Arabs in the Mirror: Images and Self-Images from Pre-Islamic to Modern Times

Index

index Abada, Fikri: “We are ancient Egyptians and nothing besides,” 126 c Abbas, Muhammad Husni, on the Arabs’ road to the era of technology, 92–94 Ahmad, Akbar S., on plight of the Muslim scholar today, 180–181 Ajami, Fouad: “The End of PanArabism ” cited, 65 Algosaibi, Ghazi, on prevalence of conspiracy theories in the Arab world, 64 c Alim, Amin al-, on intellectuals as “court poets,” 171 Amin, Ahmad, on whether West is ahead of East with regard to civilization, 137 c Ammar, Hamdi, on the fahlawi personality , 32–34 c Anan, Muhammad Abdullah, on Ibn Khaldun’s ancestry, 10 Anderson, Jon W., on Arab conspiracy theories involving U.S. and Israel, 57–58 Anis, Abdul c Azim, on Egypt’s Yom Kippur War victory, 36 Ansari, Muhammad Jabir al-, on Ibn Khaldun as an Arab nationalist, 11 Arab, Juan Cole’s definition of, 21 Arabian Peninsula, as cradle of Semitic family of peoples, vii Arab nationalism: Boutros B. Ghali, Mahmoud Kheiri, and c Abdel Malik c Oda view as political creed, 127 Arab unity: failure of all Nasser’s attempts at, 154–155 c Awadh, Mahmoud: warns Arabs against “mere oratorical rhetoric,” 150 c Awis, Sayyid, and Remarks about Culture : Some Facts Concerning Egypt’s Culture, 34–35 c Ayyad, Muhammad Kamel: emulating West’s methods is Arabs’ only way of meeting challenge of modernity, 138–140 c Azm, Sadiq Jalal al-, as sole Arab critic of Edward Said’s Orientalism, 19, 33 c Azzam, Abdel Rahman: dismisses idea of Arab unity, 125–126 c Azzam, Samira, as author of “Palestinian ,” 192–197 c Azzawi, Fadil al-: calls for discarding “frozen intellectual frameworks,” 47–48 Bahaeddine, Ahmad: says Arabs still lag behind East European nations, 146 Baqraduni, Karim: laments the fate of his homeland Lebanon as envisioned by Syria’s rulers, 75 Barakat, Halim, on religion, family, and class as the sources of the Arabs’ values, 54–55 ar abs in the mirror 206 Bayham, Muhammad Jamil, on Ibn Khaldun’s references to Arabs and Aʿraab, 4, 10 Bazzaz, c Abd al-Rahman al-: lesson Arabs should learn from the Six-Day War debacle, 167–168; says Arabs must try to rid themselves of sizable cultural legacy Western imperialism left behind, 144–145 Benda, Julien: quoted, 170 Dahrendorf, Ralf: civil society vital condition for democracy, 83 Dawn, C. Ernest: The Origins of Arab Nationalism cited, 68–69 democracy: Egypt’s experience, 88–90; Issawi quoted, 81–83; Kuwait’s experience , 84–85; road to democracy in Arab world long and difficult despite all promises and plans, 77–81; Saudi Arabia’s experience, 87–88 Douri, c Abdel c Aziz al-: his The Historical Roots of Shuc ubiyya described as a thinly veiled attack on opponents of Pan-Arabism, 38–39 Duroubi, c Alaeddine al-, on why Arabs today are disunited, 53–54 education: size of the problem in Arab world, 110–114 Egypt: Egypt’s self-view (c uruba versus firc awniyya), 127–135; Nasser’s PanArabism debated by leading Egyptian thinkers and publicists, 122–126; search for identity and cultural orientation , 122–135 Faraj, Alfred: “How Many Arabs Read?” summarized, 39–40 Fawzi, Hussein: says Egyptians cannot forget what they were in Pharaonic, Christian, and Islamic times, 132–134; on Egypt’s cultural identity, 126 Gabrieli, Francesco: on Bedouin society, xi–xii; Muhammad and the Conquests of Islam cited, ix Ghallab, Abdel Karim, on damaging effects of West’s “cultural invasion,” 140–141 Gibb, Hamilton, on lack of Arab works on roots of Arab culture, 11–12 Goitein, Shlomo Dov, on Ibn Khaldun’s views on Arabs, 7 Gomaa, Ahmed M., on Egyptian personality “between the Nile, the West, Islam, and the Arabs,” 130–132 Grunebaum, Gustave von: on Arabs’ ambivalent reactions to Westernization , 136; on Muslims’ failure to assess their civilization, 12–13 Hakim, Tawfiq al-, on Egypt’s Yom Kippur War victory, 36 Halliday, Fred: criticizes Edward Said’s approach, 19 Halpern, Ben: takes issue with George Hourani’s “grudging” decision to accept Israel, 158 Halsa, Ghalib, on failures of Arab intellectuals , 56–57 Hamad, Turki al-, on Arabs’ habit of blaming every setback on outside forces, 64 Hamadi, Sania Mahmoud: Temperament and Character of the Arabs summarized , 45–46 Hamdan, Jamal: Egypt’s Personality summarized , 127–128 Hanna, George: dependence and fatalism cause of Arabs’ prevailing backwardness , 50–53 Hanna, William Salim, on importance of the fact that Egyptians speak Arabic, 126 Harb, Usama al-Ghazzali, on prospects of...