"Drawing on various perspectives and analysis, the Handbook problematizes Middle East politics through an interdisciplinary prism, seeking a melioristic account of the field. Thematically organized, the chapters address political, social and historical questions by showcasing bo…
"L'espace nord-africain est dit, généralement, dangereux pour l'étranger mais avec des points d'attraction physique qu'il entend découvrir. C'est à partir de cette ambivalence que prend sens le voyage dans ces récits étrangers. La narration, qui paraît de moindre intérêt par rap…
"L'espace nord-africain est dit, généralement, dangereux pour l'étranger mais avec des points d'attraction physique qu'il entend découvrir. C'est à partir de cette ambivalence que prend sens le voyage dans ces récits étrangers. La narration, qui paraît de moindre intérêt par rap…
Este volumen aborda el tema de la representación de África del Norte desde la perspectiva de los estudios culturales, poniendo especial énfasis en la cuestión del (neo)colonialismo. A través de textos literarios, historiográficos y audiovisuales, se ofrece una profunda reconside…
"Este volumen aborda el tema de la representación de África del Norte desde la perspectiva de los estudios culturales, poniendo especial énfasis en la cuestión del (neo)colonialismo. A través de textos literarios, historiográficos y audiovisuales, se ofrece una profunda reconsid…
Francophone writers from North Africa and the Middle East often choose to write within a sacred context, sometimes engaging directly with Islamist rhetoric. Novelists like Tahar Ben Jelloun (Morocco), Assia Djebar (Algeria) and Amin Maalouf (Lebanon) revisit scripture as a way t…
Scope and content: "Translation of a 17th-century narrative written by a Lutheran pastor from Iceland who was captured by Turkish pirates, taken to North Africa, and then released and managed to make his way back across Europe to Iceland. His story, collected here with letters w…
"Tales of deforestation and desertification in North Africa have been told from the Roman period to the present. Such stories of environmental decline in the Maghreb are still recounted by experts and are widely accepted without question today. International organizations such a…
"This volume assesses the current state of play for Middle East and North African countries, in the light of wider work on inflation targeting, and provides lessons from the evolution of monetary policy in Europe. "--.
Mapping out Middle Eastern law from its earliest records to the latest decisions of Middle Eastern high courts, Mallat focuses on the way legislators and courts conceive of law and apply it, and introduces its main sources and legal concepts in a manner accessible to the non-spe…
Mapping out Middle Eastern law from its earliest records to the latest decisions of Middle Eastern high courts, Mallat focuses on the way legislators and courts conceive of law and apply it, and introduces its main sources and legal concepts in a manner accessible to the non-spe…
"This book provides an introduction to the laws of the Middle East, defining the contours of a field of study that deserves to be called 'Middle Eastern law'. It introduces Middle Eastern law as a reflection of legal styles, many of which are shared by Islamic law and the laws o…