THE ARAB WORLD 269 both more specific and more general than this simple definition suggests. He defines Orientalism as "a style of thought based upon an
produce an anthropology of Islam: the virtual equation with the Middle East and the definition of Muslim hist. "mirror image" (Gellner) of Christian
"the native's point of view." the anthropologist must tr>' to figure out what peoples' actions mean—to themselves and to others To designate this process.
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Anthropologists no longer try to arrive at a universal definition of the family; of research in a wide variety of societies have demonstrated that no matter
From the anthropological extension of black in the Arabic culture this colour refers to the negative or to unfavourable meanings or things which people do
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concert in Arabic and his words were then loosely trans charismatic Sufi who also has a doctorate in anthropology from the Sorbonne and is the author ...
Key Words politics of language anthropology of the Arab world
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Piety a free translation of the Arabic taqwa