02425nam 2200649Ia 450 991045465770332120200520144314.00-292-79448-7(CKB)1000000000533886(OCoLC)234192357(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245830(SSID)ssj0000105082(PQKBManifestationID)11133295(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105082(PQKBWorkID)10108842(PQKB)10861476(MiAaPQ)EBC3443334(OCoLC)794702166(MdBmJHUP)muse2356(Au-PeEL)EBL3443334(CaPaEBR)ebr10245830(EXLCZ)99100000000053388620070813d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrArabs in the mirror[electronic resource] images and self-images from pre-Islamic to modern times /Nissim Rejwan1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press20081 online resource (225 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-71727-X Includes bibliographical references and index.The bedouin, the camel, the sand, and the palm tree -- Identity and self-definition -- Ibn Khaldun's appraisal appraised -- "Arabizing the Arabs" -- Self-images old and new -- Calls for "critical self-analysis" -- Unity in diversity -- The quest for democracy -- Resources and development -- The social scene -- The case of Egypt -- The West's inroads -- The difference Israel has made new lessons for old -- The intellectuals -- Appendix : portraits in a mirror : three fictional versions.ArabsDemocracyArab countriesIntellectualsArab countriesNational characteristics, ArabArab countriesIntellectual lifeEgyptSocial conditionsElectronic books.Arabs.DemocracyIntellectualsNational characteristics, Arab.305.892/7Rejwan Nissim643921MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454657703321Arabs in the mirror2446487UNINA$41.2512/31/2019Hist