Author: Ali Matar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781690824589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Are you having trouble communicating with your Arab friends?Have you wasted alot of time learning the Modern Standard Arabic 'MSA' and got nowhere?Well, this book can solve all of these problems!Fusha or MSA is not actually spoken between Arabs, since Fusha is a written language and not a spoken one in the Arab world.Lebanese is spoken worldwide and almost every Arabic country can understand the Lebanese dialect.This book will give you the first steps for achieving the beginner level in Lebanese Arabic. It includes grammar, comprehension, vocabulary and tests. It is also written in Latin letters, so that you can understand how to pronounce the words and letters correctly.By the end of this book you can achieve:* Learn the basics of the Lebanese/Levantine Dialect* Learn the internet language on how Arabs communicate on Social Media* Focusing more on the Levantine/Middle Eastern dialect than FushaAbout the Author:Ali Matar, born in Beirut/Lebanon, is the founder and creator of the YouTube channel MatarTV (over 34000 subscribers/August 2019), where he crushed stereotypes, habits and struggles of the younger Lebanese/Arab people in a funny way. He shows Lebanon from a different perspective and the point of view of an Arab living in a foreign European country. He also created the channels MatarPodcast, MatarEducation and developed Lebanese Arabic online courses.'' It is one of the best and most effective courses in Lebanese Arabic I managed to find after trying hundreds of sources! Mumtaz!'' - Comment of a course participant on Udemy
Lebanese 101
Author: Ali Matar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781690824589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Are you having trouble communicating with your Arab friends?Have you wasted alot of time learning the Modern Standard Arabic 'MSA' and got nowhere?Well, this book can solve all of these problems!Fusha or MSA is not actually spoken between Arabs, since Fusha is a written language and not a spoken one in the Arab world.Lebanese is spoken worldwide and almost every Arabic country can understand the Lebanese dialect.This book will give you the first steps for achieving the beginner level in Lebanese Arabic. It includes grammar, comprehension, vocabulary and tests. It is also written in Latin letters, so that you can understand how to pronounce the words and letters correctly.By the end of this book you can achieve:* Learn the basics of the Lebanese/Levantine Dialect* Learn the internet language on how Arabs communicate on Social Media* Focusing more on the Levantine/Middle Eastern dialect than FushaAbout the Author:Ali Matar, born in Beirut/Lebanon, is the founder and creator of the YouTube channel MatarTV (over 34000 subscribers/August 2019), where he crushed stereotypes, habits and struggles of the younger Lebanese/Arab people in a funny way. He shows Lebanon from a different perspective and the point of view of an Arab living in a foreign European country. He also created the channels MatarPodcast, MatarEducation and developed Lebanese Arabic online courses.'' It is one of the best and most effective courses in Lebanese Arabic I managed to find after trying hundreds of sources! Mumtaz!'' - Comment of a course participant on Udemy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781690824589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Are you having trouble communicating with your Arab friends?Have you wasted alot of time learning the Modern Standard Arabic 'MSA' and got nowhere?Well, this book can solve all of these problems!Fusha or MSA is not actually spoken between Arabs, since Fusha is a written language and not a spoken one in the Arab world.Lebanese is spoken worldwide and almost every Arabic country can understand the Lebanese dialect.This book will give you the first steps for achieving the beginner level in Lebanese Arabic. It includes grammar, comprehension, vocabulary and tests. It is also written in Latin letters, so that you can understand how to pronounce the words and letters correctly.By the end of this book you can achieve:* Learn the basics of the Lebanese/Levantine Dialect* Learn the internet language on how Arabs communicate on Social Media* Focusing more on the Levantine/Middle Eastern dialect than FushaAbout the Author:Ali Matar, born in Beirut/Lebanon, is the founder and creator of the YouTube channel MatarTV (over 34000 subscribers/August 2019), where he crushed stereotypes, habits and struggles of the younger Lebanese/Arab people in a funny way. He shows Lebanon from a different perspective and the point of view of an Arab living in a foreign European country. He also created the channels MatarPodcast, MatarEducation and developed Lebanese Arabic online courses.'' It is one of the best and most effective courses in Lebanese Arabic I managed to find after trying hundreds of sources! Mumtaz!'' - Comment of a course participant on Udemy
Lebanon
Author: Tom Najem
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134479123
