{"product_id":"9780863564079","title":"An Imam In Paris: Al-Tahtawi's Visit To France 1826-1831","description":"\u003cp\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eAn Imam in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e lets us share the responses of a highly intelligent scholar ... Daniel L. Newman is to be congratulated on making the first translation into English of this remarkable book, and on supporting the text with a first-class introduction and with footnotes that are as full as one could wish\"— \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A touchstone for thinking about the tangled relations between Islam and modernity ... the most amazing and entertaining curiosity\"—Matthew J. Reisz, \u003ci\u003eJewish Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1820s, Rifa'a Rafi' al-Tahtawi, a young Muslim cleric, travelled to Paris as a leading member of the first Egyptian educational mission, where, during a stay of five years, he documented his observations on European culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis account, \u003ci\u003eTakhlis al-Ibriz fi Talkhis Bariz \u003c\/i\u003e ( \u003ci\u003eThe Quintessence of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e ), is one of the earliest and most influential records of the Muslim encounter with Enlightenment-era's European ideas, introducing ideas of modernity to his native land. Al-Tahtawi’s work offers invaluable insight into early conceptions of Europe and the \"Other\". His observations are as vibrant and palpable today as they were over one hundred and fifty years ago; informative and often acute, to very humorous effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn irrefutable classic, this new edition of the first English translation is of seminal value. It is introduced and carefully annotated by a scholar fluent in the life, times, and milieu of its narrator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDaniel L. Newman\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Arabic and course director of the master's program in Arabic-English Translation and Interpreting at the University of Durham. His other works include \u003ci\u003eModern Arabic Short Stories: A Bilingual Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (with Ronak Husni, Saqi Books, 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saqi Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032945672432,"sku":"9780863564079","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780863564079_p0.jpg?v=1763831477","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780863564079","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}