Author: Fan Hong
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135154795X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
This collection provides interdisciplinary study of sport in the Middle East in the context of history, politics, policies, gender, religion, ideology and international relations. The chapters examine the role of the Pan-Arab Games in strengthening the bonds of Arab identity in Qatar, the contribution of sport to the building of nationhood and cultural image in Lebanon and Turkey, female involvement in the Olympic movement in Middle Eastern countries, how sport has facilitated the promotion of gender equality and how sport has served the social and cultural transformation of the Islamic world.Study of the role and functions of sport in the Middle East in its historical, political and cultural context is long overdue. Based on recent research conducted by prominent young scholars in this field, this collection will inspire and stimulate the future development of research in the Islamic world. This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Sport in the Middle East
Author: Fan Hong
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135154795X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
This collection provides interdisciplinary study of sport in the Middle East in the context of history, politics, policies, gender, religion, ideology and international relations. The chapters examine the role of the Pan-Arab Games in strengthening the bonds of Arab identity in Qatar, the contribution of sport to the building of nationhood and cultural image in Lebanon and Turkey, female involvement in the Olympic movement in Middle Eastern countries, how sport has facilitated the promotion of gender equality and how sport has served the social and cultural transformation of the Islamic world.Study of the role and functions of sport in the Middle East in its historical, political and cultural context is long overdue. Based on recent research conducted by prominent young scholars in this field, this collection will inspire and stimulate the future development of research in the Islamic world. This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135154795X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
This collection provides interdisciplinary study of sport in the Middle East in the context of history, politics, policies, gender, religion, ideology and international relations. The chapters examine the role of the Pan-Arab Games in strengthening the bonds of Arab identity in Qatar, the contribution of sport to the building of nationhood and cultural image in Lebanon and Turkey, female involvement in the Olympic movement in Middle Eastern countries, how sport has facilitated the promotion of gender equality and how sport has served the social and cultural transformation of the Islamic world.Study of the role and functions of sport in the Middle East in its historical, political and cultural context is long overdue. Based on recent research conducted by prominent young scholars in this field, this collection will inspire and stimulate the future development of research in the Islamic world. This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.
Tow Glorious Years in the History of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi
Author: Maktab al-Wathāʼiq wa-al-Dirāsāt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abū Ẓaby (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abū Ẓaby (United Arab Emirates : Emirate)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman
Author: Dionisius A. Agius
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136201823
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
This book is a study of the seafaring communities of the Arabian Gulf and Oman in the past 150 years. It analyses the significance of the dhow and how coastal communities interacted throughout their long tradition of seafaring. In addition to archival material, the work is based on extensive field research in which the voices of seamen were recorded in over 200 interviews. The book provides an integrated study of dhow activity in the area concerned and examines the consciousness of belonging to the wider culture of the Indian ocean as it is expressed in boat-building traditions, navigational techniques, crew organisation and port towns. People of the Dhow brings together the different measures of time past, the sea, its people and their material culture. The Arabian Gulf and Oman have traditionally shared a common destiny within the Western Indian Ocean. The seasonal monsoonal winds were fundamental to the physical and human unities of the seafaring communities, producing a way of life in harmony with the natural world, a world which was abruptly changed with the discovery of oil. What remains is memories of a seafaring past, a history of traditions and customs recorded here in the recollections of a dying generation and in the rich artistic heritage of the region.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136201823
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
This book is a study of the seafaring communities of the Arabian Gulf and Oman in the past 150 years. It analyses the significance of the dhow and how coastal communities interacted throughout their long tradition of seafaring. In addition to archival material, the work is based on extensive field research in which the voices of seamen were recorded in over 200 interviews. The book provides an integrated study of dhow activity in the area concerned and examines the consciousness of belonging to the wider culture of the Indian ocean as it is expressed in boat-building traditions, navigational techniques, crew organisation and port towns. People of the Dhow brings together the different measures of time past, the sea, its people and their material culture. The Arabian Gulf and Oman have traditionally shared a common destiny within the Western Indian Ocean. The seasonal monsoonal winds were fundamental to the physical and human unities of the seafaring communities, producing a way of life in harmony with the natural world, a world which was abruptly changed with the discovery of oil. What remains is memories of a seafaring past, a history of traditions and customs recorded here in the recollections of a dying generation and in the rich artistic heritage of the region.
