Author: A. M. H. Mazyad
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Ahmad Amin
Author: A. M. H. Mazyad
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
My Life
Author: Aḥmad Amīn
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN: 9789004056312
Category : Authors, Egyptian
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Ahmad Amin (1886-1954) was one of that remarkable cohort of Egyptian intellectuals all born a few years either side of 1890, a group whose prolific literary output largely defined and expressed the dominant liberal trend in Egyptian intellectual and cultural life in the period of the parliamentary monarchy from the 1920s through the 1940s. The autobiographical statements of two members of this group, Salamah Musa and Taha Husayn, have previously been made available in English translations. Now the reader unfamiliar with Arabic has an English version of Amin's autobiography to complement those of Musa and Husayn and to illuminate the cultural trends of a most important period of modern Egyptian and Arab history. -- from http://www.jstor.org (Dec. 10, 2013).
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN: 9789004056312
Category : Authors, Egyptian
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Ahmad Amin (1886-1954) was one of that remarkable cohort of Egyptian intellectuals all born a few years either side of 1890, a group whose prolific literary output largely defined and expressed the dominant liberal trend in Egyptian intellectual and cultural life in the period of the parliamentary monarchy from the 1920s through the 1940s. The autobiographical statements of two members of this group, Salamah Musa and Taha Husayn, have previously been made available in English translations. Now the reader unfamiliar with Arabic has an English version of Amin's autobiography to complement those of Musa and Husayn and to illuminate the cultural trends of a most important period of modern Egyptian and Arab history. -- from http://www.jstor.org (Dec. 10, 2013).
This Is Not Your Country
Author: Amin Ahmad
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781943491285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"These stories, set in Boston, New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Spain and Barbados, all have ties to India. This Is Not Your Country captures the plight of the "new immigrant": savvy, cosmopolitan, connected by cell phone and video chat, but lonelier than ever, and yearning for connection. Such characters as an emergency-room doctor, a genius computer programmer, a lonely livery car driver, and a teenage runaway desperately seek solace in the bodies and lives of others. The book won the G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction, selected by Stephanie Powell Watts"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781943491285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"These stories, set in Boston, New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Spain and Barbados, all have ties to India. This Is Not Your Country captures the plight of the "new immigrant": savvy, cosmopolitan, connected by cell phone and video chat, but lonelier than ever, and yearning for connection. Such characters as an emergency-room doctor, a genius computer programmer, a lonely livery car driver, and a teenage runaway desperately seek solace in the bodies and lives of others. The book won the G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction, selected by Stephanie Powell Watts"--
Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: An Expert's Manual
Author: Amin Al-Ahmad, MD
Publisher: Cardiotext Publishing
ISBN: 1935395726
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
In the rapidly evolving field of treating cardiac arrhythmias, the importance of direct management of patients with implantable cardiac devices is growing. The devices have become increasingly complex, and understanding their algorithms and growing programming options is essential for physicians who implant and manage them. Written by experts and world authorities in the field, Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: An Expert's Manual provides electrophysiologists, fellows in training, nurses, and cardiovascular technicians involved in day-to-day management of device patients with detailed information about the many device algorithms and interactions. Heavily illustrated with over 300 figures and tables Uniquely meets the day-to-day needs of all direct management professionals Focuses in detail on algorithms Describes device interactions, addressing every major manufacturer Provides in-depth insight into pacing, including biventricular pacing Discusses arrhythmia detection and device classification, testing, and therapy Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: An Expert's Manual was listed by the American Journal of Cardiology as one of the "Good Books in Cardiovascular Disease in 2010." - American Journal of Cardiology Vol. 107, Issue 8, Pages 1250-1251
Publisher: Cardiotext Publishing
ISBN: 1935395726
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
