Jamāl Ḥamdān, (1928-1993), wa-ʻabqarīyat al-makān
by Muḥammad Maḥmūd Ghanīmah
Part of Iṣdārāt Bayt al-Sanārī
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Consider how Ḥamdān balanced scientific geography with cultural and geopolitical interpretation; how does the author capture this duality in his analysis of Ḥamdān's work?
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