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[close] Event held on Wednesday 29 February 2012 at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS in London to launch 'The Shi'a of Samarra' a book published by IB Tauris, based on the proceedings of the 2009 conference on Samarra: Heritage and History. Talks by book editor Imranali Panjwani, CISS Director Sayed Fadhil Bahrululoom, and a lecture by Dr Andrew Newman of the University of Edinburgh.

[close] لقاء مع المؤلف الدكتور رشيد الخيون حول الكتاب

[close] This is the review of Reaching for Power: The Shia in the Modern Arab World by Yitzhak Nakash.

[close] In this edition of the show we discuss the book: Bahrain: Political Development in a Modernizing Society, written by Emile Nakhleh. The book is a study of political development in Bahrain during the first five years after its independence in 1971. It is based on field research done by the author as the first senior Fulbright scholar in that country. The book was banned in Bahrain for 30 years but was allowed to be published in Arabic in that country in 2006. The study focuses on the tribal structure of Bahraini society and the rule of a minority Sunni government by al-Khalifa family over a largely disenfranchised Shia majority. To examine the making of the new state, the book analyzes the nature and characteristics of the Bahraini tribal society, the educational system of modern Bahrain, the nature of the political system, and popular demands for participation in decision making.

[close] ندوة تعريفية حوارية للمؤلف بدر الابراهيم حول الكتاب