Debunking the Myth of America's Poodle
Most writing today by activists and opponents of foreign policy is rooted in the 1960s. Underpinning many of these books is the unquestioned assumption that contemporary British imperialism is an adjunct to American foreign policy. Wherever the Un...
Al-Murshid Al-Mu'een
Al-Murshid Al-Mu'een
'Abd al-Rahman III
Abd al-Rahman III (891 - 961) was the greatest of the Umayyad rulers of Spain and the first to take the title of Caliph. During his reign, Islamic Spain became wealthy and prosperous. He founded the great Caliphate of Madinat al-Zahra at Cordova a...
Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab
Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) aroused great controversy in his lifetime. More than two centuries after his death he still elicits strong views. For some he is the model of a pious religious activist who fought to establish a regime of Is...
Disagreements of the Jurists
A masterful overview of Islamic law and its diversity Al-Qadi al-Nu'man was the chief legal theorist and ideologue of the North African Fatimid dynasty in the tenth century. This translation makes available in English for the first time his major ...
Att vara Abbas al-Abd
»Det är galet, mörkt och mycket underhållande.« Svenska Dagbladet Under en gruppterapisession träffar en ung, vilsen man som lider av allehanda fobier den fascinerande och oberäknelige Abbas al-Abd. Genom Abbas bestämmer han träff med två kv...
Al-Yahud
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'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr al-Awza'i
'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr al-Awza'i
'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr al-Awza'i
';Abd al-Rahman b. ';Amr al-Awza';i (c.707774) was Umayyad Syria's most influential jurist, part of a generation of scholars who began establishing the first formal structures for the preservation and dissemination of religious knowledge. Followin...
Saud al-Sanousi's Saaq al-Bambuu
Saaq al-Bambuu (The Bamboo Stalk) by Kuwaiti novelist Saud al-Sanousi provides students at the intermediate-advanced Arabic language level the opportunity to engage with an award-winning work of contemporary fiction. This abridged version has been...
Saud al-Sanousi's Saaq al-Bambuu
Saaq al-Bambuu (The Bamboo Stalk) by Kuwaiti novelist Saud al-Sanousi provides students at the intermediate-advanced Arabic language level the opportunity to engage with an award-winning work of contemporary fiction. This abridged version has been...
