Forgotten Saints: History, Power, and Politics in the Making of Modern Morocco Contributor(s): Bazzaz, Sahar (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674035399 ISBN-13: 9780674035393 Publisher: Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard
Binding Type: Paperback Published: July 2010 Click for more in this series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - North - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2009044180 |
Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" L (0.55 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - North Africa |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2010 pg. 58 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In 1894, on the eve of the French conquest of Morocco, a young Muslim mystic named Muhammad al-Kattani decided to abandon his life of asceticism to preach Islamic revival and jihad against the French. Ten years later, al-Kattani mobilized a socially diverse coalition of Moroccans who called for resistance against French colonization. In 1909, he met a violent death at the hands of the same Moroccan anti-colonialists he had empowered through his activism. Today, the government of Morocco regards al-Kattani's story as subversive, and he has virtually disappeared from the narratives of the early Moroccan anti-colonialism and nationalism. Despite this silencing, al-Kattani's remarkable personal transformation and sacrifice is at the heart of the events that, although ultimately failing to prevent French rule, gave birth to Moroccan nationalism and to modern concepts of Moroccan political power and authority. Forgotten Saints draws on a diverse collection of previously unknown primary sources to narrate the vivid story of al-Kattani and his virtual disappearance from accounts of modern Moroccan history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bazzaz, Sahar: - Sahar Bazzaz is Associate Professor of History at the College of the Holy Cross. |
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