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“geneive abdo”

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  • The Shi'a in the Modern Arab World

    Between History and Autonomy

    Edited by Geneive Abdo ...
    How the Arab Sh‘ia are claiming their autonomy from both Sunni marginalization and Iranian influence"A significant contribution to Shi‘a studies and contemporary Islamic studies."—Hassan Abbas, author of The Prophet's HeirThe Arab Shi‘a have long been overlooked, marginalized, or reduced simply to political pawns of the Iranian regime. Based upon extensive work on the ground in the region, The Shi ... Read more

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  • Mecca and Main Street

    Muslim Life in America after 9/11

    by Geneive Abdo ...
    Islam is Americas fastest growing religion, with more than six million Muslims in the United States, all living in the shadow of 9/11. Who are our Muslim neighbors? What are their beliefs and desires? How are they coping with life under the War on Terror? In Mecca and Main Street, noted author and journalist Geneive Abdo offers illuminating answers to these questions. Gaining unprecedented access ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • The New Sectarianism

    The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi'a-Sunni Divide

    by Geneive Abdo ...
    The Shi'a-Sunni conflict is one of the most significant outcomes arising from the Arab rebellions. Yet, there is little understanding of who is driving this tension and the underlying causes. By delving deeply into the historical factors leading up to the present-day conflict, The New Sectarianism sheds new light on how Shi'a and Sunni perceive one another after the Arab uprisings, how these ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • No God but God

    Egypt and the Triumph of Islam

    by Geneive Abdo ...
    Shrouded in mystery, the Islamic presence in the Middle East evokes longstanding Western fears of terrorism and holy war. Our media have consistently focused on these extremes of Islam, overlooking a quiet yet pervasive religious movement that is now transforming the nation of Egypt. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, No God But God opens up previously inaccessible segments of Egyptian society- ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Mecca and Main Street

    Muslim Life in America after 9/11

    by Geneive Abdo ...
    Islam is Americas fastest growing religion, with more than six million Muslims in the United States, all living in the shadow of 9/11. Who are our Muslim neighbors? What are their beliefs and desires? How are they coping with life under the War on Terror? In Mecca and Main Street, noted author and journalist Geneive Abdo offers illuminating answers to these questions. Gaining unprecedented access ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

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  • Islam and the Arab Awakening

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    One of the most important developments in the modern history of the Middle East, the so-called Arab Spring began in Tunisia in December 2010, bringing down dictators, sparking a civil war in Libya, and igniting a bloody uprising in Syria. Its long-term repercussions in Egypt and elsewhere remain unclear. Now one of the world's leading Islamic thinkers examines and explains it, in this searching, ... Read more

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  • The Invisible Arab

    The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolutions

    by Marwan Bishara ...
    The Invisible Arab traces the roots of the revolutions in the Arab world. Marwan Bishara, chief policy analyst of Al Jazeera English and the anchor of the program "Empire", combines on-the-ground reporting, extensive research and scholarship, and political commentary in this book on the complex influences that made the revolutions possible. Bishara argues that the inclusive, pluralistic ... Read more

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  • The Battle for Saudi Arabia

    Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power

    by As'Ad Abukhalil ...
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    In The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power , Professor As`ad AbuKhalil confronts the contradictory nature of Saudi Arabia—questions that both the Saudi government, long shrouded in mystery, and the United States government, ever protective of its own interests, seem unwilling to answer.In this unsparing probe into the history and power structure of the kingdom, ... Read more

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    The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East

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    Barely a year after the self-immolation of a young fruit seller in Tunisia, a vast wave of popular protest has convulsed the Middle East, overthrowing long-ruling dictators and transforming the region's politics almost beyond recognition. But the biggest transformations of what has been labeled as the "Arab Spring" are yet to come.An insider to both American policy and the world of the Arab public ... Read more

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    Uprisings and Anarchy in the Middle East

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