tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post4580803111983696806..comments2024-02-04T03:57:19.271+01:00Comments on Zenobia: Empress of the East: Zenobia and the Marxist Gramscians (Updated)Judith Weingartenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683483030413488309noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-41416319311125529702012-06-13T05:37:04.969+02:002012-06-13T05:37:04.969+02:00Hi judith,
I just came across your post while doin...Hi judith,<br />I just came across your post while doing research for a family memoir about my grandfather, A.Z. Abushady. He was actually a Muslim, not a Christian or a Copt. However, he was married to an English woman, hence perhaps that is the source of the confusion.<br /><br />Thanks! Best,<br />Joy Garnett<br />Brooklyn, NYjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12876954744357352512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-31946483278961072222012-06-13T05:35:33.738+02:002012-06-13T05:35:33.738+02:00Hi judith,
I just came across your post while doin...Hi judith,<br />I just came across your post while doing research for a family memoir about my grandfather, A.Z. Abushady. He was actually a Muslim, not a Christian or a Copt. However, he was married to an English woman, hence perhaps that is the source of the confusion.<br /><br />Thanks! Best,<br />Joy Garnett<br />Brooklyn, NYjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12876954744357352512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-51224998813294114882008-08-01T19:00:00.000+02:002008-08-01T19:00:00.000+02:00Hi, Judith. I wanted to let you know your post "Th...Hi, Judith. I wanted to let you know your post "The Baker's Daughter and the Artemidorus Papyrus" is being featured at the Art History Carnival. Thank you again for your submission. Stop by and see what others have posted! http://www.theearthlyparadise.com/2008/08/art-history-carnival-issue-2.html <BR/>~MargaretMargarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197591307149394913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-75719155436314009172008-07-28T15:51:00.000+02:002008-07-28T15:51:00.000+02:00Thank you, Robbert.Illustrations have been switche...Thank you, Robbert.<BR/><BR/>Illustrations have been switched. Apologies: my Arabic must be rusty :-). I'm pleased that, at least, I can now pick out the words <I>Zenobia</I>, <I>Queen</I>, and <I>Tadmor</I>.<BR/><BR/>I didn't remember the physical combat part of her story in the Arab hero series (maybe my Dutch is getting rusty too). If you'll send me the photograph of her crowned and with flowing locks, I'll certainly update and correct this misleading impression.Judith Weingartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683483030413488309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-92113812571665972002008-07-28T11:19:00.000+02:002008-07-28T11:19:00.000+02:00Dear Judith Weingarten,Thank you for once again re...Dear Judith Weingarten,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for once again recalling the efforts of the Amsterdam Zenobia Day. Thank you also for the reference to the work by Samir al-Bustani. I was in fact not aware of its existence. (Its importance as one of the first Arab historical novels is less demanding of attention as it seems at first sight: there are many books with that claim. Also, I am more familiar with the Egyptian literary scene). Books.google is outshining Worldcat, where Bustani's Zenobia is not given. On a different note, if you have the time please switch the illustrations for Mardam Bey and Abu Shady, they should be the other way around. Lastly, on Zenobia's headcover in the drawing, this is not an attempt to veil Zenobia and make her follow vestial codes of modesty: on another drawing we see her with a crown atop a scalp with loosely dangling blond (!) curls. What we are looking at on the drawing you have uploaded, is Zenobia in her fighting gear. (In the book, Zenobia constantly engages in physical combat herself.) By the way, all drawings in the book will be shown and discussed at the second Amsterdam Zenobia gathering on September 11th, that you have already kindly mentioned. <BR/><BR/>Best wishes,<BR/><BR/>RWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com