Arabs in the mirror
Subtitle: images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times
By: Nissim Rejwan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780292717275; 9780292717282
Subjects: Arabs; National characteristics, Arab; Intellectuals -- Arab countries; Democracy -- Arab countries; Arab countries -- Intellectual life; Egypt -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-203) and index.
Table of contents: title: The bedouin, the camel, the sand, and the palm tree; title: Identity and self-definition; title: Ibn Khaldun's appraisal appraised; title: "Arabizing the Arabs"; title: Self-images old and new; title: Calls for "critical self-analysis"; title: Unity in diversity; title: The quest for democracy; title: Resources and development; title: The social scene; title: The case of Egypt; title: The West's inroads; title: The difference Israel has made new lessons for old; title: The intellectuals; title: Appendix : portraits in a mirror : three fictional versions.