Vadophil Issue No. 175-176-177
Author: Baroda Philatelic Society
Publisher: Baroda Philatelic Society
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher: Baroda Philatelic Society
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Oman Reborn
Author: Linda Pappas Funsch
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137502010
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The Sultanate of Oman is one of the few "good news" stories to have emerged from the Middle East in recent memory. This book traces the narrative of a little-known and relatively stable Arab country whose history of independence, legacy of interaction with diverse cultures, and enlightened modern leadership have transformed it in less than fifty years from an isolated medieval-style potentate to a stable, dynamic, and largely optimistic country. At the heart of this fascinating story is Oman’s sultan, Qaboos bin Sa’id, friend to both East and West, whose unique leadership style has resulted in both domestic and foreign policy achievements during more than four decades in office. Exploring Oman from a historical perspective, Funsch examines how the country’s unique blend of tradition and modernization has enabled it to succeed while others in the region have failed. Accounts of the author’s own experiences with Oman’s transformation add rich layers of depth, texture, and personality to the narrative.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137502010
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The Sultanate of Oman is one of the few "good news" stories to have emerged from the Middle East in recent memory. This book traces the narrative of a little-known and relatively stable Arab country whose history of independence, legacy of interaction with diverse cultures, and enlightened modern leadership have transformed it in less than fifty years from an isolated medieval-style potentate to a stable, dynamic, and largely optimistic country. At the heart of this fascinating story is Oman’s sultan, Qaboos bin Sa’id, friend to both East and West, whose unique leadership style has resulted in both domestic and foreign policy achievements during more than four decades in office. Exploring Oman from a historical perspective, Funsch examines how the country’s unique blend of tradition and modernization has enabled it to succeed while others in the region have failed. Accounts of the author’s own experiences with Oman’s transformation add rich layers of depth, texture, and personality to the narrative.
Regionalizing Oman
Author: Steffen Wippel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400768214
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
This volume addresses the historical structures and current dynamics of Oman’s regionalization processes and their political, economic and social dimensions. It is based on an interdisciplinary and trans-regional dialogue between scholars from different social sciences and area studies such as political science, economics, management, economic and social geography, history, social anthropology and linguistics as well as Middle East/West Asian, gulf and African studies, and develops four major axes of research: - Oman’s integration into global and regional flows of goods, capital, people and ideas; - The multi-scaled political negotiation of such integration (or disintegration) processes; - Consequences of suchlike processes and forms of regionalization for (translocal) actors; - Ideas and strategic communication of regional belonging and the constitution of regions. Each chapter deals with one or more of these issues. Part I deals with concepts of regionalisation and region-building and presents different approaches that accentuate certain dimensions of these processes and come from different disciplinary backgrounds. Part II focuses on the translocal, transnational and (trans)regional movement of people, their practices and imaginations, be they contemporary labour in- and out-migrants, returnees from Eastern Africa or nomadic tribal members. Part III takes a closer look particularly at economic issues and regionalisation processes that are mainly based on multiple trade links, regional development policies or politics of regionalism. Part IV analyses political and socio-cultural issues in regional and global perspectives.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400768214
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
This volume addresses the historical structures and current dynamics of Oman’s regionalization processes and their political, economic and social dimensions. It is based on an interdisciplinary and trans-regional dialogue between scholars from different social sciences and area studies such as political science, economics, management, economic and social geography, history, social anthropology and linguistics as well as Middle East/West Asian, gulf and African studies, and develops four major axes of research: - Oman’s integration into global and regional flows of goods, capital, people and ideas; - The multi-scaled political negotiation of such integration (or disintegration) processes; - Consequences of suchlike processes and forms of regionalization for (translocal) actors; - Ideas and strategic communication of regional belonging and the constitution of regions. Each chapter deals with one or more of these issues. Part I deals with concepts of regionalisation and region-building and presents different approaches that accentuate certain dimensions of these processes and come from different disciplinary backgrounds. Part II focuses on the translocal, transnational and (trans)regional movement of people, their practices and imaginations, be they contemporary labour in- and out-migrants, returnees from Eastern Africa or nomadic tribal members. Part III takes a closer look particularly at economic issues and regionalisation processes that are mainly based on multiple trade links, regional development policies or politics of regionalism. Part IV analyses political and socio-cultural issues in regional and global perspectives.
Oman A "Spy" Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments
Author: IBP, Inc.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1433037793
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Oman A "Spy" Guide - Strategic Information and Developments
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1433037793
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Oman A "Spy" Guide - Strategic Information and Developments
Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Sultan in Oman
Author: Jan Morris
Publisher: Eland Publishing
ISBN: 9781906011178
Category : Oman
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An account of the first crossing of the Omani desert by motorcar, as Jan Morris accompanied the Sultan on his royal progress, with the winds of change - oil and revolution - in the background.
Publisher: Eland Publishing
ISBN: 9781906011178
Category : Oman
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An account of the first crossing of the Omani desert by motorcar, as Jan Morris accompanied the Sultan on his royal progress, with the winds of change - oil and revolution - in the background.
