Author: Heikki Palva
Publisher: NIAS Press
ISBN: 9788787062244
Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This study argues that the Middle East is no drab veiled monolith; it is a vibrant chaotic region, often alarming to the newcomer, ever changing but also unchanging. Its paradoxes are reflected in contributions to this volume.
The Middle East-- Unity and Diversity
Author: Heikki Palva
Publisher: NIAS Press
ISBN: 9788787062244
Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This study argues that the Middle East is no drab veiled monolith; it is a vibrant chaotic region, often alarming to the newcomer, ever changing but also unchanging. Its paradoxes are reflected in contributions to this volume.
Publisher: NIAS Press
ISBN: 9788787062244
Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This study argues that the Middle East is no drab veiled monolith; it is a vibrant chaotic region, often alarming to the newcomer, ever changing but also unchanging. Its paradoxes are reflected in contributions to this volume.
Unity in Diversity
Author: Mohammed Abu-Nimer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Unity in Diversity
Author: Mohammed Abu-Nimer
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
ISBN: 9781601270139
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The authors discuss the intricate relationships between interfaith activities and religious identity, nationalism, violence, and peacemaking in four very different settings: Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan. They interview the whole cross-section of local Interfaith Dialogue workers: not only clerics and "dialoguing" professionals but also laypersons, who are often more eloquent than any scholar at expressing the realities, hopes, and frustrations of Interfaith Dialogue within their home countries. They take on the perennial dilemma faced by Interfaith Dialogue proponents: avoid politics and risk irrelevance, or take up the political questions and risk "politicizing" the dialogue, with all the disruptive effects this implies. Above all, this important book demonstrates the desire for interfaith dialogue in these polarized societies, and the extent to which, against strong odds, religious communities are connecting with each other. (Back cover).
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
ISBN: 9781601270139
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The authors discuss the intricate relationships between interfaith activities and religious identity, nationalism, violence, and peacemaking in four very different settings: Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan. They interview the whole cross-section of local Interfaith Dialogue workers: not only clerics and "dialoguing" professionals but also laypersons, who are often more eloquent than any scholar at expressing the realities, hopes, and frustrations of Interfaith Dialogue within their home countries. They take on the perennial dilemma faced by Interfaith Dialogue proponents: avoid politics and risk irrelevance, or take up the political questions and risk "politicizing" the dialogue, with all the disruptive effects this implies. Above all, this important book demonstrates the desire for interfaith dialogue in these polarized societies, and the extent to which, against strong odds, religious communities are connecting with each other. (Back cover).
Middle East Garden Traditions
Author: Michel Conan
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN: 9780884023296
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This book unites new information and surprising results from the last fifteen years of garden research, at a remove from the clichés of Orientalism. Garden archaeology reveals the economic importance of Judean gardens in Roman times and the visual complexity of gardens created and transformed in Moorish Spain. More contemporary approaches unravel the cultural continuities, variations, and differences between gardens in the Middle East since Roman times and in the Islamic world.
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN: 9780884023296
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This book unites new information and surprising results from the last fifteen years of garden research, at a remove from the clichés of Orientalism. Garden archaeology reveals the economic importance of Judean gardens in Roman times and the visual complexity of gardens created and transformed in Moorish Spain. More contemporary approaches unravel the cultural continuities, variations, and differences between gardens in the Middle East since Roman times and in the Islamic world.
Unity and Diversity
Author: Hans Goedicke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Papers presented at a symposium held at Johns Hopkins University, Jan. 9-12, 1973.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Papers presented at a symposium held at Johns Hopkins University, Jan. 9-12, 1973.
Middle East Dilemma
Author: Michael C. Hudson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231111393
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
From the unification of North and South Yemen, to the struggle for Mahgreb unity, and the experiences of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council, this book presents a complex portrait of the history and prospects for Arab integration.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231111393
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
From the unification of North and South Yemen, to the struggle for Mahgreb unity, and the experiences of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council, this book presents a complex portrait of the history and prospects for Arab integration.
The Sudan
Author: John Obert Voll
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315451352
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Little known in the United States and Western Europe, the Sudan is nevertheless a country of major importance in international affairs. This analytic introduction to the modern Sudan, first published in 1985, provides a summary of the basic dynamics of the country’s political, social, cultural, and economic life, as well as a general framework for interpreting the modern Sudanese experience. The authors present a clear picture of the Sudan as a distinctive entity with an identity all its own, revealing, however, that almost paradoxically one of the most significant aspects of that identity is the place of the Sudan as a special link between different cultural patterns and socio-political styles. The Sudan is both a bridge and a melting pot, and this provides the foundation of its unique character.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315451352
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Little known in the United States and Western Europe, the Sudan is nevertheless a country of major importance in international affairs. This analytic introduction to the modern Sudan, first published in 1985, provides a summary of the basic dynamics of the country’s political, social, cultural, and economic life, as well as a general framework for interpreting the modern Sudanese experience. The authors present a clear picture of the Sudan as a distinctive entity with an identity all its own, revealing, however, that almost paradoxically one of the most significant aspects of that identity is the place of the Sudan as a special link between different cultural patterns and socio-political styles. The Sudan is both a bridge and a melting pot, and this provides the foundation of its unique character.
Unity in Diversity
Author: Benjamin Creme
Publisher: Much-in-Little
ISBN: 9789071484988
Category : Spiritual life
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Publisher: Much-in-Little
ISBN: 9789071484988
Category : Spiritual life
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Conflict in the Middle East
Author: P.J. Vatikiotis
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317206320
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The Middle East is a continuing crisis area in world politics. This crisp and penetrating book, first published in 1971, analyses the historical development of the major issues in Arab politics, explains the conflicting interests now at stake in the Middle East and how the politics of the area were likely to develop. It examines, among other topics, the Palestine Liberation Movement, the prospects for Arab unity, and Great Power interference, and was written by one of the world’s leading scholars writing on the Middle East.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317206320
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The Middle East is a continuing crisis area in world politics. This crisp and penetrating book, first published in 1971, analyses the historical development of the major issues in Arab politics, explains the conflicting interests now at stake in the Middle East and how the politics of the area were likely to develop. It examines, among other topics, the Palestine Liberation Movement, the prospects for Arab unity, and Great Power interference, and was written by one of the world’s leading scholars writing on the Middle East.
Women in Muslim Societies
Author: Herbert L. Bodman (Jr.)
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781555875787
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Authors from a variety of disciplines assess the issues facing women in Muslim societies not only in the Middle East but also in Africa and Asia. They stress the importance of historical context, local customs and policies in defining the status of Muslim women, and examine how women are coping with challenges such as modernity and conservative reaction.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781555875787
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Authors from a variety of disciplines assess the issues facing women in Muslim societies not only in the Middle East but also in Africa and Asia. They stress the importance of historical context, local customs and policies in defining the status of Muslim women, and examine how women are coping with challenges such as modernity and conservative reaction.