The Barber Of Damascus

Author : Dana Sajdi
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804788281

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The Barber of Damascus by Dana Sajdi Pdf

This book is about a barber, Shihab al-Din Ahmad Ibn Budayr, who shaved and coiffed, and probably circumcised and healed, in Damascus in the 18th century. The barber may have been a "nobody," but he wrote a history book, a record of the events that took place in his city during his lifetime. Dana Sajdi investigates the significance of this book, and in examining the life and work of Ibn Budayr, uncovers the emergence of a larger trend of history writing by unusual authors—people outside the learned establishment—and a new phenomenon: nouveau literacy. The Barber of Damascus offers the first full-length microhistory of an individual commoner in Ottoman and Islamic history. Contributing to Ottoman popular history, Arabic historiography, and the little-studied cultural history of the 18th century Levant, the volume also examines the reception of the barber's book a century later to explore connections between the 18th and the late 19th centuries and illuminates new paths leading to the Nahda, the Arab Renaissance.

Author : Lionel Barber
Publisher : Random House
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780753558218

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The Powerful and the Damned by Lionel Barber Pdf

'Extraordinary' TONY BLAIR 'Riveting' - PHILIPPE SANDS 'Brutal, brilliant and scurrilously funny' - MISHA GLENNY The real scoop isn't on the front page 'As FT editor, I was a privileged interlocutor to people in power around the world, each offering unique insights into high-level decision-making and political calculation, often in moments of crisis. These diaries offer snapshots of leadership in an age of upheaval...' Lionel Barber was Editor of the Financial Times for the tech boom, the global financial crisis, the rise of China, Brexit, and mainstream media's fight for survival in the age of fake news. In this unparalleled, no-holds-barred diary of life behind the headlines, he reveals the private meetings and exchanges with political leaders on the eve of referendums, the conversations with billionaire bankers facing economic meltdown, exchanges with Silicon Valley tech gurus and pleas from foreign emissaries desperate for inside knowledge, all against the backdrop of a wildly shifting media landscape. The result is a fascinating - and at times scathing - portrait of power in our modern age; who has it, what it takes and what drives the men and women with the world at their feet. Featuring close encounters with Trump, Cameron, Blair, Putin, Merkel and Mohammed Bin Salman and many more, this is a rare portrait of the people who continue to shape our world and who quite literally, make the news.

Author : Rafik Schami
Publisher : Interlink Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1566568315

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Damascus Nights by Rafik Schami Pdf

Rafik Schami's award-winning novel. In the classical Arab tradition of tale-telling, here is a magical book that celebrates the power of storytelling, delightfully transformed for modern sensibilities by an award-winning author. The time is present-day Damascus, and Salim the coachman, the city's most famous storyteller, is mysteriously struck dumb. To break the spell, seven friends gather for seven nights to present Salim with seven wondrous "gifts"—seven stories of their own design. Upon this enchanting frame of tales told in the fragrant Arabian night, the words of the past grow fainter, as ancient customs are yielding to modern turmoil. While the hairdresser, the teacher, the wife of the locksmith sip their tea and pass the water pipe, they swap stories about the magical and the mundane: about djinnis and princesses, about contemporary politics and the difficulties of bargaining in a New York department store. And as one tale leads to another... and another... all of Damascus appears before your eyes, along with a vision of storytelling—and talk—as the essence of friendship, of community, of life. A sly and graceful work, a delight to readers young and old, Damascus Nights is, according to Publishers Weekly, "a highly atmospheric, pungent narrative."

Author : Brigid Keenan,Tim Beddow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0500282994

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Damascus by Brigid Keenan,Tim Beddow Pdf

Damascus, reputed to be the worldʹs oldest continually inhabited city, has enjoyed a history of immense grandeur, enormous political and mercantile power, and great cultural and artistic achievement. In addition to some of Islamʹs most magnificent architecture, such as the Umayyad Mosque, the city boasts a heritage of fairy-tale palaces and sumptuous private houses. Sadly, many of them are in urgent need of restoration. Brigid Keenan and Tim Beddow were given unprecedented access to the inner, "hidden" city, which has resulted in a book that is of immense importance to all concerned with the heritage of architecture in the Islamic world. The superb photographs include façades, courtyards, alleyways and fountains, and the breathtaking interiors that often lie behind the unassuming walls of the old town, with exquisite details in stone, wood, paint, marble, plaster, glass and mother-of-pearl. The whole, published with the generous support of Wafic Rida Said, forms a convincing and elegiac plea for the preservation of the heart of this historic ancient capital. -- Jacket.

Author : Rafik Schami
Publisher : Interlink Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781623710224

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A Hand Full of Stars by Rafik Schami Pdf

Amid the turmoil of modern Damascus, one teenage boy finds his political voice in a message of rebellion that echoes throughout Syria and as far away as Western Europe. Inspired by his dearest friend, old Uncle Salim, he begins a journal to record his thoughts and impressions of family, friends, life at school, and his growing feelings for his girlfriend, Nadia. Soon the hidden diary becomes more than just a way to remember his daily adventures; on its pages he explores his frustration with the government injustices he witnesses. His courage and ingenuity finally find an outlet when he and his friends begin a subversive underground newspaper. Warmed by a fine sense of humor, this novel is at once a moving love story and a passionate testimony to the difficult and committed actions being taken by young people around the world.

