Life S A Burj
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Life S A Burj
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Author : Richard Plant
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2012-05
Life S A Burj written by Richard Plant and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05 with Travel categories.
Burj means Tower in Dubai. The two most recognisable are the Burj Al Khalifa, the highest building in the world, and the Burj Al Arab, the one on an island near the palms which has a helicopter landing pad three quarters the way up - with a shuttle service from the hotel to the airport. Both are hotels. Both have associated shopping malls and both are must visits when you go to that part of the world. Katie and Rex were in Dubai to spend Christmas with family. Richard Plant tells their short stay story in his usual humorous, eclectic style. From the modern Dubai with its high rise to the old style Middle East of the Deira souks selling gold and spices, there seems to be recognisable humour at every corner. Spend a Christmas/New Year break with Rex and Katie high in the sky of Dubai.
Space And Muslim Urban Life
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Author : Simon O'Meara
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-08-09
Space And Muslim Urban Life written by Simon O'Meara and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-09 with Architecture categories.
This book develops academic understanding of Muslim urban space by pursuing the structural logic of the premodern Arab-Muslim city, or medina. With particular reference to The Book of Walls, an historical discourse of Islamic law whose primary subject is the wall, the book determines the meaning of a wall and then uses it to analyze the space of Fez. One of a growing number of studies to address space as a category of critical analysis, the book makes the following contributions to scholarship. Methodologically, it breaks with the tradition of viewing Islamic architecture as a well-defined object observed by a specialist at an aesthetically directed distance; rather, it inhabits the logic of this architecture by rethinking it discursively from within the culture that produced it. Hermeneutically, it sheds new light on one of North Africa's oldest medinas, and thereby illuminates a type of environment still common to much of the Arab-Muslim world. Empirically, it brings to the attention of mainstream scholarship a legal discourse and aesthetic that contributed to the form and longevity of this type of environment; and it exposes a preoccupation with walls and other limits in premodern urban Arab-Muslim culture, and a mythical paradigm informing the foundation narratives of a number of historic medinas. Presenting a fresh perspective for the understanding of Muslim urban society and thought, this innovative study will be of interest to students and researchers of Islamic studies, architecture and sociology.
Feminism In Islam
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Author : Margot Badran
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-10-01
Feminism In Islam written by Margot Badran and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Religion categories.
While many in the West regard feminism and Islam as a contradiction in terms, many Muslims in the East have perceived Western feminist forces in their midst as an assault upon their culture. In this career-spanning collection of influential essays, Margot Badran presents the feminisms that Muslim women have created, and examines Islamic and secular feminist ideologies side by side. Borne out of over two decades of work, this important volume combines essays from a variety of sources, ranging from those which originated as conference papers to those published in the popular press. Also including original material written specifically for this book, "Feminism and Islam" provides a unique and wide-ranging contribution to the field of Islam and gender studies.
The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism Over 1000 Entries
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Author : H. S. Singha
language : en
Publisher: Hemkunt Press
Release Date : 2000
The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism Over 1000 Entries written by H. S. Singha and has been published by Hemkunt Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Sikhism categories.
Adreview
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Author : Tony Koenderman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Adreview written by Tony Koenderman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Advertising categories.
Paradise
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Author : Jasbir Juggi
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2024-03-29
Paradise written by Jasbir Juggi and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-29 with History categories.
No one knows heaven’s paradise, but earthly paradises created by mortals may mirror the paradise of the afterlife. Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan crafted paradises with Diwan-e-Khas in Delhi and the Taj Mahal in Agra. Enthralled by the splendor, he inscribed a Persian couplet on the Diwan’s arches: ‘If there is paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this.’ The title and contents of this book echo the crux of this couplet. This travelogue explores the author's five-decade journey through European monarchs' architectural marvels of paradisiacal proportions and their eminence relative to South Asian architectural resurgence under Shah Jahan in the 17th century CE.
Diaspora And Memory
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-08-01
Diaspora And Memory written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-01 with History categories.
Experiences of migration and dwelling-in-displacement impinge upon the lives of an ever increasing number of people worldwide, with business class comfort but more often with unrelenting violence. Since the early 1990s, the political and cultural realities of global migration have led to a growing interest in the different forms of “diasporic” existence and identities. The articles in this book do not focus on the external boundaries of diaspora – what is diasporic and what is not? – but on one of its most important internal boundaries, which is indicated by the second term in the title of this book: memory. It is not by chance that the right to remember, the responsibility to recall, are central issues of the debates in diasporic communities and their relation to their cultural and political surroundings.The relation of diaspora and memory contains important critical and maybe even subversive potentials. Memory can transcend the territorial logic of dispersal and return, and emerge as a competing source of diasporic identity. The articles in this volume explore how, shaped by the responsibilities of testimony as well as by the normalizing forces of amnesia and forgetting and political interests, memory is a performative, figurative process rather than a secure space of identity.
Exile And Return
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Author : Ann M. Lesch
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2008-10-28
Exile And Return written by Ann M. Lesch and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-28 with History categories.
The Israeli, Palestinian, and American contributors to this volume consider the catastrophic failure of the Oslo peace process and the years of bloody violence that ensued.
The Visual In Sport
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Author : Mike Huggins
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-18
The Visual In Sport written by Mike Huggins and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-18 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This comprehensive, novel and exciting interdisciplinary collection brings together leading international authorities from the history of sport, social history, art history, film history, design history, cultural studies and related fields to explore the ways in which visual culture has shaped, and continues to impact upon, our understanding of sport as an integral element within popular culture. Visual representations of sport have previously been little examined and under-exploited by historians, with little focused and rigorous scrutiny of these vital historical documents. This study seeks to redress this balance by engaging with a wide variety of cultural products, ranging from sports stadia and monuments in the public arena, to paintings, prints, photographs, posters, stamps, design artefacts, films and political cartoons. By examining the contexts of both the production and reception of this historical evidence, and highlighting the multiple meanings and social significance of this body of work, the collection provides original, powerful and stimulating insights into the ways in which visual material assists our knowledge and understanding of sport. This collection will facilitate researchers, publishers and others with an interest in sport to move beyond traditional text-based scholarship and appreciate the powerful imagery of sport in new ways. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
The Arab Movements In World War I
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Author : Eliezer Tauber
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-03-05
The Arab Movements In World War I written by Eliezer Tauber and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-05 with History categories.
This study surveys the many revolutionary attempts carried out against the Ottoman Empire in the Fertile Cresecnt and the Arabian Peninsula during World War I. Special emphasis is laid upon the subversive activities of the Arab secret societies which preceded the outbreak of Sharif Husayn's Arab revolt in 1916. The revolt is thoroughly examined and analyzed, regarding both its military operations and its human composition, which influenced its course.