The Arabian Peninsula

Author : S.A. Ghazanfar,M. Fisher
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1998-08-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0792350154

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Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula by S.A. Ghazanfar,M. Fisher Pdf

Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula is the first comprehensive book on all aspects of the vegetation, phytogeography and conservation of the vast and varied region of the Arabian Peninsula. Written and edited by experts on the botany and environment of the Peninsula, this book synthesises the information available on all aspects of the flora and vegetation (including lower plants), from the mountains, sand seas, coasts, water bodies and desert plains to the plants of economic importance. The book contains chapters on the vegetation, ecology and phytogeography of the mountains, wadis, sand deserts, gravel plains, coasts and sabkhas. Chapters on climate and geology provide the background information for understanding the dynamics of the vegetation. A chapter on the diversity of plants gives details of the region's species richness and endemism, current threats to plant diversity and the measures taken in the form of protected areas and legislation in each country of the Peninsula. This book will be an invaluable reference for students, scholars and professionals interested in Southwest Asian botany.

Author : Richard Harlakenden Sanger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Arabian Peninsula
ISBN : UOM:39076000623657

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The Arabian Peninsula by Richard Harlakenden Sanger Pdf

Author : Karen Exell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317279013

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Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula by Karen Exell Pdf

Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula is dedicated to the recent and rapid high-profile development of museums in the Arabian Peninsula, focusing on the a number of the Arabian Peninsula states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and theUAE. These Gulf states are dynamically involved in the establishment of museums to preserve and , represent their distinct national culture and heritage, as well as engaging in the regional and global art worlds through the construction of state-of-the-art art museums. Alongside such developments is a rich world of collection and displaying material culture in homes and private museums that is little known to the outside world. Museum Studies literature has struggled to keep pace with such developments and Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula is the first book to coherently present: a contemporary overview of the ever-evolving landscape of museums and related heritage projects in the Arabian Peninsula a critical evaluation of the nature of these museum projects within the political and cultural conditions in the Arabian Peninsula suggestions for productive ways forward for museum developments in the Arabian Peninsula Museums Studies students and museum professionals now have a book that fills an important gap in the picture of the museum worldwide. Contextualising this study in the history and politics of the region, from a scholar working within the region, this in-depth overview and critical analysis of museums in the Arabian Peninsula stands alone as an entry into this important topic.

Author : Derek Hopwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317420040

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The Arabian Peninsula by Derek Hopwood Pdf

Although the Arabian Peninsula is the heartland of Islam and of the Arab world, for decades it did not receive the attention it deserves from scholars and writers. The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and the Middle East Centre of St Antony’s College, Oxford, jointly organized a series of seminars, culminating in a conference at which the papers in this volume (first published in 1972) were discussed. Together they constitute an authoritative statement of our present knowledge of several areas of the Peninsula, with particular emphasis on the Gulf States. Three chapters trace the history of Oman from pre-Islamic times to the recent past, and in so doing emphasize the theme of continuing conflict between sultan and imam. Other chapters examine the Gulf and the Peninsula from the standpoint of inter-Arab and of international relations. The third section of the book is devoted to a discussion of the increasing rate of social change in the area, and the final section deals with problems of oil and state and of economic development.

Author : Lisa Urkevich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135628161

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Music and Traditions of the Arabian Peninsula by Lisa Urkevich Pdf

Music and Traditions of the Arabian Peninsula provides a pioneering overview of folk and traditional urban music, along with dance and rituals, of Saudi Arabia and the Upper Gulf States of Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar. The nineteen chapters introduce variegated regions and subcultures and their rich and dynamic musical arts, many of which heretofore have been unknown beyond local communities. The book contains insightful descriptions of genres, instruments, poetry, and performance practices of the desert heartland (Najd), the Arabian/Persian Gulf shores, the great western cities including Makkah and Medinah, the southwestern mountains, and the hot Red Sea coast. Musical customs of distinctive groups such as Bedouin, seafarers, and regional women are explored. The book is packaged with an audio CD and almost 200 images including a full color photo essay, numerous music transcriptions, a glossary with over 400 specialized terms, and original Arabic script alongside key words to assist with further research. This book provides a much-needed introduction and organizational structure for the diverse and complex musical arts of the region.

Author : Eric Macro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Arabian Peninsula
ISBN : UCSC:32106002807227

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Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula by Eric Macro Pdf

Author : Sarina Wakefield
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780429624339

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Museums of the Arabian Peninsula by Sarina Wakefield Pdf

Museums of the Arabian Peninsula offers new insights into the history and development of museums within the region. Recognising and engaging with varied approaches to museum development and practice, the book offers in-depth critical analyses from a range of viewpoints and disciplines. Drawing on regional and international scholarship, the book provides a critical and detailed analysis of museum and heritage institutions in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Yemen. Questioning and engaging with issues related to the institutionalisation of cultural heritage, contributors provide original analyses of current practice and challenges within the region. Considering how these challenges connect to broader issues within the international context, the book offers the opportunity to examine how museums are actively produced and consumed from both the inside and the outside. This critical analysis also enables debates to emerge that question the appropriateness of existing models and methods and provide suggestions for future research and practice. Museums of the Arabian Peninsula offers fresh perspectives that reveal how Gulf museums operate from local, regional and transnational perspectives. The volume will be a key reference point for academics and students working in the fields of museum and heritage studies, anthropology, cultural studies, history, politics and Gulf and Middle East Studies.

