An Introduction to MODERN ARAB CULTURE

• Main Author: Frangieh, Bassam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cognella, Inc 2019
• Edition: Print book : English
• Subjects: Civilization, Arab; Arab countries > Intellectual life; Intellectual life
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An Introduction to Modern Arab Culture exposes readers to fundamental characteristics of the Arab people, their culture, and their society. Over the course of 13 chapters, readers learn about the emergence and influence of Islam in Arab culture, religious and ethnic minorities within the Arab world...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Arab origin, identity, and values
• The Arab family
• The Arabic language
• Classical Arabic poetry
• Islam, Muhammad and the Qur'an
• The Islamic community throughout the ages
• Music in the Arab world
• Modern Arabic poetry
• The Arabic novel
• Modern Arab though
• The Arab spring
• Syrian refugee tragedy
• The crisis of Arab culture.