The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam

John Hunwick, Eve Troutt Powell

• Hardcover | Engels | Princeton Series on the Middle East
• For every gallon of ink that has been spilt on the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its consequences, only one very small drop has been spent on the stu... Lees meer

Beauty in Arabic Culture

Doris Behrens-Abouseif

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Series on the Middle East
• Arabic Islamic thought allowed the development of autonomous norms of beauty that were independent of moral or religious criteria. The artistic work w... Lees meer

Law and Society in Islam

Devin J Stewart, Baber Johansen, Amy Singer

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Series on the Middle East
• This book covers significant themes explaining the practice of Islamic law. The first essay treats taqiyyah (literally, "caution"), the concealment of... Lees meer

The New Face of Lebanon

William W Harris

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Series on the Middle East
• Once known as the Switzerland of the Middle East, Lebanon in the late 1980s was considered a failed state: strife prevailed among Maronite Christians,... Lees meer

History of Islamic Theology

Tilman Nagel

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Series on the Middle East
• The book presents Muslim beliefs about God's relationship to humans by drawing on relevant Islamic sources from Muhammad to modern times. In connectio... Lees meer

Political Cartoons in the Middle East

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Series on the Middle East
• The imagery of political cartoons provides a unique yet under-studied insight into how Middle Eastern societies think. By combining the indigenous com... Lees meer

Kabul Under Siege

Fayz Muhammad, Robert McChesney

• Hardcover | Engels | Princeton Series on the Middle East
• In January 1929, the reigning monarch of Afghanistan, Amir Aman Allah Khan, was driven from his capital by a former soldier turned outlaw. The uprisin... Lees meer

The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam

John Hunwick, Eve Troutt Powell

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Series on the Middle East
• For every gallon of ink that has been spilt on the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its consequences, only one very small drop has been spent on the stu... Lees meer

The Shi'ites

Heinz Halm

• Paperback | Engels | Princeton Series on the Middle East
• Combining history, comparative religion, and political interpretations, Heinz Halm elucidates Shi'ism and political developments in the Middle East fo... Lees meer