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English edition
Oct
2008
272 pp.
Paperback
15X23 cm
$27.50
LE 100.00
ISBN
978 977 416 236 7
For sale only in the Middle East
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Islam and Textbooks in the Middle East
Comparing Curricula
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Edited by
Eleanor Abdella Doumato
Gregory Starrett
A close look at Islam in public education in nine Arab countries
Exploring the political and social priorities behind religious education in nine Middle Eastern countries, the authors reveal dramatic differences in the way that Islam is presented in textbooks across the region. They also illustrate the perhaps surprising adaptability of Islam as leaders strive to reconcile Muslim identity with both state citizenship and the modern reality of an interdependent, globalized world.
Contributors: Taghreed Alqudsi-ghabra, Ozlem Altan, Betty Anderson, Nathan Brown, Seif Da‘Na, Eleanor Abdella Doumato, Muhammad S. Eissa, Joshua Landis, Mandana E. Limbert, Golnar Mehran, Gregory Starrett, James A. Toronto.
“An invaluable close scrutiny, especially in the wake of the September 11th attacks and accusations that textbooks fostering violence have heavily infiltrated Saudi Arabia and the Muslim world. Highly recommended.”—Midwest Book Review
Eleanor Abdella Doumato is visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University.
Gregory Starrett is associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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“An invaluable close scrutiny, especially in the wake of the September 11th attacks and accusations that textbooks fostering violence have heavily infiltrated Saudi Arabia and the Muslim world. Highly recommended.”—Midwest Book Review
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