TY - BOOK AU - George N. Atiyeh TI - The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East SN - 0791424731 PY - 1995/// CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Faris al-Shidyaq KW - Publishing KW - Middle East KW - Manuscripts KW - Print culture KW - Books KW - Lebanon KW - Egypt KW - Islamic education KW - Oral transmission KW - Written transmission KW - Islamic literatures KW - Biographical dictionaries KW - Grammar KW - Grammatical tradition KW - Arabic calligraphy KW - Female calligraphers KW - Islamic manuscripts KW - Illustrations KW - Higher education KW - Religious imagination ER -