, Assembly Hall, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, 00-927 Warsaw).
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The international conference organized during the 37th Congress of Polish Orientalists on October 11th– 12th, 2021 at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw
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Planned as a joint initiative of the units of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń: Jean Monnet European Studies Centre and Arabic Language and Culture Centre, as well as student organizations: Foreign Affairs Research Club and... more
Planned as a joint initiative of the units of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń: Jean Monnet European Studies Centre and Arabic Language and Culture Centre, as well as student organizations: Foreign Affairs Research Club and Arabic Students Club „Zahra as-Sahra” the international conference will focus on Arabic studies and political science perspectives on the research about the Islamic world. The Conference will address issues related to the historical, political, economic, cultural and social aspects of the academic interests about the Muslim world – from Marocco to South-East Asia, including Muslims in diaspora.
Noticing the need for developing an intercultural and interreligious dialogue, and being aware of a growing number of conferences and symposia that enable scientists to exchange views on issues related to the main problems of the modern world of Islam, the organizers of the Conference in Toruń decided to invite both respected researchers and young scholars to actively engage in discussions about the abovementioned problems.
Planning the 2nd International Conference on “The World of Islam in Research Perspectives of Arabic Studies and Political Science” is not only an attempt to initiate an academic debate, but also an opportunity to integrate the community of scholars dealing with the world of Islam.
Conference has an interdisciplinary character, all researchers representing different fields and disciplines are invited to participate in the initiative. We believe that only connecting two perspectives: Arabic Studies and Political Science allows to fully present the changes in the World of Islam, with its complexity and diversity. That is why we have designed our conference to be a platform for philosophers, historians, economists, political scientists, lawyers, as well as scholars working in a field of linguistics, literature, culture, religion, art, geography, security and international relations, to present their research on the World of Islam.
Location: Toruń, POLAND
Organization: Nicolaus Copernicus University
Conference Start Date: Mar 26, 2020
Conference End Date: Mar 27, 2020
Noticing the need for developing an intercultural and interreligious dialogue, and being aware of a growing number of conferences and symposia that enable scientists to exchange views on issues related to the main problems of the modern world of Islam, the organizers of the Conference in Toruń decided to invite both respected researchers and young scholars to actively engage in discussions about the abovementioned problems.
Planning the 2nd International Conference on “The World of Islam in Research Perspectives of Arabic Studies and Political Science” is not only an attempt to initiate an academic debate, but also an opportunity to integrate the community of scholars dealing with the world of Islam.
Conference has an interdisciplinary character, all researchers representing different fields and disciplines are invited to participate in the initiative. We believe that only connecting two perspectives: Arabic Studies and Political Science allows to fully present the changes in the World of Islam, with its complexity and diversity. That is why we have designed our conference to be a platform for philosophers, historians, economists, political scientists, lawyers, as well as scholars working in a field of linguistics, literature, culture, religion, art, geography, security and international relations, to present their research on the World of Islam.
Location: Toruń, POLAND
Organization: Nicolaus Copernicus University
Conference Start Date: Mar 26, 2020
Conference End Date: Mar 27, 2020