The Middle East: Unity & Diversity: Papers from the Second Nordic Conference on Middle East Studies.1992

orig.wrappers minor rubbing, VG 22x14cm, viii, 247 pp, Nordic Proceedings in Asian Studies, nr. 5 Contains 30 papers on Middle Eastern Unity & Diversity, The Political Forces of Islam, Christians in the Middle East, Sufism & Society, Studies in Arabic Literature, Nomadic,Tribal & Urban Groups & Identities. Includes:Tryggve Kronholm "Arab Culture: Reality or Fiction?"; Bjorn Olav Utvik " The Egyptian Labour Party: A New Brand of Islamism"; Lene Kofoed Rasmussen & Connie Caroe Christiansen "Gender & Culture in the Islamic Trend"; Tuomo Melasuo "How to Understand Islamism in Algeria"; Bo Holmberg "Christian Scribes in the Arabic Empire"; Rex Sean O'Fahey " 'Games, Dancing & Handclapping': A Sufi Controversy in South Arabia"; Knut S. Vikor "Mystics in the Desert: The Sanusiya & the Sahara"; Visto Pekka Pennanen "Sufism & Muslims in Sarajevo"; Bodil Hjernild "The Parsees in Bombay & their present Problems"; Oystein Labianca "The Fluidity of Social Groups in Central Transjordan", etc.