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Annotation In a time of great political change and unrest in the Middle East, this highly topical text offers a succinct account of the contemporary political environment in Lebanon. Tom Najem provides both a developed understanding of the pre-civil war system and an analysis of how circumstances resulting from the civil war combined with essential pre-war elements to define politics in Lebanon. Systematically exploring Lebanons history, society and politics, the author stresses the importance of the crucial role of external actors in the Lebanese system. The analysis encompasses:the formation of the stateweaknesses and dynamics of the Lebanese statethe civil warpost-war government and changethe Lebanese economyforeign policy. Written in a clear and accessible manner, this book fills a conspicuous gap in the existing academic literature on Lebanon. It will be of interest not only to students of international politics and Middle East studies, but also to anyone travelling in or wanting to learn more about the region.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134479123
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Annotation In a time of great political change and unrest in the Middle East, this highly topical text offers a succinct account of the contemporary political environment in Lebanon. Tom Najem provides both a developed understanding of the pre-civil war system and an analysis of how circumstances resulting from the civil war combined with essential pre-war elements to define politics in Lebanon. Systematically exploring Lebanons history, society and politics, the author stresses the importance of the crucial role of external actors in the Lebanese system. The analysis encompasses:the formation of the stateweaknesses and dynamics of the Lebanese statethe civil warpost-war government and changethe Lebanese economyforeign policy. Written in a clear and accessible manner, this book fills a conspicuous gap in the existing academic literature on Lebanon. It will be of interest not only to students of international politics and Middle East studies, but also to anyone travelling in or wanting to learn more about the region.
Lebanon
Author: William W. Harris
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190217839
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
The book explores the affairs of Mount Lebanon and its surrounds through fourteen centuries, beginning with the emergence of its Christian, Muslim and Islamic-derived communities between the sixth and eleventh centuries. Against this backdrop, it interprets the modern republic of Lebanon from Ottoman antecedents to present day crises.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190217839
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
The book explores the affairs of Mount Lebanon and its surrounds through fourteen centuries, beginning with the emergence of its Christian, Muslim and Islamic-derived communities between the sixth and eleventh centuries. Against this backdrop, it interprets the modern republic of Lebanon from Ottoman antecedents to present day crises.
Lebanon
Author: William Harris
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199986584
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
In this impressive synthesis, William Harris narrates the history of the sectarian communities of Mount Lebanon and its vicinity. He offers a fresh perspective on the antecedents of modern multi-communal Lebanon, tracing the consolidation of Lebanon's Christian, Muslim, and Islamic derived sects from their origins between the sixth and eleventh centuries. The identities of Maronite Christians, Twelver Shia Muslims, and Druze, the mountain communities, developed alongside assertions of local chiefs under external powers from the Umayyads to the Ottomans. The chiefs began interacting in a common arena when Druze lord Fakhr al-Din Ma'n achieved domination of the mountain within the Ottoman imperial framework in the early seventeenth century. Harris knits together the subsequent interplay of the elite under the Sunni Muslim Shihab relatives of the Ma'ns after 1697 with demographic instability as Maronites overtook Shia as the largest community and expanded into Druze districts. By the 1840s many Maronites conceived the common arena as their patrimony. Maronite/Druze conflict ensued. Modern Lebanon arose out of European and Ottoman intervention in the 1860s to secure sectarian peace in a special province. In 1920, after the Ottoman collapse, France and the Maronites enlarged the province into the modern country, with a pluralism of communal minorities headed by Maronite Christians and Sunni Muslims. The book considers the flowering of this pluralism in the mid-twentieth century, and the strains of new demographic shifts and of social resentment in an open economy. External intrusions after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war rendered Lebanon's contradictions unmanageable and the country fell apart. Harris contends that Lebanon has not found a new equilibrium and has not transcended its sects. In the early twenty-first century there is an uneasy duality: Shia have largely recovered the weight they possessed in the sixteenth century, but Christians, Sunnis, and Druze are two-thirds of the country. This book offers readers a clear understanding of how modern Lebanon acquired its precarious social intricacy and its singular political character.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199986584
