Author: Tazim R. Kassam
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: shams, pir, saint, mcgill, studies, religions, history, muslim, ili, circles, wisdom, dance, hymns, isma, satpanth, songs
Number of Pages: 454
Published: 1995-08-17
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0791425924
ISBN-13: 9780791425923

Coursing though cultures and time, tuneful verse has given moving expression to the human longing for the divine. As poetry strung on sweet melodies, hymns bear testimony to the religious life of the devout, and to the inspiring teachings of minstrels and saints. Such is the ginan tradition of the Satpanth Isma’ilis, Indian successors of the Fatand Nizari Isma’ili sect of the Shi’ah Muslims. Traditionally recited during daily ritual prayers, ginans have been revered for generations among the Satpanth Isma’ilis as sacred compositions. This work offers for the first time

Authors:A. H. Kassam, H. T. Van Velthuizen, Gero W. Fischer,
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org
Keywords: resources, land, base, data, productivity, soil, reports, kenya, world, case, assessment, ecological, agricultural, development, agro, planning, study
Published: 1993-05
List price: $24.50
ISBN-10: 925103303X
ISBN-13: 9789251033036

Authors:Michael P. Robinson, Karim-Aly Kassam,
Publisher: Bayeux Arts, Inc.
Keywords: perestroika, reindeer, living, potatoes, sami
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 1998-11-15
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1896209114
ISBN-13: 9781896209111

Sami Potatoes is at once participatory research, case study, a personal journal, a contribution to the international literature on Northern Planning and Developmental Studies. It is also a testimony to the cultural and political strength of the Russian Sami Association of the Kola Peninsula.

Authors:Michael M Cernea, Amir H Kassam,
Publisher: CABI
Keywords: culture, agricultural, development, cabi, international, research, agri, social, researching
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2005-12
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0851990037
ISBN-13: 9780851990033

This book analyzes the functions, content, methods, findings, and impacts of social and cultural research carried out by the worldwide network of 16 International Agricultural Research Centers of the CGIAR(Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research). Its two main parts - "insiders" and "outsiders" - bring together the perspectives of over 50 eminent scholars and social researchers from 30 countries, working within the Centers or within outside academic and development institutions. The authors examine critically the priorities, strengths, and weaknesses of research on the socio-