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The Places
In Between
by Rory
Stewart
A brilliant account of a death defying
walk through Afghanistan.
Rory Stewart's moving, sparsely poetic
account of his walk across Afghanistan in
January 2002 has been immediately hailed
as a classic. Caught between hostile
nations, warring factions and competing
ideologies, at the time, Afghanistan was
in turmoil following the US invasion.
Travelling entirely on foot and following
the inaccessible, mountainous route once
taken by the Mohgul Emperor, Babur the
Great, Stewart was nearly defeated by the
extreme, hostile conditions. Only due to
the help of an unexpected companion and
the generosity of the people he met on the
way, did he survive to report back with
unique insight on a region closed to the
world by twenty-four years of war.
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The Arab
World : Society, Culture, and
State
A look at Arab culture by Halim
Barakat, a professor of sociology at
Georgetown University who is an expatriate
Syrian. Barakat's vision is that of the
nahda, or Arab "renaissance": "How is it
possible to achieve unity, democracy,
secularism, and social justice in a
society burdened with fragmentation,
authoritarianism, traditionalism,
religious fundamentalism, patriarchy,
erosion of a sense of shared civil
society, pyramidal social class structure,
and dependency?"
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A History
of the Arab Peoples
A chronicle of the rich spiritual,
political, and cultural institutions of
the Arab civilization discusses its
thirteen centuries of war, peace,
literature, and religion.
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Islam: A
Short History
The picture of Islam as a violent,
backward, and insular tradition should be
laid to rest, says Karen Armstrong,
bestselling author of Muhammad and
A History of God. Delving deep into
Islamic history, Armstrong sketches the
arc of a story that begins with the
stirring of revelation in an Arab
businessman named Muhammad.
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A History
of Islamic Societies
The civilizations and patterns of
Muslim life throughout the world are
traced from the formative eras through
their significant development and ultimate
transformation under the forces of
technological change.
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Religion
and State: The Muslim Approach to
Politics
Brown vividly depicts the diversity of
Muslim belief, practice, and experience
with comprehensiveness, accessibility, and
style.
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