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
In this impressive synthesis, William Harris narrates the history of the sectarian communities of Mount Lebanon and its vicinity. He offers a fresh perspective on the antecedents of modern multi-communal Lebanon, tracing the consolidation of Lebanon's Christian, Muslim, and Islamic derived sects from their origins between the sixth and eleventh centuries. The identities of Maronite Christians, Twelver Shia Muslims, and Druze, the mountain communities, developed alongside assertions of local chiefs under external powers from the Umayyads to the Ottomans. The chiefs began interacting in a common arena when Druze lord Fakhr al-Din Ma'n achieved domination of the mountain within the Ottoman imperial framework in the early seventeenth century. Harris knits together the subsequent interplay of the elite under the Sunni Muslim Shihab relatives of the Ma'ns after 1697 with demographic instability as Maronites overtook Shia as the largest community and expanded into Druze districts. By the 1840s many Maronites conceived the common arena as their patrimony. Maronite/Druze conflict ensued. Modern Lebanon arose out of European and Ottoman intervention in the 1860s to secure sectarian peace in a special province. In 1920, after the Ottoman collapse, France and the Maronites enlarged the province into the modern country, with a pluralism of communal minorities headed by Maronite Christians and Sunni Muslims. The book considers the flowering of this pluralism in the mid-twentieth century, and the strains of new demographic shifts and of social resentment in an open economy. External intrusions after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war rendered Lebanon's contradictions unmanageable and the country fell apart. Harris contends that Lebanon has not found a new equilibrium and has not transcended its sects. In the early twenty-first century there is an uneasy duality: Shia have largely recovered the weight they possessed in the sixteenth century, but Christians, Sunnis, and Druze are two-thirds of the country. This book offers readers a clear understanding of how modern Lebanon acquired its precarious social intricacy and its singular political character.
The Lebanese Army
Author: Oren Barak
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791493636
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
2009 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Oren Barak sheds new light on the major political and social developments in Lebanon since its independence by focusing on the emergence of the Lebanese Army, its paralysis during the civil war from 1975 to 1990, and its reconstruction after the war. He discusses the remarkable transformation of a military dominated by one sector of society—the Christian communities, and particularly the Maronites—into one that is characterized by power sharing among Lebanon's various communities, large families, and regions. The book develops a new approach to the study of the role of the military in divided societies by examining military institutions from three intertwined angles: first, as major arenas for social coexistence and conflict; second, as actors that are involved in politics but are also affected by political processes; and third, as actors that promote the process of state formation. This comprehensive look at Lebanon will inform the discussion of other divided societies, such as Afghanistan and Iraq, that face the dual challenge of restoring the political system and the security sector after state failure and intrastate conflict.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791493636
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
2009 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Oren Barak sheds new light on the major political and social developments in Lebanon since its independence by focusing on the emergence of the Lebanese Army, its paralysis during the civil war from 1975 to 1990, and its reconstruction after the war. He discusses the remarkable transformation of a military dominated by one sector of society—the Christian communities, and particularly the Maronites—into one that is characterized by power sharing among Lebanon's various communities, large families, and regions. The book develops a new approach to the study of the role of the military in divided societies by examining military institutions from three intertwined angles: first, as major arenas for social coexistence and conflict; second, as actors that are involved in politics but are also affected by political processes; and third, as actors that promote the process of state formation. This comprehensive look at Lebanon will inform the discussion of other divided societies, such as Afghanistan and Iraq, that face the dual challenge of restoring the political system and the security sector after state failure and intrastate conflict.
