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Published 1996
Zanouba /

: Translated from : Zanouba. : xix, 204 pages ; 22 cm. : 0815604084

Zanouba : roman /

: 222 pages ; 19 cm.

The open door /

: Translation of : al-Bāb al-maftūḥ. : 364 pages ; 24 cm. : 9774246985

In a moment of enthusiasm : political power and the second stratum in Egypt /

: xxii, 437 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-419) and indexs. : 0226051447

The Sudanese bourgeoisie : vanguard of development? /

: x, 170 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168) and index. : 0862321840

Published 2014
The age of the efendiyya : passages to modernity in national-colonial Egypt /

: 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 0199681775 (cloth)
9780199681778 (cloth)

Published 2016
Middle class pentecostalism in Argentina : inappropriate spirits /

: In Middle-Class Pentecostalism in Argentina: Inappropriate Spirits Jens Koehrsen offers an intriguing account of how the middle class relates to Latin America´s most vibrant religious movement. Based on pervasive field research, this study suggests that Pentecostalism stands in tension with the social imaginary of the middle class and is perceived as an inappropriate lower class practice. As such, middle class Pentecostals negotiate the appropriateness of their religious belonging by demonstrating distinctive tastes and styles of Pentecostalism. Abstaining from the expressiveness, emotionality, and strong spiritual practice that have marked the movement, they create a milder and socially more acceptable form of Pentecostalism. Increasingly turning into a middle class movement, this style has the potential to embody the future shape of Pentecostalism.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004310148 : 1542-1279 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2021
Modern Middle-Class Housing in Tehran : Reproduction of an Archetype: Episodes of Urbanism 1945-1979 /

: "In Modern Middle-Class Housing in Tehran - Reproduction of an Archetype, Rana Habibi offers an engaging analysis of the modern urban history of Tehran during the Cold War period: 1945-1979. The book, while arguing about the institutionalism of modernity in the form of modern middle-class housing in Tehran, shows how vernacular archetypes found their way into the construction of new neighborhoods. The trajectory of ideal modernism towards popular modernism, the introduction of modern taste to traditional society through architects, while tracing the path of transnational models in local projects, are all subjects extensively expounded by Rana Habibi through engaging graphical analyses and appealing theoretical interpretations involving five modern Tehran neighborhoods"--
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004443709
9789004443686