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War Remains - Ruination And Resistance In Lebanon

by Yasmine Khayyat

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 Traces the poetics of ruination and resistance in select contemporary Lebanese wartime literature, cultural production, and sites of memory. Drawing upon work from southern Lebanon and Beirut, Khayyat examines how war remains are employed as a resistant trope in the intellectual spaces of warâ€™s aftermath.
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The Muslim Social - Neoliberalism, Charity, And Poverty In Turkey

by Gizem Zencirci

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 In addition to neoliberal reforms, the AKPâ€™s poverty relief program in Turkey has involved an emphasis on Islamic charity. To understand the causes and consequences of this phenomenon, Zencirci introduces the concept of the Muslim Social, defined as a welfare regime that reimagined and reconfigured Islamic charitable practices.
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The Muslim Social - Neoliberalism, Charity, And Poverty In Turkey

by Gizem Zencirci

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 In addition to neoliberal reforms, the AKPâ€™s poverty relief program in Turkey has involved an emphasis on Islamic charity. To understand the causes and consequences of this phenomenon, Zencirci introduces the concept of the Muslim Social, defined as a welfare regime that reimagined and reconfigured Islamic charitable practices.
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Extremist Shiites - The Ghulat Sects

by Matti Moosa

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 Offers a comprehensive study of the origins and cultural aspects of the different extremist, or Ghulat, Shiite sects in the Middle East. These sects whose â€˜extremismâ€™ is essentially religious are generally a peaceful people and, except for the Nusayris of Syria, are not political activists.
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Victims Of Commemoration - The Architecture And Violence Of Confronting The Past In Turkey

by Eray Cayli

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 The first comprehensive account of space's centrality to confronting state-endorsed violence, this volume draws upon ethnographic research gathered throughout the first half of the 2010s, the period of Turkey's quickly deteriorating global image.
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Mushrooms Of The Southeastern United States

by Alan E. Bessette, Arleen R. Bessette, Dail L. Dunaway e William C. Roody

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 A comprehensive field guide to the mushrooms of the southeastern United States. The book features more than 450 species that are fully described and illustrated with photographs, many for the first time in colour.
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Victims Of Commemoration - The Architecture And Violence Of Confronting The Past In Turkey

by Eray Cayli

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 The first comprehensive account of space's centrality to confronting state-endorsed violence, this volume draws upon ethnographic research gathered throughout the first half of the 2010s, the period of Turkey's quickly deteriorating global image.
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Ottoman Children And Youth During World War I

by Nazan Maksudyan

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 Adding a new dimension to the historiography of World War I, Maksudyan explores the variegated experiences and involvement of Ottoman children and youth in the war. Rather than simply passive victims, children became essential participants as soldiers, wage earners, farmers, and artisans.
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Political Muslims - Understanding Youth Resistance In A Global Context

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 Provides a new perspective on Muslim youth, presenting them as agents of creative social change and as active participants in cultural and community organisations where resistance leads to negotiated change. In a series of case studies, contributors capture the experiences of being young and Muslim in ten countries.
Islam, Arabs, And The Intelligent World Of The Jinn

by Amira El-Zein

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 Beliefs regarding the jinn are deeply integrated into Muslim culture and religion, and have a constant presence in legends, myths, poetry, and literature. In Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn, Amira El-Zein explores the integral role these mythological figures play, revealing that the concept of jinn is fundamental to understanding Muslim culture and tradition.
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Iraqi Migrants In Syria - The Crisis Before The Storm

by Sophia Hoffman

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 During the decade that preceded Syriaâ€™s 2011 uprising and descent into violence, the country was in the midst of another crisis: the mass arrival of Iraqi migrants and a flood of humanitarian aid to handle the refugee emergency. Drawing on firsthand observations and interviews, Hoffmann provides a nuanced portrait of the conditions of daily life for Iraqis living in Syria.
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Lebanon In Crisis - Participants And Issues

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 A guide for those who wish to understand the Lebanese conflict, and for those, as well, who would work to bring peace to that tormented land. From Palestinian, Syrian, and Israeli intervention to delicate inter-Arab relations, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and superpower involvement, sixteen experts analyse the motives and actions of the men and groups engaged in the bloody Lebanese hostilities.
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Preserving The Old City Of Damascus

by Faedah M. Totah

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 This study on the current gentrification and historic preservation of the Old City of Damascus illustrates how local discourses on civilization, social hierarchies, and politics of heritage are renegotiated.
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Reading Arabia - British Orientalism In The Age Of Mass Publication, 1880-1930

by Andrew C. Long

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 In Reading Arabia, Long explores the change in the tradition of British Orientalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He examines the role of mass print culture, including travel literature, newspapers, and silent films, in the construction of the British publicâ€™s perception of â€œArabiaâ€.
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Improbable Women - Five Who Explored The Middle East

by William Woods Cotterman

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 Examines the lives of five women writers, all upper-class British women, who rebelled against the conventions of their own societies and lived, travelled and explored the Middle East.
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The Kurds And The State - Evolving National Identity In Iraq, Turkey, And Iran

by Denise Natali

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 Examining Kurdish nationalism as a function of diverse political spaces, this book analyzes the formation of Kurdish national identity. In tracing the evolution of Kurdish nationalism, the author shows that, contrary to popular theories, there is nothing natural or fixed about Kurdish identity or the configuration that Kurdish nationalism assumes.
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Toward An Islamic Reformation - Civil Liberties, Human Rights, And International Law

by Abdullahi Ahmed An Na'Im

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 Drawing upon the teachings and writings of the Sudanese reformer, Mahmoud Mohamed Taha, this study aims to provide the intellectual foundations for a total reinterpretation of the nature and meaning of Islamic public law.
Islam - Continuity And Change In The Modern World

by John Obert Voll

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 This is a single-volume history of Islam. The opening chapters briefly discuss the historical background of the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century, through the rise of the Islam in 18th through 20th centuries. The final two chapters cover the significant events of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Speaking Stones - Communiques From The Intifada Underground

by Reuben Aharoni e Shaul Mishal

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 This work provides a selection of underground documents of the two leading bodies of the Intifada: the United National Command and the Islamic Resistance Movement, known as Hamas. Mishal analyses these documents in order to understand the forces that turned the wheels of the Palestinian uprising.
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Extremist Shi'Ites - The Ghulat Sects

by Matti Moosa

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 Little is known in the West about the division of the Islamic world into Shiites and Sunnites and even less about the stratification of these two groups. Moosaâ€™s comprehensive study of the origins and cultural aspects of the different extremist, or Ghulat, Shiite sects in the Middle East is a ground-breaking work.
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Winslow Homer In The Adirondacks

by David Tatham

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 In this title, David Tatham demonstrates that Winslow Homer's 'Adirondack oils and watercolours constitute a highly original examination of the human race's relationship to the natural world at a time when long-established assumptions about humans, nature, and art itself were undergoing profound change.
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Painting The Middle East

by Ann Zwicker Kerr

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 The watercolours in this volume are an expression of the author's affection and fascination for the Middle East, painted during her many sojourns there starting in the mid-1950s and continuing to today. They are unashamedly romantic and the antithesis of the turmoil in the region.
Women, The Family, And Divorce Laws In Islamic History

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 A collection of 18 essays that covers a wide range of material and re-evaluates women's studies and Middle Eastern studies, Muslim women and the Shari'a courts, the Ottoman household, Dhimmi communities, family law, morality and violence.
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The Mizrahi Era Of Rebellion - Israel'S Forgotten Civil Rights Struggle, 1948-1966

by Bryan K. Roby

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