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  • The Rise of Arab Art

    by Tarek Abou El Fetouh, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Bilal Akkouche, Zeina Arida, Richard Armstrong, Kader Attia, Dana Awartani, Negar Azimi, Sam Bardaouil, Yto Barrada, Myriam Ben Salah, Antonia Carver, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Mai Eldib, Reem Fadda, Ben Floyd, Massimiliano Gioni, Valerie L. Hillings, Abdellah Karroum, Alexandre Kazerouni, Ali Khadra, Mona Khazindar, Anneka Lenssen, Sophie Makariou, Rabih Mroué, Abdullah Al-Mutairi, Silvia Naef, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jean-Marc Prevost, Hoor Al Qasimi, Jim Quilty, Walid Raad, Khalil Rabah, Yasmine El Rashidi, Sarah Rifky, Sarah Rogers, Kareem Sakka, Alia Al-Senussi, Nada Shabout, Wael Shawky, Suha Shoman, Farida Sultan, Rayyane Tabet, Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Christine Thomé, William Wells, Akram Zaatari, JMMP – Julian Mader Max Prediger GbR ...
    Since the 1990s, contemporary art in the Arab world has experienced exponential growth and numerous changes. With the appearance of artists from the region in international exhibitions, the dynamics within the art scenes changed significantly. Museums & art foundations began to collect, biennials were launched, contemporary art galleries, fairs, residencies and schools emerged in many countries, ... Read more

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  • Surrealism in Egypt

    Modernism and the Art and Liberty Group

    by Sam Bardaouil ...
    In the thick of the Second World War, the Cairo-based Surrealist collective Art et Liberte were pioneering new art forms and mounting subversive exhibitions that sent shockwaves across local artistic circles. Born with the publication of their Manifesto Long Live Degenerate Art on December 22nd, 1938, the group rejected the convergence of art and nationalism, aligning themselves with a complex, ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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  • A Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature

    by David Tresilian ...
    Modern Arabic literature remains little known and poorly understood despite growing curiosity among European readers. This brief introduction offers a unique overview, focusing on developments over the last fifty years. It provides a guide to the literary landscape, indicating the major landmarks in the shape of authors, ideas and debates. The picture that emerges shows that the literature of the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gender and Dance in Modern Iran

    Biopolitics on stage

    by Ida Meftahi ...
    Series series Iranian Studies
    Gender and Dance in Modern Iran: Biopolitics on Stage investigates the ways dancing bodies have been providing evidence for competing representations of modernity, urbanism, and religiosity across the twentieth century.Focusing on the transformation of the staged dancing body, its space of performance, and spectatorial cultural ideology, this book traces the dancing body in multiple milieus of ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Scheherazade Goes West

    Different Cultures, Different Harems

    by Fatema Mernissi ...
    Throughout my childhood, my grandmother Yasmina, who was illiterate and grew up in a harem, repeated that to travel is the best way to learn and to empower yourself. "When a woman decides to use her wings, she takes big risks," she would tell me, but she was convinced that if you didn't use them, it hurt....So recalls Fatema Mernissi at the outset of her mesmerizing new book. Of all the lessons ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Looking for The Stranger

    Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic

    by Alice Kaplan ...
    A New York Times Notable Book. A literary exploration that is "surely destined to become the quintessential companion to Camus's most enduring novel" ( PopMatters).The Stranger is a rite of passage for readers around the world. Since its publication in France in 1942, Camus's novel has been translated into sixty languages and sold more than six million copies. It's the rare novel that's as likely ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Morocco - Culture Smart!

    The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

    by Jillian C. York, Culture Smart! ...
    Series series Culture Smart!
    Don't just see the sights—get to know the people. Morocco is a joy to the senses. Graced with spectacular scenery, the country's rich history is carved into its architecture and baked into its cuisine. Its marketplaces are filled with tantalizing scents and colorful sights, and the call of the muezzin seems to draw people from every corner of the globe. In 1956 Morocco gained independence from ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Dada and Surrealism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by David Hopkins ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics. In this new treatment of the subject, Hopkins focuses on the many debates surrounding these movements: the Marquis de Sade's Surrealist deification, issues of quality (How good is Dali?), the idea ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Hassan Fathy and Continuity in Islamic Arts and Architecture

    The Birth of a New Modern

    by Ahmad Hamid ...
    Hassan Fathy, the Egyptian architect known for his recognition of the potential of vernacular forms as a vital force in contemporary architectural design, sought to integrate the traditions of Islamic art with his modern visions for living. Guided by Fathy's principles, Ahmad Hamid, an architect who collaborated with Hassan Fathy in the Institute for Appropriate Technology, identifies questions ... Read more

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  • Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia

    by Iftikhar Dadi ...
    Series series Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
    This pioneering work traces the emergence of the modern and contemporary art of Muslim South Asia in relation to transnational modernism and in light of the region's intellectual, cultural, and political developments.Art historian Iftikhar Dadi here explores the art and writings of major artists, men and women, ranging from the late colonial period to the era of independence and beyond. He looks ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Orienting Istanbul

    Cultural Capital of Europe?

    Edited by Deniz Göktürk, Levent Soysal, Ipek Tureli ...
    Series series Planning, History and Environment Series
    Looking at the globalization, urban regeneration, arts events and cultural spectacles, this book considers a city not until now included in the global city debate.Divided into five parts, each preceded by an editorial introduction, this book is an interdisciplinary study of an iconic city, a city facing conflicting social, political and cultural pressures in its search for a place in Europe and on ... Read more

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  • Stories of Art

    by James Elkins ...
    Stories of Art is James Elkins's intimate history of art. Concise and original, this engaging book is an antidote to the behemoth art history textbooks from which we were all taught. As he demonstrates so persuasively, there can never be one story of art. Cultures have their own stories - about themselves, about other cultures - and to hear them all is one way to hear the multiple stories that art ... Read more

    $52.99 USD