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  • Author: The Editors
  • Year of publication: 2022
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  • Pages: 3-4
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  • PDF: so/22/so22toc.pdf

Żona, gejsza czy emancypantka? Wizerunek Japonek w wybranej prasie polskiej w latach 30. XX wieku

  • Author: Katarzyna Michalewicz
  • Institution: Uniwersytet Wrocławski
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1011-906X
  • Year of publication: 2022
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  • Pages: 7-28
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/so2022201
  • PDF: so/22/so2201.pdf

Wife, Geisha, or Suffragist? – An Image of Japanese Women in the Selected The Second Polish Republic Press in the 1930s

The Polish interwar press tried to bring its readers closer to the inhabitants of the Land of the Rising Sun. Many articles were devoted to Japanese women. Usually, it was done by mass magazines such as sensational “As” and travel-geographical “Na Szerokim Świecie” [On the Broad World] published by holding “Ilustrowany Kurier Codzienny” [Illustrated Daily Courier], as well as Warsaw “Naokoło Świata” [Around the World], and women’s magazines, e.g., “Bluszcz” [Ivy]. A Japanese was presented either as a mysterious woman of exotic beauty and a mysterious soul, a wife devoted to the family, a victim of the patriarchal system, or an emancipate fighting for political, professional, and social rights. The mass magazines and women focused on the social situation of Japanese women, stressing that it was extremely unfavourable and, as an example, gave their unequal position in marriage. However, they added that their position had improved rapidly, although they still had a long way to go to emancipate. The interwar press tried to combat common stereotypes about the inhabitants of Japan. One was to say that all Japanese women are, by nature, perfect wives, mothers, and mothers-in-law, and the other that geishas are luxury prostitutes.

The Second Polish Republic the interwar polish press The Japan woman geisha the suffragist emancipation Вторая Речь Посполитая довоенная пресса

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Raj utracony – losy Morysków w Trylogii grenadzkiej Raḍwy ‘Āšūr. Konteksty postkolonialne

  • Author: Magdalena Kubarek
  • Institution: Uniwersytet Warszawski
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6007-7363
  • Year of publication: 2022
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  • Pages: 29-47
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/so2022202
  • PDF: so/22/so2202.pdf

Paradise Lost – The Fate of the Moriscos in Grenada Trilogy by Raḍwa ‘Āšūr. Postcolonial Contexts

The paper focuses on a historical novel, a genre that enjoys great popularity in Arabic literature. Based on historical material incorporated in literary fiction, the contemporary Arab writers try to deal with the most important subjects of ongoing intellectual discourse, such as colonialism, neocolonialism, and postcolonial identity. The analysed material is the novel The Granada Trilogy by Egyptian writer Raḍwà ‘Āšūr (Radwa Ashour), which in 1994, won the Best Book of the Year Award granted by the General Egyptian Book Organisation and the first prize at the first Arab Women’s Book Fair in 1995. It has been translated into many languages, including English and Spanish. The three-volume chronicle covers the period from 1491 to 1609, i.e., from the fall of Granada to the total expulsion of Muslims from Andalusia. The article aims to show that the author of The Granada Trilogy illustrates the gradual and deliberate elimination of Arab-Muslim culture in Spain as another act of the West-East confrontation, putting it in the colonial and neocolonial context of contemporary conflicts in the Arab World.

арабский мир Arabic world Egypt Arabic literature colonialism post-colonialism Al-Andalus reconquista

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System kafala w państwach Zatoki Perskiej – ochrona pracowników czy niewolnictwo w XXI wieku? Zarys problematyki

  • Author: Marzena Mruk
  • Institution: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3529-0365
  • Year of publication: 2022
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  • Pages: 48-61
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/so2022203
  • PDF: so/22/so2203.pdf

The Kafala System in the Persian Gulf States – Worker Protection or Slavery in the 21st Century? Outline of the Issues

The human rights protection system in the Middle East, especially in the Persian Gulf states, is often discussed in the literature in the context of women’s rights or the use of torture and the death penalty. An important topic related to human rights in the modern world is the kafala system, which has been operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, i.e., Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and Jordan for years. The states have perceived it as a system of foreign worker protection. According to the latest data, it is estimated that 25 million migrants live and work in the GCC countries, 70% of the Gulf Cooperation Council workforce consists of migrant workers, and 49% of the total GCC population are migrants. The kafala system determines the dependence between a foreign employee and an Arab employer, which is often associated with the emergence of various types of violations of employee rights and threats to their lives and health.

