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Dr. Marielle Risse
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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
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