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Author Nydell, Margaret K. (Margaret Kleffner)

Title Understanding Arabs : a guide for modern times / Margaret K. Nydell
Edition Fourth edition
Published Yarmouth, ME : Intercultural Press, 2006

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  909.04927 Nyd/Uaa 2006  AVAILABLE
Description xxvi, 260 pages : 1 map ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction : patterns of change -- 1. Beliefs and values -- 2. Friends and strangers -- 3. Emotion and logic -- 4. Getting personal -- 5. Men and women -- 6. Social formalities and etiquette -- 7. The social structure -- 8. The role of the family -- 9. Religion and society -- 10. Communicating with Arabs -- 11. Islamic fundamentalism (Islamism) -- 12. Anti-Americanism -- 13. Arabs and Muslims in the West -- 14. The Arab countries : similarities and differences -- App. The Arabic language
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Arabs.
LC no. 2005019008
ISBN 1931930252
9781931930253