Author: Robert Stone
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684859114
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
American journalist Christopher Lucas is investigating religious fanatics when he discovers a plot to bomb the sacred Temple Mount.
Damascus Gate
Author: Robert Stone
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684859114
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
American journalist Christopher Lucas is investigating religious fanatics when he discovers a plot to bomb the sacred Temple Mount.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684859114
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
American journalist Christopher Lucas is investigating religious fanatics when he discovers a plot to bomb the sacred Temple Mount.
A Beggar at Damascus Gate
Author: Yāsamīn Zahrān
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Fiction. Middle Eastern Studies. "Cold and alone in an ancient Palestinian village, a travelling archeologist finds the threads of a narrative that will direct his life for the coming decade. Its characters are a Palestinian woman and an English man, each deeply commited to the conflicting demands of love and national loyalties. As the narrator slowly pieces together the fate of two unfortunate lovers, he also uncovers a tale of treachery, duplicity and passion that highlights the contemporary plight of the enormous number of displaced Palestinians. Their final resolution surprises them both and reveals a depth to their committments that neither had previously realized"--Cole Swenson.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Fiction. Middle Eastern Studies. "Cold and alone in an ancient Palestinian village, a travelling archeologist finds the threads of a narrative that will direct his life for the coming decade. Its characters are a Palestinian woman and an English man, each deeply commited to the conflicting demands of love and national loyalties. As the narrator slowly pieces together the fate of two unfortunate lovers, he also uncovers a tale of treachery, duplicity and passion that highlights the contemporary plight of the enormous number of displaced Palestinians. Their final resolution surprises them both and reveals a depth to their committments that neither had previously realized"--Cole Swenson.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Author: Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jerusalem
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jerusalem
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Barber of Damascus
Author: Dana Sajdi
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804788286
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This book is about a barber, Shihab al-Din Ahmad Ibn Budayr, who shaved and coiffed, and probably circumcised and healed, in Damascus in the 18th century. The barber may have been a "nobody," but he wrote a history book, a record of the events that took place in his city during his lifetime. Dana Sajdi investigates the significance of this book, and in examining the life and work of Ibn Budayr, uncovers the emergence of a larger trend of history writing by unusual authors—people outside the learned establishment—and a new phenomenon: nouveau literacy. The Barber of Damascus offers the first full-length microhistory of an individual commoner in Ottoman and Islamic history. Contributing to Ottoman popular history, Arabic historiography, and the little-studied cultural history of the 18th century Levant, the volume also examines the reception of the barber's book a century later to explore connections between the 18th and the late 19th centuries and illuminates new paths leading to the Nahda, the Arab Renaissance.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804788286
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This book is about a barber, Shihab al-Din Ahmad Ibn Budayr, who shaved and coiffed, and probably circumcised and healed, in Damascus in the 18th century. The barber may have been a "nobody," but he wrote a history book, a record of the events that took place in his city during his lifetime. Dana Sajdi investigates the significance of this book, and in examining the life and work of Ibn Budayr, uncovers the emergence of a larger trend of history writing by unusual authors—people outside the learned establishment—and a new phenomenon: nouveau literacy. The Barber of Damascus offers the first full-length microhistory of an individual commoner in Ottoman and Islamic history. Contributing to Ottoman popular history, Arabic historiography, and the little-studied cultural history of the 18th century Levant, the volume also examines the reception of the barber's book a century later to explore connections between the 18th and the late 19th centuries and illuminates new paths leading to the Nahda, the Arab Renaissance.
The Recovery of Jerusalem. A narrative of exploration and discovery in the City and the Holy Land. By Capt. W., ... Capt. Warren. ... With an Introduction by A. P. Stanley. Edited by W. Morrison. (Explorations in the Peninsula of Sinai. By F. W. Holland.)
Author: Sir Charles William Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
In Scripture Lands
Author: Edward Livingston Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Palestine
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Palestine
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Palestine and Syria
Author: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Palestine
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Palestine
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description