... at least some of the constituent elements of Middle Eastern moder-
nity in the region and in the dynamic interaction between Europe and the
Middle East. In the mid-eighteenth century the internal ... can inform our histor-
ical understanding. Beginning in the middle of the eighteenth century,
the book charts the history of peasants, urban artisans, and...
... Arab state extending from
the Taurus Mountains in the north and the Atlas in the west, from the Persian
Gulf to the tip of the Arabian Peninsula, would remain just that—a dream—
the emergence of ... outpourings of public opinion the Arab “street.” The lead-
ers’ task, then, lay in discerning which way the street was heading and maneuver-
ing to stay ahead of it....
... to a holy place in the immediate vi-
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cinity of the individual’s everyday life is seen as local saint veneration. On the
other hand, this does not ... up to the out-
sider to distinguish between the two concepts in advance. In this context, the
evaluation will depend on the behavior and customs of the visitors to t...
... in the
Middle East?
These questions greatly affect the future of Iraq, U.S. fortunes in
the region, and the politics and stability of the Middle East. They
are now the responsibility of the ... Middle East. The history of U.S. involvement
in the Middle East in the latter part of the twentieth century and
most poignantly during the George W...
... mountains.
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At the foot of these low-lying mountains grew
some of the Middle East s other major cities: Mecca and Medina in the
Hijaz, Sanaa in Yemen, Esfahan and Shiraz in Iran, Konya and Bursa ... peninsula, the two other civi-
lizations in the region, the Byzantines in the north and the Sassanids in the
east, had come to adopt variations of two m...
... resistance in Saudi Arabia
Van-den-Bogaard and Stobberingh (1996) recently called for
banning the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in ani-
mals in the Netherlands.
Spectinomycin is an aminocyclitol ... tetra-
cycline and spectinomycin. This might be explained by the
fact that both are heavily used in the poultry industry in
Saudi Arabia and could be the result...
... are in the treasury at Aachen, among other interesting
items, the bones of the right arm of the Emperor in a golden shrine in the form of a hand and arm. There is a
thrill in contemplating the ... by interposing, intercept the brisk beams of the sun, which they hold very
necessary to assist them in their search, the diamonds constantly reflecting them when they s...