Middle East – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 7

Yossef Rapoport

Becoming Arab

"How late medieval Middle Eastern peasants adopted Arab cultural identities, and formed village clans. During the later Middle Ages, peasants in Egypt and Greater Syria came to view themselves as mem…

The Arab Nahda as Popular Entertainment

"What was popular entertainment like for everyday Arab societies in Middle Eastern cities during the long nineteenth century? In what ways did cafâe culture, theatre, illustrated periodicals, cinema,…

Kristi Barnwell

The Formation of the UAE

December 2, 1971 ushered the United Arab Emirates into existence and marked the end of one hundred fifty years of British protection of the Arab states of the Gulf. Today, the UAE projects an image of mod…

Michael Driessen

The Global Politics of Interreligious Dialogue

Over the last thirty years, governments across the globe have formalized new relationships with religious communities through their domestic and foreign policies and have variously sought to manage, suppo…

Billie Jeanne Brownlee, Maziyar Ghiabi

States Without People

States Without People argues that the major consequence of the failed revolts and civil wars in the Middle East has been the emergence of a culture of the right.

Fawaz A. Gerges

The Great Betrayal

How the Middle East can achieve political change and social progressThe Middle East is in upheaval: a widening chasm between state and society, the failure of governing elites to address citizens' genuine…

Incendies (2009) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) (UK Import)

A mother's dying wish creates a painful puzzle her children are forced to solve. At the reading of their mother's will, twins Jeanne and Simon are given instructions to locate the father they believed was…

Paulina Banas

Visualizing Egypt

"Bonaparte's short-lived 1798 campaign in Egypt, new possibilities of travel, and improvements in printing technology in nineteenth-century France and Britain, a new publishing business dedicated to …

Robin Easter

Middle School Monsters (a Graphic Novel)

Everyone's hiding something in middle school.Jamie McKenzie's secret? She's a werewolf.New town. New school. Fresh start. Jamie's determined to keep her hairy legs hidden, her emotions in check, and her m…

Robin Easter

Middle School Monsters (a Graphic Novel)

Everyone's hiding something in middle school.Jamie McKenzie's secret? She's a werewolf.New town. New school. Fresh start. Jamie's determined to keep her hairy legs hidden, her emotions in check, and her m…

Catherine Nixon Cooke

Dodgers to Damascus

David Lesch is a modern-day Renaissance man whose work has spanned continents and allowed him to explore cultures near and far. An acclaimed scholar, educator, author, and conflict resolution specialist, …

S. O. D.

Live At Budokan

Jerry "Boogie" McCain

Tough Stuff 1953 - 1962

Beeinflusst von Sonny Boy Williamson und Little Walter, war Jerry McCain einer der größten Blues-Mundharmonikaspieler. Aufgrund seiner Popularität, nahm er viele Aufnahmen auf und hatte mehrere regionale …

Lise Storm

Gender and the Global Climate Crisis

There is overwhelming evidence that the impacts of climate change are gender-differentiated and that women are the most negatively affected. Drawing on interviews with nearly 100 female activists and poli…

Susan N. Platt

Around the World in Twenty-Five Years

Spanning from central China to the southern tip of Latin America, the artists discussed here address crucial issues of war, feminism, climate, detention, migration, and, above all, human rights. They crea…

Jason Brownlee

Force Without Authority

Force Without Authority explores why the United States' costliest military operations since Vietnam came up short and pushed Republican and Democratic leaders toward withdrawal and retrenchment. Covering …

Jason Brownlee

Force Without Authority

Force Without Authority explores why the United States' costliest military operations since Vietnam came up short and pushed Republican and Democratic leaders toward withdrawal and retrenchment. Covering …

Scott Anderson

King of Kings

THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERNEW STATESMAN , ATLANTIC AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'If you want to understand the turmoil in Gaza, Syria and beyond, the Iranian Revolution of 1979 is a good plac…

Jörg Klinger

Das Erfassen von Zeit im Kontext der Vergangenheit

Wie entsteht Geschichtsschreibung? Die Studie untersucht die Anfänge hethitischer Historiographie und analysiert, wie Erinnerungen in kulturelles Gedächtnis übergehen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Berichte zu de…