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The Transnational Mosque: Architecture and Historical Memory in the Contemporary Middle East

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The Transnational Mosque: Architecture and Historical Memory in the Contemporary Middle East - Rizvi, Kishwar
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"Kishwar Rizvi, drawing on the multifaceted history of the Middle East, offers a richly illustrated analysis of the role of transnational mosques in the construction of contemporary Muslim identity. As Rizvi explains, transnational mosques are structures built through the support of both government sponsorship, whether in the home country or abroad, and diverse transnational networks. By concentrating on mosques--especially those built at the turn of the twenty-first century--as the epitome of Islamic architecture, Rizvi ...

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The Transnational Mosque: Architecture and Historical Memory in the Contemporary Middle East 2020, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

ISBN-13: 9781469659121

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The Transnational Mosque: Architecture and Historical Memory in the Contemporary Middle East 2015, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

ISBN-13: 9781469621166

Hardcover