Saudi Arabia And The Gulf Arab States Today 2 Volumes

Author : Sebastian Maisel,John A. Shoup
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313344428

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Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab States Today [2 Volumes] by Sebastian Maisel,John A. Shoup Pdf

This extremely timely and helpful ready reference will familiarize all students and readers with the Gulf region and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Dubai, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, and Qatar. These states are bound by the desert culture, the Gulf, new oil economy, and Islam, to name some commonalities. Most Americans know something about the region, such as oases, dates, camels, oil, Bedouin tribes, and the legends of Lawrence of Arabia to Osama bin Laden. Islamic concepts and practices are still unfamiliar. On one extreme, Saudi Arabia, the cradle of Islam, has been largely closed off to Western tourists. On the other extreme, Dubai courts tourist dollars as it constructs modern architectural showcases. This is the first A-Z encyclopedia to focus on the Gulf, illuminating the land, people, religion, culture and traditions, institutions, economy, and much more for general readers. The more than 200 essay entries have a current focus with historical context as necessary. The breadth of coverage means that this resource will be of use for a wide range of researchers and browsers. Besides individual entries on each state, major cities and regions are also profiled. The natural environment and human adaptation to it receives significant space. Islamic customs and rules and various interpretations are clearly explained. Essays on topics such as key public figures, institutions, major events, politics, and state structures--some based on sources often not available in English--make this two-volume set the first-choice resource for accurate information. Suggestions for further reading accompany most entries; a chronology, selected bibliography, and photos also complement the text.

Author : Sebastian Maisel,John A. Shoup
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313344435

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Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab States Today [2 volumes] by Sebastian Maisel,John A. Shoup Pdf

This extremely timely and helpful ready reference will familiarize all students and readers with the Gulf region and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Dubai, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, and Qatar. These states are bound by the desert culture, the Gulf, new oil economy, and Islam, to name some commonalities. Most Americans know something about the region, such as oases, dates, camels, oil, Bedouin tribes, and the legends of Lawrence of Arabia to Osama bin Laden. Islamic concepts and practices are still unfamiliar. On one extreme, Saudi Arabia, the cradle of Islam, has been largely closed off to Western tourists. On the other extreme, Dubai courts tourist dollars as it constructs modern architectural showcases. This is the first A-Z encyclopedia to focus on the Gulf, illuminating the land, people, religion, culture and traditions, institutions, economy, and much more for general readers. The more than 200 essay entries have a current focus with historical context as necessary. The breadth of coverage means that this resource will be of use for a wide range of researchers and browsers. Besides individual entries on each state, major cities and regions are also profiled. The natural environment and human adaptation to it receives significant space. Islamic customs and rules and various interpretations are clearly explained. Essays on topics such as key public figures, institutions, major events, politics, and state structures—some based on sources often not available in English—make this two-volume set the first-choice resource for accurate information. Suggestions for further reading accompany most entries; a chronology, selected bibliography, and photos also complement the text.

Author : Sebastian Maisel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:553361171

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Author : Sebastian Maisel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Arabian Peninsula
ISBN : 0313344442

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Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab States Today: A-J by Sebastian Maisel Pdf

Familiarizes readers with the Gulf region and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Dubai, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, and Qatar. Includes articles on the land, people, religion, culture and traditions, institutions, economy, and much more.

Author : Sebastian Maisel,John A. Shoup
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105210715897

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Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab States Today: K-Z by Sebastian Maisel,John A. Shoup Pdf

Familiarizes readers with the Gulf region and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Dubai, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, and Qatar. Includes articles on the land, people, religion, culture and traditions, institutions, economy, and much more.

Author : Alexei Vassiliev
Publisher : Saqi
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780863567797

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The History of Saudi Arabia by Alexei Vassiliev Pdf

How has Saudi Arabia managed to maintain its Arab and Islamic values while at the same time adopting Western technology and a market economy? How have its hereditary leaders, who govern with a mixture of political pragmatism and religious zeal, managed to maintain their power? This comprehensive history of Saudi Arabia from 1745 to the present provides insight into its culture and politi, its powerful oil industry, its relations with its neighbours, and the ongoing influence of the Wahhabi movement. Based on a wealth of Arab, American, British, Western and Eastern European sources, this book will stand as the definitive account of the largest state on the Arabian peninsula. A Choice Outstanding Academic Book 'If you read or own just one book on Saudi Arabia, make sure it is this one' -- Middle East Quarterly 'Combines a wealth of fascinating detail with rigorous and penetrating analysis.' -- Bernard Lewis 'An outstanding book: a study of the Saudi state rich in historical documentation. Comprehensive and measured.' -- Fred Halliday 'It will become required reading for all those interested in the country's shaping and development over the past two centuries.' -- Tim Niblock

Author : Abdulkhaleq Abdulla
Publisher : Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000-08-10
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Arab Gulf States by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla Pdf

The six Arab Gulf States (AGS) comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are universally recognized as a distinct group of states. These states have developed their own distinct socio-economic features, regional concerns and political priorities that are relatively independent of the rest of the Arab World. More important, these states have acquired over the last 30 years, a unique international prominence. However, despite their global significance, the AGS are either little understood or even grossly misunderstood by the outside world.The central purpose of this analysis is to provide answers to some key questions such as: Why is it important to study the AGS? How do we best approach and analyze them? What are their unique characteristics? How did they acquire such an imposing strategic value? The author discusses among other aspects, three compelling reasons and three different approaches to assess the AGS. The study examines the changing national, regional and international developments affecting these states and the rationale behind their strategic and economic importance, concluding that the conventional oil-dominated approaches to the AGS do not adequately reflect their individual complexities and current realities.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Saudi Arabia
ISBN : UCSC:32106015827618

