7 keys to understanding the Arab world, by Jean-Jacques Schmidt

France has very old cultural, historical, political and economic ties with the Arab world. Islam is the second religion in our country and France has many citizens of Arab or Arabic-speaking origin. However, very often ignorance and distrust prevail, creating the bed of incomprehension or even rejection and hatred.

This book - 7 keys to understanding the Arab world - comes at the right time, at a time in history when, more than ever, the Arab world and the European world meet, confront each other and are inevitably led to cooperate.

In these pages, with his experience, his reflections and his knowledge, Jean-Jacques Schmidt gives us a concrete image of the Arab world through:

- its geopolitics

- its history before Mohamed until the period of the crusades

- his religion: Islam and its codes

- his language: Arabic and its characteristics

- its culture with its literature, its music, its craftsmanship

- his lifestyle

- his behavior in human relationships.

An essential guide within the reach of academics, diplomats, tourists, which is also intended as a first step in the approach of the simply curious.

A guide to modern times.