Simple gestures : a cultural journey into the Middle East / Andrea B. Rugh.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 311 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781597974349 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 159797434X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Simple gestures.DDC classification:
  • 956.04 22
  • 956.05 22
LOC classification:
  • DS49.7 .R84 2009
Contents:
Foreshadowings (1945-1964) -- Slow beginnings: Beirut, Lebanon (1964-1965, 1970), and Cairo, Egypt (1965-1966) -- Moving ahead: Jidda, Saudi Arabia (1966-1967) -- Into the interior: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1967-1969) -- Rima: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1967-1969) -- Familiar territory: Jidda again (1969-1971) -- Retooling: home leave (1971-1976) -- Second chance: Cairo again (1976-1978) -- Immersion: Bulaq, Egypt (1976-1978) -- A new direction: Cairo after graduate school (1978-1981) -- Change: Abdul Wahhab and the religious shaikhs -- Finding a niche: Syria (1981-1984) -- Road blocks: Sana, Yemen (1984-1987) -- BRIDGES: Yemen (1987) and Pakistan (1987-1994) -- On the road to reform: Pakistan (1990-1994) -- New worlds: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1992-1995) -- Ultimate destination: Afghanistan under the Taliban (1998, 2000) -- Finish line: Afghanistan after the invasion (2001-2002) -- Reflections.
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Foreshadowings (1945-1964) -- Slow beginnings: Beirut, Lebanon (1964-1965, 1970), and Cairo, Egypt (1965-1966) -- Moving ahead: Jidda, Saudi Arabia (1966-1967) -- Into the interior: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1967-1969) -- Rima: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1967-1969) -- Familiar territory: Jidda again (1969-1971) -- Retooling: home leave (1971-1976) -- Second chance: Cairo again (1976-1978) -- Immersion: Bulaq, Egypt (1976-1978) -- A new direction: Cairo after graduate school (1978-1981) -- Change: Abdul Wahhab and the religious shaikhs -- Finding a niche: Syria (1981-1984) -- Road blocks: Sana, Yemen (1984-1987) -- BRIDGES: Yemen (1987) and Pakistan (1987-1994) -- On the road to reform: Pakistan (1990-1994) -- New worlds: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1992-1995) -- Ultimate destination: Afghanistan under the Taliban (1998, 2000) -- Finish line: Afghanistan after the invasion (2001-2002) -- Reflections.