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Arab awakening and Islamic revival

Over the past decade, the political ground beneath the Middle East has shifted. Arab nationalism the political orthodoxy for most of this century has lost its grip on the imagination and allegiance of a new generation. At the same time, Islam as an ideology has spread across the region, and Islamists bid to capture the center of politics. *Arab Awakening and Islamic Revival*, a collection of essays by Middle East historian Martin Kramer, is a critical assessment of the contradictions of Arab nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism, and the misrepresentation of both in the West.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 297 pages

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