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Al-Qur'an: A Contemporary Translation
• Ali Jamale Ahmed
• RELIGION
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A handsome bilingual edition of the Holy Book of Islam as elegantly translated by the Pakistani novelist, critic and diplomat Ahmed Ali.
(ISL02, $19.95)
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Among the Believers, An Islamic Journey
• V.S. Naipaul
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A tenchant account set against the backdrop of Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran.
(ISL17, $16.00)
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The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800
• Sheila Blair
• Jonathan Bloom
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A survey of the monuments and art produced by Muslims from the 13th to 19th centuries.
(ISL27, $40.00)
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The Bazaar, Markets and Merchants of the Islamic World
• Walter Weiss
• Kurt-Michael Westermann
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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In addition to hundreds of color photos, this celebration of bazaars throughout the Islamic world includes a history of caravan trade, an overview of the setup of medinas and portraits of bazaars from Marrakech to Samarkand.
(CAS36, $50.00)
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Behind the Veil in Arabia, Women in Oman
• Unni Wikan
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An insightful and remarkable look at the role of women in Oman based on Wikan's fieldwork as well as her personal experiences and impressions of the place.
(ARB05, $19.00)
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Beyond Belief, Islamic Excursions Among the Converted People
• V.S. Naipaul
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Revisiting his "Among the Believers", Naipaul returns to the Islamic nations of Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia and Iran.
(ASA14, $15.00)
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Beyond the Veil, Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society
• Fatima Mernissi
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An examination of sexuality and gender issues in the modern Muslim world.
(MDE35, $14.95)
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World
• Francis Robinson
• RELIGION
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A concise history of Islam: its people and culture.
(ISL09, $39.99)
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The Conference of Birds
• Farid-Ud-Din Attar
• LITERATURE
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A classic example of mystic Sufi verse, stunningly translated into English. Attar's masterpiece has had tremendous influence on the West, and was adapted into a fine English poem by Chaucer in the late 14th century.
(IRN12, $15.00)
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Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World
• Edward W. Said
• HISTORY
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An insightful, perceptive account of how the media has created an Islamic identity, by the influential scholar and thinker Edward Said.
(ISL08, $14.95)
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Cultural Schizophrenia, Islamic Societies Confronting the West
• Daryush Shayegan
• RELIGION
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An illuminating account of the relationship between Islamic societies and the West
(ISL38, $19.95)
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Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem Girlhood
• Fatima Mernissi
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• FAVORITE
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This captivating memoir opens, "I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, a ninth-century Moroccan city." Mernissi captures not only the spirit of the place, but also the hierarchy and decorum of a family compound in a Muslim household.
(MRC10, $17.00)
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Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East
• Donna Lee Bowen
• Evelyn A. Early
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A diverse anthology of short articles and essays covering the experiences of ordinary life across the Miiddle East.
(MDE34, $23.95)
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Formation of Islamic Art
• Oleg Grabar
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A classic on the art and architecture of the Islamic World by a prominent authority.
(ARB28, $30.00)
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Geography of Religion: Where God Lives, Where Pilgrims Walk
• Susan T. Hitchcock
• John Esposito
• Desmond Tutu
• Mpho Tutu
• RELIGION
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A handsomely photgraphed tour of the five major world religions and the places that each one holds most sacred.
(REL05, $24.00)
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The Hadj, An American's Journey to Mecca
• Michael Wolfe
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Wolfe's mesmerizing account of his journey from Morocco to Mecca.
(ARB01, $16.00)
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A History of Christian-Muslim Relations
• Hugh Goddard
• RELIGION
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A survey of the tumultuous relationship of the Christian and Muslim worlds.
(MED74, $16.95)
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A History of God
• Karen Armstrong
• RELIGION
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A lucid and compelling history of God as conceived by Jews, Muslims, and Christians.
(ISR24, $15.95)
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A History of Inner Asia
• Svat Soucek
• HISTORY
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An admirable survey of the changing fortunes of people in the region, with chapters on Arab conquest and Chinese expansion, Mongols, Samanids, Timurids, Uzbeks, and other kingdoms and people in the region, including the 17th-19th century development of the trading cities. With 13 maps and dynastic charts.
(CAS51, $36.99)
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In Search of Islamic Feminism, One Woman's Global Journey
• Elizabeth Warnock and Rob Fernea
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A professor heads to the Middle East in order to ask if feminism is possible under Islam.
