Arabs in the mirror : images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times /

Main Author: Rejwan, Nissim
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
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300 1 |a xii, 210 p. ;  |c 23 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-203) and index. 
505 1 |a The bedouin, the camel, the sand, and the palm tree -- Identity and self-definition -- Ibn Khaldun's appraisal appraised -- "Arabizing the Arabs" -- Self-images old and new -- Calls for "critical self-analysis" -- Unity in diversity -- The quest for democracy -- Resources and development -- The social scene -- The case of Egypt -- The West's inroads -- The difference Israel has made new lessons for old -- The intellectuals -- Appendix : portraits in a mirror : three fictional versions. 
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650 1 |a Intellectuals  |z Arab countries 
650 1 |a Democracy  |z Arab countries 
651 1 |a Arab countries  |x Intellectual life 
651 1 |a Egypt  |x Social conditions 
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