{"product_id":"the-arab-rediscovery-of-europe-a-study-in-cultural-encounters-paperback","title":"The Arab Rediscovery of Europe: A Study in Cultural Encounters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIbrahim Abu Lughod\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRashid Khalidi\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ibrahim Abu Lughod is] Palestine's foremost academic and intellectual.--Edward Said\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNapoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 exposed the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire to a Europe vastly different from the one known to the Arabs of the Middle Ages. At the start of the nineteenth century, Arabs were unprepared for the social, economic, and political progress made in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1870, however, their vague notions had evolved into a fairly sophisticated knowledge of the historic background and contemporary achievements of various European nations. The new reform movements in Egypt and the Fertile Crescent had incorporated into their programs the ideological premises and political institutions of European liberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Arab Rediscovery of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e is a pioneering work tracing the role of the Arab intelligentsia in increasing Arab awareness of Europe and in shaping an Arab image of the West. First published in 1963, it was hugely influential in instigating a detailed study of Arab views and experiences of Europe during the reign of Egypt's Mohammad Ali in the early to mid-nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIbrahim Abu-Lughod\u003c\/b\u003e (1929-2001) was an American Palestinian academic, writer, and editor. He taught at Smith College, Massachusetts; McGill University, Montreal; and then spent thirty-four years at Northwestern University, Illinois, where he founded the Institute of African Studies. He founded the Association of Arab-American University Graduates in 1968 and the journal \u003ci\u003eArab Studies Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e in 1978, and held two UNESCO posts. He later became a professor and vice president of Bir Zeit University in the West Bank.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIbrahim Abu-Lughod (1929-2001) was an American-Palestinian academic, writer and editor. He taught at Smith College, Massachusetts, McGill University, Montreal, and then spent 34 years at Northwestern University, Illinois, where he founded the Institute of African Studies.\u003cbr\u003eHe founded the Association of Arab-American University Graduates in 1968 and the journal Arab Studies Quarterly in 1978, and held two UNESCO posts. He later became a professor and vice-president of Bir Zeit University in the West Bank. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He is the director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. His publications include The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood (2007).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380887470258,"sku":"9780863564031","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/761148471b722fb437ecb0e26e234cff.webp?v=1777795644","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-arab-rediscovery-of-europe-a-study-in-cultural-encounters-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}