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Mil Y Un Libro Para Asomarse Al Mundo Árabe La lectura, el diálogo y el viaje son fuentes de aprendizaje. Ésta es una invitación a asomarse a la diversidad del mundo árabe a través de la lectura. Quizás no se traduzcan al castellano ni se editen muchos libros de autores árabes o sobre el mundo árabe, en comparación con los que aparecen procedentes de otras lenguas. Sin embargo, el auténtico gran problema es que los existentes pasan muchas veces desapercibidos. Con estas invitaciones a la lectura, Casa Árabe quiere contribuir a que se conozcan obras relevantes y novedades editoriales, se valoren y se disfruten. Como cualquier guía, da pistas y sugiere caminos; le toca al lector hacer el resto: tirar del hilo que se ofrece, hojear y descubrir lo que estos libros encierran. Por razones de espacio no se ha pretendido hacer una recopilación exhaustiva de las últimas novedades bibliográficas sobre el mundo árabe. Se propone una selección representativa de obras publicadas en los últimos años, que cubre diversos géneros (ensayo, literatura, viajes, lengua…) y que se pueden encontrar en las librerías. Se ha dado prioridad a autores y temas de actualidad, sin eludir algunos textos académicos y especializados. No se incluyen libros dirigidos al público infantil y juvenil, ya que están recogidos en una guía específica editada por Casa Árabe: Simsim. Libros infantiles y juveniles para asomarse al mundo árabe. Estudios históricos, sociales y políticos 5 Historia 15 Al-Ándalus y moriscos 17 Migraciones 23 Mujeres 26 Magreb en general 28 Marruecos 29 Argelia 38 Sáhara Occidental 40 Oriente Medio en general 43 Egipto y Sudán 46 Palestina 48 Iraq 55 Líbano y Siria 58 Literatura 59 Crítica literaria, historia de la literatura 59 Narrativa y teatro 60 Poesía 79 Biografías y memorias 88 Viajes, literatura de viajes 90 Lengua árabe 98 Manuales y estudios 98 Diccionarios 102 Islam 105 Islam en general 105 Sufismo 116 Cocina 118 Imagen 120 Miscelánea 122 Música 122 Cómic 123 Varios 124 Estudios históricos, sociales y políticos ESTUDIOS HISTÓRICOS, SOCIALES Y POLÍTICOS ACTIVISMO POLÍTICO Y RELIGIOSO EN EL MUNDO ISLÁMICO CONTEMPORÁNEO. Cristina de la Puente y Delfina Serrano (eds.) Madrid, Siglo XXI, 2007, 340 págs. ISBN: 978-84-323-1291-5 ¿Qué está pasando en el mundo islámico? Este libro reúne los trabajos de varios especialistas que tratan de explicar de forma clara y concisa diferentes fenómenos que se están viviendo en lugares como España, Palestina, Egipto o Marruecos y que tienen como denominador común el uso político de la religión. EL ALA RADICAL DEL ISLAM. EL ISLAM POLÍTICO, REALIDAD Y FICCIÓN Waleed Saleh Alkhalifa Madrid, Siglo XXI, 2007, 236 págs. ISBN: 978-84-323-1285-4 Percibidos en Occidente como un bloque homogéneo cuya principal característica sería el uso de la violencia, los movi- mientos políticos de base islámica constituyen una realidad compleja y variada, que se analiza aquí de manera exhaustiva, abordando su soporte ideológico y su genealogía y analizando las causas socioeconómicas y los acontecimientos históricos que han conducido a su auge y consolidación. AL-JAZIRA, ESPEJO REBELDE Y AMBIGUO DEL MUNDO ÁRABE Olfa Lamloum Barcelona, Hacer, 2006, 141 págs. ISBN: 978-84-887-1186-1 La politóloga Olfa Lamloum pone sobre la mesa las claves tecnológicas, geoestratégicas y económicas que acompañan la puesta en marcha, en Qatar, del canal internacional árabe de televisión por satélite Al-Yazira en 1996, además de explicar las razones de su éxito de audiencia en el mundo árabe. EL AMOR EN EL ISLAM. A TRAVÉS DEL ESPEJO DE LOS TEXTOS ANTIGUOS Fatema Mernissi Madrid, Aguilar, 2008, 200 págs. ISBN: 978-84-030-9937-1 Occidente descubrió el amor romántico a partir de los tratados amorosos andalusíes del siglo XI. El sentimiento amoroso en Oriente estaba unido a rituales marcados por la tradición. Hoy, la sociedad tecnológica plantea una forma diferente de amar. ¿Son las pasiones las que nos igualan a pesar de la religión o son las costumbres las que nos convierten en semejantes? ¿Qué nos dice el patrimonio cultural de la humanidad sobre la pasión y el deseo? ¿Cómo se vive el amor en el islam? 5 Estudios históricos, sociales y políticos AMOR SIN NOMBRE: LA VIDA DE LOS GAYS Y LAS LESBIANAS sentimiento, tanto en el plano físico como en el espiritual. La EN EL ISLAM traducción es la que hizo el gran arabista Emilio García Gómez. Brian Whitaker Madrid, Egales, 2007, 236 págs. CUBRIENDO EL ISLAM. CÓMO LOS MEDIOS DE ISBN: 978-84-880-5250-6 COMUNICACIÓN Y LOS EXPERTOS DETERMINAN NUESTRA En la rica tradición cultural y literaria árabe de siglos pasados VISIÓN DEL RESTO DEL MUNDO no eran infrecuentes las referencias positivas al amor Edward Said homosexual. Por contra, en las sociedades árabes y musulmanas Barcelona, Debate, 2005, 297 págs. contemporáneas la homosexualidad es, en el mejor de los ISBN: 978-84-830-6644-7 casos, un tema tabú, contra el que, a pesar de todo, empiezan En esta obra clásica y necesaria, Said