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Saudi Arabia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anthony H. Cordesman
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780275980917

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Saudi Arabia Enters the Twenty-First Century [2 Volumes] by Anthony H. Cordesman Pdf

Writing largely for an audience of U.S. foreign policy makers, Cordesman (Center for Strategic and International Studies) assesses the "strategic future" of Saudi Arabia. Political factors impacting external and internal stability are discussed, as are such issues as social and demographic trends, the structure of the economy, and the politics of oil. Cordesman makes a number of recommendations for political and economic reform, most of which seem to be based on the continuance of the status quo U.S.-Saudi political and military relationship, but purposely avoids overarching theories about the country. Because regional realities are currently under a state of rapid flux, updates to the work are said to be expected at the Center's Web site. A companion volume looks at military and state security issues. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author : Afshin Shahi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134653195

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The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia by Afshin Shahi Pdf

Exploring the management of ‘truth’ in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this book aims to investigate the ways in which the official ‘truth’ is constructed and institutionalised in the country. The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia argues that there are two interrelated notions which articulate the ways in which ‘truth’ is conceptualised in Islam. One, at macro level, constitutes the trans-historical foundational principles of the religion, a set of engrained beliefs, which establish the ‘finality’, and ‘oneness’ of Islam in relation to other competing narratives. The other, at a micro level, takes place internally to find ‘truth’ within the ‘truth’. Unlike Islamic truth at the macro level, which is entrenched, the Islamic truth at the micro level refers to the various attempts by different agencies to claim to have found the ‘truth’ within the ‘truth’. Wahhabism, which is the product of an eighteenth century revivalist movement, is portrayed as the most ‘authentic’ reading of Islam. It is seen as the raison d'être for the prevailing political mechanism in the country and is introduced as an example of truth management at the micro level. Arguing that truth is not born in a power vacuum and often its construction and institutionalisation signify domination in one way or another, this book will be of interest to students of Religion, Politics, and Saudi Politics more specifically.

Author : ʻAbd al-Khāliq ʻAbd Allāh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Persian Gulf States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073317625

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The Arab Gulf States by ʻAbd al-Khāliq ʻAbd Allāh Pdf

Author : Sean Foley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Persian Gulf States
ISBN : UOM:39076002878796

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The Arab Gulf States by Sean Foley Pdf

Though Foley does not disagree that oil revenues have been important in preserving the power of Gulf autocrats, he goes beyond popular stereotypes to identify other crucial forces that are conspiring to disrupt the status quo.

Author : Robert W. Stookey
Publisher : New York ; Toronto : Wiley
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015005480382

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America and the Arab States by Robert W. Stookey Pdf

"Events in the fall of 1973 made the American people suddenly aware of the importance of the Arab World to their well-being. The October War led to a brief but intense crisis with the Soviet Union, highlighted by a worldwide alert of American military forces, and a longer and more agonizing energy crunch created by the five-month oil embargo imposed by the Arab producers. People who had viewed the Middle East as a remote corner of the globe now realized how important this volatile area could be to American security and prosperity."--Foreword (p. v).

Author : Mahjoob Zweiri,Md Mizanur Rahman,Arwa Kamal
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811587351

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The 2017 Gulf Crisis by Mahjoob Zweiri,Md Mizanur Rahman,Arwa Kamal Pdf

This book provides an overview of the origins, repercussions and projected future of the ongoing Gulf crisis, as well as an analysis of the major issues and debates relating to it. The Gulf region witnessed an extraordinary rift when, on 5 June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain cut all diplomatic ties and imposed a siege on the State of Qatar following the hacking of the Qatar News Agency website. This book approaches the Gulf crisis from an interdisciplinary perspective by bringing together a group of top scholars from a wide range of disciplines and areas of expertise to engage in a nuanced debate on the current crisis. With the pressing role of media in general and social media in particular, new political realities have been created in the region. The book addresses the role that cyber and information security play on politics, as well as the shift of alliances in the region as a result of the crisis. It scrutinizes the role of media and information technology in creating political cultures as well as conflicts. The book also explores the long-term economic implications of the siege imposed on Qatar and identifies how the country's economy is adjusting to the impact of the siege. Thus, the book considers the extent of social and economic changes that the crisis has brought to the region. This book invites in-depth understanding of the regional crisis and its implications on nation building and the reconfiguration of political and economic alliances across the region. It will appeal to a broad interdisciplinary readership in the area of Gulf studies.

Author : S.S. Zubir,C.A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 1429 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781845647469

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The Sustainable City VIII (2 Volume Set) by S.S. Zubir,C.A. Brebbia Pdf

With majority of the Earth’s people now urban dwellers, and cities being the most efficient habitat for the utilisation of resources, it is imperative that we continue to support standards of living and efficiencies of urban areas. However, the urbanisation process has not been without its problems. While much has been done to address the original issues surrounding the quality of urban life, new challenges continue to arise. It is no longer sustainable to achieve improvements by means that require greater and greater energy consumption as we did in the past. Despite their complexity, however, cities are a great laboratory for architects, engineers, and other key professionals to apply new ideas and new technology to meet our requirements for more sustainable city environments. Containing papers presented at the latest in a series of conferences organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology, these proceedings, split in to two volumes address not just environmental, architectural, and engineering concerns, but also quality of life, security, risk, and heritage. The diversity of topics and the case studies based on existing projects make the book an important contribution to the literature on urban planning.