Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times - Softcover

Nydell, Margaret K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931930252 ISBN 13: 9781931930253

Verlag: INTERCULTURAL PR INC, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

Comprehensive and objective, Understanding Arabs covers such topics as beliefs and values, religion and society, the role of the family, friends and strangers, relations between men and women, social formalities and communication styles.

Updated to reflect the complex events that are playing out on the world stage, this wholly revised fourth edition contains new chapters on Islamic Fundamentalism and anti-Americanism and an updated and expanded chapter on Arabs and Muslims in the West.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Margaret K. Nydell is currently a visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University and a highly esteemed Arabist. She has directed Arabic language training at the Foreign Service Institute and its School of Arabic Languages and Area Studies in Tunis. She is currently consulting with the Center for Advanced Study of Language on a project to record and analyze regional Arabic Gulf dialects.

Margaret K. Nydell is currently a visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University. Nydell has directed Arabic language traning at the Foreign Service Institute and School of Arabic Language and Area Studies in Tunis and is currently consulting with the Center for Advanced Study of Language on a project to record and analyze regional Gulf dialects. Nydell has lectured on Arabic language and Arab cultural orientation since 1969 for numerous government agencies and private organizations. She currently lives in Washington, D.C.

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Diplomats, scholars, business people, travelers and those who wish to understand the complex events playing out on the world stage have relied on Margaret Nydell s ground-breaking work. Understanding Arabs has become an essential guide to comprehending an immensely varied and often-misunderstood culture. This much-awaited fourth edition brings contemporary Arab culture into sharp focus. Concise and objective, Understanding Arabs covers beliefs and values; religion and society, the role of the family; friends and strangers; the dynamic between men and women; and social norms and communication styles all with an eye toward the diversity that this rich culture represents.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: INTERCULTURAL PR INC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1931930252
• ISBN 13: 9781931930253
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 260
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