The Qadi and the Fortune Teller
Title | The Qadi and the Fortune Teller PDF eBook |
Author | Nabil A. Saleh |
Publisher | Quartet Books (UK) |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
The Anglo-Arab Encounter
Title | The Anglo-Arab Encounter PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Nash |
Publisher | Peter Lang |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9783039110261 |
This concise study argues there is a qualitative difference between Arabic literature, Arabic literature translated into English, and a literature conceived and executed in English by writers of an Arab background. It examines the corpus of a group of contemporary Arab writers who incorporate Arab subjects and themes into the English language.
The Making of a Syrian Identity
Title | The Making of a Syrian Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Fruma Zachs |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2005-05-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9047406672 |
The book takes a close look at the origins and development of the Syrian identity, during the 18th and 19th centuries, through the role of Christian Arab intellectuals and merchants, Ottomans and American missionaries. It examines its background, stages of evolution, and components.
Ottoman Tulips, Ottoman Coffee
Title | Ottoman Tulips, Ottoman Coffee PDF eBook |
Author | Dana Sajdi |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2014-06-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0857715399 |
Tulips and coffee are defining cultural products of the Ottoman eighteenth century, along with their related institutions of palace and coffeehouse. These cultural products hold multiple meanings in the history and historiography of the period. For example, scholars argue that the janissary coffee house was used variously for such diverse means as headquarters for rebellion, a Sufi lodge, police station and racketeering office. 'Ottoman Tulips, Ottoman Coffee' offers a critical exploration of a range of definitive cultural phenomena of the Ottoman 18th century, including the coffee house, print culture, imperial architecture, royal pageantry and festivals. Chapters explore previously untouched subjects such as the changing forms of imperial ritual in Ottoman public circumcision celebrations as well as unravelling the historiography of the so-called 'Tulip Period'. This has traditionally been characterised by the construction and eventual destruction of the famed palace of Saadabad and the reputedly failed project of the first Ottoman printing press. The book reassesses these failures as reflective of the general ill-preparedness of the Ottoman public for enlightened reform. Most importantly this book rejects the prevailing view that the 18th century was in political and cultural decline, and argues in fact it was a period of cultural dynamism and change. 'Ottoman Tulips' breaks free of the twin teleologies of Ottoman decline and Western-induced change, reassessing the impact of Westernization and modernization in the 18th century and revealing comparisons and interactions between the Ottoman court and its Safavid counterpart.
The Literary Review
Title | The Literary Review PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 824 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Arts |
ISBN |
Seeing Arabs Through an American School
Title | Seeing Arabs Through an American School PDF eBook |
Author | Robert F. Ober Jr. |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 2003-09-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 146283549X |
The author encountered the Arab worlds full complexity while heading the largest American independent school abroad, International College, Beirut, Lebanon. The College serves 3500 Arab students, preschool through high school. Its nonsectarian program accommodates Muslim, Druze and Christian families. The author worked to strengthen the schools American attributes in an atmosphere beclouded by Israeli air attacks, Hezbollahs resistance, Syrias occupation, and allegations of CIA involvement. Indigenous ways of management that had become entrenched during wartime as well as board governance from afar added complications. Despite everything, the school is a model that deserves replication elsewhere in the Middle East, especially after September 11. A reviewer in Connecticut observes: "As our national attention focuses more and more closely on that deeply troubled region, Mr. Obers experiences as president of a large private school take on increased relevance. Collectively, his descriptions develop a complete picture of an ancient and proud culture that is only glimpsed in other parts of the world amid dramatic news copy and images of violence" (Litchfield County Times, November 21, 2003).
Open House
Title | Open House PDF eBook |
Author | Nabil A. Saleh |
Publisher | Quartet Books (UK) |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
Beirut in 1940 -- a carefree social whirl under the shadow of war, a city of torn allegiances, treason and love. After France's crushing defeat by the German army, the pro-German Vichy French control Lebanon and Syria, while Britain tightens her grip over Palestine and Iraq. Diplomats and politicians maneuver as spies and agents intrigue in the narrow and deadly streets.