Islam and Capitalism

Maxime Rodinson

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• Islam and Capitalism is a learned, engaging rebuttal of the cultural reductionism of Max Weber and others who have tried to explain the politics and s... Lees meer

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

Amin Maalouf

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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

Amin Maalouf

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• European and Arab versions of the Crusades have little in common. For Arabs, the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were years of strenuous efforts to r... Lees meer

An Imam in Paris

Rifa'a Rafi' Al-Tahtawi

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• " An Imam in Paris lets us share the responses of a highly intelligent scholar ... Daniel L. Newman is to be congratulated on making the first transla... Lees meer

The Arab Rediscovery of Europe

Ibrahim Abu Lughod

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• "[Ibrahim Abu Lughod is] Palestine's foremost academic and intellectual."--Edward Said Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 exposed the Arab provinces... Lees meer

Imagined Masculinities

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• Writings on gender in the Middle East generally neglect issues of male identity. Arguing that masculinity is as socially constructed as femininity, th... Lees meer

The Life of Saladin

Sir Hamilton Gibb

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• Saladin, the Kurdish founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty, conquered Jerusalem in 1187 and repelled the Crusaders. Though England's Richard I later defeated... Lees meer

Imams and Emirs

Fuad I Khuri

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• Fuad Khuri's comparative study of Islamic sects in the contemporary Arab world spotlights those that share distinguishing features like geographical i... Lees meer

Islam

Mohammed Arkoun

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• At a time when Islam is vilified by some and a source of inspiration for others, Mohammed Arkoun's is one of few voices that go against the stream. Th... Lees meer

The Origins of the Druze People and Religion

Philip K Hitti

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• The Druze, who can be traced back to eleventh-century Levant, have long intrigued scholars of the Middle East. Their obscure origins and blending of b... Lees meer

Sufism and Surrealism

Adonis

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• "The Arab world's greatest living poet."-- The New York Times "Adonis is one of the most important major literary figures of our century. His vision i... Lees meer

The Private World of Ottoman Women

Godfrey Goodwin

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• Reconstructing the role of women in Ottoman high society and power politics, Godfrey Goodwin brings to life the women who made their marks in a male d... Lees meer

Beyond the Veil

Fatema Mernissi

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• Mernissi explores the historical links between the religion of Islam, the societal oppression of women, and the suppression of democracy in predominan... Lees meer