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  • The Architectural Decoration Under the Early Ghaznavids (997-1041 A.D.) 
    Chebat, Annabelle (Lebanese American University, 2023-03-09)
    Architectural decoration of the early Ghaznavids in the late tenth-early eleventh century was often approached in a set of disparate elements and fields because of the scarcity of its remaining monuments and objects. Art ...
  • The Architectural Patronage of Ḍayfah Khātūn 
    Aridi, Julia (Lebanese American University, 2023-01-16)
    This thesis will conduct an analysis of the architectural patronage of Ḍayfah Khātūn, the queen regent of Aleppo between the years 1236 and 1243 C.E. It studies the architecture commissioned by her in light of the social ...
  • The Craft of Interiors 
    Hijazi, Farah Ahmad (Lebanese American University, 2024-01-03)
    This study examines interior scenes in the celebrated Safavid Shahnameh of 1525 produced for Shah Tahmasp, highlighting their contribution as a unique category within architectural representations in Persian art. It ...
  • Diversity in Functionality, Materiality, and Style of Monochrome Seljuq Ceramics 
    El Sabeh, Nour (Lebanese American University, 2024-07-26)
    This thesis investigates the often-overlooked blue molded monochrome ceramics produced during the Seljuq period in Iran, spanning the mid-eleventh to late-twelfth centuries. While previous art historical studies have focused ...
  • The Early Representation of Nature in the Late Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Century in the Islamic Manuscripts of the Central Islamic Lands 
    El Balaa, Hala (Lebanese American University, 2023-01-16)
    The early representation of nature in the Islamic manuscripts in the period before the Mongol invasion has been often overlooked. This paper studies the early representation of nature in the late twelfth and early thirteenth ...
  • The Effects of Guided Reading on Independent Reading and Reading Fluency in Primary Grades 
    Chamli, Yasmine (Lebanese American University, 2022-03-30)
    Multiple changes have been implemented in reading instructions in schools and educators and researchers constantly look for teaching strategies that would optimize their students’ reading. According to the International ...
  • The Gem of Tripoli, A Unique Mamluk Star Domical Pattern, where Visual Arts and Mathematical Sciences Intersect 
    Shehabeddine, Rana (Lebanese American University, 2024-05-21)
    Hidden within the labyrinthine streets of Trāblus ash-Shām lies a forgotten monument from the Mamluk period, known as al-Mashhad, overlooked by travelers and erased from local memory. Despite its central location, this ...
  • Henry van de Velde on rational beauty, empathy and ornament 
    Haddad, Elie George (University of Pennsylvania, 2017-06-13)
    This thesis explores the different aspects of Henry van de Velde's theory, through the study of his published writings of the German Period, as well as the unpublished manuscript on ornament. Henry van de Velde's writings ...
  • Intelligent Bilateral Client Selection in Federated Learning Using Game Theory 
    Wehbi, Osama (Lebanese American University, 2022-08-18)
    Federated Learning (FL) is a novel distributed privacy-preserving learning paradigm, which enables the collaboration among several participants (e.g., Internet of Things devices) for the training of machine learning models. ...
  • Marie al-Khazen’s photographs of the 1920s and 1930s 
    Nachabe, Yasmine (McGill University, 2018-10-10)
    Marie al-Khazen was a Lebanese photographer who lived between 1899 and 1983. Her photographs were mostly taken between the 1920s and 1930s in the North of Lebanon. They were compiled by Mohsen Yammine, a Lebanese collector ...
  • Modélisation des circulations transitoire et résiduelle : application à l'estuaire de la Casamance (Sénégal) 
    Lahoud, Antoine (Academie de Montpellier, Universite des Sciences et Techniques du Languedocc, 2017-06-01)
    Ce travail présente une mise au point de modèles d'environnement basés sur une procédure itérative qui évolue suivant quatre étapes interdépendantes : la récolte des données qui a fourni la base indispensable au choix des ...
  • The Mosques of Beirut in the Late 19th Century: 1850-1914 
    Mehio, Yasmine (Lebanese American University, 2023-12-22)
    This thesis is a historical and architectural investigation of the fourteen mosques built in Beirut between 1850 and 1914 when the city underwent a drastic change that altered its identity, role, and position in the region. ...
  • Narrative Scenes on Medieval Metalwork 
    Hariz, Mira (Lebanese American University, 2023-01-16)
    The Seljuqs are a tribe from Oguz origins who came into Central Asia from the Eurasian Steppe1. The Turkic dynasty ruled over the area from 1040 to 11942. They were known for their warfare skills, and eventually their rule ...
  • Nasser Majed 
    Ghannoum, Rima (Lebanese American University, 2024-05-20)
    Research on Arabic calligraphy during the 20th century has mainly focused on prominent calligraphers who have mastered the “art” of calligraphy. However, this focus overlooks the functions of calligraphy in the second ...
  • The Paintings of al-Āthār al-Bāqiya of al-Bīrūnī 
    Jaber, Shady (Lebanese American University, 2021-05-26)
    Painting in Islamic art witnessed a major development in the aftermath of the Mongol conquest in the middle of the thirteenth century. A new style matured toward the end of the fourteenth century after passing through a ...
  • A Preliminary Catalogue of the Collection of Islamic Art 
    Lawand, Dana (Lebanese American University, 2023-01-01)
    The Collection of Islamic art held at the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia features no academic museum catalogue for the permanent collection. After researching a selection ...
  • Public Baths Built in the Urban Centers of Syria during the Mamluk Period 
    Hamasni, Noura (Lebanese American University, 2022-04-28)
    Baths stood as one of the most significant public institutions found in Syria during the Islamic period. It was commonly known that baths structure grew from simple Roman and Byzantine models, yet they matured the most ...
  • The Representations on the Ayyubid Gilded and Enameled Glass Beakers 
    Richani, Nadine (Lebanese American University, 2023-03-09)
    The Ayyubid gilded and enameled glass flourished and developed during the thirteenth century in Syria. The Ayyubid beakers were particularly distinctive in their decorative technique of gilding and colored enameling, and ...
  • Simulated annealing and genetic algorithms for exam scheduling. (c1997) 
    Tarhini, Abbas A. (2011-04-08)
    Scheduling final exams for large numbers of courses and students in Liberal Arts Universities is an intractable problem. If scheduling is done manually by the University Registrar's Office, a huge number of complaints ...
  • Study Of Seljuq Textile Patterns 
    Al Sayegh, Samah (Lebanese American University, 2023-01-16)
    The Seljuqs lived a luxurious life reflected in their art and how they dressed. They built a great Empire from Mesopotamia to Iran from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries. The Seljuqs art held a harmonical balance ...

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