Scholarship · Middle Eastern Literatures
Before a single war narrative
Guide to the bibliographic record and abstract of A defense destined to be sacred?
The abstract proposes a more inclusive history of the earliest Iran–Iraq war fiction.
- Credited to
- Amir Moosavi
- Publication
- Middle Eastern Literatures
- Source date
- Published online · 3 August 2026
- Published language
- English
- This page
- English source guide
Works discussed
English orientation to the article’s metadata and abstract. The complete academic article has not been read for this guide; linked books supply broader context.
The question in the abstract
Amir Moosavi’s abstract challenges the assumption that the earliest Persian war literature was already dominated by one established Sacred Defense discourse. It proposes a history in which incentives and censorship elevated one account while suppressing competing literary possibilities. Source 1
The stated argument looks for the beginnings of counternarratives among early wartime publications. It calls for a more nuanced reading of that initial period. The abstract does not supply enough detail to reconstruct the complete article’s individual readings or conclusions about every Rabihavi story. Source 1
A route into scholarship
The article is identified by DOI 10.1080/1475262X.2026.2692807 and an online publication date of 3 August 2026. This guide is limited to its bibliographic record and abstract. The related early-war books provide a route into the author’s repertoire, rather than an assertion that every linked work is analysed in the paper. Source 1
Sources & credits
- Amir Moosavi · A defense destined to be sacred?
Middle Eastern Literatures, published online 3 August 2026. The bibliographic record and abstract support this orientation; the complete article has not been read here.