TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yamani, Mai
TI  - Cradle of Islam : the Hijaz and the quest for an Arabian identity
SN  - 9781850437109
SN  - 200448415
U1  - 953.8 YAM 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)
KW  - Saudi Arabia - Ethnic relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-211). Defining the Hijaz : the roots of cultural resistance -- The Hijazi ʻawa'il and preservation of Hijazi identity -- The political awakening of the Hijazi ʻawa'il -- The rites of passage I : ceremonies of birth -- The rites of passage II : marriage and social status -- The rites of passage III : death : the final vindication -- Cultivating the social arts I : the art of formal conversation among the Hijazi ʻawa'il -- Cultivating the social arts II : reasserting culinary tradition -- Cultivating the social arts III : Hijazi dress to the new social order
ER  -