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»Ich bin ein Sohn der Straße, meine Heimat ist die Karawane, und mein Leben ist eine Reise voller Überraschungen.« Hassan al-Wazzan, ein gebildeter junger Mann und gläubiger Muslim, bereist als Kaufmann den Maghreb und hat den großen Wunsch, nach Mekka zu pilgern. Doch es sind unruhige Zeiten in einer unruhigen Gegend, es herrschen Überfälle und Kriege. Wie aus dem Nichts taucht eines Tages eine Bande sizilianischer Piraten auf, die Hassan nach Rom verschleppen und versklaven. Er ist ein Glücksgriff für die Piraten, denn Hassans wacher Verstand und seine außergewöhnliche Klugheit machen ihn zu einem besonderen Geschenk für den mächtigsten Mann der christlichen Welt: Papst Leo X. Dieser ernennt ihn zu seinem Geographen – doch wird er dem Vatikan jemals wieder entkommen können, seine Freiheit zurückerlangen und in seine Heimat, den Maghreb, zurückkehren? »Der Geograph des Papstes« ist ein ungemein packender historischer Roman, der die ereignisreiche und hochspannende Epoche der Renaissance lebendig werden läßt.
Art since the 1980s reveals a striking proliferation of works exploring the complex cross-cultural identities that have resulted from a long history of exchange between France and the Maghreb. This adventurous study examines distinctively visual means of presenting 'Franco-Maghrebi' identities in performance, video, photography and installation art. Transcultural encounters investigates the ways in which such art spurs a re-thinking of both postcolonial and feminist issues and critical terms in an uneven globalised frame. It demonstrates how this corpus develops art historical debates concerning gender and representation, while also considering emerging visions of the Maghreb. Analysing a wide range of works presented in galleries, online or in the street, this study shows how they test the boundaries of established art genres, calling for the invention of new modalities of 'reading' transnational visual culture. The first book to explore postcolonial and feminist approaches to contemporary art from a 'Francophone' space, Transcultural encounters incorporates much material that has previously received little critical attention. The book will be of interest to researchers in French studies, postcolonial studies, visual studies and gender studies, as well as curators and artists working across cultures and media. ;
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Introduces the reader to the rich film production of the French-speaking countries outside France, commonly called Francophonia, comprised of Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, the Caribbean, the Maghreb and many sub-Saharan countries. Brings together films that might otherwise be divided by questions of race, gender, genre, period or national boundary. Individual countries, film-makers and films are treated separately in order to emphasise their specific identities or those which are represented in their films. Provides detailed analysis of key films within the historical context allowing for further comparative study of an unusually diverse corpus of films. ;
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The main theme of this book is the history of the Arab Maghreb during the colonial struggle for five centuries "from the 15th century to the early 20th century", in addition to studying the history of the Maghreb countries in the modern era and the national struggle against foreign colonialism. The book consists of 7 parts, first part entitled; ''Arab Maghreb before Islam''. Second part entitled; "the trend of foreign ambitions to the Arab Maghreb in the beginning of modern times" and this part included seven chapters: for example Chapter I: Portuguese ambitions, Chapter II: Spanish greed, Chapter III: Algeria Ottoman mandate ... etc. Third part entitled; "the Far Maghreb since the beginning of the sixteenth century", this part includes two chapters, the first; Saudi state, and the second; Alawite state. Fourth part entitled; "France in the Arab Maghreb" includes three chapters: Chapter I: the French occupation of Algeria, Chapter II: the imposition of the French mandate on Tunisia, Chapter III: French campaign on the Far Maghreb. Fifth part entitled; "Libya and colonial ambitions". Sixth part entitled; Independence of the Arab Maghreb states and the establishment of national governments. Seventh part entitled; "The Arab Maghreb countries after independence".
A journey to the west of the Maghreb, in Mauritania and Morocco, with two protagonists we already met in Maybe Dakar, Álvaro and his sister Carol. A socio-historical and adventure novel. Álvaro and Cárol are two brothers who have a difficult relationship with each other, both working in the family business located in the Canary Islands. For business reasons they have to travel to Mauritania and Morocco on the same dates. Álvaro travels to Casablanca and decides to stay a few days longer than planned to visit the city of Fez. There, he meets Bachir, a Moroccan with a jihadist appearance who works in the Qaraouiyine mosque, with whom he makes an important discovery: in the renovation of his old library, some doors appear closed with a padlock with four locks, “The only truth”, can be read engraved on the doors. Álvaro and Bachir embark on a journey to the south in order to discover the enigma they are facing. For her part, Cárol travels to Mauritania, where she is received by an employee of her local partner, Mustapha, who belongs to the social group of the griots, the storytellers, through whom she learns about the complexity of Mauritanian society and the differences with the world she is used to, until a totally unforeseen event happens to her. A journey to the west of the Maghreb, Al Maghreb Al Aqsa, a plot that develops in two periods, the current period, but also jumps in time to tell the history of both countries, the role played by the independence leaders of Morocco, Mauritania and the Sahara, the cultural reality, the role of women, the crucial importance of Islam, its historical complexity and its challenges for the future. But above all, The Heartbeat of The Maghreb means adventure, not only the adventure experienced by its characters through the different vicissitudes that befall them, but the adventure of the encounter with the other, with those who are different.
