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Islamic Reform and Arab Nationalism Expanding the Crescent from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean (1880s-1930s)
By Amal N. Ghazal
Copyright 2010
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Bridging African and Arab histories, this book examines the relationship between Islam, nationalism and the evolution of identity politics from late 19 th Century to World War II. It provides a cross-national, cross-regional analysis of religious reform, nationalism, anti-colonialism from Zanzibar to Oman, North Africa and the Middle East.
This book widens the scope of modern Arab history... Read more
1. Arabs in Zanzibar: Revisiting History 2. The Ibadi nahda in Oman and Zanzibar: from tajdid to anti-Colonialism 3. Zanzibar and Mzab: Historical Legacies and Colonial Encounters 4. Zanzibar in the realm of the Mashriq 5. Nai’ir al Bahlani: “A man in a nation and a nation in a man” 6. In the Realm of Salafi Islam: The Ibadi Diaspora, the Arabic Press and the Making of Zanzibari Nationalism 7. Guarding the watan: Education and Identity in Interwar Zanzibar
Biography
Amal N. Ghazal is Assistant Professor of History at Dalhousie University, Canada.