The Making of Lebanese Foreign Policy
Author: Henrietta Wilkins
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136776761
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Seeking to explain Lebanon’s behavior in the international arena during the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, this book offers a critique of both systemic and sub state factors in determining foreign policy decisions. The Making of Lebanese Foreign Policy illustrates how systemic theories are limited in terms of explaining foreign policy decisions because they largely ignore the role of internal, or sub state, factors. Within Lebanon, foreign policy is split between the interests of different internal Lebanese groups working in alliance with external actors. The competing interests of these internal groups compromise the cohesion of the Lebanese state and its capacity to promote its own interests above those of the different internal groups. The example of Lebanon during the 2006 war thus demonstrates the importance of these sub state factors in influencing state behaviour on an international level. Arguing that a more pluralistic approach is necessary in order to understand the conditions that affect the foreign policy making of the Lebanese state, this book fills an important gap in the literature on the topic and will be of interest to students of International Relations, Middle East Studies and Islamic Studies amongst others.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136776761
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Seeking to explain Lebanon’s behavior in the international arena during the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, this book offers a critique of both systemic and sub state factors in determining foreign policy decisions. The Making of Lebanese Foreign Policy illustrates how systemic theories are limited in terms of explaining foreign policy decisions because they largely ignore the role of internal, or sub state, factors. Within Lebanon, foreign policy is split between the interests of different internal Lebanese groups working in alliance with external actors. The competing interests of these internal groups compromise the cohesion of the Lebanese state and its capacity to promote its own interests above those of the different internal groups. The example of Lebanon during the 2006 war thus demonstrates the importance of these sub state factors in influencing state behaviour on an international level. Arguing that a more pluralistic approach is necessary in order to understand the conditions that affect the foreign policy making of the Lebanese state, this book fills an important gap in the literature on the topic and will be of interest to students of International Relations, Middle East Studies and Islamic Studies amongst others.
The Spoken Arabic
Author: Ali Matar
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
If you have been searching for a long time on books and resources to train and improve your spoken Arabic skills, then this book is for you. If you are a beginner, or advanced, but want to freshen up your Lebanese Arabic dialect knowledge, then you are reading the right description of your future book. This book consists of 4 parts to make your language learning journey easier. Part I: GrammarPart II: VocabularyPart III: AudioPart IV: Spelling With more than 100 exercises bundled in this book, working on your ability to fully understand Lebanese words and phrases, and to be able to read and even write the Lebanese dialect and practice it verbally, is now possible. Beginner exercises that no one has ever done for a spoken dialect before! P.S. This book does not have any lessons. It only has exercises related to the Spoken Lebanese Arabic dialect. If you are looking to learn the Lebanese Arabic dialect, then please check out my other books.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
If you have been searching for a long time on books and resources to train and improve your spoken Arabic skills, then this book is for you. If you are a beginner, or advanced, but want to freshen up your Lebanese Arabic dialect knowledge, then you are reading the right description of your future book. This book consists of 4 parts to make your language learning journey easier. Part I: GrammarPart II: VocabularyPart III: AudioPart IV: Spelling With more than 100 exercises bundled in this book, working on your ability to fully understand Lebanese words and phrases, and to be able to read and even write the Lebanese dialect and practice it verbally, is now possible. Beginner exercises that no one has ever done for a spoken dialect before! P.S. This book does not have any lessons. It only has exercises related to the Spoken Lebanese Arabic dialect. If you are looking to learn the Lebanese Arabic dialect, then please check out my other books.
Embodying Geopolitics
Author: Nicola Pratt
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520281764
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
When women took to the streets during the mass protests of the Arab Spring, the subject of feminism in the Middle East and North Africa returned to the international spotlight. In the subsequent years, countless commentators treated the region’s gender inequality as a consequence of fundamentally cultural or religious problems. In so doing, they overlooked the specifically political nature of these women’s activism. Moving beyond such culturalist accounts, this book turns to the relations of power in regional and international politics to understand women’s struggles for their rights. Based on over a hundred extensive personal narratives from women of different generations in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon, Nicola Pratt traces women’s activism from national independence through to the Arab uprisings, arguing that activist women are critical geopolitical actors. Weaving together these personal accounts with the ongoing legacies of colonialism, Embodying Geopolitics demonstrates how the production and regulation of gender is integrally bound up with the exercise and organization of geopolitical power, with consequences for women’s activism and its effects.
