Bandits
and Bureaucrats : The Ottoman Route to State Centralization
Karen Barkey / Paperback / Published 1997, 304
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Bedouin
Poetry from Sinai and the Negev : Mirror of a Culture
Clinton Bailey / Hardcover / Published 1991, 473
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The
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Franz Rosenthal, et al / Paperback / Published
1994, 298 pages
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Culture,
History and Ideology in the Formation of Ba'Thist Iraq, 1968-89
Amatzia Baram / Hardcover / Published 1991, 196
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Culture
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Arin Bayrataroglu / Paperback / Published 1996
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Gina L. Crocetti / Paperback / Published 1997
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Culture Shock! Syria (Culture
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Coleman South / Paperback /
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Democracy and Arab Political Culture
Elie Kedourie / Paperback /
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Democratization and the Islamist Challenge in the Arab World (State, Culture & Society in Arab North Africa)
Najib Ghadbian / Hardcover /
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Over the last two decades, a hopeful trend toward democratization in the Arab world
now has stalled or been reversed with the rise of numerous Islamic movements. The author
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challenge, exploring the factors behind the rise of fundamentalism, the agendas of various
Islamic movements, and Islamist concepts of democracy. Part of the series State, Culture,
& Society in Arab North Africa. Notes, bibliography, index.
Domestic
Culture in the Middle East : An Exploration of the Household Interior
Jennifer Scarce / Paperback / Published 1996
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Jennifer Scarce vividly brings to life the distinctive character of domestic spaces
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meals, from poetry to picnics by the Bosphorus.
Faith and Freedom :
Women's Human Rights in the Muslim World (Gender, Culture, and Politics in the
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Mahnaz Afkhami (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1995, 244
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The
Genius of Arab Civilization : Source of Renaissance
George N. Atiyeh, et al /
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The
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Jean Baudrillard, Paul Patton (Translator) /
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A
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Majid Fakhry / Paperback / Published 1987
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Human Rights in
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Middle East Watch, David A. Korn / Hardcover / Published
1991, 164 p.
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Human
Rights in the West Bank and Gaza : Legacy and Politics (Syracuse Studies on
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Ilan Peleg / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Examining the conflict between Israel and Palestinians from the perspective of human
rights, traces the history of the treatment of people in the central territories and
suggests political solutions to improve the situation that account for Israeli,
Palestinian, and international interests. Particularly focuses on the deterioration of
human rights under Israeli occupation, especially after the outbreak of the Intifada in
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Ibn Khaldun; An
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Aziz Al-Azmeh / Paperback / Published 1990, 176 pages
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Iranian
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El-Hindi Series on Arab Culture and Islamic Civilization)
Mehrzad Boroujerdi / Paperback / Published 1996, 320 pages
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Islam
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Ann Elizabeth Mayer / Paperback / Published 1995
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Islam
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Vol 2
Bernard Lewis (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1987
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Islamic
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Ernst J. Grube (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1993
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Islamic
Homosexualities : Culture, History, and Literature
Stephen O. Murray, et al / Paperback / Published
1997
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Istanbul
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9
Bernard Lewis / Paperback / Published 1989
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Man
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Art, Science, and the Philosophy of Culture ; Monograph 4)
Edith Porada / Hardcover / Published 1995
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Merchants and Faith
: Muslim Commerce and Culture in the Indian Ocean (New Perspectives on Asian
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Patricia Risso / Paperback / Published 1995
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The vital intersection of Islamic history and Indian Ocean history has stimulated
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Naguib
Mahfouz : From Regional Fame to Global Recognition (Mohamed El-Hindi Series on
Arab Culture and Islamic Civilization)
Michael Beard, Adnan Haydar (Editor) / Hardcover / Published
1993
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Scholars of Arabic language and literature show how renowned Egyptian fiction writer
Mahfouz's work transcends its setting in the ancient alleys of Cairo and speaks to all
people in all cultures. The collection of essays originated in a symposium at the U. of
Massachusetts recognizing Mahfouz's receipt of the 1988 Nobel Prize for literature.
Nomads of Luristan
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Foundation's Nomad Research Project)
Inge Demant Mortensen, Ida Nicolaisen (Editor) / Hardcover /
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Sisters' Promised Land : Women, Politics, and Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence
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Ayala H. Emmett / Hardcover / Published 1996, 278 pages
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Paradise
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C. A. O. Van Nieuwenhuijze / Hardcover / Published 1997
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Political Ascent :
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in Arab North Africa)
Emad Eldin Shahin / Hardcover / Published 1997
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Offers a comparative analysis of Islamic movements in Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco,
exploring their roots, their dynamics, and their ideology. Argues that the formation and
expansion of Islamic movements since the late 1960s has come in response to the
marginalization of Islam in state and society, and the perceived failure of imported
models of development and social transformation that don't incorporate the Muslim belief
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Rethinking
Modernity and National Identity in Turkey (Publications on the Near East)
Sibel Bozdogan, Resat Kasaba (Editor) / Paperback / Published
1997
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Rubaiyat
of Omar Khayyam : A Critical Edition (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
Edward Fitzgerald, Christopher Decker (Editor) / Hardcover /
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Omar Khayyam (1048-1122) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who
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Rubaiyat became one of the best-known and most often quoted English classics. 24
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Small
Media, Big Revolution : Communication, Culture, and the Iranian Revolution
Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi / Paperback / Published 1994
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Statecraft
in the Middle East : Oil, Historical Memory, and Popular Culture
Eric Davis, Nicolas Gavrielides / Paperback / Published 1991,
274 pages
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Syria Unmasked :
The Suppression of Human Rights by the Asad Regime (Human Rights Watch Books)
Middle East Watch / Hardcover / Published 1991, 215 pages
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Toward
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(Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim / Paperback / Published 1996
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The
Vocabulary of Peace : Life, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East
Shulamith Hareven, Marsha Weinstein (Translator) /
Paperback / Published 1995, 229 pages
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Biographical descriptions blend with poetry and literary reflection to describe
Middle Eastern culture and politics. This examination of life and culture in the region
presents the Hebrew woman's unusual perceptions of life in the region, examining changing
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War's Other Voices
: Women Writers on the Lebanese Civil War (Gender, Culture, and Politics in the
Middle East)
Miriam Cooke / Paperback / Published 1996, 208 pages
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Wars in the Midst
of Peace : The International Politics of Ethnic Conflict (Pitt Series in Policy
and Institutional Studies)
David Carment, Patrick James (Editor) / Paperback / Published
1997
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The
World of Islam : Faith, People, Culture
Bernard Lewis (Editor) / Paperback / Published
1992, 360 pages
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