Understanding Arabs
Subtitle: a contemporary guide to Arab society
By: Margaret K. Nydell
Edition: Sixth edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781473669970
Subjects: Arabs
Description: A counter-point to prevailing assumptions about Arab culture, the 6th edition of this seminal work is a timely, lucid, and engaging guide to the values and cultures of the Arab world, based on Dr. Nydell's decades of working and living in the region, and her training as a professional linguist for the US State Department.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beliefs and values; title: Friends and strangers; title: Emotion and logic; title: Getting personal; title: Men and women; title: Social formalities and etiquette; title: The social structure; title: The role of the family; title: Religion and society; title: Communicating with Arabs; title: Islamic fundamentalism (Islamism); title: Anti-Americanism; title: Arabs and Muslims in the West; title: The Arab countries : similarities and differences.