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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “elizabeth iskander”
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  • Sectarian Conflict in Egypt

    Coptic Media, Identity and Representation

    by Elizabeth Iskander ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
    In light of the Egyptian uprising in early 2011, understanding the dynamics that are shaping Egyptian politics and society is more crucial than ever as Egypt seeks to re-define itself after the Mubarak era. One of the most controversial debates concerns the place of religion in Egypt’s political future. This book examines the escalation in religious violence in Egypt since 2005 and the public ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

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  • Islamic Exceptionalism

    How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World

    by Shadi Hamid ...
    In Islamic Exceptionalism, Brookings Institution scholar and acclaimed author Shadi Hamid offers a novel and provocative argument on how Islam is, in fact, "exceptional" in how it relates to politics, with profound implications for how we understand the future of the Middle East. Divides among citizens aren't just about power but are products of fundamental disagreements over the very nature and ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • What's Really Wrong with the Middle East

    by Brian Whitaker ...
    The problems in the Middle East run deeper than dictatorship. Inspired by the popular uprising that overthrew Tunisia's president, Arabs across the Middle East are demanding change. But achieving real freedom will involve more than the removal of a few dictators. Looking beyond the turmoil reported on our TV screens, Guardian journalist Brian Whitaker examines the 'freedom deficit' that affects ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Religious Difference in a Secular Age

    A Minority Report

    by Saba Mahmood ...
    How secular governance in the Middle East is making life worse—not better—for religious minoritiesThe plight of religious minorities in the Middle East is often attributed to the failure of secularism to take root in the region. Religious Difference in a Secular Age challenges this assessment by examining four cornerstones of secularism—political and civil equality, minority rights, religious ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks

    Updated Edition

    by Jenny White, Jenny White ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    Turkey has leapt to international prominence as an economic and political powerhouse under its elected Muslim government, and is looked on by many as a model for other Muslim countries in the wake of the Arab Spring. In this book, Jenny White reveals how Turkish national identity and the meanings of Islam and secularism have undergone radical changes in today's Turkey, and asks whether the Turkish ... Read more

    $39.59 CAD

  • The Son King

    Reform and Repression in Saudi Arabia

    by Madawi Al-Rasheed ...
    In 2018, journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi regime operatives, shocking the international community and tarnishing the reputation of Muhammad bin Salman, the kingdom's young, reformist crown prince. Domestically, bin Salman's reforms have proven divisive, and his adoption of populist nationalism and fierce repression of diverse critical voices--religious scholars, feminists and ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Ibn Khaldun Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Ibn Khaldun

    by Scarlett Clark ...
    This book is your ultimate Ibn Khaldun resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Ibn Khaldun's whole picture right away. Get countless Ibn Khaldun facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Ibn Khaldun Handbook is the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beyond Islam

    A New Understanding of the Middle East

    by Sami Zubaida ...
    In this magisterial work, Sami Zubaida draws on a distinguished career's worth of experience trying to understand the region to address the fundamental question in Middle East studies: what is the Middle East? He argues, controversially, that to see it through the prism of Islam, as it is conventionally viewed, is to completely misunderstand it. Many of what we think of as the 'Islamic' ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Sectarianization

    Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East

    Edited by Nader Hashemi, Danny Postel ...
    As the Middle East descends ever deeper into violence and chaos, 'sectarianism' has become a catch-all explanation for the region's troubles. The turmoil is attributed to 'ancient sectarian differences', putatively primordial forces that make violent conflict intractable. In media and policy discussions, sectarianism has come to possess trans-historical causal power. This book trenchantly ... Read more

    $32.39 CAD

  • A Most Masculine State

    Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia

    by Madawi Al-Rasheed ...
    Series Book 43 - Cambridge Middle East Studies
    Women in Saudi Arabia are often described as either victims of patriarchal religion and society or successful survivors of discrimination imposed on them by others. Madawi Al-Rasheed's new book goes beyond these conventional tropes to probe the historical, political and religious forces that have, across the years, delayed and thwarted their emancipation. The book demonstrates how, under the ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • The Middle East in the World

    An Introduction

    Edited by Lucia Volk ...
    Series series Foundations in Global Studies
    The Middle East in the World offers students a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary entry point to the broader Middle East. After a brief introduction to the study of the region, the early chapters of the book survey the essentials of Middle Eastern history; important historical narratives; and the region's languages, religions, and global connections. Students are guided through the material ... Read more

    $114.99 CAD

  • Being Arab

    by Samir Kassir ...
    Translated by Will Hobson ...
    In the years before his assassination in 2005, Samir Kassir became one of Lebanon’s foremost public intellectuals, a fearless critic of tyranny and an inspiring advocate of democracy. In Being Arab, his last book, he calls on the peoples of the Middle East to reject both Western double standards and Islamism in order to take the future of the region into their own hands. With the Arab Spring, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD