"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