| #5185231 in Books | 2005-08-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.28 x.77 x6.28l,1.02 | File type: PDF | 224 pages||About the Author|
Kimberly Katz, assistant professor of Middle Eastern history at Towson University in Maryland, has published articles in The Muslim World and Comparative Studies in South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as in The
Kimberly Katz explores the role of Jerusalem’s holy places in the process of creating a distinct national identity in Jordan from 1948 to 1967. The time period marks Jordan's control over Jerusalem, including the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish holy sites in the Old City. Katz shows that the governing Hashemite leaders co-opted the religious importance of Jerusalem to refashion Jordan’s image following the 1948 War in Palestine around the holy ...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Jordanian Jerusalem: Holy Places and National Spaces | Kimberly Katz. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
