Decolonization and the decolonized / by Memmi, Albert

Table of Contents: “…The new citizen -- The great disillusion -- A paradoxical poverty -- Corruption -- Imposters and potentates -- Tyrants, zealots, and soldiers -- Diversions, excuses, and myths -- A convenient conflict -- The failure of the intellectuals -- Fiction and reality -- Cultural lethargy -- The clerics' plot -- From repression to violence -- A nation born too late -- Nations without law -- A sick society -- Going abroad -- The immigrant -- The blessings of exile -- Failure twice over -- A new refrain -- The ghetto -- Head scarves and métissage -- Humiliation -- From humiliation to resentment -- The solidarity of the vanquished -- Composite identity -- Abandoning the myth of return -- The immigrant's son -- The zombie -- From exclusion to delinquency -- Questioning integration -- Reciprocal dependence -- The languors of Europe -- Hope for the decolonized? …”
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Decolonization and the Decolonized by Memmi, Albert

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The New Citizen; THE GREAT DISILLUSION; A PARADOXICAL POVERTY; CORRUPTION; IMPOSTERS AND POTENTATES; TYRANTS, ZEALOTS, AND SOLDIERS; DIVERSIONS, EXCUSES, AND MYTHS; A CONVENIENT CONFLICT; THE FAILURE OF THE INTELLECTUALS; FICTION AND REALITY; CULTURAL LETHARGY; THE CLERICS' PLOT; FROM REPRESSION TO VIOLENCE; A NATION BORN TOO LATE; NATIONS WITHOUT LAW; A SICK SOCIETY; GOING ABROAD; The Immigrant; THE BLESSINGS OF EXILE; FAILURE TWICE OVER; A NEW REFRAIN; THE GHETTO; HEAD SCARVES AND MÉTISSAGE; HUMILIATION; FROM HUMILIATION TO RESENTMENT.…”
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Selections from the art of party-crashing in medieval Iraq / by Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1002-1071

Table of Contents: “…Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi's introduction -- The meaning of "party-crashing" in the language and the first person named after it -- Early party-crashing -- Going to a meal without being invited is deemed rude -- Those who cast aspersions on party-crashing and its practitioners and satirize and denounce them -- Those who praise, make excuses for, or speak well of party-crashing -- Party-crashers from among the notables, the noble, the learned, and the cultured -- Those who engage in very subtle acts of party-crashing -- Those who love people to sponge and facilitate it -- Anecdotes about party-crashers who exert themselves in party-crashing and make it a trade and occupation -- Accounts of the ones that the guards would refuse, but who outwit the guards with a lie or a ruse -- Mention of the party-crashers' conversations, advice, and poetry -- Accounts of Bunan, the party-crasher -- A document pertaining to party-crashing.…”

Selections from the art of party-crashing in medieval Iraq / by Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1002-1071

Table of Contents: “…Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi's introduction -- The meaning of "party-crashing" in the language and the first person named after it -- Early party-crashing -- Going to a meal without being invited is deemed rude -- Those who cast aspersions on party-crashing and its practitioners and satirize and denounce them -- Those who praise, make excuses for, or speak well of party-crashing -- Party-crashers from among the notables, the noble, the learned, and the cultured -- Those who engage in very subtle acts of party-crashing -- Those who love people to sponge and facilitate it -- Anecdotes about party-crashers who exert themselves in party-crashing and make it a trade and occupation -- Accounts of the ones that the guards would refuse, but who outwit the guards with a lie or a ruse -- Mention of the party-crashers' conversations, advice, and poetry -- Accounts of Bunan, the party-crasher -- A document pertaining to party-crashing.…”
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Applied linguistics in the Middle East and North Africa : current practices and future directions /

Table of Contents: “…Hammām fī Amstirdām ('Hammām in Amsterdam')(1999)Ḥasan wa-Murquṣ ("Hassan and Mark')(2008); Lā muʼākhzah ('Excuse my French')(2014); Second claim of public discourse: Egyptians are religious but religious differences between Christians and Muslims are not salient; Neutral mention of God; Mention of local areas that reference religion; Relating religion to other social variables; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4. …”
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