The Middle East-- Unity and Diversity: Papers from the Second Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies, Copenhagen 22-25. October 1992Heikki Palva, Knut S. Vikør This study argues that the Middle East is no drab veiled monolith; it is a vibrant chaotic region, often alarming to the newcomer, ever changing but also unchanging. Its paradoxes are reflected in contributions to this volume. |
Contents
Arab culturereality or fiction? | 13 |
LENE KOFOED RASMUSSEN and CONNIE CARØE | 42 |
Christians in the Middle East | 71 |
Church and state communion | 84 |
Christian scribes in the Arabic Empire | 103 |
Sufism and society | 115 |
Games dancing and handclapping | 123 |
Mystics in the desert The Sanūsīya and | 133 |
Sufism and music in Sarajevo | 146 |
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