Textiles of the Islamic World

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In over 170 duotone images, this title exposes an inside view of a world seen by very few people in the West. Focusing on the resurgence of Islam e...

DescriptionFew images are as evocative as the silhouette of the Arab dhow as, under full sail, it tacks to windward on glittering waters of Red Sea...

The Secret Order of Assassins The Struggle of the Early Niz r Ism 'l s Against the Islamic World Marshall G. S. Hodgson "The essential work on the ...

In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this ...

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The third edition of Reading the Middle Ages retains the strengths of previous editions--thematic and geographical diversity, clear and informative...

From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, an "expansive" global history that highlights "how textiles truly changed the world" (Wall Street Journal)Pub...

DescriptionThe latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy i...

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This exceptional collection of Islamic textiles published here ranges widely in region, material and technique. There are exquisite textiles and ga...

Reducere. DescriptionPeople in Western societies have long been interested in their dreams and what they mean. However, few non-Muslims in the West are likel...

In the contemporary world the Islamic community is represented by around 1.4 billion people or twenty-five percent of the global population, from a...

This book introduces a collection of tools that enable novices - including educators, hobbyists, and youth designers - to create and learn with e-t...

Drawn from one of the world's leading textile collections, this magnificently presented array of traditional weavings from the Indonesian archipela...

The Banjara - an ethnic group composed of nomadic tribes, centered in the Indian state of Rajasthan - are renowned for their highly colourful texti...

Publisher: EWI Press LtdNumber of pages: 177Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 210 x 137 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Hassan Tarom...

A journey inside the hidden world of Islamic finance, from one of the world's leading Islamic finance bankers.

Reducere. Muslims began arriving in the New World long before the rise of the Atlantic slave trade. The first arrivals date to the turn of the sixteenth cent...

Reducere. I began my study of Gog and Magog more than fifteen years ago in the early 90's while resident in New York. My subsequent public lecture on the sub...

This magnificently illustrated and deeply researched volume takes the reader on a journey throughout the Indian Subcontinent to explore the history...

We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely differ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe research field of smart textiles is currently witnessing a rapidly growing number of applications integrating intelligent functions ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe New World of Islam is the 1922 work by the political theorist Lothrop Stoddard. Theodore Lothrop Stoddard was an American historian,...

Textiles are the most ubiquitous, diverse, and consistently creative art form on the planet. This major new work comprises more than one thousand i...

Shortlisted for the 2017 Lionel Gelber PrizeIn Islamic Exceptionalism, Brookings Institution scholar and acclaimed author Shadi Hamid offers a nove...

Yezidi survivors speak out in this important history of persecution and genocidePublisher: Pluto PressAuthor(s): Thomas SchmidingerIllustration(s):...

Attitudes toward homosexuality in the premodern Arab-Islamic world are commonly depicted as schizophrenic. This title argues that this apparent par...

Reducere. In common folklore, angels or malaikah are thought of as good forces of nature, hologram images, or illusions. Western iconography sometimes depict...

The earliest and largest corpus of Christian writings on Islam was written in the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Envisioning Islam shows how these prev...

The earliest and largest corpus of Christian writings on Islam was written in the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Envisioning Islam shows how these prev...

A popular history of the Arab invasions that carved out an empire from Spain to China

Amid so much twenty-first-century talk of a "Christian-Muslim divide"--and the attendant controversy in some Western countries over policies toward...

Reducere. The Religion of Islam is based upon Five Primary Foundations or Pillars. Just as a building or a bridge would lack stability without strong pillars...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Hugh KennedyIn this engaging history, world-renowned historian Hugh Kennedy deftly sews together the stories of the people,...

DescriptionHow did the medieval Middle East transform from a majority-Christian world to a majority-Muslim world, and what role did violence play i...

A reflection on the status and development of current analytical methodology and its applicability within the wider textile field.Publisher: Oxbow ...

In Maimonides and the Merchants, Mark R. Cohen reveals the extent of pragmatic revisions to the halakha, or body of Jewish law, introduced by Moses...

Reducere. In the 'encyclopaedic' fourteenth century, Arabic chronicles produced in Mamluk cities bore textual witness to both recent and bygone history, incl...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Professor Michelle KarnesNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 159 x 236 x 25C...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Professor Michelle KarnesNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 20C...

A step-by-step guide to the weaving processWeaving is an age-old craft, but it has boundless potential. The beauty and joy of weaving a finished pi...

The foremost U.S. authority on Islam and, Seyyed Hossein Nasr discusses today's hot button issues--including holy wars, women's rights, the rise of...