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Living for the ‘Islamic Cause’: Selected Memoirs of Contemporary Muslim Activists

Author(s): Roswitha Badry
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Islamic Cause; Muslim Activists; Arab; social history

Summary/Abstract: Self-narratives have experienced a boom in the 20th century, not only in the Arab world but also worldwide. Memoirs and autobiographical accounts have often been used as an important source for social history, although it is essential to bear in mind that they are also a social construct of the author.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 7-20
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English