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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

Favorite Poems

Finding Poems for my Students – Mohja Kahf

Locals – James Lasdun

Small Comfort – Katha Pollitt

God Says Yes To Me – Kaylin Haught

Did I Miss Anything? – Tom Wayman

Football – Louis Jenkins

 

Mary Oliver

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/mary-oliver

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/mary-oliver

http://maryoliver.beacon.org/

Come From Away

Dr. Marielle Risse

Recent Posts

  • ‘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
  • Foodways Images – Humor, Disseminating Information, and the Instagram Food/ Money Connection
  • Food Perceptions – Honey
  • Congratulations to Jokha al-Harthi (author) and Marilyn Booth (translator) for winning the 2019 Man Booker International for ‘Celestial Bodies’
  • Images of Food during Ramadan – Iftar Humor and Iftar in Beautiful Places
  • Ramadan and Foodways – Images of food in connection to greetings and good behavior, Vimto and selling food
  • Ramadan Kareem
  • My article “مناقشة إثنوغرافية للحكايات الشعبية من جنوب عمان” [An Ethnographic Discussion of Folk Tales from Southern Oman] will be published in Al Sha’ar (Alaan Publishers, Amman)
  • Iftar in Dhofar – Typical Food Choices

Archives

Photographs by Hussein BaOmar

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Top Posts & Pages

  • 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
  • Images of Food during Ramadan - Iftar Humor and Iftar in Beautiful Places
    Images of Food during Ramadan - Iftar Humor and Iftar in Beautiful Places
  • 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
  • quote on entertaining from Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford (1853)
    quote on entertaining from Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford (1853)
  • Foodways Images - Humor, Disseminating Information, and the Instagram Food/ Money Connection
    Foodways Images - Humor, Disseminating Information, and the Instagram Food/ Money Connection
  • Bibliographies: Research on Dhofar, Food & Anthropology, and Teaching Literature
    Bibliographies: Research on Dhofar, Food & Anthropology, and Teaching Literature

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