num_pages: 566
description: This text covers not only political history, but also culture, society, economy and thought. A distillation of the late Albert Hourani's lifetime of scholarship, it was a bestseller when first published in 1991. This edition includes such recent events as the ongoing crisis in Iraq, the civil war in Algeria and the aftermath of September 11th.
language: English
title: A History of the Arab peoples
titlecomplete: A History of the Arab peoples
characters: Mehmed II, Saddam Hussein, Avicenna (Ibn Sina), Anwar Sadat, Lawrence of Arabia, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Muhammad (Quran)
genres: Historical, Religion, Reference, Politics, Nonfiction, Audiobook, World History, Islam, Africa, History
ratings_count: 4147
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: PROSE Award
category: History, Government & Political Science
publisher: Faber and Faber