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Dr. Marielle Risse

  • Dr. Marielle Risse
    • Biography
    • CV
    • Contact
  • Research on Oman
    • Foodways and Society in Southern Oman
      • Food Practices in Southern Oman – Overview and Images – 2019
      • Short Essays on Aspects of Foodways in Dhofar, Oman – What to Eat Where When and How
      • Selected References for Research on Foodways and Society in Dhofar, Oman
    • Research on Travelers and Tourists in Dhofar
      • Accounts from the Journeys of the ‘Palinurus’ – 2018
      • Wilfred Thesiger as Traveler and Anthropologist – 2013
      • Tourism in the Dhofar Region of Oman – 2009
      • Travel Writing, Anthropology and Fiction & the Culture of Southern Arabia – 2009
      • “Treachery in the Kitchen”: Traveling Foreign, Eating Familiar – 2008
    • Research on Aspects of Dhofari Cultures
      • Excerpts from “Issues of Autonomy in Southern Oman” – 2017
      • Generosity, Gift-Giving, and Gift-Avoiding in Southern Oman – 2015
      • Cultural Refraction: Using Travel Writing, Anthropology and Fiction to Understand the Culture of Southern Arabia – 2009
      • The Conception of Self-Respect in Southern Oman – 2013
      • Understanding the Impact of Culture on the TESOL Classroom – 2011
    • Research on Dhofari Folk and Fairy Tales
      • An Ethnographic Discussion of Folk Tales from Southern Oman – 2019
      • “Reader’s Guide” for the English version of Khadija bint Alawi al-Thahab’s My Grandmother’s Stories: Folk Tales from Dhofar – 2012
    • Bibliography of Works Consulted for Research on Dhofar, Oman
    • Annotated Bibliography – Texts Pertaining to Dhofar, Oman
  • Teaching Literature
    • Teaching “Aurora Leigh” in Oman – 2014
    • “Cloistered Virtue”: Choosing Literary Texts in a ME University – 2013
    • Teaching Middle Eastern and Western Literature in Tandem
      • Using Local Voices in ME Literature Classrooms – 2012
      • John Clare Looks Good in a Dishdash: Linking John Clare to Middle Eastern Poetry – 2011
      • Western/ Middle Eastern Conceptions of “Nature” – 2009
      • Marlowe in Salalah: Making English Poetry Relevant – 2008
      • Uncertainty while Teaching Literature in the Middle East – 2007
    • Al Hakim’s Princess Sunshine – 2007
    • Suggestions for Literature Teachers in the Middle East
      • Suggested Literature Texts – 2018
      • Writing Prompts to Facilitate Creativity – 2016
      • Poems – “Finding Poems for my Students” by Mohja Kahf
      • Poems – “Locals” by James Lasdun
      • Poems – “Small Comfort” by Katha Pollitt
      • Poems – “God Says Yes To Me” by Kaylin Haught
      • Poems – “Did I Miss Anything?” by Tom Wayman
      • Poems – “Football” by Louis Jenkin
  • Essays
    • Intercultural Exchanges
      • To Learn Arabic, You Have to Walk the Walk – 2012
      • Throwing Children in the Street: Culture Shock Omani Style
      • Bringing Theory Home in Oman – 2011
    • Travel Writing
      • The Importance of Not Being Earnest When Writing Travel Literature – 2010
      • “Treachery in the Kitchen”: Traveling Foreign, Eating Familiar – Dr. Traci Kelly and Dr. Marielle Risse – 2008
      • Back from Ubar or What to Read if You Insist on Staying Home – 2004
    • Your Zimbabwe Stories – 2012
    • Living Expat
      • Living Expat on the Arabian Peninsula – 2018
      • Reading Alone: E-Readers Arrive in a Small Town in the Middle East – 2014
      • Perfume: The Great Healer – 2011
      • The Case of the Missing Mango – 2011
  • Images
    • Images Celebrating Sultan Qaboos, National Day and Omani Women’ Day
    • Photographs – Hussein BaOmar
    • Images of Dhofar – Various Photographers
    • Photos of Dhofar – Historical
    • Images of Oman – unknown photographers
  • Musing
    • Cognitive Dissonance and Food Identification

Keye Tersmette and I will be presenting “Ghurba at Home – Views from Oman” at the ‘Arab World as Ghurba: Citizenship, Identity and Belonging in Literature and Popular Culture’; conference at the University of Warwick, 21 June 2019

January 19, 2019January 19, 2019

(photo by M. A. Al Awaid)

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Come From Away

Dr. Marielle Risse

Recent Posts

  • Copies of Jokha Al Harthi’s prize winning book on display in Switzerland!
  • I am happy to announce that my article “مناقشة إثنوغرافية للحكايات الشعبية من جنوب عمان” [An Ethnographic Discussion of Folk Tales from Southern Oman] has been published in the journal Al Sha’ar (Alaan Publishers, Amman).
  • I am happy to announce that my chapter “Teaching Paired Arabian and Western Literary Texts” will be published in the forthcoming book: Advancing English Language Education.
  • Cooking in a Chair?!? – Abductive Reasoning and Foodways in Khareef
  • Food Tastes Better in the Rain – Khareef in Salalah
  • Cognitive Dissonance and Food Identification
  • Foodways and Society presentation – BRISMES 2019
  • ‘Citizenship, Identity and Belonging in Literature and Popular Culture’
  • ‘Little c’ Culture: Flooded Roads and Cheese Triangles
  • My article “An Ethnographic Discussion of Fairy Tales and Folktales from Southern Oman” will be published in Fabula

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Photographs by Hussein BaOmar

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Top Posts & Pages

  • Cognitive Dissonance and Food Identification
    Cognitive Dissonance and Food Identification
  • What I've Been Reading: Food, Cooking, Cuisine, Culture, Anthropology, & History
    What I've Been Reading: Food, Cooking, Cuisine, Culture, Anthropology, & History
  • Examples of Picnic Cooking - Dhofar
    Examples of Picnic Cooking - Dhofar
  • Food Tastes Better in the Rain - Khareef in Salalah
    Food Tastes Better in the Rain - Khareef in Salalah
  • Ramadan and Foodways - Images of food in connection to greetings and good behavior, Vimto and selling food
    Ramadan and Foodways - Images of food in connection to greetings and good behavior, Vimto and selling food
  • Images of Food during Ramadan - Iftar Humor and Iftar in Beautiful Places
    Images of Food during Ramadan - Iftar Humor and Iftar in Beautiful Places
  • Cooking in a Chair?!? - Abductive Reasoning and Foodways in Khareef
    Cooking in a Chair?!? - Abductive Reasoning and Foodways in Khareef

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