Cultural encounters in the Arab world on media, the modern and the everyday - Sabry, Tarik (I.B. Tauris, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
On encountering and modernness -- Contemporary Arab thought and the struggle for authenticity : towards an ontological articulation of the 'modern' -- Arab popular cultures and everyday life -- The bridge and the queue as spaces of encountering -- Modernness as a multiple narrative-category : encountering the west -- Still searching for the Arab present cultural tense : Arab cultural studies
Explores experiences of being modern in Arab transitional societies