Underneath the rhetoric here, theres an erudite but hardly revolutionary summation of the state of the arab world. He winds up his discussion with a knowledgeable, essentially political, typology of arab literature, and with a discussion of 20thcentury arab thought. The best books on understanding the arab world five. Arab world is a vast area encompassing many diverse cultural phenomena, and readers are advised to consult reference books on individual countries of interest to. There is no better friend in the world than the book. If syria is to rise from the ashes it needs a united arab world which has one thing on its agenda, not the falling of a dictator for we have seen many of those fall, but the reemergence of a prosperous arab nation, one that is not reliant on foreign aid but is selfsustained and. Personal encounters, vast political and economic shifts have taken place. What went wrong western impact and middle eastern response. In modern usage, it embraces any of the arabicspeaking peoples living in the vast region from mauritania, on the atlantic coast of africa, to southwestern iran, including the entire maghrib of north africa, egypt and sudan, the arabian peninsula, and syria and iraq. The middle east, westernized despite itself middle east quarterly. Opinion the sexual misery of the arab world the new. In amins view, the western concepts of progress and backwardness as they apply to the arab world are wrongheaded, and continuing to deploy them as theoretical tools leads into all sorts of blind alleys. Being globalized means taking positive aspects of the world, but globalization also brings about the debate about being westernized.
Impact of westernization and other factors on the changing. Edward said is one of the most famous arab intellectuals in the western world. Prycejones suggests, but in its eurocentricity, it failed to see that countries of the arab world could not adapt to western. In the ten years since anchor first published elizabeth and robert ferneas awardwinning the arab world. The book also examines modernist histories and practices around the globe, including east. Damascus and cairo took turns to race ahead of the western world. The books strength is that it has been written by an arab practitioner, with deep knowledge of the customs and traditions of the arab world. What we should do, as realists, is consider it a good stage in the evolution of the arab world. The eastern part of the arab world is known as the mashriq, and the western part as the maghreb. The dynamics of westernization in the middle east jstor. These essays significantly enrich the current canon on legal pluralism and offer the reader a. The economic roots and precarious future of the middle east uprisings economic controversies.
The tragedy of the arabs leaders the economist world. Although published a century ago, these two books continue to be a source of controversy and debate in the arab world and remain key works for understanding the arab feminist movement. Anti western sentiment, also known as antiatlanticism, or westernophobia from a germanic word passed into some romance languages and greek, phobos, fear refers to broad opposition, bias, or hostility to the people, western culture or policies of the western world. He is the author of numerous books and articles dealing with the social and cultural problems of the middle east, among them the. The vast contributions, scholarly achievements and innovations of the arab muslim era to world civilization encompassed much of the previous knowledge of the ancient civilizations of the middle east such as mesopotamia. He wrote a book in the late 1970s called orientalism that laid the foundation of the critique of western. But for some of them it is also an unsettling phenomenon that threatens their comfortable base of. Western culture to prevail and traditional middle eastern culture to suc. True to form, amins analysis is laced with scholarly research, much humanity, and sly. These are books that i and others at alfanar media have enjoyed and written about, or that have been brought to our attention. Each year, we publish a list of books of interest from and about the arab world.
Many muslims therefore reject the idea of translating the quran into any other language. While the list gives a sense of the breadth and diversity. Western culture and the arab world the new york times. Opposition to the ottoman rule persuaded many to support westernization. Fractured lands is an interesting, concise set of stories shared by the six protagonists that captures the recent history of how the arab world came apart. Culturalbased challenges of the westernised approach.
The liberation of women and the new woman appear here in english translation for the first time in one volume. A brief history of the last 2000 years, by bernard lewis. Overall an enjoyable read, and good portrayal of the complex interactions between western observers and arab individuals. Westernization, to some schools, is seen as a form of globalization that leads the world to be similar with western powers. But for some of them it is also an unsettling phenomenon that threatens their comfortable base of power. These americans were neither individually nor collectively conscious agents in a campaign to modify moroccan public opinion. Latin america, the middle east and the arab world, as well as the united states and canada. Orality is prominent among the traditions that nurtured arabic book culture, beginning with. Distinguished lebaneseamerican historian albert hourani presents this book that might seem comprehensive to the westerners but concise to the arabs. Books such as the middle east and the arabs in history are required. Hourani tries to cover most of the history of the arab peoples, but this is certainly no easy task.
