The Shi'is of Jabal 'Amil and the New Lebanon: Community and Nation-State, 1918-1943

by Tamara Chalabi

Fouad Ajami (Foreword)

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Tamara Chalabi highlights the development of a "politics of demand" and the increased political activism of this community in a time of great change. In doing so, she explores how Arab nationalism was transformed from an ideology of the opposition - a means for the empowerment of marginal communities whether they be Arab Muslim, Christian or rural - into a tool for the assertion of political domination. The book demonstrates the legacy/lessons from this one case study are applicable throughout the Middle East today.
  • ISBN10 1403982945
  • ISBN13 9781403982940
  • Publish Date 7 February 2006
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 248
  • Language English