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| A Message from the Author | |
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| The Arab Spring | |
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| Terrorism | |
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| Looking to the Future | |
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| Map of the Arab World | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: Patterns of Change | |
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| Modernization | |
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| The Arab Human Development Reports | |
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| The Effects of Change | |
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| The Muslim View | |
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| Islamic Education | |
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| Facing the Future | |
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| Beliefs and Values | |
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| Basic Arab Values and Attitudes | |
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| Basic Arab Self-Perceptions | |
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| Friends and Strangers | |
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| The Concept of Friendship | |
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| Reciprocal Favors | |
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| Introductions | |
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| Visiting Patterns | |
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| Business Friendships | |
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| Office Relations | |
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| Criticism | |
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| Intermediaries | |
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| Private and Public Manners | |
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| Emotion and Logic | |
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| Objectivity and Subjectivity | |
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| Fatalism | |
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| What Is Reality? | |
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| The Human Dimension | |
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| Persuasion | |
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| Getting Personal | |
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| Personal Questions | |
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| Sensitive Subjects | |
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| Social Distance | |
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| Gestures | |
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| Names | |
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| Men and Women | |
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| Social Interaction | |
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| Displaying Intimacy | |
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| The Status of Women | |
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| Women's Right to Vote | |
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| Women in Government Positions | |
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| Women's Power in the Family | |
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| The Headscarf and the Veil | |
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| Polygamy | |
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| Traditional Gender Roles | |
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| Western Women | |
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| Looking Toward the Future | |
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| Social Formalities and Etiquette | |
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| Hospitality | |
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| Time and Appointments | |
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| Discussing Business | |
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| Sharing Meals | |
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| Smoking | |
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| Rules of Etiquette | |
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| The Social Structure | |
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| Social Classes | |
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| Image and Upper-Class Behavior | |
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| Dealing with Service People | |
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| The Role of the Family | |
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| Family Loyalty and Obligations | |
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| Relations Among Family Members | |
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| Marriage | |
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| Divorce | |
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| Child-Rearing Practices | |
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| Talking About Your Family | |
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| Religion and Society | |
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| Religious Affiliation | |
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| Religious Practices | |
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| The Religion of Islam | |
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| Sunni and Shia | |
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| The Sharia, Islamic Law | |
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| The Qur'an and the Bible | |
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| Passages from the Qur'an | |
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| Communicating with Arabs | |
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| Varieties of Arabic | |
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| The Superiority of Arabic | |
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| The Prestige of Classical Arabic | |
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| Eloquence of Speech | |
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| Speech Mannerisms | |
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| Pleasant and Indirect Responses | |
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| The Power of Words | |
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| Euphemisms | |
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| The Written Word | |
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| Proverbs | |
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| Islamic Fundamentalism (Islamism) | |
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| Definitions and Numbers | |
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| Jihad | |
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| Islamists and Muslim Society | |
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| Mainstream Muslims | |
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| Anti-Americanism | |
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| Reasons for Arab Anger | |
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| Arab/Muslim and Some Western Views | |
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| Some American Views | |
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| They Hate Our Freedom, Values, Way of Life | |
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| They Hate Our Success | |
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| They Don't Know Enough About Us | |
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| Anti-Americanism Is an Excuse | |
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| We Share a Long History of Hatred | |
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| Arab/Muslim Views on American Culture | |
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| Views on Western-Style Democracy | |
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| Islam | |
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| Anti-Islam Comments | |
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| Defense-of-Islam Comments | |
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| Arabs and Muslims in the West | |
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| Arabs in the United States | |
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| Muslims in the United States and Canada | |
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| Muslims in Europe | |
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| The Image of Arabs and Muslims | |
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| In America | |
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| In Europe | |
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| The Future of Islam in the West | |
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| The Arab Countries, Similarities and Differences: The Arab Countries in Africa | |
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| The Maghrib | |
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| Morocco | |
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| Algeria | |
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| Tunisia | |
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| Libya | |
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| The Nile Valley | |
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| Egypt | |
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| Sudan | |
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| The Arab Countries in the Center | |
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| The Levant | |
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| Lebanon | |
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| Syria | |
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| Palestinian Territories | |
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| Jordan | |
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| Iraq | |
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| The Arab Countries in the Arabian Peninsula | |
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| Saudi Arabia | |
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| Yemen | |
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| The Arabian Gulf States (Persian Gulf) | |
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| Kuwait | |
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| Bahrain | |
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| Qatar | |
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| The United Arab Emirates (UAE) | |
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| Oman | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Appendix: The Arabic Language | |
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| Colloquial Arabic Dialects | |
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| Attitudes Toward Dialects | |
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| The Structure of Arabic | |
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| Transcription | |
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| Arabic Writing | |
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| Calligraphy As an Art Form | |
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| Social Greetings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |