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Simple gestures : a cultural journey into the Middle East
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Title
Simple gestures : a cultural journey into the Middle East / Andrea B. Rugh.
ISBN
9781597974349 (hardcover : alk. paper)
159797434X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2009.
Physical Description
xiii, 311 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Notes
To help ensure preservation of print and digital collections, this title is retained by Yale University Library on behalf of the HathiTrust Shared Print Program.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 26, 2010
Contents
Foreshadowings (1945-1964)
Slow beginnings: Beirut, Lebanon (1964-1965, 1970), and Cairo, Egypt (1965-1966)
Moving ahead: Jidda, Saudi Arabia (1966-1967)
Into the interior: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1967-1969)
Rima: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1967-1969)
Familiar territory: Jidda again (1969-1971)
Retooling: home leave (1971-1976)
Second chance: Cairo again (1976-1978)
Immersion: Bulaq, Egypt (1976-1978)
A new direction: Cairo after graduate school (1978-1981)
Change: Abdul Wahhab and the religious shaikhs
Finding a niche: Syria (1981-1984)
Road blocks: Sana, Yemen (1984-1987)
BRIDGES: Yemen (1987) and Pakistan (1987-1994)
On the road to reform: Pakistan (1990-1994)
New worlds: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1992-1995)
Ultimate destination: Afghanistan under the Taliban (1998, 2000)
Finish line: Afghanistan after the invasion (2001-2002)
Reflections.
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