The Venture of Islam, Volume 2: The Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods
Product Description The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic…
Islam Revealed A Christian Arab’s View Of Islam
Product DescriptionThumb through any newspaper, listen to any newscast, and the terms “Islamic Al Jihad” or “Shi’ite Muslims” will inevitably be linked with bombings, hijackings, and other terrorist acts. What do you know about this religion that boasts “the greatest…
Arabesque: Graphic Design from the Arab World and Persia
ISBN13: 9783899552683 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionDespite their rich tradition of calligraphy, the Arab World and Persia are not knownfor their contemporary graphic design, illustration and typography. Especiallynow, it s worth taking a…
Introduction to Islam
Product Description An Introduction to Islam, Fourth Edition, provides students with a thorough, unified and topical introduction to the global religious community of Islam. In addition, the author’s extensive field work, experience, and scholarship combined with his engaging writing style and…
Best of DUBAI and the Northern Emirates
Product Description357 pages. 13 1/4″ X 9 3/4 X 1″ Best of DUBAI and the Northern Emirates
Arabs and Young Turks: Ottomanism, Arabism, and Islamism in the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1918
Product DescriptionArabs and Young Turks provides a detailed study of Arab politics in the late Ottoman Empire as viewed from the imperial capital in Istanbul. In an analytical narrative of the Young Turk period (1908-1918) historian Hasan Kayali discusses Arab…
Inside Islam: Exposing and Reaching the World of Islam
Product DescriptionAuthor Reza Safa, a former Shiite Muslim, reveals the nature of Islam from an insider’s point of view. Safa is well-versed in the laws and history of Islam and is able to communicate the agenda of this global force….
Over-stating the Arab State: Politics and Society in the Middle East
Product Description This study of politics and the role of the state in the Arab world is aimed at students of Middle East politics, political theory and political economy. Ayubi’s main objective is to place the Arab world within a…
Islam and the Blackamerican: Looking toward the Third Resurrection
Product DescriptionSherman Jackson offers a trenchant examination of the career of Islam among the blacks of America. Jackson notes that no one has offered a convincing explanation of why Islam spread among Blackamericans (a coinage he explains and defends) but…
Constructing International Relations in the Arab World
Product Description This book explores the emergence of an anarchic states-system in the twentieth-century Arab world. Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalist movements first considered establishing a unified regional arrangement to take the empire’s place and present…
Lawrence and the Arab Revolts 1914-18
The Great War of 1914-18 is often seen as one major battleground – the Western Front – with numerous ‘side-shows’. The other battle zones were not side-shows to those involved, however, although the local inhabitants often fought for motives which…
Can Islam Be French?: Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State
Product Description Can Islam Be French? is an anthropological examination of how Muslims are responding to the conditions of life in France. Following up on his book Why the French Don’t Like Headscarves, John Bowen turns his attention away from…
Can Islam Be French?: Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State
Product Description Can Islam Be French? is an anthropological examination of how Muslims are responding to the conditions of life in France. Following up on his book Why the French Don’t Like Headscarves, John Bowen turns his attention away from…
Intersections: Gender, Nation, and Community in Arab Women’s Novels
Product DescriptionA true “intersection” of Arab women’s texts that challenges and rewrites the traditional boundaries of nation, gender, and community. This rigorously documented collection brings together for the first time original essays by leading authorities in the field on nine…
Arabian Flavours: Recipes and Tales of Arab Life
Product Description Linking a culture’s food to its history and politics, this collection of recipes offers rare insight into real Middle Eastern cuisine and family life. This distinctly different guide to Arab cooking provides authentic recipes for salads, meats, and…
