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Contributor(s): Allen, Mark (Author)
ISBN: 0826494021     ISBN-13: 9780826494023
Publisher: Continuum
OUR PRICE:   $20.85  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: September 2007
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Annotation: Mark Allen worked until recently for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. His knowledge of the Middle Eastern world today is matchless. In the modern world where racial, political and religious hatred are rife, his main purpose is to inform his readers in clear and concise style about the psychology and world view of Arabs today. He stresses that the consequences of ignorance, prejudice and hatred are appalling and points out that the modern Arab is the victim of all of these. This is a book with an urgent message that we in the West should do all we can to learn about the Arab world and its peoples.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Islamic Studies
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 305.892
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 7.13" W x 7.75" (0.38 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Arab World
- Cultural Region - Middle East
 
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Publisher Description:

- Essential reading for anyone interested in the Middle East today.
- The perfect antidote to prejudice, ignorance and racial injustice.

The level of noise about the Arab world has been steadily rising. In the pastfifteen years outsiders have twice sent armies to war in the Middle East-to liberate Kuwait from Saddam and then to overthrow him in Iraq. Chronic strife has also afflicted Algeria, Sudan, Lebanon and, by extension, Syria. Palestinians and Israelis have seen long periods of violence. The disaster of 9/11 has precipitated The War on Terror and scarcely an Arab country since has been free of terrorist attacks or the tension of retaliatory operations against terrorist groups.

Futurologists forecast that by 2025 the European Union will need up to a hundred and ten million new migrant workers, if European populations are to maintain today's proportions of workers to pensioners. Many of these migrants are expected to come to Europe from Arab countries. Yet a rising level of general migration, a sub-trend of globalization, has already made immigration a hot issuein elections in European countries.

Among the consequences of all of this has been an appalling amount of ignorance, prejudice and hatred of Arab people everywhere. Sir Mark Allen's Who is an Arab?is a passionate and highly informed attempt at an antidote. The book looks at what defines the Arab as a person, the influences and conditions which tell us what the Arab is like and, perhaps, why. The book is more concerned with the people themselves than with history, battles and dates. Also, entering into the spirit of the conviction that we can easily miss the personal dimension, the author shares much of how his own experience shapes his point of view. His knowledge of the Middle East and Arab world today is matchless