(ISL28, $15.95)
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Islam and Democracy, Fear of the Modern World
• Fatima Mernissi
• HISTORY
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A discussion of the Muslim world and the question of democracy.
(ISL06, $17.50)
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Islam and the West
• Bernard Lewis
• RELIGION
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In this illuminating collection of essays, one of the great authorities on the Middle East explores the common ground shared by Islam and the West.
(ARB12, $19.99)
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Islam in a Globalizing World
• Thomas Simons
• RELIGION
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In these four brief essays, orginally delivered as a lecture series, Simons considers Islam, change and modernization from its origins through the vents of September 11, 2001.
(ISL45, $16.95)
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Islam, A Short History
• Karen Armstrong
• RELIGION
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Armstrong brings authority and experience to this vivid, clear-headed survey of the history and impact of Islam from the birth of Muhammad to present-day challenges. A Modern Library Chronicles book.
(ISL15, $14.95)
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Islam, The Straight Path
• John L. Esposito
• RELIGION
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A well-written survey of the faith, practice and beliefs of Islam. It's a balanced tome intended for an undergraduate audience, yet it also functions as an excellent overview for the general reader.
(MDE22, $39.95)
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Islam, The View from the Edge
• Richard Bulliet
• RELIGION
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A revisionist history of the development of Islamic religious authority.
(ISL34, $29.00)
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Islam: A Concise Introduction
• Neal Robinson
• RELIGION
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A brief introduction to Islam.
(ISL32, $19.95)
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Islamic Art and Architecture
• Robert Hillenbrand
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Covering one thousand years and the geographic scope of Islam, this book is a wide-ranging guide to the arts of Islam, including architecture, calligraphy, ceramics, and textiles.
(CAS17, $18.95)
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Islamic Art and Architecture, 650-1250
• Richard Ettinghausen
• Oleg Grabar
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated survey of the great monuments and art produced by Muslim peoples during medieval times, including the Dome of the Rock, as well as many small aritfacts.
(ISL26, $40.00)
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Islamic Arts
• Jonathan Bloom
• Sheila Blair
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A comprehensive survey of 1,000 years of Islamic architecture, design and decoration. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps and site plans.
(ISL01, $24.95)
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Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History and Literature
• Stephen O. Murray
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A scholarly overview of homosexuality in medieval Egypt, Ottoman Turkey and beyond.
(ARB26, $22.00)
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Islamic Society in Practice
• Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
• RELIGION
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An introduction to the influence of Islam on the structuring of Arab societies.
(ISL12, $29.95)
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The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?
• John L. Esposito
• RELIGION
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An insightful survey of Islam, its history and contemporary politics.
(ISL03, $18.95)
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Islamism and Secularism in North Africa
• John Ruedy
• RELIGION
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A discussion of Islamic movements in North Africa.
(ISL13, $40.95)
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Muhammad, A Biography of the Prophet
• Karen Armstrong
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The life of the Prophet in the context of seventh-century Arabia.
(ARB09, $15.00)
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Muhammad, The Prophet for Our Time
• Karen Armstrong
• RELIGION
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In this extended essay, a volume in the Eminent Lives series, Armstrong looks at the significance of Mohammed's life and teachings.
(ISL60, $21.95)
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Muslim Politics
• Dale Eickelman
• James Piscatori
• RELIGION
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A succinct overview of politics, tradition, authority, religion and ethnicity in the contemporary Muslim world.
(ISL36, $25.95)
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Nine Parts of Desire, The Hidden World of Islamic Women
• Geraldine Brooks
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A highly readable overview of the role of women in Islamic society, drawn from the author's many interviews with women throughout the Arab World.
(ARB06, $14.95)
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One Thousand Roads to Mecca, Ten Centuries of Writing about the Pilgrimage to Mecca
• Michael Wolfe
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An American convert to Islam, Wolfe combed the large volume of literature of the Hadj to compile this diverse and fascinating anthology of writings over the centuries.
(ARB02, $20.00)
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Orientalism
• Edward W. Said
• HISTORY
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An influential account of Western attitudes and Muslim stereotypes.
(ISL07, $15.95)
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The Ornament of the World, How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
• Maria Rosa Menocal
• Harold Bloom
• RELIGION
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A lively, illuminating portrait of the Andalucian Kingdom, its cultural achievements and religious tolerance from the eighth century to 1492.
