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Revolutionary Melodrama
Popular Film and Civic Identity in Nasser's Egypt
Av Joel Gordon
Inbunden, 2002
978 kr
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Revolutionary Melodrama explores intersections between cinema and politics during the Nasser era, a period in which a military regime embarked upon the construction of a new civic identity for an independent Egypt. The way in which filmmakers participated in this venture provides the focal point, …
Commemorating the Nation
Collective Memory, Public Commemoration, and National Identity in Twentieth-century Egypt
Av Israel Gershoni, James Jankowski
Inbunden, 2004
949 kr
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Includes 18 illustrations. Commemorating the Nation is a study of the relationship between public commemoration and national identity in Egypt over the course of the twentieth century. Appropriating insights from recent theoretical discussions of collective memory and public commemoration, it …
Wine of Love and Life
Ibn al-Farid's al-Khamriyah and al-Qaysari's Quest for Meaning
Inbunden, 2005
929 kr
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Illustrated with 3 plates. Ibn al-Farid (d. 632/1235) has long been venerated as a Sufi saint and poet whose verse stands as a high point in Arabic poetry. Several of his poems became religious and literary classics, among them the al-Khamriyah or Wine Ode. Perhaps the first and certainly the most …
Palestine in the Evolution of Syrian Nationalism (1918-1920)
Inbunden, 2008
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One of the most enduring political dilemmas in modern history, the Palestine question has had a tremendous effect on the evolution and development of all nation-states in the Middle East. Directly bound to both the once paramount ideology of Arab nationalism and incorporated into the doctrines of …
Power and Patronage in Medieval Syria
The Architecture and Urban Works of Tankiz al-Nasiri
Av Ellen Kenney
Inbunden, 2009
1248 kr
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The long reign of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad was one of the most productive periods for architectural construction, restoration and urban development in the medieval Near East. The building works of this ruler and his amirs transformed the fabric of the Mamluk capital, Cairo, and shaped its future …
Ismaili and Fatimid Studies in Honor of Paul E. Walker
Inbunden, 2010
949 kr
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A collection of essays on Ismaili and Fatimid studies in honour of Paul E. Walker, former Director of the American Research Center in Egypt.
Jordan in the Late Middle Ages
Transformation of the Mamluk Frontier
Inbunden, 2011
1135 kr
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The decline of the Mamluk Sultanate from the late fourteenth century is an important component of the larger transformation of the late medieval Levant. In this centralized state, the Mamluks political culture has traditionally been defined by that of the imperial capital of Cairo. The political …
Land Tenure, Fiscal Policy and Imperial Policy in Medieval Syro-Egypt
Inbunden, 2015
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This book aims to examine the structural changes in the state and society in Mamluk Egypt and Syria after the middle of the eighth/fourteenth century. Between 648/1250 and 922/1517, the Mamluk sultanate ruled Egypt, Syria, and the Hijaz, the central Middle East. During this period, the sultanate …
Imperial Power and Maritime Trade
Mecca and Cairo in the Later Middle Ages
Häftad, 2015
669 kr
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This new paperback is a Revised Edition with new preface. When scholars of Middle Eastern and Islamic history consider Mecca or its region, the Hijaz, they tend to focus on either the first century of Islam, when the city and region became briefly the centre of an incipient empire, or the …
Criminal Underworld in a Medieval Islamic Society
Narratives from Cairo and Damascus under the Mamluks
Häftad, 2017
669 kr
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The chroniclers of the Mamluk Period (1250 to 1517CE) in Cairo and Damascus made numerous references to criminal activity committed at all levels of society, from its elite military echelons to individuals or groups who occupied its margins. The latter elements, despite their demographic …
