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Popular Culture and Nationalism in Lebanon
Based on an award-winning thesis, this volume is a pioneering study of musical theatre and popular culture and its relation to the production of identity in Lebanon in the second half of the twentieth century. In the aftermath of the departure of the French from Lebanon and the civil violence of 1958, the Rahbani brothers (Asi and Mansour) staged a series of folkloric musical theatrical extravaganzas at the annual Ba‘labakk festival which highlighted the talents of Asi’s wife, the Lebanese diva Fairouz, arguably the most famous living Arab singer. The inclusion of these folkloric vignettes into the festival’s otherwise European dominated cultural agenda created a powerful nation-buildi...
Kitab Al-Iman
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The Palestinian Novel
Palestinian literature in Israel thematically tries to reinforce the Palestinian national identity of the Arab minority and at the same time expresses it strong yearning for equal citizenship. This book examines how authors who belong to this unique minority relate to their readers. -- Provided by publisher.
The Spirit of Islamic Law
Focuses on a Muslim legal science known in Arabic as usul al-fiqh. Whereas the kindred science of fiqh is concerned with the articulation of actual rules of law, this science attempts to elaborate the theoretical and methodological foundations of the law. It outlines the features of Muslim juristic thought.
Un réformisme chiite
Les recherches d'histoire contemporaine sur l'islam sunnite se sont concentrées sur le monde arabe, tandis que les travaux portant sur l'islam chiite se sont focalisés sur l'Iran. Le chiisme arabe fut victime de ce partage du travail scientifique. En outre, alors que le réformisme sunnite commence à être bien connu, les recherches sur le réformisme chiite en sont à leur balbutiement. Ce livre est consacré au réformisme des clercs chiites du Gabal 'Amil à la fin de l'Empire ottoman et pendant la formation de l'État libanais (1880-1943). Le choix de cette région s'imposait par le fait qu'elle constitue une pépinière de clercs imamites. Les hommes dont ce livre retrace le magistè...
