Pan-Islam or arab nationalism? The meaning of the 1931 Jerusalem islamic congress reconsidered

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-22

  Matthews, Weldon C ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; ISLAMISM; NATIONALISM;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0037314619     PISSN: 00207438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020743803000011     Document Type: Article

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