This thesis is an exploration of the role of art in cultural and political confrontations. It offers a comparative ethnographic study of two museums of Islamic art, the Pergamon Museum in Berlin-Germany (the Pergamon) and the Museum of Islamic Art in Qata
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Thesis (M.A.)--American University of Beirut, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2012.;"Advisor : Dr. Kirsten Scheid, Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences--Members of Committee : Dr. Richard Saumarez-Smith, Professo
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-84)
