Understanding the Modern Middle East Middle Easterners today are caught between memories of the past and frustrated hopes for the future. They struggle to find solutions to crises of economic stagnation, political and social repression, and cultural identity. In recent decades Islam has become central to this struggle, and almost every issue involves fierce, sometimes violent debates over the role of religion in public life. A single text is used as background for a series of lectures and discussions examining these issues. The book integrates the medieval and modern history of the Middle East to show how the sacred and secular are tightly interwoven in its political and intellectual life. BETWEEN MEMORY AND DESIRE: The Middle East in a Troubled Age, R. Stephen Humphreys

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