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  • Modern Arab Historiography

    Historical Discourse and the Nation-State

    by Youssef Choueiri ...
    Series series Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
    Inclusing a new introduction and conclusion, this revised second edition deals with a vital yet neglected ingredient in modern Arab culture. It is the only scholarly study of Arab historiography. It covers the periods 1820-1920 (Pioneers and Amateurs) and 1920 to today (Professional Historians: Managers of Legitimation). This work is a major contribution not only to the study of Arab ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Arab History and the Nation-State

    A Study in Modern Arab Historiography 1820-1980

    by Youssef M. Choueiri ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: History of the Middle East
    The study of Arab historiography and of the emergence of the Arab nation-state as an object of historical treatment is a matter of considerable current interest. Despite its importance, no academic work has dealt with this subject as a major preoccupation of Arab historians and intellectuals. This book, first published in 1989, discusses the development of modern Arab historiography and its study ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • Narratives of Arab Secularism

    Politics, Feminism and Religion

    by Youssef M. Choueiri ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government
    This book offers a new interpretation of the rich narratives of Arab secularism, contending that secularism as a set of ideas and a social movement is destined to loom large on the political and legal horizon of most Arab states.Youssef M. Choueiri provides a study of three moments in the development of secularism in the Arab World, the Machiavellian, the Alfierian and the Gramscian. It is within ... Read more

    $69.99 CAD

  • The Book of Khalid

    A Critical Edition

    by Ameen Rihani, Geoffrey Nash, Christoph Schumann, Layla Al Maleh, Youssef Choueiri, Nathan C. Funk, Hani Bawardi, Ameen Albert Rihani, Waïl S. Hassan ...
    The semi autobiographical work chronicles the adventures of two young men, Khalid and Shakib, who leave Lebanon for the United States to find work as peddlers in Lower Manhattan. After mixed success at immersing themselves in American culture, the two return to the Middle East at a time of turmoil following the Young Turk Revolution in the Ottoman Empire. Khalid attempts to integrate his Western ... Read more

    $56.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    From the Prophetic Era to Ottoman Times

    by Amjad M. Hussain ...
    A Social History of Education in the Muslim World: From the Prophetic Era to Ottoman Times provides a comprehensive view of education and society in the Muslim world throughout the five key historic periods. The book asks intriguing questions such as, how has the Muslim quest for knowledge defined education, how have a range of Muslim educational institutions evolved through out the various ... Read more

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  • Being Arab

    by Samir Kassir ...
    Translated by Will Hobson ...
    In the years before his assassination in 2005, Samir Kassir became one of Lebanon’s foremost public intellectuals, a fearless critic of tyranny and an inspiring advocate of democracy. In Being Arab, his last book, he calls on the peoples of the Middle East to reject both Western double standards and Islamism in order to take the future of the region into their own hands. With the Arab Spring, ... Read more

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    The Arabs and Europe

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  • The Orange Trees of Marrakesh

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    by Niyazi Berkes ...
    First published in 1964, this is one of the most important books written on modern Turkey. Long unavailable in the English language, this edition brings new life to the influential ideas and analysis of Niyazi Berkes. Examining Turkey's transformation toward a secular state, it traces the complex relationship between technical and economic changes, as well as the political and religious. ... Read more

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  • What Went Wrong?:Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response

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    The first full-length study of Iranian nationalism in nearly five decades, this sophisticated and challenging book by the distinguished historian Ali M. Ansari explores the idea of nationalism in the creation of modern Iran. It does so by considering the broader developments in national ideologies that took place following the emergence of the European Enlightenment and showing how these ideas ... Read more

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