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Dr. Marielle Risse

  • Dr. Marielle Risse
    • Biography
    • CV
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  • Research on Oman
    • Food Practices in Southern Oman – 2018
    • 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
      • Understanding the Impact of Culture on the TESOL Classroom
      • The Conception of Self-Respect in Southern Oman – 2013
    • Research on Dhofari Folk and Fairy Tales
      • An Ethnographic Discussion of Folk Tales from Southern Oman – 2017
      • “Reader’s Guide” for the English version of Khadija bint Alawi al-Thahab’s My Grandmother’s Stories: Folk Tales from Dhofar
    • Selected Literature Review of Texts Pertaining to the Dhofar region of 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
    • Reading Alone: E-Readers Arrive in a Small Town in the Middle East – 2014
    • The Importance of Not Being Earnest – 2010
    • Back from Ubar or What to Read if You Insist on Staying Home – 2004
    • 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

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

  • Considering Cartoons/ Graphic Art about Foodways
  • Relationship Cartoons – Worthy of Study
  • 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
  • Three wonderful videos about Dhofar
  • Food Terminology: Life is not Life, Curry is not Curry, Chutney is not Chutney
  • I will be presenting “Foodways and Society in Southern Oman” at the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Annual Conference, University of Leeds, June 24-26, 2019.
  • Snack is ready!
  • “Living Expat” essay published

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