Arab travellers and western civilization /

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Author / Creator: Yārid, Nāzik Sābā.
Other Authors / Creators:Naufal, Tony P.
Gough, Jana.
Format: Book
Language:English
Arabic
Imprint: London : Saqi Books, 1996.
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Retention:Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials
Description
Summary:This covers political, economic, intellectual and cultural conflicts that remain a major problem for Arab identity by focusing on Arab traveller's writings of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A highly readable reference work for students of modern Arab civilisation.
Physical Description:252 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-241) and index.
ISBN:0863563368
Author Notes:Nazik Saba Yared is a Lebanese academic and writer who teaches at Beirut University College. She is the author of several works on classical Arabic literature and four novels (all in Arabic). Impact of the West, which was published in Arabic to critical acclaim, is the first of Yared's books to be translated into English.