Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times - Brossura

Nydell, Margaret K.

 
9781931930253: Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times
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ISBN 10: 1931930252 ISBN 13: 9781931930253
Casa editrice: Nicholas Brealey Pub, 2006

Sinossi

From the rise of fundamentalism to the historically uneasy relationship between the Arab World and the West, Margaret Nydell has expanded her highly respected book to bring today's complex issues into clearer focus.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Margaret K. Nydell is currently a visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University and a highly esteemed Arabist. She has directed Arabic language training at the Foreign Service Institute and its School of Arabic Languages and Area Studies in Tunis. She is currently consulting with the Center for Advanced Study of Language on a project to record and analyze regional Arabic Gulf dialects.

Margaret K. Nydell is currently a visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University. Nydell has directed Arabic language traning at the Foreign Service Institute and School of Arabic Language and Area Studies in Tunis and is currently consulting with the Center for Advanced Study of Language on a project to record and analyze regional Gulf dialects. Nydell has lectured on Arabic language and Arab cultural orientation since 1969 for numerous government agencies and private organizations. She currently lives in Washington, D.C.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

Diplomats, scholars, business people, travelers and those who wish to understand the complex events playing out on the world stage have relied on Margaret Nydell s ground-breaking work. Understanding Arabs has become an essential guide to comprehending an immensely varied and often-misunderstood culture. This much-awaited fourth edition brings contemporary Arab culture into sharp focus. Concise and objective, Understanding Arabs covers beliefs and values; religion and society, the role of the family; friends and strangers; the dynamic between men and women; and social norms and communication styles all with an eye toward the diversity that this rich culture represents.

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Editore
Nicholas Brealey Pub
Data di pubblicazione
2006
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1931930252
ISBN 13 
9781931930253
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
4
Numero di pagine
288
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
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