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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Arab Middle East"”.
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Region-Building in the Arab Middle East
… theory and practice of region-building in the Arab Middle East. Despite strong aspirations for a cohesive regional order, the Arab Middle East has been one of the least successful regions to achieve positive forms of consistent cooperation. Rather than attributing this failure to primordial …
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Why did occidental modernity fail in the Arab Middle East: the failed modern state?
… question, that is: Why did modernity fail in the Arab Middle East? The notion of modernity in this thesis signifies the occidental modernity which reached the region in many different forms and through various channels. This occidental modernity had an impact on many areas and changed the …
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Contentious Politics in the Arab Middle East: Jordanian Salafism and the Social Appropriation of Tradition
… this question in the context of contemporary Arab Salafism, a particularly literal interpretation of Sunni Islam. I seek to unpack the processes by which prominent Islamist intellectuals impact and shape two Salafi currents originating and operating across Jordan during the 1990s and beyond. …
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Leadership Adapted: Towards an Understanding of How Western-Developed Leadership Theories are Translated and Practiced in the Modern Arab Middle East
… are translated and practiced in the Modern Arab Middle East (MAME). Over the past century the notion of leadership has progressed through phases of understanding, definition, and practice. This evolution continues today and is no longer contained to the academic and practice-oriented …
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Abd al-Rahman Al-Kawakibi's Tabai` al-Istibdad wa Masari` al-Isti`bad (The Characteristics of Despotism and The Demises of Enslavement): A Translation and Introduction
<p>Modern Arabic literature was molded by the various literary and philosophical schools that emerged in the Arab Nahda (Renaissance). Arab Nahda was led by intellectuals educated in both Arab and European traditions. Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi is one of the gigantic pioneers of Arab Nahda. He has …
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Towards a national puppet centre for the Lebanon
The impression that Arabs did not attempt to express themselves through the medium of dramatic arts till recently echoes a simultaneous conviction which prevailed concerning visual arts expression. Early in the second half of this century, researchers started questioning whether Arabs could have …
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Graphic Politics: A visual history of activism and resistance in the Arab world from the middle to late twentieth century
… design and political engagement in the Arab Middle East and North Africa (the Arab world), with a specific focus on revolutionary uprisings from the end of the Second World War until the early 1980s. The research provides an alternative view, facilitating a deeper understanding of Arab …