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100 _aJabar, Faleh A.
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245 0 _aTribes and power
_b: nationalism and ethnicity in the Middle East
_c/ Edited by: Faleh A. Jabar & Hosham Dawod
260 _aLondon;
_bSaqi Books;
_c2003
300 _a325p;
_bill. ;
_c24x17cm
520 _aTribes and Power provides a comprehensive understanding of the structure, functioning, and change of today's Middle Eastern tribes. In some Middle Eastern countries, tribalism has been strengthened by centralized policies, modern technology, and the market economy. This stimulating collection scrutinizes the complexities of kinship structures in Arab and Islamic cultures, and contains case studies of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia--Publisher's description
546 _aEnglish
650 _aDS36-39.2 History of Asia- Arab countries
_95727
650 _aTribalism
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700 _aDawod, Hosham
_95725
942 _cBK
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999 _c1505
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