{"product_id":"the-dream-palace-of-the-arabs-a-generations-odyssey-by-fouad-ajami","title":"THE DREAM PALACE OF THE ARABS: A Generation's Odyssey by Fouad Ajami","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE DREAM PALACE OF THE ARABS: A Generation's Odyssey\u003cbr\u003e\nby Fouad Ajami\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 0375401504\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: medium hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Pantheon 1998, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 160 w x 240 h x 30 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 344\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4\/2205\/0161\/K538\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nA compelling account of how a generation of Arab intellectuals tried to introduce cultural renewals in their homelands through the forces of modernity and secularism. Brilliantly weaving together the strands of a tumultuous century in Arab political thought, history, and poetry, Ajami takes us from the ruins of Beirut's once glittering metropolis to the land of Egypt, where struggle rages between a modernist impulse and an Islamist insurgency, from Nasser's pan-Arab nationalist ambitions to the emergence of an uneasy Pax Americana in Arab lands, from the triumphalism of the Gulf War to the continuing anguished debate over the Israeli-Palestinian peace accords.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nNew with light shelf wear\/spine fading on dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce locally\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450600145188,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/78462.jpg?v=1785467958","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-dream-palace-of-the-arabs-a-generations-odyssey-by-fouad-ajami","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}