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Article: Islam and the West.
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- Middle Eastern Studies
- Article date:
- April 1, 1994
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by Bernard Lewis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993 Pp. ix + 217. 17.50[pounds]
What would The Arabs in History look like if it had been written by Edward Said? This thought is provoked by the appearance of the sixth revised edition of Professor Bernard Lewis's enormously influential history. The first edition came out in 1950. Since its first appearance, Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal and in facing down Britain and France became a pan-Arab hero. Britain withdrew from the Gulf, Israel fought a series of devastatingly successful wars against its Arab neighbours, Libya ceased to be a monarchy, Egypt made peace with Israel, Saddam Hussein attempted to annex ...