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Rivals in the Gulf: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the
Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis details
the relationships between the Egyptian Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi and
the Al Thani royal family in Qatar, and between the Mauritanian
Shaykh Abdullah Bin Bayyah and the Al Nahyans, the rulers of Abu
Dhabi and senior royal family in the United Arab Emirates. These
relationships stretch back decades, to the early 1960s and 1970s
respectively. Using this history as a foundation, the book examines
the connections between Qaradawi's and Bin Bayyah's rival projects
and the development of Qatar's and the UAE's competing state-brands
and foreign policies. It raises questions about how to theorize the
relationships between the Muslim scholarly-elite (the ulama) and
the nation-state. Over the course of the Arab Spring and the Gulf
Crisis, Qaradawi and Bin Bayyah shaped the Al Thani's and Al
Nahyan's competing ideologies in important ways. Offering new ways
for academics to think about Doha and Abu Dhabi as hegemonic
centers of Islamic scholarly authority alongside historical centers
of learning such as Cairo, Medina, or Qom, this book will appeal to
those with an interest in modern Islamic authority, the ulama, Gulf
politics, as well as the Arab Spring and its aftermath.
Rivals in the Gulf: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the
Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis details
the relationships between the Egyptian Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi and
the Al Thani royal family in Qatar, and between the Mauritanian
Shaykh Abdullah Bin Bayyah and the Al Nahyans, the rulers of Abu
Dhabi and senior royal family in the United Arab Emirates. These
relationships stretch back decades, to the early 1960s and 1970s
respectively. Using this history as a foundation, the book examines
the connections between Qaradawi's and Bin Bayyah's rival projects
and the development of Qatar's and the UAE's competing state-brands
and foreign policies. It raises questions about how to theorize the
relationships between the Muslim scholarly-elite (the ulama) and
the nation-state. Over the course of the Arab Spring and the Gulf
Crisis, Qaradawi and Bin Bayyah shaped the Al Thani's and Al
Nahyan's competing ideologies in important ways. Offering new ways
for academics to think about Doha and Abu Dhabi as hegemonic
centers of Islamic scholarly authority alongside historical centers
of learning such as Cairo, Medina, or Qom, this book will appeal to
those with an interest in modern Islamic authority, the ulama, Gulf
politics, as well as the Arab Spring and its aftermath.
The book is a summary and interpretation of the research literature
on infants and children with visual impairments. It concludes that
many aspects of 'delayed' development are not the result of visual
impairment itself, but rather of environmental variables that tend
to accompany visual impairment. Thus many of the typical
developmental delays may be ameliorated or avoided by the
appropriate structuring of the child's experiences. The book is
developmentally oriented and treats all of the major areas of child
development. The author makes the premise that a truly useful body
of knowledge about the development of children with visual
impairments must not just characterize normative development, but
must account for the factors that are associated with relatively
good or poor developmental progress. Existing research literature
is searched for evidence of variables that may account for
individual differences, particularly variables related to the
child's several environments.
In this book, Dr. Warren summarizes and interprets the research literature on infants and children with visual impairments. He concludes that many aspects of delayed development are not the result of visual impairment itself, but rather of environmental variables that tend to accompany visual impairment. Thus, many of the typical developmental prdelays may be ameliorated or avoided by the appropriate structuring of the child's experiences. The author makes the argument that the goal of research in this area should be to understand the causes of variation within the population of visually impaired children, rather than making direct, developmental comparison with sighted children. Thus, the existing research literature is searched for evidence of variables that may account for individual differences, including particularly variables related to the child's multiple environments.
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