“…Based on travelogues from European travelers, recently found Arab sources, historical maps and results from several expeditions, the book gives an overview of the historical periods of the caravan trade as well as detailed information about the infrastructure which was necessary to establish those trade networks. …”

“…At the same time, it illustrates the uncertainties implied in such calculations, especially at a time of radical political changes, such as those brought about by the Arab Uprising…”

“…Recent years have seen a new development in the growth and spread of popular protest: protests that began as local, homogeneous events - such as Occupy Wall Street or the protests of the Arab Spring - quickly left their original locations, and local specificity, behind and became global. …”

“…"Established in Ramallah in 1979, al-Haq was the first Palestinian human rights organization and one of the first such organizations in the Arab world. This inside history explores how al-Haq initiated methodologies in law and practice that were ahead of their time and to which can be traced the origins of many strands of human rights work in Palestine and elsewhere today. …”

“…., news parodies like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report, the role of satire in the Arab Spring and women's groundbreaking comedic performances in television and the film Bridesmaids. …”

“…Els líders de les empreses pretenen enriquir les seves juntes amb una gran varietat de competències, coneixements i experiències professionals, suposant que aquesta varietat farà que les seves decisions estratègiques tinguin més qualitat i més creativitat. …”
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“…Deployment to Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Afghanistan exposed service members to a number of airborne hazards, including oil-well fire smoke, emissions from open burn pits, dust and sand suspended in the air, and exhaust from diesel vehicles. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Preface -- 5 The system made me do it: strategies of survival -- Introduction: the puzzles of informal economy -- Informal dwelling -- 5.1 Squatting -- 5.2 Schwarzwohnen (GDR) -- 5.3 Kraken (The Netherlands) -- 5.4 Allegados (Chile) -- 5.5 Favela (Brazil) -- 5.6 Campamento (Chile) -- 5.7 Mukhayyam (occupied Palestinian territories and neighbouring Arab countries) -- 5.8 Dacha (Russia) -- Informal welfare -- 5.9 Pabircˇiti (or pabirčenje) (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) -- 5.10 Skipping (general) -- 5.11 Caffè sospeso (Italy) -- 5.12 Gap (Uzbekistan) -- 5.13 Pomochi (Russia) -- 5.14 Nachbarschaftschilfe (Germany and German-speaking countries) -- 5.15 Sosyudad (Philippines) -- 5.16 Vay mu'o.'…”