examina el origen y la a alzarse algunas voces. Este libro aborda el estado de la repercusión de las imágenes del islam en los medios y revela cuestión, a través del análisis de numerosos casos y testimonios. los objetivos ocultos y la distorsión de los hechos que subyace en gran parte de los artículos aparentemente más objetivos ANTROPOLOGÍA DEL MUNDO ISLÁMICO sobre el mundo islámico. Muestra cómo algunos de los Dale F. Eickelman supuestos expertos sobre el islam tienen grandes lagunas y Barcelona, Bellaterra, 2003, 542 págs caen, a veces sin saberlo, en el prejuicio y el estereotipo. ISBN: 978-84-729-0202-2 Eickelman, reputado antropólogo, ofrece en este volumen CULTURAS Y RELIGIONES EN DIÁLOGO un manual de antropología de la región arabomusulmana. Juan José Tamayo y María José Fariñas Tanto por la amplitud de su ámbito de estudio como por Madrid, Síntesis, 2007, 256 págs. el tratamiento alejado de toda tentación orientalista, ISBN: 978-84-975-6480-9 constituye una obra de referencia sobre cuestiones como Esta obra abarca tres campos de análisis: los fenómenos la ocupación del territorio, las agrupaciones humanas, la dogmáticos y fundamentalistas presentes en las distintas religión y la política. religiones; los pluralismos que tienen lugar en todos los campos del quehacer humano y, por último, una propuesta de futuro APROXIMACIÓN AL MUNDO ISLÁMICO. DESDE LOS ORÍGENES alternativa y viable que se traduce en un diálogo de culturas HASTA NUESTROS DÍAS y religiones como base para la construcción de un orden Antoni Segura mundial más justo. Barcelona, UOC, 2002, 198 págs. ISBN: 978-84-831-8971-9 DE LA DESGRACIA DE SER ÁRABE Ofrece una visión caleidoscópica de la demografía, la religión, Samir Kassir la historia y la política islámicas; interpreta los hechos culturales Córdoba, Almuzara, 2006, 121 págs. de la población emigrante de origen árabe y facilita las condi- ISBN: 978-84-885-8658-2 ciones necesarias para favorecer la interculturalidad. Saludado como un hito en el pensamiento árabe, este ensayo recorre la historia contemporánea para arrojar una luz nueva LOS ÁRABES sobre las causas políticas e intelectuales del mal que gangrena Maxime Rodinson a las sociedades árabes y sugerir, de paso, algunas posibilidades Madrid, Siglo XXI, 2005, 196 págs. para superar la crisis. ISBN: 978-84-323-1199-4 ¿Quiénes son los árabes? ¿Qué une y qué diferencia a los DEL MUNDO DE LA CIUDAD A LA CIUDAD DEL MUNDO centenares de millones de personas que se identifican con Seyyed Mohammad Jatami esta denominación? ¿Qué es el nacionalismo árabe? ¿Cómo Barcelona, El Cobre, 2008, 376 págs. ha evolucionado el concepto de árabe? Reedición de un clásico ISBN: 978-84-965-0131-7 de este prestigioso orientalista francés, fallecido en 2004. Mohammad Jatami fue presidente de Irán durante ocho años. De ideas conciliadoras y reformistas —dentro del marco de la EL COLLAR DE LA PALOMA República Islámica—, en este trabajo investiga lo que a su juicio Ibn Hazm de Córdoba constituyen coincidencias o contradicciones entre Oriente y Madrid, Alianza, 2007, 368 págs. Occidente, en relación con nociones como la libertad, la salvación ISBN: 978-84-206-3430-2 o la sociedad civil. Ésta es la primera traducción a una lengua Esta delicada reflexión sobre el amor y los amantes es sin occidental de esta obra, escrita originalmente en persa. duda la obra más conocida del cordobés Ibn Hazm. En ella el lector reconocerá, a pesar de los mil años transcurridos, muchos DEMOCRACIA, DESARROLLO Y PAZ EN EL MEDITERRÁNEO. gestos y situaciones familiares, pues la intención del autor fue UN ANÁLISIS DE LAS RELACIONES ENTRE EUROPA Y EL tratar de lo imperecedero y universal que posee este MUNDO ÁRABE Martin Jerch Madrid, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2007, 307 págs. 6 7 Estudios históricos, sociales y políticos ISBN: 978-84-834-4073-5 a través de la Edad Media, el Renacimiento, la Ilustración, el Seguridad, desarrollo y democracia son tres elementos colonialismo decimonónico y hasta el presente. íntimamente ligados en las relaciones entre el mundo desarrollado y el mundo en desarrollo en general y en la LA FRACTURA IMAGINARIA. LAS FALSAS RAÍCES DEL región euromediterránea en particular. Este libro identifica ENFRENTAMIENTO ENTRE ORIENTE Y OCCIDENTE a través de un estudio riguroso los vínculos entre los niveles Georges Corm regionales y nacionales y las conexiones entre las dimensiones Barcelona, Tusquets, 2004, 196 págs. económica, política y social en el espacio euromediterráneo. ISBN: 978-84-831-0946-5 En este ensayo incisivo y esclarecedor, el autor desmonta la EL 2007 VISTO POR LOS ÁRABES. ANUARIO DE PRENSA ÁRABE supuesta fractura de civilizaciones entre el Occidente Pedro Rojo Pérez (ed.) desarrollado y el Oriente musulmán, basada en la «fascinación Barcelona, Icaria/Al Fanar/Alcalá, 2008, 370 págs. moderna por lo identitario», así como la «teología de la ISBN: 978-84-742-6985-7 salvación» por la globalización a que da lugar.
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