Across centuries, the Islamic Middle East hosted large populations of Christians and Jews in addition to Muslims.
Focusing on the Ottoman Middle East before World War I, Sharkey offers a vivid and lively analysis of everyday social contacts, dress, music, food, bathing, and more, as they brought people togeth.
Sharkey examines the History that Muslims, Christians, and Jews once shared against the shifting backdrop of state policies.
In this book, Heather J.
Today, this diversity is mostly absent.
Across centuries, the Islamic Middle East hosted large populations of Christians and Jews in addition to Muslims