Arabs in the mirror : images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Austin, Tex. :
University of Texas Press,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.