Author : Camron Michael Amin,Benjamin C. Fortna,Elizabeth B. Frierson
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199262090

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The Modern Middle East by Camron Michael Amin,Benjamin C. Fortna,Elizabeth B. Frierson Pdf

Collects English translations of various sources from 1700 to 2005 that offer information on the history, development, and policies of the Middle East.

Author : Jonathan Frankel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0521483964

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The Damascus Affair by Jonathan Frankel Pdf

A Jewish delegation led by Sir Moses Montefiore and Adolphe Cremieux was sent to the Middle East in the hope of discovering the real murderers.

Author : Eugene Rogan
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465032488

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The Arabs by Eugene Rogan Pdf

The internationally bestselling definitive history of the Arab world, named a best book of the year by the Financial Times, the Economist, and the Atlantic -- now updated to cover the latest developments in the Middle East In this groundbreaking and comprehensive account of the Middle East, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan draws extensively on five centuries of Arab sources to place the Arab experience in its crucial historical context. This landmark book covers the Arab world from North Africa through the Arabian Peninsula, exploring every facet of modern Arab history. Starting with the Ottoman conquests of the sixteenth century, Rogan follows the story of the Arabs through the era of European imperialism and the superpower rivalries of the Cold War to the present age of American hegemony, charting the evolution of Arab identity and the struggles for national sovereignty throughout. In this updated edition, Rogan untangles the latest geopolitical developments of the region. The Arabs is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the modern Arab world.

Author : Tima Kurdi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501175251

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The Boy on the Beach by Tima Kurdi Pdf

An intimate and poignant memoir about the family of Alan Kurdi—the young Syrian boy who became the global emblem for the desperate plight of millions of Syrian refugees—and of the many extraordinary journeys the Kurdis have taken, spanning countries and continents. Alan Kurdi’s body washed up on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea on September 2, 2015, and overnight, the political became personal, as the world awoke to the reality of the Syrian refugee crisis. Tima Kurdi first saw the shocking photo of her nephew in her home in Vancouver, Canada. But Tima did not need a photo to understand the truth—she and her family had already been living it. In The Boy on the Beach, Tima recounts her idyllic childhood in Syria, where she grew up with her brother Abdullah and other siblings in a tight‑knit family. A strong‑willed, independent woman, Tima studied to be a hairdresser and had dreams of seeing the world. At twenty‑two, she emigrated to Canada, but much of her family remained in Damascus. Life as a single mother and immigrant in a new country wasn’t always easy, and Tima recounts with heart‑wrenching honesty the anguish of being torn between a new home and the world she’d left behind. As Tima struggled to adapt to life in a new land, war overtook her homeland. Caught in the crosshairs of civil war, her family risked everything and fled their homes. Tima worked tirelessly to help them find safety, but their journey was far from easy. Although thwarted by politics, hounded by violence, and separated by vast distances, the Kurdis encountered setbacks at every turn, they never gave up hope. And when tragedy struck, Tima suddenly found herself thrust onto the world stage as an advocate for refugees everywhere, a role for which she had never prepared but that allowed her to give voice to those who didn’t have an opportunity to speak for themselves. From the jasmine‑scented neighbourhoods of Damascus before the war to the streets of Aleppo during it, to the refugee camps of Europe and the leafy suburbs of Vancouver, The Boy on the Beach is one family’s story of love, loss, and the persistent search for safe harbour in a devastating time of war.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004316621

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Ottoman Women in Public Space by Anonim Pdf

Examining women as economic and political actors, prostitutes, flirts and slaves, Ottoman Women in Public Space argues that women were active participants in the public space, visible, present and an essential element in the everyday, public life of the empire.

Author : Walter Keating Kelly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Eretz Israel
ISBN : NYPL:33433070302520

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Syria and the Holy Land by Walter Keating Kelly Pdf

Author : Osama Abi-Mershed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135256500

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Trajectories of Education in the Arab World by Osama Abi-Mershed Pdf

In comparison to other parts of the developing world education in Arab countries has been lagging behind. This book examines the impact of Western cultural influence, the opportunities for reform and the sustainability of current initiatives.

Author : Walter Keating Kelly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:B000022045

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Syria and the Holy Land, Their Scenery and Their People. Incidents of Travels, &c., from the Best Authorities by Walter Keating Kelly Pdf

Author : Omar Imady,David Commins,David W. Lesch
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538122860

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Historical Dictionary of Syria by Omar Imady,David Commins,David W. Lesch Pdf

Historical Dictionary of Syria, Fourth Edition covers the recent events in Syria as well as the history that led up to these events. The cross-referenced dictionary section has over 500 entries on significant persons, places and events, political parties and institutions, literature, music and the arts. .

Author : Steven Judd,Jens Scheiner
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004345201

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New Perspectives on Ibn ʿAsākir in Islamic Historiography by Steven Judd,Jens Scheiner Pdf

This volume offers seven new studies on Ibn ʿAsākir and his Taʾrīkh madīnat Dimashq that range from analyses of specific biographical entries to studies on the later use of this work.