“…Adopting a wide geographical coverage and comparative perspective, the international team of authors discuss the contributions of Greek, Roman, and Asian civilizations to the development of capitalism, as well as the Chinese, Indian and Arab empires. They determine what features of modern capitalism were present at each time and place, and why the various precursors of capitalism did not survive. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Manuela Marín Presentación Fernando Rodríguez Mediano Al-Andalus y la lengua árabe en la España de los siglos de oro José Antonio González Alcantud Al-Andalus y las ciudades meridionales. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Réflexions autour d'un changement (France méridionale et Sillon rhodanien aux IXe-XIIe siècles) ; JULIETTE SIBON Pourquoi a-t-on besoin d'experts juifs à Marseille au XIVe siècle ? ; ANDREA FARA Le besoin d'expertise. Capacité professionnelle et choix des opérateurs économiques italiens sur les terres hongroises aux XIIIe et XVIe siècles ; LAURENT FELLER Conclusion…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…ChipreColombia; Corea del Norte; Corea del Sur; Costa de Marfil; Croacia; Cuba; Dinamarca; Ecuador; Egipto; El Salvador; Emiratos Árabes Unidos; Eritrea; Eslovaquia; Eslovenia; España; Estados Unidos de América; Estonia; Etiopía; Filipinas; Finlandia; Francia; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Granada; Grecia; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea Ecuatorial; Guyana; Haití; Honduras; Hungría; India; Indonesia; Irak; Irán; Irlanda; Israel y los Territorios Ocupados; Italia; Jamaica; Japón; Jordania; Kazajistán; Kenia; Kirguistán; Kuwait; Laos; Letonia; Líbano; Liberia; Libia; Lituania; Macedonia…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…INFORME 2011 AMNISTÍA INTERNACIONAL: EL ESTADO DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN EL MUNDO; PÁGINA lEGAL; ÍNDICE; PRÓLOGO; EL ACTIVISMO USA NUEVAS HERRAMIENTAS PARA HACER FRENTE A LA REPRESIÓN; PRIMERA PARTE Perspectiva regional; ÁFRICA; AMÉRICA; ASIA Y OCEANÍA; EUROPA Y ASIA CENTRAL; ORIENTE MEDIO Y NORTE DE ÁFRICA ; SEGUNDA PARTE:; PAISES; AFGANISTÁN; ALBANIA; ALEMANIA; ANGOLA; ARABIA SAUDÍ; ARGELIA; ARGENTINA; ARMENIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; AUTORIDAD PALESTINA; AZERBAIYÁN; BAHAMAS; BAHRÉIN; BANGLADESH; BÉLGICA; BENÍN; BIELORRUSIA; BOLIVIA; BOSNIA Y HERZEGOVINA; BRASIL; BULGARIA; BURKINA FASO…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Estilos de jardinería: medieval, árabe, renacentista, inglés, francés, japones y otros estilos -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…MERCADERES, ARTESANOS Y ULEMAS: LAS CIUDADES DE LAS CARAS DE ILBIRA Y PECHINA EN ÉPOCA OMEYA -- PÁGINA LEGAL -- INDICE -- AGRADECIMIENTOS -- INTRODUCCIÓN -- 1 LA ARTICULACIÓN DE LA CORA DE ILBIRA ANTES DE LA CREACIÓN DE SU MADINA -- ELIBERRI Y LA VEGA DE GRANADA A PRINCIPIOS DEL SIGLO VIII -- LA LLEGADA DE LOS ÁRABES A ELIBERRI -- LA CORA DE ILBIRA Y EL PAPEL DEL YUND DE DAMASCO -- 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Integrating SOF into Conventional Operations Achieves SynergySnipers Remain an Important Enabler in Urban Operations; Enduring Success Depends on Capable Indigenous Security Forces; Urban Counterinsurgency Requires Forces to Transition Rapidly Between Offensive, Defensive, and Stability Operations; Reimagining Urban Operations as Wide-Area Security Missions; Final Thoughts; Appendix: Analysis of Contemporary Arabic Language Sources on the Battle of Sadr City; Bibliography; Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- A chimera called smart cities -- Beyond fill-in-the-blank cities -- Persuading policy makers to implement sustainable city plans -- To live or not to live: urbanisation and the knowledge worker -- City fragmentation and the commons -- Cities as global organisms -- From concrete structures to green diversity: ecological landscape design for -- Restoring urban nature and children's play -- Building cities: a view from india -- The barking dog syndrome -- Overcoming inertia and reinventing "retreat" -- Money for old rope -- An aesthetic appreciation of tagging -- Understanding arab cities -- Who can implement the sustainable development goals? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (d. 1792) -- 3 The Prophet in a Muslim Age of Revolutions (ca. 1775-1850) -- Part 2 Prophetic Descent and Authority -- 4 ف ة ي خ- ريأ لت ة ا رور ي ص ل ي و ا ع رشل ه ا ي  و ج لت ا €ن‚يƒ„ ة ب ƒ„ اب …†ق‡ لن م ا ‰ هوŠ‹‡ف Œم‰صى“”•ق أ– ال ˜ب ر™غšم› Œل ا: (The Concept of the Niqāba between Legal Normand Historical Development in Morocco) -- English Summary of Chapter 4 -- 5 Siyāda and Imamate in Eighteenth-Century India: The Ṭarīqa Muḥammadiyya Khāliṣa and the Sunnī-Shīʿī Sectarian Conflict -- 6 Vérification des généalogies (taḥqīq al-ansāb) et centralité égyptienne: Le Syndicat des descendants du Prophète (niqābat al-ashrāf) à l'époque contemporaine -- Part 3 Modern Nation-States and Ideologies -- 7 Le rôle du Prophète dans l'approche marxiste de l'histoire de Bandalī Jawzī (1871-1942): Min tārīkh al-ḥarakāt al-fikriyya fī l-islām (De l'histoire des mouvements de pensée en islam) -- 8 The Place and Functions of the Figure of the Prophet in Turkish School Textbooks and General Religious Teaching: Citizenship Models and the Legitimisation of the State -- 9 The Prophet, His Mevlud, and the Building of the Albanian Nation-State -- 10 The Prophet, Law, and Constitution in Pakistani Society -- 11 "So Let Today Be All the Arabs Muḥammad": The Prophet in the Discourse of the Iraqi Baʿth Party -- Part 4 Mobilisation, Empowerment, and Social Reform -- 12 The Modern Prophet: Rashīd Riḍā's Construction of Muḥammad as Religious and Social Reformer…”

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