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said the King of Peace 50 Years of the Glorious Reign (an Anthology)
Author: Emmanuel Bathula
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Review:I am highly obliged to be a part of this book by writing a review to the latest book of Emmanuel Bathula, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said The King of Peace 50 years of the glorious reign, a book that marks the magnificent era and his legacy that is continued by his successor, the humblest and kindest king of Oman, HM Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq. I take this opportunity to appreciate the writer and all the others members for their dedication of the book to the entire Omani community on the auspicious occasion of 50th National Day which is also the 80th birth anniversary of the late king, his majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said celebrated solemnly under the successful coronation of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq after the death of the noblest and the king of peace, HM Sultan Qaboos bin Said.I am surprised to see a foreigner writing a book about our homeland, Oman, and about our beloved king with utmost love and concern for the nation. The present title, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said The King of Peace 50 years of the glorious reign, is partially an anthology of write-ups from different nationalities and the extracts from the internet along with the writer's own sources of information and experience in the country.After reading this book I feel that the book would touch our entire Omani community for the respect and love of expatriates for our motherland. Indeed, this book would inspire the entire world to know about the noblest king of peace His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said through the genuine feelings of the writer and his team.It is a book of a rare combination of the writer's understanding of the place where he lives and the experience he has got with the people of Oman. 50 Years of Glorious Reign of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, provides every reader the story which is a glorious history from the land of Oman. According to the author, in the recent past, there has never been a king who ruled his kingdom for 50 years with fair treatment of humility, respect, equality, and fraternity to everyone under his protection as the king of Oman, Sultan Qaboos bin Said. To quote from one of his rarest speeches, "The world you are inheriting is one in which fanaticism, intolerance, and disregard and disrespect for the rule of law have become a byword, where we see violence and oppression on all sides, and we see man sometimes in despair of the future of humanity. But we believe that the day must come when these evils are defeated. This is the aim which every one of us, of every nationality, must seek to work for and achieve."The book covers from the author's point of view from the birth of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said until his death on 10th January 2020 along with the extracts he has taken from other sources. The writer tries to convey how the king took all the challenges onto his young shoulders at the age of thirty without any turning back and led the nation to the pinnacle of success where no other country in the world could do such wonders as His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said did. He is the rarest of kings of peace in the history of humanity. Further, the book also highlights the expatriates' understanding of Omani people and their relationships with other nationalities. In their words, Omani people are very kind and generous.- Najma Al ZadjaliDescription:In short, the book is a partial compilation of the author and the write-ups by different nationalities along with the direct extracts taken from original sources. This is a humble tribute from everyone who took part and gave one's share through their write-ups in this book honoring the late king his Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said along with a commitment to continue humble services to the country under the esteemed leadership of the present king, HM Sultan Haitham bin Tariq.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Review:I am highly obliged to be a part of this book by writing a review to the latest book of Emmanuel Bathula, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said The King of Peace 50 years of the glorious reign, a book that marks the magnificent era and his legacy that is continued by his successor, the humblest and kindest king of Oman, HM Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq. I take this opportunity to appreciate the writer and all the others members for their dedication of the book to the entire Omani community on the auspicious occasion of 50th National Day which is also the 80th birth anniversary of the late king, his majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said celebrated solemnly under the successful coronation of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq after the death of the noblest and the king of peace, HM Sultan Qaboos bin Said.I am surprised to see a foreigner writing a book about our homeland, Oman, and about our beloved king with utmost love and concern for the nation. The present title, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said The King of Peace 50 years of the glorious reign, is partially an anthology of write-ups from different nationalities and the extracts from the internet along with the writer's own sources of information and experience in the country.After reading this book I feel that the book would touch our entire Omani community for the respect and love of expatriates for our motherland. Indeed, this book would inspire the entire world to know about the noblest king of peace His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said through the genuine feelings of the writer and his team.It is a book of a rare combination of the writer's understanding of the place where he lives and the experience he has got with the people of Oman. 50 Years of Glorious Reign of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, provides every reader the story which is a glorious history from the land of Oman. According to the author, in the recent past, there has never been a king who ruled his kingdom for 50 years with fair treatment of humility, respect, equality, and fraternity to everyone under his protection as the king of Oman, Sultan Qaboos bin Said. To quote from one of his rarest speeches, "The world you are inheriting is one in which fanaticism, intolerance, and disregard and disrespect for the rule of law have become a byword, where we see violence and oppression on all sides, and we see man sometimes in despair of the future of humanity. But we believe that the day must come when these evils are defeated. This is the aim which every one of us, of every nationality, must seek to work for and achieve."The book covers from the author's point of view from the birth of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said until his death on 10th January 2020 along with the extracts he has taken from other sources. The writer tries to convey how the king took all the challenges onto his young shoulders at the age of thirty without any turning back and led the nation to the pinnacle of success where no other country in the world could do such wonders as His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said did. He is the rarest of kings of peace in the history of humanity. Further, the book also highlights the expatriates' understanding of Omani people and their relationships with other nationalities. In their words, Omani people are very kind and generous.- Najma Al ZadjaliDescription:In short, the book is a partial compilation of the author and the write-ups by different nationalities along with the direct extracts taken from original sources. This is a humble tribute from everyone who took part and gave one's share through their write-ups in this book honoring the late king his Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said along with a commitment to continue humble services to the country under the esteemed leadership of the present king, HM Sultan Haitham bin Tariq.