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As a small sect that emerged from Islam over years ago, the Druze religion and society has been cloaked in a tradition of secrecy. This book provides an analysis of Druze scriptures and beliefs (Tawhid). It presents a chronological narrative on the foundation and development of the faith, explaining historical conditions and religious rationale.

Calls for a renewed definition of Palestinian writing, one that includes Anglophone, Nordic, Latinate, and Hebrew language literary works. Although most of the works discussed here are steeped in the historic injustices committed against Palestinians, Ebileeni's intention is to yield a richer understanding of Palestinian literary texts.

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 'extremism' is essentially religious are generally a peaceful people and, except for the Nusayris of Syria, are not political activists.

A translation of Taha's major work in which he outlines the main features of his teachings. Mahmoud Mohamed Taha was a prominent Sudanese Muslim teacher who was executed by the government in 1985.

Three devastating epidemics swept Egypt in the 1940s, killing thousands of people. This book reconstructs the nation's fight against malaria, relapsing fever, and cholera and explores the unique combination of forces that placed public health on the national political agenda for the first time.

Hezbollah's influence in military issues is well known, but its role in shaping cultural and political activities has not received enough attention. Kanaaneh sheds new light on the organisation's successful evolution as a counterhegemonic force in the region's resistance movement, known as ""Maqawama"".

Prison literature has played an essential role in generating the "experimental shift" in Arabic literature since the 1960s. Taleghani's groundbreaking work explores prison writing's critical role in resistance movements in Syria, the evolution of Arabic literature, and the development of a global human rights.

Tells the story of the Palestinian citrus industry from its inception until 1950, tracing the shifting relationship between Palestinian Arabs and Zionist Jews. Kabha and Karlinsky portray the industry's social fabric, detail its economic history, and analyse the conditions that enabled the formation of a unique binational organisation.

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.

A story of an American woman's life in Lebanon and the events that lead to her husband's assassination. Through her entries from her diaries and excerpts from his letters, Kerr examines her husband's ideals and goals to promote reconciliation in among the factions in Lebanese society.

Presents a timely and fresh reexamination of one of the most important bilateral relationships of the last century. Collier delves deeply into the American desire to promote democracy in Iran from the 1940s to the early 1960s and examines the myriad factors that contributed to their success in exerting a powerful influence on Iranian politics.

During the decade that preceded Syria'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.

Heralding a new period of creativity, In the Wake of the Poetic explores the aesthetics and politics of Palestinian cultural expression in the last two decades. Through an examination of selected works by key artists Rahman articulates an aesthetic founded on loss, dispersion, dispossession, and transformation.

A portrait of the intimate way in which violence pulls lives apart, of an American family caught on the stage of Middle East politics, and of the moral choices required in seeking justice.

women's employment and issues related to poverty in Iran

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.

According to the Qur'an, God created two parallel species, man and the jinn, the former from clay and the latter from fire. This title explores the integral role these mythological figures play, revealing that the concept of jinn is fundamental to understanding Muslim culture and tradition.

Presents a series of five lectures given in 1981 at Syracuse University. Each couples with a concluding "dialogue" where the author poses questions and objections to his own essays and then answers them. Coleman sees the book as the extension of his 1973 volume, Power and the Structure of Society.

The essays in this work illustrate the various ways in which women in the Middle East fall short of being vested with the rights and privileges that would define them as fully enfranchised citizens. They offer an examination of national legislation on personal status, penal law and labour.

This work examines reformations of Islam and culture in Turkey and the successful Islamic modernist Fethullah Gulen movement.

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.

Situated in the fields of contemporary literary and cultural studies, the ten essays collected in Generations of Dissent shed light on the artistic creativity, cultural production, intellectual movements, and acts of political dissidence across the Middle East and North Africa.

Situated in the fields of contemporary literary and cultural studies, the ten essays collected in Generations of Dissent shed light on the artistic creativity, cultural production, intellectual movements, and acts of political dissidence across the Middle East and North Africa.

Showcases written and visual contributions by Iraqi artists, writers, poets, filmmakers, photographers, and activists. Contributors explore the way Iraqis retain, subvert, and produce art and activism as ways of coping with despair and resisting chaos and destruction.

Demands for freedom, justice, and dignity have animated protests and revolutions across the Middle East in recent years, changing the landscape of the region. Drawing from diverse disciplines, this volume offers critical perspectives on these changes, covering politics, religion, gender dynamics, human rights, media, literature, and music.

A study of the children living in the often harsh society of an Iranian village. This text presents the children as unsentimental realists who manipulate their meagre resources while learning ambiguous truths about how the world operates from their elders