"URA" magazine, Spring/Summer 2009, No. 2 (2)

CULTURAL-SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE

FOR ORIENTAL STUDIES

PUBLISHED BY:

‘ALBANIAN CENTER FOR ORIENTAL STUDIES’

attend:

Albanology

Balkanology

Orientalism

Architecture

Archivism

Civilization

History

Philosophy

Linguistics

Literature

Moral

Art

Science

Culture

Notable Personalities

Sociology, etc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Dr. Edward SAID

Living in Arabic

2. Mr. Sc. Sadik MEHMETI

The Orientalists - in different view

3. Dr. Iljaz REXHA

The memorandum of Abdyl Frashëri against the treaty of San Stefano

4. Dr. Murad HOFMANN

The European mentality and Islam

5. Mr. Azem XHELADINI

General knowledge of Arabic language

6. Dr. Muhamed MUFAKU (ARNAUTI)

Maruf Arnauti, the first novelist in the Syrian literature

7. Roald HYSA

The transformation of the urban area in Tirana

8. Sabina MORANDI

The Western civilization, will not exist without Islam

9. Osman MYDERRIZI

Notes from the records of the Sheri-a of Berat city

Reviews

1. Dr. Muhamed MUFAKU

Review of the book “Escape from the East” by Enis Sulstarova

2. Dr. Ali Fuat BILKAN

Review of the book “The misconceptions of the Orientalists” by Dr. Suat Yıldırım

Oriental Poems

1. Ermal BEGA

Damascus, eye of the East & Damascus-Sham (Poem)

2. Dr. Abdul Latif ARNAUTI

Dobërlluka (Poem)

3. Nizar KABBANI

Impossible love (Poem)

New books

Invitation for collaboration

Published by:

“ALBANIAN CENTER FOR ORIENTAL STUDIES”

Tirana-Albania

P.O.Box 8203

www.acfos-albania.org

E-mail: info@acfos-albania.org, uramagazine@gmail.com

"URA" magazine, Autumn/Winter 2008, No. 1 (1)

Editor in Chief

Ermal BEGA

Editorial board

Azem XHELADINI

Edvin CAMI

Alban ÇULI

Advisory board

Dr. Murad HOFMANN - (Bonn-GERMANY)

Dr. Muhammad al-ARNAUT - (Amman-JORDAN)

Dr. Abdulateef al-ARNAUT - (Damascus-SYRIA)

Dr. Dritan EGRO - (Tirana-ALBANIA)

Dr. Feti MEHDIU - (Prishtina-KOSOVA) etc.

CULTURAL-SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE

FOR ORIENTAL STUDIES

PUBLISHED BY:

‘ALBANIAN CENTER FOR ORIENTAL STUDIES’

attend:

Albanology

Balkanology

Orientalism

Architecture

Archivism

Civilization

History

Philosophy

Linguistics

Literature

Moral

Art

Science

Culture

Notable Personalities

Sociology, etc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prologue

1. Nexhat S. IBRAHIMI

Orientalism and the Orientalists

2. Sejjid Alim ASHRAF

Islam and Orientalism

3. Dr. Muhammad MUFAKU (al-ARNAUT)

Hafiz Ali Korça, Symbol of interlacing Islam and nation in the Balkans

4. Prof. Dr. Feti MEHDIU

The coexistence of the three holy books and their future in the Balkan

5. Dr. Alibeman Eghbali ZARCH

Dialogue among cultures and religions in the World

6. Mr. Olsi JAZEXHI

Homage on an Arab mind: Edward SAID

7. Mr. Azem XHELADINI

The roots of Arabic literary language

8. Belina BUDINI

“Tabakët”, The family who gave the name to the Bridge and the Mosque

9. Sadik MEHMETI

“Sherh Rahati al-Kulub” of Pir Muhammed Efendi – a unique work/manuscript in the Archive of Kosova

10. Skerdi MAHMUTAJ

Introduction with the Persian civilization

11. Bujar SPAHIU

The Art & Caligraphy of Arabic language

12. Ramadan SHKODRA

Islamic publications in Albanian language in Kosova

13. Halil XHIBRAN (Khalil GIBRAN)

Mrs. Roza Hanaj

14. Nuredin A. AHMETI

Presentation of the book: “Albanian League of Prizren in Egyptian press (1878-1881)”

New books

Invitation for collaboration

Published by:

“ALBANIAN CENTER FOR ORIENTAL STUDIES”

Tirana-Albania

P.O.Box 8203

www.acfos-albania.org

E-mail: info@acfos-albania.org, uramagazine@gmail.com

Damascus - Sham (Poem in English)

by Ermal BEGA

DAMASCUS (SHAM)

Damascus (Sham),

how wonderful you are,

with your beauty,

your illumination,

your streets,

your magnificent mosques,

your great personalities,

your history,

your people,

your girls...

I miss you so much

ya Sham.

I miss smelling your fragrance,

yours ya Sham,

I miss your people,

oh wonderful Sham,

I miss your ‘Ilm (knowledge),

ya ‘Sham ash-Shareef’,

I miss your girls,

I miss my petal, ya Sham...

It’s been so long since I smelt your aroma,

it’s been so long since I enjoyed your gardens,

it’s been so long since I touched your petals,

it’s been so long since I touched you,

it’s been so long since I looked at you,

it’s been so long since I felt you...

Ya Sham, I love you so much,

with everything within you...

I will return again,

wait for me, soon, inshaAllah,

to have your nectar again,

and I wish, I please,

to die there,

beside you...

I love you,

ya Sham...