Beyond considering the history, religion, leadership, and current social trends in the Arab world, the authors closely examine the lives of its people to portray the realities of daily life in the Arab nations
Allison, our overall production assistant, was the one who pointed out that these former enemies in the joint patrols were bunking in the same buildings, on opposite sides, of course. But they had planted trees in the middle of their ...
One dismisses the relevance of class analysis , asserting that the key to understanding Arab and other Middle Eastern societies is the mosaic nature of a society constructed on communal cleavages . Another admits that class analysis may ...
Saint George, Khidr, and Elijah share a common identity, representing the popular deity of fertility and the cults of Baal of ancient Syria. Their penetration into all three monotheistic religions and survival and popularity to the ...
This introductory text assesses how agricultural, industrial and urban development has evolved in the Arab region.
Presents an analysis of Arab culture and society.
A particularly trenchant political economy of the Arab world, set within the dual contexts of the historical development of the Middle East and the evolving world economic system. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR