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Ailin Qian
Southern University of Science and Technology of China
Occupation
Assistant Professor
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Discipline
Literature
Sub Areas
7th-13th Centuries
Middle East/Near East Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
China
India
Islamic World
Specialties
Comp Lit (Med Arabic & Chinese)
The Maqama Genre
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
Chinese (native)
Education
PhD | 2012 | NELC | University of Pennsylvania
MA | 2003 | Arabic Lang & Lit | Peking U
BA | 2000 | Arabic Lang & Lit | Peking U
Abstracts
The “Doggerels” of the Maq?m?t The Virtues of Al-Saymari