Understanding Arabs: A Contemporary Guide to Arab Society, Fifth Edition

  • 5h 50m
  • Margaret K. Nydell
  • Nicholas Brealey Publishing
  • 2012

Now more than ever, Margaret Nydell's book Understanding Arabs is a must-read. The fifth edition of this classic introduction to Arab culture has been revised and updated to help readers understand the complex issues of today's world. Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times is a handbook accessible to everyone. Written by the esteemed academic Margaret Nydell, the book promotes understanding between modern-day Arabs and Westerners without pushing a political agenda.

About the Author

Margaret K. Nydell has directed Arabic language training at the Foreign Service Institute and School of Arabic Language and Area Studies in Tunis, and lectured on Arabic language and Arab cultural orientation since 1969 for numerous government agencies and private organizations. She currently lives in Washington, D.C.

In this Book

  • Beliefs and Values
  • Friends and Strangers
  • Emotion and Logic
  • Getting Personal
  • Men and Women
  • Social Formalities and Etiquette
  • The Social Structure
  • The Role of the Family
  • Religion and Society
  • Communicating with Arabs
  • Islamic Fundamentalism (Islamism)
  • Anti-Americanism
  • Arabs and Muslims in the West
  • The Arab Countries, Similarities and Differences: The Arab Countries in Africa
  • The Arab Countries in the Center
  • The Arab Countries in the Arabian Peninsula
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