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Understanding Arabs : a guide for westerners / cMargaret K. (Omar) Nydell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nydell, Margaret K. (Margaret Kleffner)
- Series:
- InterAct series
- The InterAct series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arabs.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 218 pages : map ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Yarmouth, ME : Intercultural Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Patterns of Change 1
- Modernization 1
- The Effects of Change 6
- The Muslim View 9
- Fundamentalism (Islamism) 15
- Facing the Future 21
- 1 Beliefs and Values 23
- Basic Arab Values 25
- Basic Arab Religious Attitudes 25
- Basic Arab Self-Perceptions 26
- 2 Friends and Strangers 29
- The Concept of Friendship 29
- Reciprocal Favors 30
- Introductions 32
- Visiting Patterns 33
- Business Friendships 35
- Office Relations 36
- Criticism 37
- Intermediaries 39
- Private and Public Manners 40
- 3 Emotion and Logic 43
- Objectivity and Subjectivity 43
- Fatalism 44
- What Is Reality? 45
- The Human Dimension 47
- Persuasion 48
- 4 Getting Personal 51
- Personal Questions 51
- Sensitive Subjects 52
- Social Distance 54
- Gestures 56
- Names 57
- 5 Men and Women 63
- Social Interaction 63
- Displaying Intimacy 65
- The Status of Women 65
- Western Women 68
- 6 Social Formalities and Etiquette 71
- Hospitality 71
- Time and Appointments 74
- Discussing Business 75
- Sharing Meals 76
- Smoking 80
- Rules of Etiquette 80
- 7 The Social Structure 85
- Social Classes 85
- Image and Upper-Class Behavior 86
- Dealing with Service People 88
- 8 The Role of the Family 91
- Family Loyalty and Obligations 91
- Relations among Family Members 93
- Marriage 95
- Divorce 96
- Child-Rearing Practices 97
- Talking about Your Family 100
- 9 Religion and Society 101
- Religious Affiliation 101
- Religious Practices 101
- The Religion of Islam 103
- The Qur'an and the Bible 108
- Passages from the Qur'an 111
- 10 Communicating with Arabs 115
- Varieties of Arabic 116
- The Superiority of Arabic 117
- The Prestige of Classical Arabic 118
- Eloquence of Speech 119
- Speech Mannerisms 120
- The Power of Words 122
- Euphemisms 123
- The Written Word 124
- Proverbs 124
- Appendix A. Muslims and Arabs in the West 129
- Muslims in the United States and Canada 129
- Arabs in the United States 131
- Muslims in Europe 132
- Arabs in Western Europe 135
- Image in the West 136
- Image in America 136
- Image in Europe 140
- Islamic Schools 144
- Headscarves 144
- Appendix B. The Arab Countries: Similarities and Differences 147
- Morocco 148
- Algeria 151
- Tunisia 153
- Libya 155
- Egypt 157
- Sudan 160
- Lebanon 162
- Syria 164
- Jordan 166
- Iraq 168
- Saudi Arabia 170
- Yemen 174
- Kuwait 177
- The Arabian Gulf States 178
- Appendix C. The Arabic Language 185
- Colloquial Arabic Dialects 186
- Attitudes toward Dialects 188
- The Structure of Arabic 188
- Arabic Writing 190
- Calligraphy as an Art Form 191
- Social Greetings 192.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216).
- ISBN:
- 1877864153
- OCLC:
- 49822800
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