In the rapidly evolving field of treating cardiac arrhythmias, the importance of direct management of patients with implantable cardiac devices is growing. The devices have become increasingly complex, and understanding their algorithms and growing programming options is essential for physicians who implant and manage them. Written by experts and world authorities in the field, Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: An Expert's Manual provides electrophysiologists, fellows in training, nurses, and cardiovascular technicians involved in day-to-day management of device patients with detailed information about the many device algorithms and interactions. Heavily illustrated with over 300 figures and tables Uniquely meets the day-to-day needs of all direct management professionals Focuses in detail on algorithms Describes device interactions, addressing every major manufacturer Provides in-depth insight into pacing, including biventricular pacing Discusses arrhythmia detection and device classification, testing, and therapy Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: An Expert's Manual was listed by the American Journal of Cardiology as one of the "Good Books in Cardiovascular Disease in 2010." - American Journal of Cardiology Vol. 107, Issue 8, Pages 1250-1251
Desiring Arabs
Author: Joseph A. Massad
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226509605
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
Sexual desire has long played a key role in Western judgments about the value of Arab civilization. In the past, Westerners viewed the Arab world as licentious, and Western intolerance of sex led them to brand Arabs as decadent; but as Western society became more sexually open, the supposedly prudish Arabs soon became viewed as backward. Rather than focusing exclusively on how these views developed in the West, in Desiring Arabs Joseph A. Massad reveals the history of how Arabs represented their own sexual desires. To this aim, he assembles a massive and diverse compendium of Arabic writing from the nineteenth century to the present in order to chart the changes in Arab sexual attitudes and their links to Arab notions of cultural heritage and civilization. A work of impressive scope and erudition, Massad’s chronicle of both the history and modern permutations of the debate over representations of sexual desires and practices in the Arab world is a crucial addition to our understanding of a frequently oversimplified and vilified culture. “A pioneering work on a very timely yet frustratingly neglected topic. . . . I know of no other study that can even begin to compare with the detail and scope of [this] work.”—Khaled El-Rouayheb, Middle East Report “In Desiring Arabs, [Edward] Said’s disciple Joseph A. Massad corroborates his mentor’s thesis that orientalist writing was racist and dehumanizing. . . . [Massad] brilliantly goes on to trace the legacy of this racist, internalized, orientalist discourse up to the present.”—Financial Times
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226509605
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
Sexual desire has long played a key role in Western judgments about the value of Arab civilization. In the past, Westerners viewed the Arab world as licentious, and Western intolerance of sex led them to brand Arabs as decadent; but as Western society became more sexually open, the supposedly prudish Arabs soon became viewed as backward. Rather than focusing exclusively on how these views developed in the West, in Desiring Arabs Joseph A. Massad reveals the history of how Arabs represented their own sexual desires. To this aim, he assembles a massive and diverse compendium of Arabic writing from the nineteenth century to the present in order to chart the changes in Arab sexual attitudes and their links to Arab notions of cultural heritage and civilization. A work of impressive scope and erudition, Massad’s chronicle of both the history and modern permutations of the debate over representations of sexual desires and practices in the Arab world is a crucial addition to our understanding of a frequently oversimplified and vilified culture. “A pioneering work on a very timely yet frustratingly neglected topic. . . . I know of no other study that can even begin to compare with the detail and scope of [this] work.”—Khaled El-Rouayheb, Middle East Report “In Desiring Arabs, [Edward] Said’s disciple Joseph A. Massad corroborates his mentor’s thesis that orientalist writing was racist and dehumanizing. . . . [Massad] brilliantly goes on to trace the legacy of this racist, internalized, orientalist discourse up to the present.”—Financial Times
The History of Saudi Arabia
Author: A M Vasilev
Publisher: Saqi
ISBN: 0863567797
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
How has Saudi Arabia managed to maintain its Arab and Islamic values while at the same time adopting Western technology and a market economy? How have its hereditary leaders, who govern with a mixture of political pragmatism and religious zeal, managed to maintain their power? This comprehensive history of Saudi Arabia from 1745 to the present provides insight into its culture and politics, its powerful oil industry, its relations with its neighbours, and the ongoing influence of the Wahhabi movement. Based on a wealth of Arab, American, British, Western and Eastern European sources, this book will stand as the definitive account of the largest state on the Arabian peninsula.
