Daniel Brown. 2004. Softcover. Underlining throughout, brief side notes. €5. The author is the Director of the Institute for the Study of Religion in the Middle East (ISRME). He is the editor of the forthcoming Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Hadith. Easy to read, elegantly written, and at times humorous, this book bases itself solidly on the principle of critical…
Category: Islam
The Arab Mind
Raphael Patai. 2002. Weighs 703 grams. €10 Arabs hate this book, because it objectively exposes until now unknown aspects of their culture – things they don’t want outsiders to know. The author has published more than 40 books and has taught at Princeton, Columba and other universities. This book explores the upbringing of Arab children and the intense concern with…