Modernity, minority, and the public sphere : : Jews and Christians in the Middle East / / edited by S.R. Goldstein-Sabbah, H.L. Murre-van den Berg.

• Author: Goldstein-Sabbah, S.R.
• TeilnehmendeR: Goldstein-Sabbah, S. R.; Murre-van den Berg, H. L. 1964-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Leiden Studies in Islam and Society 04.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Modernity, Minority, and the Public Sphere: Jews and Christians in the Middle East explores the many facets associated with the questions of modernity and minority in the context of religious communities in the Middle East by focusing on inter-communal dialogues and identity construction among the Jewish and Christian communities of the Middle East and paying special attention to the concept of space.This volume draws examples of these issues from experiences in the public sphere such as education, public performance, and political engagement discussing how religious communities were perceived and how they perceived themselves. Based on the conference proceedings from the 2013 conference at Leiden University entitled Common Ground? Changing Interpretations of Public Space in the Middle East among Jews, Christians and Muslims in the 19th and 20th Century this volume presents a variety of cases of minority engagement in Middle Eastern society. With contributions by: T. Baarda, A. Boum, S.R. Goldstein-Sabbah, A. Massot, H. Müller-Sommerfeld, H.L. Murre-van den Berg, L. Robson, K.Sanchez Summerer, A. Schlaepfer, D. Schroeter and Y. Wallach

Table of Contents

Front Matter / S.R. Goldstein-Sabbah and H.L. Murre-van den Berg -- Searching for Common Ground: Jews and Christians in the Modern Middle East / H.L. Murre-van den Berg -- The Changing Landscape of Muslim-Jewish Relations in the Modern Middle East and North Africa / D.J. Schroeter -- Standardized Arabic as a Post-Nahḍa Common Ground: Mattai bar Paulus and His Use of Syriac, Arabic, and Garshuni / T.C. Baarda -- Jewish Education in Baghdad: Communal Space vs. Public Space / S.R. Goldstein-Sabbah -- Preserving the Catholics of the Holy Land or Integrating Them into the Palestine Nation (1920–1950)? / K.M.J. Sanchez Summerer -- Ottoman Damascus during the Tanzimat: The New Visibility of Religious Distinctions / A. Massot -- The King is Dead, Long Live the King! Jewish Funerary Performances in the Iraqi Public Space / A. Schlaepfer -- Jerusalem between Segregation and Integration: Reading Urban Space through the Eyes of Justice Gad Frumkin / Y. Wallach -- Refugee Camps and the Spatialization of Assyrian Nationalism in Iraq / L. Robson -- The League of Nations, A-Mandates and Minority Rights during the Mandate Period in Iraq (1920–1932) / H. Müller-Sommerfeld -- “Soundtracks of Jerusalem”: YouTube, North African Rappers, and the Fantasies of Resistance / A. Boum -- Index / S.R. Goldstein-Sabbah and H.L. Murre-van den Berg.