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This book is an attempt at a reconstruction of complex relations between Byzantium and the Arabs from the sixth to the eighth century. It discusses the religious and political situation in the Middle East on the eve of the Arab conquest, characterises the attitude adopted by the inhabitants of Byzantine provinces toward the Arab invaders, analyses the administrative structures of Byzantium and the...

Autorka, przedstawiając genezę Arabskiej Wiosny, jej przebieg w różnych państwach (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem Tunezji i Egiptu), udowadnia, że nowe media stały się istotnym elementem zachodzących przemian, a ich udział w budowie społeczeństwa obywatelskiego i sfery publicznej na Bliskim Wschodzie nie zakończył się wraz z ustaniem ulicznych protestów. Książka przeznaczona nie tylko dla badaczy,...

Dated 1928. „By Airship to Ophir”, written by Fenton Ash, tells the story of an airship and two aircraft meander round central Africa picking up an assortment of natives in a search for the fabled land of Ophir, which is eventually reached and found to be inhabited by a race of people of Arab/Hebrew mien. This fantasy adventure would suit anyone interested in old fantasy novels for children and young...

Al-Ğāhiz, an Arabic scientist of the 9th century, belongs to the thinkers whose participation in and contribution to the development of the world science has not been recognized and appreciated. The great erudite and author of numerous works in various areas formulated, among others, the theory of social communication which may be compared to the late 20th century Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of...