Ergebnis für "arabic" in Naher Osten

This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned as a vital source of shared cultural identity over the millennia.

This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history. 

Before there was Madonna or Beyoncé, there was Googoosh. For the first time, one of the biggest pop stars of the 20th century tells her remarkable story: her rise to fame in pre-revolution Iran, her arrest and imprisonment, her twenty-year exile, and finally, her triumphant return to the global...

The Good Spy is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird’s compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important operatives in CIA history – a man who, had he lived, might have helped heal the rift between Arabs and the West. On April 18, 1983, a bomb...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A frighteningly prescient look at Iran’s unchecked growth as a hidden superpower, and the threat the nation will soon pose to the United States—and the world. “The most important book on the Middle East to appear in many years”—Thomas Powers, Pulitzer...

Nasser Abu Srour grew up in a refugee camp in the West Bank, on the outskirts of Bethlehem. As a child, he played in its shadow and explored the little world within the camp. As he grew older, he began questioning the boundaries that limited his existence. Later, sentenced to life in prison, with no hope of parole, he found himself surrounded by a physical wall. This is the story of how, over thirty years in captivity, he crafted a new definition of freedom. Turning to writings by philosophers as varied as Derrida, Kirkegaard and Freud, he begins to let go of freedom...

A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist "Extraordinary...Sensitive and perceptive, Mr. Hessler is a superb literary archaeologist, one who handles what he sees with a bit of wonder that he gets to watch the history of this grand city unfold, one day at a time.” —Wall Street Journal...

'Bold, vital and urgent . . . Blows the old parochial Western accounts clean away' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB 'Refreshing and astutely judged . . . immensely enjoyable' JONATHAN PHILLIPS A spectacular new panoramic history of the Crusades. From their foundation in 1097 to Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem...

في القرن الثاني عشر، حاول البحارة العرب عبور "بحر الظلمات" باتجاه الغرب، إذ تناهت إلى سمعهم أخبار عن ثروات الطرف الآخر، كما أنهم كانوا يثقون بمهاراتهم الملاحية المتطورة جدًّا. لقد تمكّن العربُ من حِساب خطوط الطّول والعرض بشِكلٍ يمكن الاعتماد عليه قبل الأوروبيين بعقود، كما رسموا خرائط دقيقة.بالاستناد إلى عدد من الرسومات التوضيحية، تسلط سوزانه بيليغ الضوء على العلوم العربية المتعلقة بالفلك والملاحة البحرية ورسم الخرائط والإبحار،وتبرز كيف تبنى الأوروبيون تلك المعرفة، بعد أن كانوا متأخرين تقنيًّا في تلك المجالات، وأخفوا أصولها العربية. هذا الكتاب الرائع لبيليغ يستند إلى الأبحاث الرا...