This book explores the complex relationship between the novel and identity in modern Arab culture against a backdrop of contemporary Egypt. It uses the example

When in the Arab World is written from the inside for anyone who wants to live or work with Arab culture.

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

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

A specialist in Islamic architecture and social history, Behrens-Abouseif (U. of Munich) surveys the concepts of beauty in classical and post-classical Arabic c