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paperback. Explores how Israelis and Palestinians have used postcards and greeting cards to present images of the national self, to build national awareness and reinforce nationalist ideologies, and to gain international acceptance. This work discusses and displays the works of various postcard/greeting card manufacturers, artists, and photographers. Num Pages: 255 pages, 15 color and 68 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; ACX; AFH; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702158
- ISBN
- 9780292702158
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€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
paperback. Deals with the Lebanese civil war of the 1970s in a poetic style. This book focuses on the deranged, destabilized, and, confused state of mind created by living on the scene through a lengthy war. It is filled with details that transcend the narcissism of the main character, while giving clues to the culture of the time. Translator(s): Tanoukhi, Nirvana. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 108 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292705074
- ISBN
- 9780292705074
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. Discusses how the writers or editors of Arab women's autobiographies have written, documented, presented, and organized their texts. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 2CSR; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292705456
- ISBN
- 9780292705456
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922 was a landmark event in Egyptology that was celebrated around the world. This title reveals how nationalists in Iraq and Iran observed the success of their counterparts in Egypt and Turkey, and were able to hold onto discoveries at legendary sites such as Khorsabad and Persepolis. Num Pages: 307 pages, 34 b&w photos, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HDD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 508. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714984
- ISBN
- 9780292714984
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Tells the true story of one woman's struggle to secure political prisoners' rights and defend herself against an unjust imprisonment.This work condemns the lack of laws to protect prisoners' basic human rights. Translator(s): Kamal, Mustapha; Slyomovics, Susan. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; BG; JKVP1; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292719156
- ISBN
- 9780292719156
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.55
€ 17.99
€ 17.55
Paperback. An anthology of international voices, exploring provocative images of Muslim women from around the globe in literature, visual arts, journalism, and other media Editor(s): Shirazi, Faegheh. Num Pages: 319 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; HRJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292728844
- ISBN
- 9780292728844
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. *A timely window on the world of Middle Eastern cinema, this remarkable overview includes many essays that provide the first scholarly analysis of significant works by key filmmakers in the region. Editor(s): Gugler, Josef. Num Pages: 383 pages, 54 b&w photos, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; APFA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737563
- ISBN
- 9780292737563
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.20
€ 37.99
€ 34.20
Paperback. Provides important historical background on recent political and social developments in Iran. Editor(s): Keddie, Nikki R.; Matthee, Rudi. Num Pages: 408 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3J; HBJF1; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295982069
- ISBN
- 9780295982069
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
paperback. Focuses on the development of modern architecture in the Middle East. Ranging from Jerusalem at the turn of the 20th century to Libya under Italian colonial rule, post-war Turkey, and on to Iraq, this title looks around the historical encounter between the politics of nation-building and architectural modernism's materials, methods, and motives. Editor(s): Isenstadt, Sandy; Rizvi, Kishwar. Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 76 illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJ; AM; GTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987941
- ISBN
- 9780295987941
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
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Paperback. When Naser al-Din Shah, who ruled Iran from 1848 to 1896, claimed the title Shadow of God on Earth, his authority rested on pre-modern conceptions of sacred kingship. Between roughly 1870 and 1940, Iran's traditional monarchy was forged into a modern nation-state. This book explores the changes that made possible this transformation of Iran. Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 200 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988207
- ISBN
- 9780295988207
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Examines the historical processes that transformed Ottoman Algiers, the 'Bulwark of Islam', into 'Alger la blanche', the colonial urban showpiece - and, after the outbreak of revolution in 1954 - counter-model of France's global empire. This title offers a look at the social use of urban space in a North African city. Editor(s): Celik, Zeynep; Clancy-Smith, Julia; Terpak, Frances. Num Pages: 288 pages, 90 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; AC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 16. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295988689
- ISBN
- 9780295988689
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.72
€ 42.99
€ 38.72
Paperback. Nicole F. Watts sheds light not only on the particular situation of Kurds in Turkey, but also on the challenges, risks, and potential benefits for comparable movements operating in less-than-fully democratic contexts. Series: Studies in Modernity and National Identity. Num Pages: 208 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990507
- ISBN
- 9780295990507
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
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€ 34.15
Hardcover. Increases our understanding of the history and development of the arts of the book Num Pages: 384 pages, 152 illus., 90 in color. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 5487 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1792.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295991917
- ISBN
- 9780295991917
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Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Paperback. In less than two decades, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global centre for business, tourism, and luxury living. It is a case study in light-speed urban development, hyperconsumerism, massive immigration, and vertiginous inequality. This work analyzes how and at what cost Dubai has achieved such success. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 1FBXU; HBJF; JPV; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300152173
- ISBN
- 9780300152173
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.64
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€ 19.64
Hardback. Focused on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region this book looks at wide-ranging and diverse topics of interest, from dictatorships, civil wars, terrorism and water shortages, to more economic problems arising from volatile oil prices, barriers to trade and foreign investment, dominance of public enterprises, and low skill work forces. Editor(s): Nugent, Jeffrey B.; Pesaran, Hashem. Series: Contributions to Economic Analysis. Num Pages: 428 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 29. Weight in Grams: 766.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780444522405
- ISBN
- 9780444522405
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Condition: New
€ 165.87
€ 165.87
paperback. This text paints a portrait of Palestinian society on the verge of modernity. Through the voices of merchants, peasants and Ottoman officials, the book investigates the ways in which urban-rural dynamics in a provincial setting gave meaning to Ottoman rule and European economic expansion. Num Pages: 340 pages, 6 illustrations, 3 maps, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; JH; JP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520203709
- ISBN
- 9780520203709
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. Explores the mutually formative interactions between the Arab and Jewish working classes, labor movements, and worker-oriented political parties in Palestine just before and during the period of British colonial rule. This book avoids treating the Arab and Jewish communities as if they developed independently of each other. Num Pages: 443 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFF; JFSL1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 443
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition. Wraps.
- SKU
- V9780520204195
- ISBN
- 9780520204195
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.74
€ 45.99
€ 32.74
Paperback. A study of Arab politics in the late Ottoman Empire as viewed from the imperial capital in Istanbul. This analytical narrative of the young Turk period (1908-1918), discusses both Arab concerns and the policies of the Ottoman government toward the Arabs. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520204461
- ISBN
- 9780520204461
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.39
€ 38.99
€ 28.39
Paperback. Dan Pagis (1930-1986) spent three of his adolescent years in a Nazi camp before arriving in Palestine in 1946. He became one of the most vibrant voices in modern Israeli poetry and is considered a major world poet of his generation. This title features translated poems, in which, Dan Pagis' voice can be heard celebrating the human spirit. Translator(s): Mitchell, Stephen. Series: Literature of the Middle East. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 2ABM; DCF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 36.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205390
- ISBN
- 9780520205390
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Explores the way in which Islamic legal thinkers understood Islam as it related to women and gender roles. In seventeenth and eighteenth century Syria and Palestine, Muslim legal thinkers gave considerable attention to women's roles in society, this title shows how fatwas, or legal opinions, greatly influenced these roles. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1FBS; 3H; 3J; HBJF1; HBLL; JFSJ1; JFSR2; LAFS; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224742
- ISBN
- 9780520224742
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.65
€ 35.99
€ 26.65