ислам кафала Islam kafala system GCC Arab states worker

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Hidżab w myśli Kasima Amina i Musy Bigijewa

  • Author: Izabela Kończak
  • Institution: Uniwersytet Łódzki
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9309-7697
  • Year of publication: 2022
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  • Pages: 62-76
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/so2022204
  • PDF: so/22/so2204.pdf

A Hijab in Considerations of Qasim Amin and Musa Bigiev

In the Western world, a hijab is seen as a special form of oppression of women who are hidden and fully controlled by men. In this context, it seems to be interesting what Muslim men thought about the veil, how they interpreted Islamic law, its Koranic verses and hadiths that refer to the title issue to justify that it is not necessary to apply it. The article’s purpose is to present the views of two Muslim modernists – the Egyptian: Kasim Amin and Tatar, and Musa Bigijew – on issues related to women’s rights in Islam regarding the obligation to cover up women. The author tries to answer the following questions: is it really possible to consider their thoughts as a manifestation of a kind of struggle for women’s rights and efforts to “liberate” them? To what extent the views on the isolation of women in the Arab-Muslim world have changed in the time between the publishing of both analysed texts; and whether Musa Bigijew considered the socio-political changes that took place in the Middle East in the 1920s?

хиджаб ислам Hijab Qasim Amin Musa Bigiev Islam emancipation women’s rights

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Zjawisko otyłości w Arabii Saudyjskiej i prerogatywa monarsza króla Salmana. Wczoraj, dziś i jutro

  • Author: Kamil Pietrasik
  • Institution: Towarzystwo Azji i Pacyfiku
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8579-0659
  • Year of publication: 2022
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  • Pages: 78-83
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/so2022205
  • PDF: so/22/so2205.pdf

The Obesity Phenomenon in Saudi Arabia and the Monarch’s Prerogative of King Salman. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

The paper presents obesity noticeable in Saudi Arabia. The historical and present condition is indicated, as well as the forecast for the following years. It shows what political instruments the Saudi king currently has in the fight against this phenomenon and what were the political movements of previous kings in this matter.

obesity Saudi Arabia king Policy health Middle East ожирение Саудовская Аравия Ближний Восток

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Idee dżadidyzmu we współczesnej Rosji

  • Author: Andrzej Stopczyński
  • Institution: Uniwersytet Łódzki
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9795-725X
  • Year of publication: 2022
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  • Pages: 84-99
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/so2022206
  • PDF: so/22/so2206.pdf

The Ideas of Jadidism in Contemporary Russia

The development of the Muslim religion in the Russian Federation is undoubtedly a very important and, at the same time, interesting element influencing the contemporary socio-political situation in Russia. One of the most important components of religious revival in this country was the change in the Russian Muslims’ attitude to issues related to religiosity. In the conditions of religious pluralism, Muslims in Russia, scientists, thinkers, and publicists often refer to the intellectual output of Russian Muslim socio-political activists whose activity took place at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The article aims to show how the jadidism movement is being received in contemporary Russia. Nowadays, the ideas of jadidism are also the pretext for discussing the nature of Russian Islam and its future.

ислам Россия мусульманское сообщество джадидизм Russia Islam Jadidism Muslim community Tatars

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Wpływ zamkniętych jednostek administracyjno-terytorialnych na rozwój gospodarczy Rosji

  • Author: Natasza Duraj
  • Institution: Uniwersytet Łódzki
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0796-6620
  • Year of publication: 2022
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  • Pages: 100-116
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/so2022207
  • PDF: so/22/so2207.pdf

The Impact of Closed Administrative-Territorial Units on the Economic Development of Russia

The main goal of this article is to present the impact of closed administrative- territorial units on the economic development of Russia. Moreover, the paper contains information on the functioning of science cities in the Russian Federation and presents information on the financial results of the company Norylski Nikiel.

