Talk:May Ziadeh

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Lebanese-Palestinian?
Her father is Lebanese and therefore even though she was born in Palestine and despite the fact that her mother was Palestinian she is de facto (by law) Lebanese. Rustumpasha (talk) 02:27, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

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Requested move 18 October 2019

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The result of the move request was: Move. Cúchullain t/ c 19:29, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

May Ziade → May Ziadeh – Per WP:COMMONNAME; "May Ziadeh" yields more results on Google (40,600 results), JSTOR, and Ngram Viewer than "May Ziade" (26,100 results). 92.184.96.51 (talk) 13:25, 18 October 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me &#124; my contributions 01:34, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
 * There are also other transliterations: "Mayy Ziyadeh" and "Mayy Ziyade" --Robertiki (talk) 14:31, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, but they are not as common as "May Ziadeh" (225 results for "Mayy Ziade" and 329 results for "Mayy Ziyadeh"). The scientific/ALA-LC transcription Mayy Ziyādah given in the lead is correct though and should not be modified. Other than that the lead could be rewritten this way to go with the renaming:

{{quote|May Ziadeh{{efn|Also transcribed Ziade, Ziyada, Ziyadah, Ziyadeh...}} ({{lang-ar|مي زيادة‎}}, {{ALA-LC|ar|Mayy Ziyādah}}; 11 February 1886 – 17 October 1941) was...

Her mother was Syrian
May's mother was originally from Hauran, Syria.

Sources:

https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/30793

Al faisal journal

https://books.google.com/books?id=trFeDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT130&dq=%D9%85%D9%8A+%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9+%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7+%D9%85%D9%86+%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQj4P1rf6CAxVVg_0HHbxuApsQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=%D9%85%D9%8A%20%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9%20%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7%20%D9%85%D9%86%20%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86&f=false

Whatsupkarren (talk) 22:23, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Translation of article title from لفيصل [Al-Faisal Magazine]
Would one of you please provide the Arabic title & also translate the Arabic article title into English for this citation? The Google Books link displays images rather than text.

Thanks! Peaceray (talk) 18:32, 29 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @Peaceray
 * مي زيادة في احتفالات "بيروت ١٩٩٩ م عاصمة ثقافية للعالم العربي"
 * May Ziadeh at the “Beirut 1999 Cultural Capital of the Arab World” celebrations
 * el.ziade (talkallam) 20:44, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I will insert this into the citation on the article. Peaceray (talk) 20:47, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, exact translation. Thanks for Elias Ziade.--Dr-Taher (talk) 07:29, 30 January 2024 (UTC)