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In this first comprehensive history of black education in New York State, Carleton Mabee contributes to a fuller understanding of the role blacks have played in American education. As he says in the final chapter, "This agonizing narrative, stretching over more than three centuries, reveals not only the severe limits as to what education by itself can achieve, but also significant improvement in the education of blacks--halting and limited improvement, to be sure, but nevertheless improvement, and thus can give us hope." Mabee discusses colonial church-sponsored efforts to educate slaves, the work of nineteenth-century white abolitionists in promoting black education, and the role of both blacks and whites in developing public schools and other kinds of schools for blacks. Extensive research into primary sources provides new insights into the major nineteenth--century school issues as they related to blacks in the state. Mabee also examines the impact of the "Great Migration" of blacks into the state in the early twentieth century and the revival of segregated schools that followed.

This monumental family saga offers a vivid portrait of Egypt's Mamluk period, one that is at both sweeping in scope and intimate in detail. Set in medieval Cairo, the novel centers on three generations of Egyptians, foreign-born Mamluks, and their descendants as their trials and victories mirror those of their turbulent country. The first volume, "e;Sons of the People"e;, introduces us to Zaynab, the daughter of a middle-class merchant in Cairo who catches the eye of the powerful Mamluk amir Muhammad. After they marry, Zaynab is transported to the foreign world of Mamluk politics and wealth where she must navigate the complicated machinations of various rulers and raise their four children. Their oldest son becomes an architect and embarks upon the monumental task of building a grand mosque with Sultan Hasan as a symbol of the Mamluks rise to power. In the second volume "e;The Judge of Qus"e;, Bassiouney tells the story of Amr ibn Ahmad ibn Abd al-Karim, a wise and compassionate judge of Islamic law whose refusal to bend to the demands of the Mamluk rulers ultimately leads to Amr's downfall. The final volume, "e;Events of Nights,"e; weaves together testimonies from three characters, each with narrow and differing perspectives on the novel's events, subtly calling the readers' attention to the unstable nature of historical fiction. Filled with compelling drama, ruthless ambition, and tragic love, Bassiouney's masterful trilogy brings the Mamluk's rich cultural and architectural heritage to life through the eyes of one family.

Rooted in the world historical methodology of John Voll, this collection brings together a diverse group of scholars to investigate the ongoing impact of revival and reform movements beginning in the eighteenth century and continuing through to the present.

Both a summative description of the field and an exploration of new directions, this reader addresses issues central to the fields of Arab American, US Muslim, and Southwest Asian and North African-American studies. Taking a broad conception of the Americas, this collection both registers and critically reflects upon major themes in the field.

With its wide-ranging introduction, detailed notes, and eye-catching maps, this book retrieves the remarkable travel accounts of Kathleen M. Murphy from obscurity and presents them to a new generation of readers interested in travel and adventure.

Focuses on the narratives, scholarly lives, pedagogies, and educational activism of established and emerging Latina leaders in K-16 educational environments. As the first edited collection foregrounding the voices of Latina educators, this volume highlights the ways in which these leaders shape educational practices.

In this timely volume, Zhu and Xiao offer an examination of the ways in which Chinese feminist ideas have developed since the mid-1990s. By juxtaposing the plural "feminisms" with "Chinese characteristics", they both underline the importance of integrating Chinese culture, history, and tradition in the discussions of Chinese feminisms.

With an infectious blend of humour, satire, and biting social commentary, Yassin Adnan gives readers a portrait of contemporary Morocco - and the city of Marrakech - told through the eyes of the hapless Rahhal Laaouina, a.k.a. the Squirrel.

Tells the story of the Palestinian citrus industry from its inception until 1950, tracing the shifting relationship between Palestinian Arabs and Zionist Jews. Kabha and Karlinsky portray the industry's social fabric, detail its economic history, and analyse the conditions that enabled the formation of a unique binational organisation.

The story of Frank O'Connor is that of a shy child from a Cork slum who becomes aware that there is something beyond the confines of his life and the lives around him, something grander. And with resolve and labour, he makes his way toward it.

Hezbollah's influence in military issues is well known, but its role in shaping cultural and political activities has not received enough attention. Kanaaneh sheds new light on the organisation's successful evolution as a counterhegemonic force in the region's resistance movement, known as ""Maqawama"".

Prison literature has played an essential role in generating the "experimental shift" in Arabic literature since the 1960s. Taleghani's groundbreaking work explores prison writing's critical role in resistance movements in Syria, the evolution of Arabic literature, and the development of a global human rights.

Focusing on themes of feminism, gender identity, and mental health, contributors explore the ways in which the CW dramedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend challenged viewer expectations, as well as the role television critics play in identifying a show's ""authenticity"" or quality.

Investigates why writers during the long eighteenth-century so often turned to the rogue narrative to discuss Ireland. With consideration for themes of conflict, migration, religion, and gender, Lines offers up a compelling connection between the rogue themselves and the ever-popular rogue narrative in this early period of Irish writing.

Invites readers to explore the daunting and often unsung work of literary translators. With wry humour and an engaging conversational style, Sellin shares his insight on the art and science of translation, including the many nuanced solutions he's developed for some of the more sensitive problems that frustrate translators of formal poetry.

Despite their significant contributions, women are largely absent from studies on the Iran-Iraq war. Drawing on primary sources such as memoirs, wills, interviews, print media coverage, and oral histories, Farzaneh chronicles in copious detail women's participation on the battlefield, in the household, and everywhere in between.

Shahrokh Meskoob was one of Iran's leading intellectuals and a preeminent scholar of Persian literary traditions, language, and cultural identity. In The Ant's Gift, Meskoob applies his insight and considerable analytical skills to the Shahnameh, the national epic of Iran completed in 1010 by the poet Abul-Qusem Ferdowsi.

The collected essays in this volume capture the history and significance of Arab American women, addressing issues of migration, transformation, and reformation as these women invented occupations, politics, philosophies, scholarship, literature, arts, and, ultimately, themselves.