Architecture, power and religion in Lebanon : Rafiq Hariri and the politics of sacred space in Beirut /

In Architecture, Power and Religion in Lebanon , Ward Vloeberghs explores Rafiq Hariri's patronage and his posthumous legacy to demonstrate how religious architecture becomes a site for power struggles in contemporary Beirut. By tracing the 150 year-long history of the Muhammad al-Amin Mosque -...

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Main Author: Vloeberghs, Ward.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2015.

Series: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia 114.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303935.

Subjects:

Ḥarīrī, Rafīq Bahāʼ, > 1944-2005.

Jāmiʻ Muḥammad al-Amīn (Beirut, Lebanon)

Architecture > Lebanon > Beirut > History > 20th century.

Islamic architecture > Lebanon > Beirut.