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520281764
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
When women took to the streets during the mass protests of the Arab Spring, the subject of feminism in the Middle East and North Africa returned to the international spotlight. In the subsequent years, countless commentators treated the region’s gender inequality as a consequence of fundamentally cultural or religious problems. In so doing, they overlooked the specifically political nature of these women’s activism. Moving beyond such culturalist accounts, this book turns to the relations of power in regional and international politics to understand women’s struggles for their rights. Based on over a hundred extensive personal narratives from women of different generations in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon, Nicola Pratt traces women’s activism from national independence through to the Arab uprisings, arguing that activist women are critical geopolitical actors. Weaving together these personal accounts with the ongoing legacies of colonialism, Embodying Geopolitics demonstrates how the production and regulation of gender is integrally bound up with the exercise and organization of geopolitical power, with consequences for women’s activism and its effects.
The Lebanese Forces
Author: Nader Moumneh
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0761870768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 619
Book Description
In this book, author Nader Moumneh–a Canadian senior policy adviser of Lebanese descent– examines the research of the formation and evolution of the Christian resistance in Lebanon he performed as a graduate student at the American University of Beirut in the early 1990s. He has conducted hundreds of lengthy interviews with senior Lebanese Forces leaders who were thoroughly impressed by his communicative yet assertive personality, his scrupulous presentation of facts, his obsessive attention to detail, and most importantly, his unwavering determination to unveil behind-the-scenes events. Mr. Moumneh drew upon his self-acquired persuasion tactics and negotiation strategies to earn the Lebanese Forces’ trust and gain access to top secret, never-before published information. Since then, he has continually revised and expanded the manuscript to address the rapidly changing situation in Lebanon and the Middle East. The Lebanese Forces: Emergence and Transformation of the Christian Resistance has taken twenty-five years to produce and is unique in its own right. Mr. Moumneh’s work is not a typical re-telling of the Lebanese crisis, rather it is a magnificent blend of skillful craftsmanship, an unprecedented wealth of painstakingly referenced chronological research and now declassified intelligence information.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0761870768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 619
Book Description
In this book, author Nader Moumneh–a Canadian senior policy adviser of Lebanese descent– examines the research of the formation and evolution of the Christian resistance in Lebanon he performed as a graduate student at the American University of Beirut in the early 1990s. He has conducted hundreds of lengthy interviews with senior Lebanese Forces leaders who were thoroughly impressed by his communicative yet assertive personality, his scrupulous presentation of facts, his obsessive attention to detail, and most importantly, his unwavering determination to unveil behind-the-scenes events. Mr. Moumneh drew upon his self-acquired persuasion tactics and negotiation strategies to earn the Lebanese Forces’ trust and gain access to top secret, never-before published information. Since then, he has continually revised and expanded the manuscript to address the rapidly changing situation in Lebanon and the Middle East. The Lebanese Forces: Emergence and Transformation of the Christian Resistance has taken twenty-five years to produce and is unique in its own right. Mr. Moumneh’s work is not a typical re-telling of the Lebanese crisis, rather it is a magnificent blend of skillful craftsmanship, an unprecedented wealth of painstakingly referenced chronological research and now declassified intelligence information.
Beirut
Author: Samir Kassir
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520271262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Beirut is a tour de force that takes the reader from the ancient to the modern world, offering a dazzling panorama of the city's Seleucid, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and French incarnations. Kassir vividly describes Beirut's spectacular growth in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, concentrating on its emergence after the Second World War as a cosmopolitan capital until its near destruction during the devastating Lebanese civil war of 1975-1990. --from publisher description.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520271262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Beirut is a tour de force that takes the reader from the ancient to the modern world, offering a dazzling panorama of the city's Seleucid, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and French incarnations. Kassir vividly describes Beirut's spectacular growth in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, concentrating on its emergence after the Second World War as a cosmopolitan capital until its near destruction during the devastating Lebanese civil war of 1975-1990. --from publisher description.