Essential reading for Middle Eastern studies students and anyone interested in Middle Eastern literature and culture.

An accessible and wide-ranging survey of modern Arab culture covering political, intellectual and social aspects.

Arabic Culture and Society examines the important role religion plays in the Middle East and how it shapes people's personalities in the Arab world by informing

An Introduction to Modern Arab Culture exposes readers to fundamental characteristics of the Arab people, their culture, and their society. Over the course of 1

With the accession of the Arab dynasty of the 'Abbasids to power and the foundation of Baghdad, a Graeco-Arabic translation movement was initiated, and by the e