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Gisela Kitzler is Senior Lecturer in Arabic at the University of Vienna, Department of Near Eastern Studies. She holds an MA in Arabic Studies from the University of Vienna. Gisela Kitzler spent three years living and working in Cairo (2012 – 2015). Her research area is Arabic Dialectology (mainly Egyptian Arabic) and Arabic Popular Culture. In 2021 she completed her PhD project on Egyptian šaʕbi- and mahraganāt-music, focusing on sociolinguistic aspects in the song lyrics, as well as the controversial discourse on these musical genres in Egypt.
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Conceptualizing mahraganāt – a Popular Egyptian Music Genre
Kitzler, G., 2021, Approaches to Arabic Popular Culture. Konerding, P. (ed.). Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, p. 97-134 (Bamberger Orientstudien, Vol. 14).Publications: Contribution to book › Contribution to proceedings
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LINGUISTIC MISPLACEMENT AS A MEANS OF CREATING HUMOR: THE CASE OF THE POPULAR EGYPTIAN MOVIE “AL-LIMBI FI ZAMAN IG-GĀHILIYYA”.
Kitzler, G., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Studies in Arabic Dialectology and Sociolinguistics: Proceedings of the 13th AIDA International Conference. Chikovani, G. & Tskhvediani, Z. (eds.). Kutaisi, Georgien, p. 389 - 399Publications: Contribution to book › Contribution to proceedings
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“Anyone who loves our Lord, put your hands up!”: Religious motifs in popular urban Egyptian music: the case of mahraganāt lyrics
Kitzler, G., 2021, Rocking Islam: Music and the Making of New Muslim Identities . Sagir, F. (ed.). Münster: Waxmann Verlag, p. 65-82 (Freiburger Studien zur Kulturanthropologie, Vol. 4).Publications: Contribution to book › Contribution to proceedings
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Linguistic misplacement as a means of creating humor: the case of the popular Egyptian movie “Al-Limbi fi zaman ig-gāhiliyya.”(2014).
Gisela Kitzler (Speaker)
12 Jun 2019Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
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Musik in der arabischen Welt
Gisela Kitzler (Speaker)
5 Jun 2019Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
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Groove am Nil: Kairos pulsierende Musikszene abseits von glitzernden TV-Shows
Gisela Kitzler (Speaker)
27 Nov 2018Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public