The arab world is not one shaped by islam, nor one simply explained by reference to the sectarian conflicts of a mosaic society. Muslim minorities in certain countries, along with westernisation see box. The times uk the arabs, which starts with the ottoman turks conquest of the arab world in 151617, offers a strikingly vivid and authoritative account of its subsequent experience rogans rehearsal of recent middle east history is impeccable. The arab world unclassified for official use only for official use only unclassified a religious language for muslims who comprise the majority of the arab world, arabic is the language of god, of his prophet and of the quran, the holy book. The arab world is not one shaped by islam, nor one simply. This wideranging examination of arab society and culture offers a unique opportunity to know the arab world from an arab point of view. See the article in its original context from february 10, 2002, section 7. Young arabs and fear of westernization the globalist. Westernization can also be compared to acculturation and enculturation. Instead, barakat reveals a society that is highly complex, with many and various contending polarities. Arguably, there is a subtle effect in the spread of culture such as books, television. Acculturation is the process of cultural and psychological change that takes place as a result of contact between cultural groups and their individual members.
The geology of the arab worldan overview springerlink. Essays social ecology in the old beginning and the onearmed manthe late u. How european scholars first encountered the arab world. Legal pluralism in the arab world is the only work in existence which addresses the concept of legal pluralism in this particular part of the world in such a systematic manner. This book chapter is available at scholarlycommons. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The arab world in books ursula lindsey 18 dec 2017 photo by wikimedia. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
The economic roots and precarious future of the middle east uprisings economic controversies heydarian, richard javad on. The sheikh zayed book awards, among the most esteemed and lucrative literary prizes in the arab world, recognized winners across seven categories today. Seeking to refute islam, they gathered books from the middle east, and almost despite themselves came to a. This book is the result of the work of the first international congress of the arabgu arabian geosciences union which took place in algiers algeria in february 2016. Globalization has been internalized in arabic as awlaama and refers to the spread throughout the globe of ideas, customs, institutions, and attitudes originated in one part of the world which are usually western in origin. Youth, media and culture in the arab world scholarlycommons. Globalization in the arab world is the critics caricature of globalization a slew of western products and billboards with little else. For the elites in arab societies it means more things to buy. This is creating a dilemma that shakes the foundation of arab culture, government, religious interpretation, economic prosperity, and personal integrity. Secular nationalism, islamism, and making the arab world. My favorite part of this book is when elizabeth a seasoned anthropologist and scholar is introduced to arab discontents of western cultural hegemony. A small, fractured country at the gateway of the arab east, lebanon signals the challenges that the arab world poses to itself and to the west.
Spread of english and westernization in saudi arabia. In the middle east the decade of globalization was marked by endless wars, intrusive. It breaks new ground in very deliberately, thoughtfully, and parsimoniously applying the lessons of theory and experience to the transition processes underway in the arab world. The westernization of advertisements published in kuwaiti scholar. Western window in the arab world by leon borden blair.
After contact, changes in cultural patterns are evident within one or both cultures. Especially the attitude of islamic countries towards all that globalization brings has been a matter of intense debate. Reform in the status of women in islam results from factors external to islam initiation of the west, industrialization, and urbanization as well as from the internal factors of moslem reformers, education, and the formation of a middle class. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. A history is panoramic view of 500 years of arab history, and as such, is both a challenge and a rewarding endevor to read. Here are the winners of the sheikh zayed book awards, one. Reading in the arab world is deeply rooted in society. This new book highlights arab women reporting from the arab world zahra hankirs anthology our women on the ground elevates vital but often overlooked voices from morocco to. For this reason it has often been perceived as largely equivalent to westernization and is still widely regarded as an external threat rather than as an opportunity. Impact of westernization and other factors on the changing status of moslem women. In postclassical history, the arab world was synonymous with the historic arab empires and caliphates. Author and veteran war correspondent scott anderson takes the reader on a recent journey that began in 2003 with the american invasion of iraq and how it unraveled in the form of the arab.
Each country or region in the arab world has varying colloquial languages which are used for everyday speech, yet its presence in the media world is. Publishers seek new talent in arab world books the. Halim barakat, an expatriate syrian who is both scholar and novelist, emphasizes the dynamic changes and diverse patterns that have characterized the middle east since the midnineteenth century. The policy of westernization in the arab world book, 1980. Part one globalization has been heralded both as the savior and the damnation of the world. Arabic writing in translation how european scholars first encountered the arab world. What makes the islamic middle east so fervently opposed to globalization. Today, in almost every aspect of our daily lives, we are indebted in many ways to the arab contributions to the sciences. Afghani traveled throughout the muslim world and outside of it, calling for internal reform and strengthening of the muslim umma.
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