When Bombay changed its name to Mumbai in 1995, it was the culmination of a long process that transformed India's primary symbol of modernity and cultural diversity into a site of intense ethnic conflict and violent nationalism. "Wages of Violence"…
När Napoleons arméer 1798 under en kort tid ockuperade Egypten förändrades världshistorien. Napoleons uppehåll i Kairo medförde att främmande idéer började sippra in i det turkiska väldets städer: folkstyre, individuell frihet, rasism, kolonialism..…
Vad tänkte, kände och offrade de - och vad fann de? Som elvaåring frågade Gabriela sin far om hon var utlänning eller svensk. Svaret blev att hon aldrig kan bli svensk, hur mycket hon än försöker. Idag lever hon med värmländske Jonas - och har upptä…
This wide-ranging examination of Arab society and culture offers a unique opportunity to know the Arab world from an Arab point of view. Halim Barakat, an expatriate Syrian who is both scholar and novelist, emphasizes the dynamic changes and diverse…
The deserts of Arabia stretch from Jordan to Yemen: Wadi Rum, the Nefud, Ad-Dahna and Rub al Khali - known as the Empty Quarter - which borders Yemen and extends to Oman. The author takes us to the heart of this immense region, tracking the ancient…
Young and Defiant in Tehran Shahram Khosravi With more than half its population under twenty years old, Iran is one of the world's most youthful nations. The Iranian state characterizes its youth population in two ways: as a homogeneous mass, "an ar…
