People From Dubai: Maktoum Family, Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Henrik Stenson, Ahmad Khalil, Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Product DescriptionPurchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Maktoum Family, Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Henrik…
Tourism expert upbeat on UAE hotel projects and tourist inflow during 2010
Dubai, 14th July 2010: A regional tourism expert has urged investors in the hotel industry to look at local hotel management companies as an alternative to international chains. According to Youssef E. Jammal, Managing Director, B6 Catering, the local companies…
S. Korea unveils new policies to attract more foreign tourists
SEOUL, July 15th, 2010 — South Korea announced a set of sweeping measures Thursday to bolster its tourism industry, calling for the development of ecological attractions, expanding budget accommodations and easing visa rules for Chinese tourists. President Lee Myung-bak presided…
Speaker FNC to participate in 3rd World Conference of Speakers of Parliament
Abu Dhabi, July 15th, 2010– HE Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Speaker of the Federal National Council,(FNC) will head a delegation to the 3rd World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, which will commence on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. More than 150…
Teaching Islam
Product DescriptionDespite the importance of Islam in global affairs and the role of Islamic Studies in Religious Studies, little attention has been given to the basic questions of how Islam should be taught. This volume brings together a number of…
Without Roots: The West, Relativism, Christianity, Islam
Product DescriptionCardinal Joseph Ratzinger-now Pope Benedict XVI-joins Marcello Pera, President of the Italian Senate, to offer a provocative critique of the spiritual, cultural, and political crisis afflicting the West. Bringing together their unique vantage points as leaders of Church and…
Is Abu Dhabi Property really an asset for the investors?
With the changes made recently in the law has made Abu Dhabi Property a hot opportunity for investors who are interested in Abu Dhabi apartments, villas, commercial properties and residential places. There is a forecast by many experts of Abu…
Inside the Gender Jihad: Women’s Reform in Islam
Product DescriptionIn this engaging study, Dr Amina Wadud, an Afro-American Muslim herself, introduces the feminist movement in Islam and delves into its challenges, its textual foundations in the Qur’an and its achievements. Beginning with her own place in the effort…
Images of Jesus Christ in Islam
Product DescriptionThis title offers a comprehensive and contemporary exploration of the role of Jesus in both Islam and Christianity and issues of dialogue in Christian-Muslim relations. “Images of Jesus Christ in Islam 2nd Edition” provides a general introduction to the…
Light of the Sufis: The Mystical Arts of Islam
Product Description Light of the Sufis introduces the complex and multilayered topic of Sufism, or Islamic mysticism, by concentrating on its expression in the visual arts and offers new insights into the integrative and fluid nature of the Sufi experience…
Empires of Islam in Renaissance Historical Thought
Product Description Renaissance humanists believed that the origins of peoples could reveal crucial facts about their modern political character. Margaret Meserve explores what happened when European historians turned to study the political history of a faith other than their own….
The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades
Product DescriptionThe Crusades as seen through the eyes of Muslims A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION to the understanding of the medieval holy wars between Christians and Muslims, this volume brings together the best and most complete eyewitness account of the Crusades from…
Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity
Product Description Tariq Ramadan attempts to demonstrate, using sources which draw upon Islamic thought and civilization, that Muslims can respond to contemporary challenges of modernity without betraying their identity. The book argues that Muslims, nurished by their own points of…
Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity
Product Description Tariq Ramadan attempts to demonstrate, using sources which draw upon Islamic thought and civilization, that Muslims can respond to contemporary challenges of modernity without betraying their identity. The book argues that Muslims, nurished by their own points of…
KUSTAR student delegation experience South Korean advanced technology
Abu Dhabi, July 13th, 2010 — A student delegation from Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR) has met Mohammad Abdullah, the UAE Ambassador to South Korea, in Seoul. The students were briefed on the key facets of the…
