Understanding arabs

a contemporary guide to arab society

The perfect introduction to contemporary Arab culture for those who want to understand today's headlines and the complex events playing out on the world stage. From the rise of fundamentalism to the historically uneasy relationship between the Arab World and the West, Margaret Nydell ...

Arab Spring

The Arab Spring captivated the planet. Mass action overthrew Tunisia’s Ben Ali and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak. The revolutionary wave spread to the far corners of the Arab world, from Morocco to Bahrain. It seemed as if all the authoritarian states would finally be ...

Revolt in Syria

eye-witness to the uprising

In January 2011 President Bashar al-Assad told the Wall Street Journal that Syria was 'stable' and immune from revolt. In the months that followed, and as regimes fell in Egypt and Tunisia, thousands of Syrians took to the streets calling for freedom, with many dying ...

Xenophobia and islamophobia in Europe

Is European anti-Muslim attitudes: the voice of public protest against out-of-touch elites? Are anti-Muslim attitudes becoming the spectre that is haunting Europe? Is Islamophobia as widespread and virulent as is made out? Or some EU societies are more prejudiced than others? To what extent are ...

Osama Bin Laden

Before Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. troops in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, the shadowy leader of al-Qaeda had all but disappeared from public consciousness. Largely depicted as a historical figure, he was viewed by the media, government, and public as the ...

We are all moors

ending centuries of Crusades against muslims and other minorities

In 1609 King Philip III ordered the expulsion of all Moriscos—Spaniards of Muslim descent—from Spain in an ongoing attempt to establish a homogeneous state and remove the last vestiges of Islam from his nation. Four centuries later, Spain and Europe are once again ...

Revolución por la dignidad en el mundo árabe

de la indignación al renacimiento

A finales del año 2010 no existían indicios en el escenario inter­nacional que nos pudieran hacer presagiar lo que iba a suceder a principios de 2011: una revolución de gran enver­gadura y de dimensiones hasta entonces impensables como la de Túnez, que desembocaría ...

Figures du féminin en Islam

D'Agar, la mère des Arabes qui n'est présente dans le corpus arabo-musulman que comme figure d'esclave, à Khadija, l'épouse du prophète que les hagiographes ont dépouillée de toute sexualité ; d'Aïsha, décrite comme l'aimée de l'Aimé de Dieu mais ...

Yo muero hoy

las revueltas en el mundo árabe

Las revueltas árabes de 2011 no surgieron por generación espontánea. Detrás de la caída de dictadores como Ben Alí, Mubarak o Gadafi hay una larga lucha silenciosa del activismo clandestino en defensa de los derechos humanos, de los movimientos obreros y de las agrupaciones que ...

The Arab Spring

the end of postcolonialism

This pioneering explanation of the Arab Spring will define a new era of thinking about the Middle East. In this landmark book, Hamid Dabashi argues that the revolutionary uprisings that have engulfed multiple countries and political climes from Morocco to Iran and from Syria to ...

Más allá del Medio Oriente

las diásporas judía y árabe en América Latina

Este libro publicado por la Universidad de Granada, coordinado por Raanan Rein cuyos editores son María José Cano y Beatriz Molina, aborda a lo largo de las diversas aportaciones que lo integran, temas de identidades, etnicidad, diáspora y transnacionalismo desde una perspectica histórica y contemporánea ...

Islam

its Law and society

Since Islam: Its Law and Society was first published in 1999, there have been a number of events which have brought Islam and its followers into the forefront of discussion in western society. The most notable of these were the terrorist attacks on the United ...

European muslims, civility and public life

perspectives on and from the Gülen Movement

This is an assessment of the influence and impact of the Islamic scholar and activist Fethullah Gulen, and those who are inspired by him, on contemporary Islam. This edited collection deals with the challenges and opportunities faced by Muslims and the wider society in Europe ...

Arab cultural studies

Mapping the field

'Arab Cultural Studies: Mapping the Field' is the first attempt to explore ways of conceptualising and theorising the nascent field of Arab Cultural Studies. It reflects and engages in an interdisciplinary discussion on the different facets of Arab cultural studies, including gender, economy, history, epistemology ...

Ayatollah Khomeini and the anatomy of the Islamic Revolution in Iran

toward a theory of prophetic charisma

This book attempts to explain how and why Ayatollah Khomeini was able to lead the Iranian people in their successful revolution against the Shah of Iran. Bringing together the sociological study of charisma by the sociologist Max Weber and the critical psychology of Erich Fromm ...

La lección tunecina

cómo la revolución de la Dignidad ha derrocado al poder mafioso

Me encontraba en Túnez en diciembre de 2010, cuando se reveló la noticia de la inmolación de Mohamed Bouazizi. Tuve inmediatamente el presentimiento que en esta ocasión las cosas serían diferentes, que la lucha que comenzaba iba a resultar dramática. Una fría e invencible determinación ...

The struggle for power in Syria

politics and society under Asad and the Ba'th Party

In the midst of turmoil in the Middle East, and in the face of protests and demonstrations from Homs to Damascus and other places all over Syria, the Ba'th Party and Bashar al-Asad are truly caught up in a struggle to hold onto power ...

Beyond the veil

male-female dynamics in muslim society

Sexual inequality is a prominent feature of both Western and Islamic societies, but the underlying concepts of female sexuality in Christian and Muslim traditions are very different. In this classic study, Fatema Mernissi argues that many Muslim scholars historically portrayed women as active and in ...

Seeking Gaddafi

Libya, the West and The Arab Spring

On 18th March 2011 the United Nations passed Resolution 1973 allowing the establishment of a No Fly Zone above the towns and cities of Libya to defend civilians from the oppressive regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. With NATO planes now patrolling the skies over Libya ...

Performative revolution in Egypt

an essay in cultural power

The 2011 revolution in Egypt was revolutionary far beyond regime change in Cairo. It may be considered our first view of what a civil, egalitarian society in the Middle East might look like in the age of Twitter, YouTube and instant global media. Using international ...