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The increase in work on cultural theory and intellectual history in the Middle East is an exciting and very welcome . These are two books to start you off on your exploration.
Dr. Tarik Sabry is teaches "media and communication theory at the University of Westminster " who has also written Arab Subcultures and Cultural Encounters in the Arab World
Elizabeth Kassab is a Philosophy Professor who has held positions at Columbia University, Yale and AUB. Watch her lecture "Arab Thought & Arab Revolts: Arab Intellectuals as legislators in Transformative Times"