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Iranian cinema is today widely recognised not merely as a distinctive national cinema, but as one of the most innovative in the world. This text explores cinema's development in post-Revolution Iran and its place in Iranian culture.

Afghanistan in the 20th century was virtually unknown in Europe and America. At peace until the 1970s, the country was seen as a remote and exotic land, visited only by adventurous tourists or researchers. Afghan Village Voices is a testament to this little-known period of peace and captures a society and culture now lost. Prepared by two of the most accomplished and well-known anthropologists of the Middle East and Central Asia, Richard Tappe...

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The contributors address the history, originality, variety and sophistication of traditional science, technology and material culture in the Middle East and Central Asia, their influence on the history of Europe and the West, and the threat posed by modern Western technologies.

When the Turkish republic was founded in 1923, secularism was adopted as one of the key principles. The essays in this book look at the role of Islam in daily life in Turkey. They also raise the question of the extent to which Turkey may still be said to be a unique case in the Islamic world.

Iranian cinema is today widely recognized not merely as a distinctive national cinema, but as one of the most innovative in the world. This text explores cinema's development in post-Revolution Iran and its place in Iranian culture.

In 1978 and 1979, revolutions in Afghanistan and Iran marked a shift in the balance of power in South West Asia and the world. This book provides historical and anthropological perspectives necessary to the eventual understanding of the events surrounding the revolutions.

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Cook tasty and simple Spanish dishes with this easy-to-follow tapas cookbook. In taverns from Madrid to Barcelona you'll find Spaniards passing the early evening hours drinking crisp dry sherry and snacking on a variety of snacks—or tapas. Everything from a simple plate of olives and chorizo sausage with a loaf of good bread to feasts that include Spanish omelets, shrimp with garlic and stuffed tomatoes. While this style of eating is wonderf...

Based on three decades of research this 1997 book traces the political and social history of the Shahsevan.