Images of the other
Subtitle: Europe and the Muslim world before 1700
By: edited by David R. Blanks.
Contributors: Blanks, David R., 1961-; Conference on Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Mediterranean (2nd : 1996 : American University in Cairo)
Series: Cairo papers in social science -- v. 19, monograph 2
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cairo, Egypt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Civilization, Islamic -- Public opinion -- Congresses.; Public opinion -- Europe -- Congresses.; Europe -- Relations -- Islamic countries -- Congresses.; Islamic countries -- Relations -- Europe -- Congresses.; Islamic countries -- Foreign public opinion, European -- Congresses.; Europe -- Foreign public opinion, Muslim -- Congresses.; Byzantine Empire -- Foreign public opinion, Muslim -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Ṣūrat al-ākhar :
Notes: "Six of the essays in this volume were originally presented at the Second Annual Conference on Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Mediterranean held at the American University in Cairo, 5-7 May, 1996"--P. iv.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Cross-cultural encounters: past and present / David R. Blanks; value: Mirror of chivalry: Salah al-Din in the medieval European imagination / John Victor Tolan; value: Renaissance England and the turban / Nabil I. Matar; value: Cervantes and Islam: attitudes towards Islam and Islamic culture in Don Quixote / John Rodenbuck; value: Arab views of northern Europeans in medieval history and geography / Thabit Abdullah; value: Medieval Muslim-European relations: Islamic juristic theory and chancery practice / E.M. Sartain; value: The religious other: Christian images in Sufi poetry / Omaima Abou-Bakr; value: Byzantium and the Muslim world / David R. Blanks; value: An ambivalent image: Byzantium viewed by the Arabs / Nadia M. El-Cheik. ambivalent image: Byzantium viewed by the Arabs / Nadia M. El-Cheik.