Publisher: Saqi
ISBN: 0863567797
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
How has Saudi Arabia managed to maintain its Arab and Islamic values while at the same time adopting Western technology and a market economy? How have its hereditary leaders, who govern with a mixture of political pragmatism and religious zeal, managed to maintain their power? This comprehensive history of Saudi Arabia from 1745 to the present provides insight into its culture and politics, its powerful oil industry, its relations with its neighbours, and the ongoing influence of the Wahhabi movement. Based on a wealth of Arab, American, British, Western and Eastern European sources, this book will stand as the definitive account of the largest state on the Arabian peninsula.
Islam and the Search for Social Order in Modern Egypt
Author: Charles D. Smith
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780873957106
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Examines the cultural and intellectual history of modern Egypt through 1952, as well as the intellectual evolution of Muhammad Husayn Haykal.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780873957106
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Examines the cultural and intellectual history of modern Egypt through 1952, as well as the intellectual evolution of Muhammad Husayn Haykal.
Childhood and Colonial Modernity in Egypt
Author: Heidi Morrison
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137432780
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This book examines the transformations of Egyptian childhoods that occurred across gender, class, and rural/urban divides. It also questions the role of nostalgia and representation of childhood in illuminating key underlying political, social, and cultural developments in Egypt.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137432780
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This book examines the transformations of Egyptian childhoods that occurred across gender, class, and rural/urban divides. It also questions the role of nostalgia and representation of childhood in illuminating key underlying political, social, and cultural developments in Egypt.
Political Quietism in Islam
Author: Saud al-Sarhan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 183860765X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In recent years, Islam – whether via the derivatives of 'Political Islam' or 'Islamism' – has come to be seen as an 'activist' force in social and political spheres worldwide. What such representations have neglected is the strong countervailing tradition of political quietism. Political quietism in Islam holds that it is not for Muslims to question or oppose their leaders. Rather, the faithful should concentrate on their piety, prayer, religious rituals and personal quest for virtue. This book is the first to analyze the history and meaning of political quietism in Islamic societies. It takes an innovative cross-sectarian approach, investigating the phenomenon and practice across both Sunni and Shi'i communities. Contributors deconstruct and introduce the various forms of political quietisms from the time of the prophetic revelations through to the contemporary era. Chapters cover issues ranging from the politics of public piety among the women preachers in Saudi Arabia, through to the legal discourses in the Caucasus, the different Shi'i communities in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and Pakistan, and the Gülen movement in Azerbaijan. The authors describe a wide range of political quietisms and assess the continuing significance of the tradition, both to the study of Islam and to the modern world today.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 183860765X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In recent years, Islam – whether via the derivatives of 'Political Islam' or 'Islamism' – has come to be seen as an 'activist' force in social and political spheres worldwide. What such representations have neglected is the strong countervailing tradition of political quietism. Political quietism in Islam holds that it is not for Muslims to question or oppose their leaders. Rather, the faithful should concentrate on their piety, prayer, religious rituals and personal quest for virtue. This book is the first to analyze the history and meaning of political quietism in Islamic societies. It takes an innovative cross-sectarian approach, investigating the phenomenon and practice across both Sunni and Shi'i communities. Contributors deconstruct and introduce the various forms of political quietisms from the time of the prophetic revelations through to the contemporary era. Chapters cover issues ranging from the politics of public piety among the women preachers in Saudi Arabia, through to the legal discourses in the Caucasus, the different Shi'i communities in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and Pakistan, and the Gülen movement in Azerbaijan. The authors describe a wide range of political quietisms and assess the continuing significance of the tradition, both to the study of Islam and to the modern world today.
Modern Egypt
Author: Sylvia G. Haim
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135780374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
First published in 1980, 'Modern Egypt, Studies in Politics and Society' is an important contribution to the field of History.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135780374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
First published in 1980, 'Modern Egypt, Studies in Politics and Society' is an important contribution to the field of History.