(SPN185, $14.99)
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Ottoman Turkey, Islamic Architecture
• Godfrey Goodwin
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An extended photo-essay on Islamic architecture focusing on the magnificent buildings constructed during the Ottoman period in Turkey.
(TKY31, $20.00)
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Palace and Mosque, Islamic Art from the Middle East
• Tim Stanley
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A wide-ranging survey of the architecture and art of the Islamic Middle East.
(MDE78, $50.00)
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Mecca
• Richard Francis Burton
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A fascinating account of adventures in religious capitals Madinah and Mecca.
(ARB37, $16.95)
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Postmodernism and Islam, Predicament and Promise
• Akbar S. Ahmed
• RELIGION
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A provocative analysis of contemporary Islam.
(ISL33, $47.95)
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Price of Honor, Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World
• Jan Goodwin
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A heart-breaking account based on interviews with women from all walks of life in 10 countries in the Middle East, Arabia and Central Asia.
(ISL19, $16.00)
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Religions of the Silk Road
• Richard C. Foltz
• RELIGION
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A scholarly survey of cultural traditions, and especially religions, along the trade routes through China and Central Asia from antiquity to the 15th century.
(CAS52, $23.95)
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Responses to 101 Questions on Islam
• John Renard
• RELIGION
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A brief overview of beliefs and customs of Islam.
(ISL31, $12.95)
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The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies, No 17)
• Richard M. Eaton
• RELIGION
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Eaton provides a rich, scholarly account of why eastern Bengal (modern Bangladesh) became heavily Islamicized, wheras western Bengal did not. Examines the movement of the linguistic, agrarian and cultural frontiers of Bengal.
(IDA169, $26.95)
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The Road to Mecca
• Muhammad Asad
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The extraordinary account of how Leopold Weiss, born in Lvov in 1900, became a Muslim. A journalist, Asad writes of his travels, transformation and attachment to Islam and the Arab world.
(ISL23, $17.95)
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The Road to Oxiana
• Robert Byron
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An eccentric Englishman abroad in Persia and Afghanistan in the 1930s, this brilliant portrait of the region mixes Byron's droll adventures with erudite asides on history and culture.
(IRN01, $15.95)
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Saladin, Noble Prince of Islam
• Diane Stanley
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A child's biography of the influential Muslim warrior and Sultan during the time of the crusades.
(ISL24, $17.00)
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Shattering the Myth, Islam Beyond Violence
• Bruce Lawrence
• RELIGION
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A provocative look at multi-faceted experiences of Islam.
(ISL35, $27.95)
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Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan
• Robert D. Kaplan
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A firsthand report from the region, originally published in 1990 and with a new final chapter on how the Taliban came to power.
(CAS81, $14.00)
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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
• Ahmed Rashid
• HISTORY
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An eye-opening political and social history of Afghanistan and its Islamic fundamentalist movement.
(CAS49, $14.95)
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Traveling Man, The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354
• James Rumford
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Ibn Battuta's famous peregrinations throughout the Muslim world -- retold for kids.
(MDE65, $16.00)
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Understanding Islam: An Introduction to the Muslim World
• Thomas W. Lippman
• RELIGION
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A concise introduction to the Muslim world and Islamic faith.
(ISL04, $14.00)
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Unholy War, Terror in the Name of Islam
• John Esposito
• RELIGION
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A chronicle of the rise of extremist groups and anti-American feeling in Muslim society.
(ISL22, $26.00)
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The Venture of Islam, The Classical Age of Islam
• Marshall G.S. Hodgson
• HISTORY
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The historical development of Islamic civilization from Mohammed to the 12th century.
(ISL05, $25.00)
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What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East
• Bernard Lewis
• HISTORY
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An examination of the changes that have taken place in the history of Middle Eastern civilization by the prolific scholar Bernard Lewis.
(ISL44, $12.95)
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Women and Gender in Islam, Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
• Leila Ahmed
• RELIGION
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A history and analysis of the role of women in Islamic societies.
(ISL37, $22.00)
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A Young Muslim's Guide to the Modern World
• Seyyed Hossein Nasr
• RELIGION
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One of the great Islamic scholars explains the message of Islam and the challenges of the modern world in this clear, concise guide.
(ISL14, $18.50)
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