{"product_id":"the-al-hamlet-summit-a-political-arabesque-9781902806624","title":"The Al-Hamlet Summit: A Political Arabesque","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sulayman Al-Bassam\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Hertfordshire Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Hertfordshire Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Islamic Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowerful and disturbing, this version of the Hamlet story is set in a modern Middle Eastern state whose leader has just died, to be replaced by his brother, a ruthless, Westernized dictator who juggles petro-dollars, arms dealers, and democratic slogans in an attempt to quell the rising tides of Islamic extremism. Presenting a composite of many Arab concerns that affect peoples from the Arabian Gulf to the Atlantic and beyond, it is a concrete and poetic formulation of an Arab viewpoint, combining aspects of the Arab oral-poetry tradition with the rhetoric of modern-day politics. It is Hamlet as pure, dangerous politics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Hertfordshire Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45037495091351,"sku":"9781902806624","price":1765.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781902806624.webp?v=1768543783","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-al-hamlet-summit-a-political-arabesque-9781902806624","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}