Arab Journal

Author : Mejdulene Bernard Shomali
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478023902
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between Banat written by Mejdulene Bernard Shomali and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-06 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Between Banat Mejdulene Bernard Shomali examines homoeroticism and nonnormative sexualities between Arab women in transnational Arab literature, art, and film. Moving from The Thousand and One Nights and the Golden Era of Egyptian cinema to contemporary novels, autobiographical writing, and prints and graphic novels that imagine queer Arab futures, Shomali uses what she calls queer Arab critique to locate queer desire amid heteronormative imperatives. Showing how systems of heteropatriarchy and Arab nationalisms foreclose queer Arab women’s futures, she draws on the transliterated term “banat”—the Arabic word for girls—to refer to women, femmes, and nonbinary people who disrupt stereotypical and Orientalist representations of the “Arab woman.” By attending to Arab women’s narration of desire and identity, queer Arab critique substantiates queer Arab histories while challenging Orientalist and Arab national paradigms that erase queer subjects. In this way, Shomali frames queerness and Arabness as relational and transnational subject formations and contends that prioritizing transnational collectivity over politics of authenticity, respectability, and inclusion can help lead toward queer freedom.

Author : Beatrice Gruendler
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674987810
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise of the Arabic Book written by Beatrice Gruendler and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The little-known story of the sophisticated and vibrant Arabic book culture that flourished during the Middle Ages. During the thirteenth century, Europe’s largest library owned fewer than 2,000 volumes. Libraries in the Arab world at the time had exponentially larger collections. Five libraries in Baghdad alone held between 200,000 and 1,000,000 books each, including multiple copies of standard works so that their many patrons could enjoy simultaneous access. How did the Arabic codex become so popular during the Middle Ages, even as the well-established form languished in Europe? Beatrice Gruendler’s The Rise of the Arabic Book answers this question through in-depth stories of bookmakers and book collectors, stationers and librarians, scholars and poets of the ninth century. The history of the book has been written with an outsize focus on Europe. The role books played in shaping the great literary cultures of the world beyond the West has been less known—until now. An internationally renowned expert in classical Arabic literature, Gruendler corrects this oversight and takes us into the rich literary milieu of early Arabic letters.

Author : Pamela E. Pennock
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469630990
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise of the Arab American Left written by Pamela E. Pennock and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first history of Arab American activism in the 1960s, Pamela Pennock brings to the forefront one of the most overlooked minority groups in the history of American social movements. Focusing on the ideas and strategies of key Arab American organizations and examining the emerging alliances between Arab American and other anti-imperialist and antiracist movements, Pennock sheds new light on the role of Arab Americans in the social change of the era. She details how their attempts to mobilize communities in support of Middle Eastern political or humanitarian causes were often met with suspicion by many Americans, including heavy surveillance by the Nixon administration. Cognizant that they would be unable to influence policy by traditional electoral means, Arab Americans, through slow coalition building over the course of decades of activism, brought their central policy concerns and causes into the mainstream of activist consciousness. With the support of new archival and interview evidence, Pennock situates the civil rights struggle of Arab Americans within the story of other political and social change of the 1960s and 1970s. By doing so, she takes a crucial step forward in the study of American social movements of that era.

Author : Joseph A. Massad
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226509605
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Desiring Arabs written by Joseph A. Massad and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual desire has long played a key role in Western judgments about the value of Arab civilization. In the past, Westerners viewed the Arab world as licentious, and Western intolerance of sex led them to brand Arabs as decadent; but as Western society became more sexually open, the supposedly prudish Arabs soon became viewed as backward. Rather than focusing exclusively on how these views developed in the West, in Desiring Arabs Joseph A. Massad reveals the history of how Arabs represented their own sexual desires. To this aim, he assembles a massive and diverse compendium of Arabic writing from the nineteenth century to the present in order to chart the changes in Arab sexual attitudes and their links to Arab notions of cultural heritage and civilization. A work of impressive scope and erudition, Massad’s chronicle of both the history and modern permutations of the debate over representations of sexual desires and practices in the Arab world is a crucial addition to our understanding of a frequently oversimplified and vilified culture. “A pioneering work on a very timely yet frustratingly neglected topic. . . . I know of no other study that can even begin to compare with the detail and scope of [this] work.”—Khaled El-Rouayheb, Middle East Report “In Desiring Arabs, [Edward] Said’s disciple Joseph A. Massad corroborates his mentor’s thesis that orientalist writing was racist and dehumanizing. . . . [Massad] brilliantly goes on to trace the legacy of this racist, internalized, orientalist discourse up to the present.”—Financial Times

Author : Karin C. Ryding
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781626162488
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Al-'Arabiyya written by Karin C. Ryding and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al-'Arabiyya is the annual journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic and serves scholars in the United States and abroad. Al-'Arabiyya includes scholarly articles and reviews that advance the study, research, and teaching of Arabic language, linguistics, literature, and pedagogy.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arab Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laila Abou-Saif
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Middle East Journal written by Laila Abou-Saif and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tries to bridge the gap between the Middle East and the West and to help the Westerners gain an understanding of the Arab-Israeli dilemma.

Author : Jamil Jreisat
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317245946
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Administration and Development in the Arab World written by Jamil Jreisat and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1986, examines the literature on administration, human resources and development in the Arab world. It emphasizes contemporary societies and their internal dynamics, the least known and most critical aspects of Arabic studies.

Author : Various,
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136255699
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Library Editions: The Arab Nation written by Various, and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set re-issues 4 volumes originally published between 1985 and 1991. They Examine the historical process of social formation that gave rise to the communal consciousness of the Arab nation and determined its sense of identity Present detailed analysis of resources in the Arab world, including population, employment, oil and water supplies Discuss dimensions of Afro-Arab co-operation and the future of Afro-Arab Relations Analyse the relations between state and society in the Arab World.

Author : May McCreaddie
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323833578
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Healthcare in the Arabian Gulf and Greater Middle East: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals - E-Book written by May McCreaddie and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthcare in the Arabian Gulf and Greater Middle East is the first evidence-based, English-language textbook to provide a comprehensive overview of healthcare in this region, where health systems are rapidly evolving and feature large numbers of expatriate health professionals serving a population with diverse ethnic, social, cultural and environmental needs. This unique book covers relevant research, conditions and appropriate interventions and treatment. Readers will gain an insight into the key health challenges of the region and how to approach them, as well as local healthcare structures and cultural considerations such as Islam and healthcare, culturally competent communication and the role of the family. Written by experienced international and local academics and professionals, this book will be invaluable for students, healthcare professionals and anyone interested in working in this fascinating region. Based on the latest evidence – provides a comprehensive overview of key healthcare challenges in region Features numerous Arabic contributors as well as non-Arabic contributors with experience and expertise in the region Key strategic, local and individual healthcare approaches – including a generic adaptable toolkit Short case studies and thinking grids for appropriate care Discussion of social, cultural and environmental perspectives specific to the region Easy to read and follow Highly practical – covers key topics including: Islam and healthcare pain management palliative and end of life care culturally competent communication consumer-driven healthcare the family in healthcare in the Arabian gulf communicable and non-communicable diseases