A history of the Arab peoples

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• In Search of the Arab Soul

  To write a history of the Arabs as distinct from that of the other peoples with whom their affairs have been inextricably entwined is no easy matter. Since the seventh century and the advent of Islam, when the Arabs emerged from the Arabian Peninsula ... (read full critics)

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  History without lessons?

  I picked this up hoping to learn something about the people and culture(s) so frequently in the news for the past few years. Another reviewer notes that the first portion of the book is more of a history of Islam - I agree, but came away with not-so-new notion that the Arab culture is heavily intert ... (continue)

  I picked this up hoping to learn something about the people and culture(s) so frequently in the news for the past few years. Another reviewer notes that the first portion of the book is more of a history of Islam - I agree, but came away with not-so-new notion that the Arab culture is heavily intertwined with Islam. That said, I invested a lot of time reading this work, but really didn't feel that I was any smarter about the subject than I was 600+ pages earlier.

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• English Books
• Others 551 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0571162088
• ISBN-13: 9780571162086
• Pub date: Feb 18, 1991
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libri Italiani

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