| #2344319 in Books | Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies | 2010-10-01 | 2010-10-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.10 x.60 x5.50l,.55 | File type: PDF | 192 pages | ||About the Author|Sahar Bazzaz is Associate Professor of History at the College of the Holy Cross.
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 activ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Forgotten Saints: History, Power, and Politics in the Making of Modern Morocco (Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs) | Sahar Bazzaz. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.