A History of the Arab Peoples: Updated Edition
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In a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula westwards, to the present day. It is a masterly distillation of a lifetime of scholarship and a unique insight into a perpetually troubled region. This updated edition by Malise Ruthven adds a substantial new chapter which includes recent events such as 9/11, the US invasion of Iraq and its bloody aftermath, the fall of the Mubarak and Ben Ali regimes in Egypt and Tunisia, and the incipient civil war in Syria, bringing Hourani's magisterial history up to date. Ruthven suggests that while Hourani can hardly have been expected to predict in detail the massive upheavals that have shaken the Arab world recently he would not have been entirely surprised, given the persistence of the kin-patronage networks he describes in his book and the challenges now posed to them by a new media-aware generation of dissatisfied youth. In a new biographical preface, Malise Ruthven shows how Hourani's perspectives on Arab history were shaped by his unique background as an English-born Arab Christian with roots in the Levant. Review: ใขใฉใใปไธญๆฑๅฒใไบบใ ใฎ็ๆดปใฎ่ฆ็นใงๆธใใฆใใ - Michael HaagใฎThe Templars๏ผใใณใใซ้จๅฃซๅฃ๏ผใ่ชญใใงใใใพใใซ้ข็ฝใใฃใใฎใงใใไปๅบฆใฏใๆตๅดใฎใคในใฉใ ๅดใฎๆญดๅฒๆธใฏใชใใใใจๆใฃใใใThe Templarsใฎๆฌใฎไธญใงใใใฎๆฌใ็ดนไปใใใฆใใใฎใง่ฒทใฃใฆ่ชญใใ ใใคในใฉใ ไธ็๏ผใชในใใณใใซใณใฎไบใใใชใๆธใใฆใใฃใฆใใขใฉใๅฒใจ่จใใใไธญๆฑๅฒใซใชใฃใฆใใ๏ผใงๆฌกใ ใซ็พใใๅธๅฝใฎๆ ๆฏ็่กฐใฎ็ฉ่ชใๆฆใใไบไปถใใชใฉใฎ่จ่ฟฐใๆๅพ ใใฆใใใใใใใงใฏใชใใฆใๆไปฃๆไปฃใฎไธญๆฑใปใคในใฉใ ใปใขใฉใใฎไบบใ ใฎ็ๆดปๅฒใๆใใใฆใใใใใๆ่ฌใไธญๆฑๅฒใใๆๅพ ใใไบบใซใฏๅใใชใใไพใใฐใใชในใใณใใซใณใฎๆไปฃใซ800ใใฃใใขใฉใ้จๆใฏใใณใผใฉใณใฎๆใใไธญๅฟใซๅ ฑๅ็คพไผใๅฝขๆใใฆใใฆใ่ฒงใใไบบใ ใซๅฏพใใฆๅฉใๅใใ่กใๆๅใใใฃใใใ่ฟไปฃใซๅ ฅใฃใฆ่ฅฟๆดใฎ็คพไผใทในใใ ใซๅฝฑ้ฟใๅใใใจใ่ฒงใใไบบใ ใฏใใๅญค็ซใใ็ใ ่ฒงใใใชใใใฟใใใช่ฉฑใงใใใจใใใคในใฉใ ใจใญใชในใๆๅพใใฆใใคๆๅพใจใฉใฎๆงใซ้ขไฟใ็ๆดปใฆใใใใๅฅณๆงใฏใฉใใชๅฐไฝใซใใฃใใใใชในใใณใใซใณใฏใฉใฎๆงใซใขใฉใ้จๆใๆๆกใใฆใใใใใชใฉใไธญๅฟใซๅฑ้ใใใใAlbert Houraniใฏใ1993ๅนดใซไบกใใชใฃใฆใใ็บใซใMalise Ruthvenใใ9/11ไปฅ้ใฎใขใฉใ็คพไผใฎๅค้ทใใขใฉใใฎๆฅใฎๆๅณใชใฉใๅซใใฆๆธใๅ ใใฆใใ Review: Good - Great! Lots of information and new perspectives.
