When in the Arab World
Author: Rana F.. Nejem
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781911195214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen in the Arab World is written from the inside for anyone who wants to live or work with Arab culture.
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Inside the Arab World
Author: Michael Field
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780674455214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComprehensive survey of the Arab world.
Making the Arab World
Author: Fawaz A. Gerges
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2019-08-27
Total Pages: 504
ISBN-13: 069119646X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on a decade of research, including in-depth interviews with many leading figures in the story, this edition is essential for anyone who wants to understand the roots of the turmoil engulfing the Middle East, from civil wars to the rise of Al-Qaeda and ISIS.
The Arab World Today
Author: Morroe Berger
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday
Published: 1962
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Arab World
Author: Allan M. Findlay
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-09-11
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1134965419
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDisruption following the Gulf War, and the need to satisfy both rising economic aspirations and the Islamic values of the region's peoples, demands fresh examination of development issues in the Arab world. This introductory text assesses how agricultural, industrial and urban development has evolved in the Arab region. Contrasting Arab and Western interpretations of `development', it draws on case studies covering states as diverse as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Morocco and Jordan. The author suggests that until the Arabs define their own identity, there will continue to be `change' but not necessarily `progress' in the region.
The Arab World
Author: Halim Barakat
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1993-10-14
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780520914421
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis wide-ranging examination of Arab society and culture offers a unique opportunity to know the Arab world from an Arab point of view. Halim Barakat, an expatriate Syrian who is both scholar and novelist, emphasizes the dynamic changes and diverse patterns that have characterized the Middle East since the mid-nineteenth century. The Arab world is not one shaped by Islam, nor one simply explained by reference to the sectarian conflicts of a "mosaic" society. Instead, Barakat reveals a society that is highly complex, with many and various contending polarities. It is a society in a state of becoming and change, one whose social contradictions are at the root of the struggle to transcend dehumanizing conditions. Arguing from a perspective that is both radical and critical, Barakat is committed to the improvement of human conditions in the Arab world.
Knowledge Production in the Arab World
Author: Sari Hanafi
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-12-22
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 1317364104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver recent decades we have witnessed the globalization of research. However, this has yet to translate into a worldwide scientific network, across which competencies and resources can flow freely. Arab countries have strived to join this globalized world and become a ‘knowledge economy,’ yet little time has been invested in the region’s fragmented scientific institutions; institutions that should provide opportunities for individuals to step out on the global stage. Knowledge Production in the Arab World investigates research practices in the Arab world, using multiple case studies from the region with particular focus on Lebanon and Jordan. It depicts the Janus-like face of Arab research, poised between the negative and the positive and faced with two potentially opposing strands; local relevance alongside its internationalization. The book critically assesses the role and dynamics of research and poses questions that are crucial to further our understanding of the very particular case of knowledge production in the Arab region. The book explores research’s relevance and whom it serves, as well as the methodological flaws behind academic rankings and the meaning and application of key concepts such as knowledge society/economy. Providing a detailed and comprehensive examination of knowledge production in the Arab world, this book is of interest to students, scholars and policy makers working on the issues of research practices and status of science in contemporary developing countries.
The Reawakening of the Arab World
Author: Samir Amin
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2016-04
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1583675973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPreviously published by Pambazuka Press in 2012 under the title of 'The People's Spring: the Future of the Arab Revolution.' This edition contains a new chapter analyzing U.S. geo-strategy.
Muslims Beyond the Arab World
Author: Fallou Ngom
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0190279869
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMuslims beyond the Arab World explores the vibrant tradition of writing African languages using the modified Arabic script ('Ajami) alongside the rise of the Muridiyya Sufi order in Senegal. The book demonstrates how the development of the 'Ajami literary tradition is entwined with the flourishing of the Muridiyya into one of sub-Saharan Africa's most powerful and dynamic Sufi organizations. It offers a close reading of the rich hagiographic and didactic written, recited, and chanted 'Ajami texts of the Muridiyya, works largely unknown to scholars. The texts describe the life and Sufi odyssey of the order's founder, Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba Mbakke (1853-1927), his conflicts with local rulers and Muslim clerics and the French colonial administration, and the traditions and teachings he championed that permanently shaped the identity and behaviors of his followers. Fallou Ngom evaluates prevailing representations of the Muridiyya movement and offers alternative perspectives. He demonstrates how the Mur'ds used their written, recited, and chanted 'Ajami materials as an effective mass communication tool in conveying to the masses Bamba's poignant odyssey, doctrine, the virtues he stood for and cultivated among his followers-self-esteem, self-reliance, strong faith, work ethic, pursuit of excellence, determination, nonviolence, and optimism in the face of adversity-without the knowledge of the French colonial administration and many academics. Muslims beyond the Arab World argues that this is the source of the resilience, appeal, and expansion of Muridiyya, which has fascinated observers since its inception in 1883.
Language and Identity in the Arab World
Author: Fathiya Al Rashdi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-09-05
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1000613054
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLanguage and Identity in the Arab World explores the inextricable link between language and identity, referring particularly to the Arab world. Spanning Indonesia to the United States, the Arab world is here imagined as a continually changing one, with the Arab diaspora asserting its linguistic identity across the world. Crucial questions on transforming linguistic landscapes, the role and implications of migration, and the impact of technology on language use are explored by established and emerging scholars in the field of applied and socio-linguistics. The book asks such crucial questions as how language contact affects or transforms identity, how language reflects changing identities among migrant communities, and how language choices contribute to identity construction in social media. As well as appreciating the breadth and scope of the Arab world, this anthology focuses on the transformative role of language within indigenous and migrant communities as they negotiate between their heritage languages and those spoken by the wider society. Investigating the ways in which identity continues to be imagined and re-constructed in and among Arab communities, this book is indispensable to students, teachers, and anyone who is interested in language contact, linguistic landscapes, and minority language retention as well as the intersections of language and technology.