The plan of this book is based on a study dealing with an important era in the history of the Islamic Maghreb, from the Arab conquest until the fall of the local Emirates in the last quarter of the eighth century AH. The book, with its parts, chapters, subjects, and political, social, economic and cultural explanations, is based on the "Totalite" study. In each unit there is something of objective coherence and analytical conclusion. The socio-economic structure is the basis for every historical analysis. The book consists of 3 part: part One;General Conditions in the Maghreb: Chapter I - Geography of the Maghreb. Chapter II - Islamic conquest of the Maghreb. Chapter III - era of governors. part tow; The establishment of borders and states, their conditions and their political and administrative relations: Chapter IV - Emirate of of Bani Medrar in Morocco. Chapter V - Emirate of Bani Rustum in the Middle Morocco… Chapter X - State of Almuahadin. Chapter XI- Emirate of Bani Marin and the local emirates in Islamic Morocco.
Throughout the Maghreb and the Sahel, governments are struggling to manage a security environment fundamentally transformed by the Arab Spring. Within this region, the efforts of governments to secure their territories and civil society organizations to create accountable and transparent security institutions have proceeded almost wholly divorced from each other. This Peace Brief shares key insights from the engagement between official and civil society actors both within and across borders to address these gaps, makes the case for working regionally to address the twin challenges of security and reform, and highlights how community-security partnerships offer one approach to advancing the region’s security and reform agenda.
This brief synthesizes lessons learned from the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Regional Border Security Cooperation in the Maghreb project. Through workshops with operational border of cials from Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia in the spring of 2016, participants highlighted the need to develop effective and inclusive strategies to secure borders that would both build strong ties between states and empower bor- der communities. James Cohen and Joyce Kasee Mills led the project while at USIP. Leanne McKay was a consultant for the workshops.
Rather than protecting states, borders in Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco are now a challenge and a threat. Radical change in approaches to border security is needed. Smuggling in the region is well established, but has changed in a dangerous way in the last decade and is significant to the challenge: drugs and weapons are now smuggled along the same routes as food, fuel, and tobacco. Terrorists now ghost along those same trails. Old approaches are no longer appropriate. Efforts to counter smuggling by force alone only limits livelihood options, sparks grievances, and ultimately increases the reach of radical ideologies. New strategies are needed. This report—derived from interviews of border community members, journalists, NGO personnel, and representatives of government entities tasked with border security—addresses the particulars of a new, multilateral, cross-border approach.
How does a nationality affect our relationship to the world, to others and the ways they see us? Born in Brussels to a German mother and Franco-Israeli father, a young woman leaves for the Middle East and the Maghreb to retrace the footsteps of her father’s family. But the unexpected acquisition of an Israeli passport upsets her plans. How can she carry the passport of a country at war, which generates the hostility of her friends? From Jerusalem to Ramallah, from Cairo to Algiers, from Rabat to Berlin and Paris, The Passport questions our relationship to history and borders, to languages and remembrance, to national identities and family ties.
The United States spends more on its military than the rest of the world combined. And Western nations in general spend far more than developing nations around the globe. Yet when Western nations have found themselves in conflicts in recent decades, their performance has been mixed at best. In his fully updated new edition of The Art of Military Coercion, Rob de Wijk presents a theory on the use of force. He argues that the key is a failure to use force decisively, to properly understand the dynamics of conflict and balance means and ends. Without that ability, superiority of dollars, numbers, and weaponry won't necessarily translate to victory.
Bringing together sources from many countries and many centuries, this study critically analyses the growth of nationalism - from medieval ethnic prejudice to the Romantic belief in a nation’s “soul”. The belief and ideology of the nation’s cultural individuality emerged from a Europe-wide exchange of ideas, often articulated in literature and belles lettres. In the last two centuries, these ideas have transformed the map of Europe and the relations between people and government. Tracing the modern European nation-state as the outcome of a cultural self-invention, cross-nationally and historically, Leerssen also provides a new approach to Europe’s contemporary identity politics. This study of nationalism offers a startling new perspective on cultural and national identity. National Thought in Europe was shortlisted for the Europe Book Prize.
The satellite image book WÜSTEN – Lebensraum der Extreme from the series Human Footprint covers a theme that does not seem to be related to the Human Footprint. Nevertheless, during millennia of history humans have developed a wealth of different relations to deserts, despite natural limitations from the lack of water and from extreme temperatures. Deserts are places without liquid water and by that extremely hostile to life. Yet this hostile character has contributed to the fascination exerted by these harsh landscapes over people. The presentation of deserts in this book starts with examples of natural landscapes from the Sahara to the polar desert of Antarctica. Structures such as wadis, yardangs, and sand dunes reflect the forces of water and wind, by which they were formed. The next section highlights margins of deserts and oases, which up to now are of vital importance also for man.
The book entitled Agricultural Heritage is written as a textbook for the students in agriculture in the all agricultural universities, agricultural colleges at the undergraduate level. In the past decade, the agricultural productivity increased substantially due to intensive management and introduction of fertilizer and irrigation responsive high yielding varieties of cereal crops to the fore. But it is essential to know that was where the agriculture started from the ancient past and that it reached to modern agriculture now as of today over a thousand of years in the process of civilization, social changes, and evolution.
