Why did the Arab world, once at the forefront of urban life, commerce and knowledge, fail to develop capitalism and democracy? this book examines the arguments surrounding this paradox. It traces the historical evolution of the Arab speaking peoples and sets this survey in the context of the changing world economic system. Focusing in more detail on Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Algeria. It looks at …
Pemikiran Liberal di Dunia Arab adalah studi komprehensif tentang kecenderungan modernitas pemikiran sosial dan politik di jantung dunia Muslim, Timur Tengah. Karya monumental Albert Hourani ini melacak bagaimana ide-ide tentang politik dan kemasyarakatan mengalami perubahan sepanjang abad ke- 19 dan paruh pertama abad ke-20.
This book unveils the history of discriminatory policies imposed in Indonesia upon people of Arab descent, and reveals the instrumental role of a Dutch scholar and orientalist, Prof. Snouck Hurgronje, in creating systematic policies to segregate and isolate these Indonesians from the local indigenous Moslem population
Arab immigrants to Southeast Asia and their descendants have not received much attention in comparison with immigrants from other parts of the world such as the Chinese, Indians and Europeans. Numerically the Arabs as they are called up till now, have always paled into insignificance besides other foreign minorities, in particular in the colonial period. Even today their presence is hardly noti…
As Israelis and Palestinians negotiate separation and division of their land, Meron Benvenisti, former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, maintains that any expectations for "peaceful partition" are doomed. In his brave and controversial new book, he raises the possibility of a confederation of Israel/Palestine, the only solution that he feels will bring lasting peace.
Dore Gold has the goods on Saudi Arabia, proving how it is actively supporting terrorism. Using previously unpublished documents, Gold, former Israeli Ambassador to the UN and internationally known Middle East strategy expert, pieces together the links between the current wave of global terrorism -- from the World Trade Center to Bali, Indonesia -- and the ideology of hatred taught in the schoo…
September 11 provided a vision and a strategy to a US Presidency that until then had been groping for fresh ideas and a relevant foreign policy. The 'global war on terror' now became an article of faith for the United States. The US Government, media and think-tanks turned their attention to Islam, the Arab world and Saudi Arabia, and held them responsible for the catastrophe unleashed upon the…
The Arab enclaves within Israel constitute a definite economic unit. Despite subservice to the national economy they exhibit a range of independent production and consumption modes that suggest potential economic developmental viability. The author considers the background of these enclaves and the extent of the independent Arab sector in the Israeli economy. Applying modern economic analysis, …
This book contains: 1. Inter-Arab relations in the post-peace era 2. Shifts in Inter-Arab power: Five periods 3. Ideological warfare in the 1950s and 1960s 4. The onset if pragmatism in Inter-Arab relations in 1970s 5. Fragmentation and renewed conflict in the 1980s 6. Deceptive stability, 1988-1990 7. The Gulf War and its aftermath 8. Options for the future 9. Continued dual containm…
This book contains: 1. Introduction 2. Establishment of the Saude state 3. The history of the Saudi state 4. King Abdul Azeez 5. His birth and early life 6. The stage of child hood 7. The stage of full ambitious youthfulness and the capture of Riyadh 8. His military plan 9. The pledge of allegiance to Abdul Azeez 10. Keys to King Abdul Azeez's character