Россия закрытые города Russia closed cities economic development cities of science research

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Działania lądowe pod Portem Artura pod koniec lipca 1904 roku podczas wojny japońsko-rosyjskiej na łamach „Gońca Porannego” i „Gońca Wieczornego

  • Author: Marek Janczurewicz
  • Institution: Uniwersytet Poznański
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7129-1229
  • Year of publication: 2022
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  • Pages: 117-132
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/so2022208
  • PDF: so/22/so2208.pdf

Land Operations at Port Artur at the End of July 1904 During the Japanese- Russian War in “Goniec Poranny” and “Goniec Wieczorny”

The paper discusses ground troops’ actions during the Russo-Japanese War’s siege of Port Arthur, as shown in “Goniec Poranny” [Morning Messenger] and “Goniec Wieczorny” [Evening Messenger]. First, the author presents the conflict’s background and the aspects he will discuss. Then, he presents what could be learned from the newspaper about Japanese assaults taking place in July 1904. The author highlights disinformation present in the newspaper, especially concerning the battle course. Following that, the author describes casualties of both sides of the conflict – noting that these are not in line with what historians found out, often being times higher than in reality, although there are some exceptions on the Russian side. Following that, the author discusses civilian escape attempts during the siege – a matter not present in the literature. Due to the inclusion of this section, the reader can take a look at the battle from a different perspective. In the article’s final part, the author summarises opinions of the people of conflicted sides. They often presented themselves as superior, not considering the actual strength of the armies. For example, a Japanese professor mentions prohibitive demands of the Russian side in the plan of a peace treaty. In reality, even after multiple lost battles and defeats of tzar Nikolai II, the demands were never considered. In the conclusion, the author presents how reliable was the information from the Messenger, compared to the subject literature.

Japan Russia XIX century the Russo-Japanese War Port Arthur

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Muzeum jako nośnik pamięci zbiorowych. Kazus Sarajewa

  • Author: Katarzyna Wasiak
  • Institution: Uniwersytet Łódzki
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7845-1894
  • Year of publication: 2022
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  • Pages: 133-151
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/so2022209
  • PDF: so/22/so2209.pdf

Museum as a Medium of Collective Memory. The Case of Sarajevo

This article explores the relationships between memory politics and museums. It shows the institutionalisation of the past, which supports both the creation of historical narratives and the visibility of national identity. Analysing the Sarajevo museums dedicated to the 1992–1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the author shows how contemporary institutions have become carriers of collective memory and incubators of the national identity of Bosnian Muslims.

память идентичность memory museum Bosnia and Herzegovina identity war Policy

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Senat II Rzeczypospolitej (1922–1939) – „rzecznik rozsądku, rozwagi i miary” [Senate of the Second Republic of Poland (1922–1939) – An “Advocate of Reason, Prudence, and Moderation” / Сенат Второй республики (1922–1939) – «представитель разума, благоразум

  • Author: Lech Wyszczelski
  • Institution: Independent Researcher
  • Year of publication: 2022
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  • Pages: 155-160
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/so2022210
  • PDF: so/22/so2210.pdf

Dina Elsayed, Corruption in the MENA Region Beyond Uprisings [Коррупция в регионе Ближнего Востока и Северной Африки после восстаний], Palgrave Macmillan, Cham 2021, ss. 343

  • Author: Kamil Pietrasik
  • Institution: Towarzystwo Azji i Pacyfiku
  • ORCID: https//orcid.org/0000-0002-8579-0659
  • Year of publication: 2022
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  • Pages: 161-166
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/so2022211
  • PDF: so/22/so2211.pdf

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Position Paper on China’s Cooperation with the United Nations

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  • Year of publication: 2022
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  • Pages: 169-185
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/so2022212
  • PDF: so/22/so2212.pdf

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