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History of the Arab Peoples

By Albert Hourani

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| Paperback | 9780446393928

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Book Description

No region in the world today is more important than the Middle East: no people more misunderstood than the Arabs. In this definitive masterwork, distinguished Oxford historian Albert Hourani offers the most lucid, enlightening history ever written on the subject. From the rise of Island to the PalContinue

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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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