Author : Nadia Jameel Taibah,Margaret Read MacDonald
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9798216085393

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Folktales from the Arabian Peninsula by Nadia Jameel Taibah,Margaret Read MacDonald Pdf

This unique and diverse selection of traditional folktales from the countries of the Arabian Peninsula appeals to a broad audience, ranging from storytellers and educators to folklorists and scholars. A unique compilation of stories, Folktales from the Arabian Peninsula includes tales from seven countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Coauthored by a renowned folklorist and a professor of education who recalls some of these poignant tales from her own childhood, the book opens with a discussion of the Arabian Peninsula that introduces each country and discusses its terrain, peoples, and current situation to provide important background information. The engaging stories that follow will serve elementary, junior high, and high school librarians as well as public librarians, professional storytellers, and folklorists. The tales themselves—many of which have never been published in English language children's collections—are appropriate for readers grades five and up.

Author : Middle East Studies Association of North America. Meeting
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015008555198

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The Arabian Peninsula by Middle East Studies Association of North America. Meeting Pdf

A collection of papers presented at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, held at Seattle in November 1981.

Author : Katherine Hennessey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137584717

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Shakespeare on the Arabian Peninsula by Katherine Hennessey Pdf

Since the turn of the millennium, the Arabian Peninsula has produced a remarkable series of adaptations of Shakespeare. These include a 2007 production of Much Ado About Nothing, set in Kuwait in 1898; a 2011 performance in Sharjah of Macbeth, set in 9th-century Arabia; a 2013 Yemeni adaptation of The Merchant of Venice, in which the Shylock figure is not Jewish; and Hamlet, Get Out of My Head, a one-man show about an actor’s fraught response to the Danish prince, which has been touring the cities of Saudi Arabia since 2014. This groundbreaking study surveys the surprising history of Shakespeare on the Arabian Peninsula, situating the current flourishing of Shakespearean performance and adaptation within the region’s complex, cosmopolitan, and rapidly changing socio-political contexts. Through first-hand performance reviews, interviews, and analysis of resources in Arabic and English, this volume brings to light the ways in which local theatremakers, students, and scholars use Shakespeare to address urgent regional issues like authoritarianism, censorship, racial discrimination and gender inequality.

Author : Dr Karen Exell,Dr Trinidad Rico
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781409470090

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Cultural Heritage in the Arabian Peninsula by Dr Karen Exell,Dr Trinidad Rico Pdf

Heritage projects in the Arabian Peninsula are developing rapidly. Museums and heritage sites are symbols of shifting national identities, and a way of placing the Arabian Peninsula states on the international map. Global, i.e. Western, heritage standards and practices have been utilised for the rapid injection of heritage expertise in museum development and site management and for international recognition. The use of Western heritage models in the Arabian Peninsula inspires two key areas for research which this book examines: the obscuring of indigenous concepts and practices of heritage and expressions of cultural identity; and the tensions between local/community concepts of heritage and identity and the new national identities being constructed through museums and heritage sites at a state level.

Author : Derek Hopwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317420057

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The Arabian Peninsula by Derek Hopwood Pdf

Although the Arabian Peninsula is the heartland of Islam and of the Arab world, for decades it did not receive the attention it deserves from scholars and writers. The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and the Middle East Centre of St Antony’s College, Oxford, jointly organized a series of seminars, culminating in a conference at which the papers in this volume (first published in 1972) were discussed. Together they constitute an authoritative statement of our present knowledge of several areas of the Peninsula, with particular emphasis on the Gulf States. Three chapters trace the history of Oman from pre-Islamic times to the recent past, and in so doing emphasize the theme of continuing conflict between sultan and imam. Other chapters examine the Gulf and the Peninsula from the standpoint of inter-Arab and of international relations. The third section of the book is devoted to a discussion of the increasing rate of social change in the area, and the final section deals with problems of oil and state and of economic development.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:924052907

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Arabian Peninsula by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lonely Planet,Lauren Keith,Jessica Lee,Josephine Quintero,Jenny Walker,Jade Bremner,Tharik Hussain
Publisher : Lonely Planet
Page : 906 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781788687072

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Lonely Planet Oman, UAE & Arabian Peninsula by Lonely Planet,Lauren Keith,Jessica Lee,Josephine Quintero,Jenny Walker,Jade Bremner,Tharik Hussain Pdf

Lonely Planet's Oman, UAE & the Arabian Peninsula is your most up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Feel the desert's allure in Sharqiya Sands, dine at the top of the world's tallest building, and see the masterpieces of the Museum of Islamic Art -all with your trusted travel companion.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:251744952

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The Arabian Peninsula by Anonim Pdf