Imagining the Arabs: Arab Identity and the Rise of Islam (Hardcover)

Peter Webb
Edinburgh University Press
9781474408264
1-4744-0826-5

Investigating the core questions about Arab identity and history, this book tackles the time-honoured stereotypes that depict Arabs as ancient Arabian Bedouin, and reveals the stories to be a myth: tales.

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told by Muslims to recreate the past to explain the meaning of Islam and its origins.