Middle East
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From ![]() ConclusionHer Name is Maram |
In the conclusion, the author tries to find the girl with the green dress who first inspired him to travel to Palestine and meet its writers and artists. | Marcello Di Cintio | 6 | 2018 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Conclusion |
The Conclusion summarizes the scope of the book, focusing on tying together the historical continuities through the hundred year arc of the book, as well as commenting on the visibility, public … | Houda Asal | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Coordinating Struggles |
Chapter seven, Coordinating Struggles, begins with the fourth period of the author’s study, 1967 to 1975, looking at Arab organizing in Canada after the immigration laws changed in 1967. … | Houda Asal | 34 | 2020 | $3.40 Add |
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From ![]() Diversion |
The conclusion Diversion reflects on how at the end of World War II, US officials celebrated the Middle East as a ‘stupendous source of strategic power’ and an immense ‘material … | Stephen Gowans | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Divide et Impera |
Mass movements can be organized around different aspects of personal identity such as race, class, religion, sect, ethnicity, language, sex, and position within the international division of … | Stephen Gowans | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() Division |
Chapter Five focuses on the division between the ideologies of Arabism and Islamism which arose in the Arab States during the mid-twentieth century. Arabism spawned Arab socialism, which promoted … | Stephen Gowans | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() Echoes of Hitler |
There were echoes of Hitler in Syria’s conflict, but they had nothing whatever to do with Bashar al-Assad, who, as we have seen, was falsely depicted as a dictator in order to manufacture … | Stephen Gowans | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Fragmented Political Mobilizations |
Chapter six, Fragmented Political Mobilizations, explores the increasing fragmentation in the Arab secular communities and organizations in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s, often around terminology … | Houda Asal | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() I Do Not Have an Account in the Bank of Wars |
In this chapter the author crosses into Israel to meet with Palestinian writers living there. | Marcello Di Cintio | 42 | 2018 | $4.20 Add |
![]() NEW! Identifying as Arab in CanadaA Century of Immigration History |
While “Arabs” now attract considerable attention – from media, the state, and sociological studies – their history in Canada remains little known. Identifying as Arab in … | 240 | View | ||
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From ![]() If You Can Hear the Rockets, Then You are Alive |
In this chapter, the author travels to the Gaza Strip, and explores how artists there are able to find beauty in even the most unstable places. | Marcello Di Cintio | 44 | 2018 | $4.40 Add |
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From ![]() Imperialism |
Chapter Four focuses on Israel’s ties to imperialism. The chapter explores how Israel had aided in the imperial mission of the West in the Middle East and how its own interests tie in with … | Stephen Gowans | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() IntroductionThe Girl in the Green Dress |
The introduction describes the experience of the author as he crosses the border into Palestine. | Marcello Di Cintio | 6 | 2018 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Introduction |
In the introduction, the author frames the book as a history of the Arab immigrant experience in Canada, covering the migratory trends, institutions the immigrants built in Canada, and their … | Houda Asal | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Introduction |
From 1963 onward, Syrian governments in which Ba’ath Arab Socialist Party members Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar played principal roles, were committed to the Arab nationalist values of … | Stephen Gowans | 28 | 2017 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() Introduction |
Stephen Gowans | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add |







