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The Arab World: Society, Culture and State

Paperback • 1993 • English

The Arab World: Society, Culture and State

By Halim Barakat

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About the book

This wide-ranging examination of Arab society and culture offers a unique opportunity to know the Arab world from an Arab point of view. Halim Barakat, an expatriate Syrian who is both scholar and novelist, emphasizes the dynamic changes and diverse patterns that have characterized the Middle East since the mid-nineteenth century. The Arab world is not one shaped by Islam, nor one simply explained by reference to the sectarian conflicts of a "mosaic" society. Instead, Barakat reveals a societ...Show more

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ISBN

9780520084278

Published year

1993

Language

English

Original title

The Arab World: Society, Culture and State

Format

Paperback

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