Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa: D-K

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa: D-K
ISBN-10
0028657713
ISBN-13
9780028657714
Pages
2936
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Macmillan Reference USA
Author
Philip Mattar

Description

This new edition presents some 3,000 entries covering topics in fields such as politics, history, economics, religion, sociology, and literature. Approximately one- third of the entries are biographies, including 200 new biographies of women. Sensitive topics such as terrorism, the Palestinian al-Nakba, and anti-Semitism in the Arab world are discussed openly and plainly.