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ใขใฉใใปไธญๆฑๅฒใไบบใ ใฎ็ๆดปใฎ่ฆ็นใงๆธใใฆใใ
Michael HaagใฎThe Templars๏ผใใณใใซ้จๅฃซๅฃ๏ผใ่ชญใใงใใใพใใซ้ข็ฝใใฃใใฎใงใใไปๅบฆใฏใๆตๅดใฎใคในใฉใ ๅดใฎๆญดๅฒๆธใฏใชใใใใจๆใฃใใใThe Templarsใฎๆฌใฎไธญใงใใใฎๆฌใ็ดนไปใใใฆใใใฎใง่ฒทใฃใฆ่ชญใใ ใใคในใฉใ ไธ็๏ผใชในใใณใใซใณใฎไบใใใชใๆธใใฆใใฃใฆใใขใฉใๅฒใจ่จใใใไธญๆฑๅฒใซใชใฃใฆใใ๏ผใงๆฌกใ ใซ็พใใๅธๅฝใฎๆ ๆฏ็่กฐใฎ็ฉ่ชใๆฆใใไบไปถใใชใฉใฎ่จ่ฟฐใๆๅพ ใใฆใใใใใใใงใฏใชใใฆใๆไปฃๆไปฃใฎไธญๆฑใปใคในใฉใ ใปใขใฉใใฎไบบใ ใฎ็ๆดปๅฒใๆใใใฆใใใใใๆ่ฌใไธญๆฑๅฒใใๆๅพ ใใไบบใซใฏๅใใชใใไพใใฐใใชในใใณใใซใณใฎๆไปฃใซ800ใใฃใใขใฉใ้จๆใฏใใณใผใฉใณใฎๆใใไธญๅฟใซๅ ฑๅ็คพไผใๅฝขๆใใฆใใฆใ่ฒงใใไบบใ ใซๅฏพใใฆๅฉใๅใใ่กใๆๅใใใฃใใใ่ฟไปฃใซๅ ฅใฃใฆ่ฅฟๆดใฎ็คพไผใทในใใ ใซๅฝฑ้ฟใๅใใใจใ่ฒงใใไบบใ ใฏใใๅญค็ซใใ็ใ ่ฒงใใใชใใใฟใใใช่ฉฑใงใใใจใใใคในใฉใ ใจใญใชในใๆๅพใใฆใใคๆๅพใจใฉใฎๆงใซ้ขไฟใ็ๆดปใฆใใใใๅฅณๆงใฏใฉใใชๅฐไฝใซใใฃใใใใชในใใณใใซใณใฏใฉใฎๆงใซใขใฉใ้จๆใๆๆกใใฆใใใใใชใฉใไธญๅฟใซๅฑ้ใใใใAlbert Houraniใฏใ1993ๅนดใซไบกใใชใฃใฆใใ็บใซใMalise Ruthvenใใ9/11ไปฅ้ใฎใขใฉใ็คพไผใฎๅค้ทใใขใฉใใฎๆฅใฎๆๅณใชใฉใๅซใใฆๆธใๅ ใใฆใใ
M**A
Good
Great! Lots of information and new perspectives.
S**I
Arab History
A very lengthy work but will worth time and effort to appreciate the history of the Arab people. Detailed and informative, well researched, and written with clarity. Highly recommended.
G**S
Elegant, scholarly
One of best written books that I have read. Scholarship and sensitivity is obvious in every elegantly written chapter. The description of the life of the people, the nature of the cities and the different currents underlying events makes this a work of rare quality
F**Y
Excellent
I am reviewing this as a general reader and so cannot comment on any academic points. I and bought this book alongside 'North Africa' by Barnaby Rogerson (which I found more colloquial and a little careless in style and opinions) A History of the Arabs is not an afternoon speed-read by any means - but I found it highly informative. It filled in massive gaps in my knowledge, exacerbated by superficial news items which seldom, if ever, delve into an explanation based on a proper history of the Arab World. We tend to have things presented to us as 'this leader is a baddy so we want to get rid of him for someone better'....until the new ruler's turn in the unpopularity stakes comes in a decade or two. Frighteningly, we seem to back a new regime even when we have no idea what it is or what it will do. The work covers the period from well before Mohammed - the time of the Roman and Byzantine Empires - up to the 1980s - with a useful afterword by Malise Ruthven in 2012. There are detailed descriptions of art, architecture, poetry, language, geography, changing national boundaries and the divisions of Islam - and the rapid spread of the various forms of the religion. To begin to understand the role of Britain in the Arab and Israeli world can make one feel embarrassed and ashamed - though it has been argued that colonisation, even if patronising, is not actually all bad where a there are minorities liable to hostile treatment eg Coptic Christians amongst others. Comments made by Hourani that "Women could still scarcely find a public role other than teacher or nurse" in the Maghrib in the pre WWII years I found amusing - as these jobs would have been a commendable achievement for the women in Hourani's native city of Manchester, Britain,in the 1970s. Also his observations that there were rules - very many years ago - about when women could leave their houses is not dissimilar to the long period of post war UK - the rules were less explicit but there was huge debate about whether married women should work - often taken as a sign of poverty or stealing jobs from the men - and many, e.g. teachers, were expected to resign on marriage - leaving the house was with children, to go shopping or to visit a female relative. Even now most solitary females outside London do not feel comfortable going alone to public houses - and certainly not in the evenings. To become acquainted with the myriad complexities of Islam, the Arab world, ancient "tribal" conquests and recent/current wars this is a great primer - the correct versions of the Arabic names took me some time to get used to but the brain cells benefited, I am sure. The one downside is the maps which I found very poor and not at all easy to use - so you might want a separate map of the North Africa/Mediterranean Basin/Arab Peninsular unless you are already familiar with the areas.
A**R
Must read!!!
For a beginner this is a good book . But their is room for critical take on some historical events that could be interpreted more profoundly . But nonetheless Albert Hurrani was a great historian, particularly of middle eastern history. I rate him above Bernard Lewis for more honesty and humility.
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