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An in-depth analysis of Arab society discusses the impact of Arab cultural and psychological characteristics on women's rights, literacy, economics, relations between Arab nations, and the ability to integrate western knowledge and skills
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Raphael Patai was the author of over 600 articles and more than twenty books, including The Jewish Mind, The Seed of Abraham, Jadid al-Islam: The Jewish New Muslims, Of Meshhed, and Arab Folktales from Palestine and Israel. A native of Hungary, he began studying Arabic at the age of nineteen. Before coming to the United States, he lived for fifteen years in Palestine. Director of the Syria-Lebanon-Joran Research Project of the Human Relations Area Files of New Haven, Connecticut, he taught at Princeton, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania. A prolific cultural anthropologist, historian, and biblical scholar, Dr. Patai died in 1996.
Norvell B. Tex De Atkine, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired) served eight years in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt (in addition to combat service in Vietnam). A West Pointer, he holds a graduate degree in Arab studies from the American University of Beirut. After teaching for 18 years at the JFK Special Warfare School at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, he is now an independent Middle East consultant.
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"A sympathetic wide-ranging study." -- The New Yorker
[A]n impressive spread of scholarship...a major contribution in an important field. --Publishers Weekly
"A classic . . .one of the best expositions on the Arab world and Islam." Jay Winik, best-selling author of April 1865: The Month that Saved America. --Review provided by reviewer
"A quarter-century-old book that I took with me to Baghdad last month helped explain what I saw when I got there." James R. Pinkerton, Newsday. --Newsday
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- PublisherScribner
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0684178109
- ISBN 13 9780684178103
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages435
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