Recently added articles from The Middle East Journal:
Who Commands the Faithful?
Jan 01, 2009; ... Who Commands the Faithful? Review Article by Joseph V. Montville Commander of the Faithful: The Life and Times of Emir Abd El-Kader, by John Ww. Kiser. Rhinebeck, NY: Monkfish Book Publishing Company, 2008. xviii + 323 pages. Bibl. to p. 346. Index to p. 361. $28.95. In February 1856, ...
IRAN-Nationalizing Iran: Culture, Power and the State, 1870-1940
Jan 01, 2009; ... IRAN Nationalizing Iran: Culture, Power and the State, 1870-1940, by Afshin Marashi. Seattle, WA: University of Wwashington Press, 2008. xi + 138 pages. Notes to p. 165. Bibl. to p. 180. Index to p. 186. $60 cloth; $25 paper. Reviewed by Maziar Behrooz The subject of modern state ...
IRAN-A History of Modern Iran
Jan 01, 2009; ... A History of Modern Iran, by Ervand Abrahamian. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. xxx + 195 pages. Notes to p. 214. Bibl. and further reading to p 223. Index to p. 228. $80 cloth; $24.99 paper. Reviewed by John Limbert Ervand Abrahamian has undertaken ...
IRAN-Refugee Rights in Iran
Jan 01, 2009; ... Refugee Rights in Iran, by Shirin Ebadi. London, UK and San Francisco: Saqi Books, in association with UNHCR, 2008. 254 pages. Trans. by Banafsheh Keynoush. $19.95. Reviewed by Reza Afshari The Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi offers a concise exposé of Iran's domestic laws and ...
ISRAEL-A History of Modern Israel
Jan 01, 2009; ... ISRAEL A History of Modern Israel, by Colin Shindler. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008, xxviii + 350 pages. Biblio. to p. 355. Index to p. 371. $80 cloth; $23.99 paper. Reviewed by Ylana Miller In his introduction, Colin Shindler establishes in summary fashion his own ...
PALESTINE AND PALESTINIANS-Governing Gaza: Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917-1969
Jan 01, 2009; ... PALESTINE AND PALESTINIANS Governing Gaza: Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917-1969, by Ilana Feldman. Durham, NC and London, UK: Duke University Press, 2008. xii + 235 pages. Notes to p. 295. Bibl. to p. 312. Index to p. 324. $22.95. Reviewed by JoAnn ...
SUDAN-A History of Modern Sudan
Jan 01, 2009; ... SUDAN A History of Modern Sudan, by Robert O. Collins. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. xxiii + 302 pages. Gloss. xx + xxiii. Notes to p. 304. Bibl. to p. 319. Index to p. 331. $27.99. Reviewed by Peter K. Bechtold For the past half-century Robert O. Collins ...
WESTERN SAHARA-Saharan Conflict: Towards Territorial Autonomy as a Right to Democratic Self-Determination
Jan 01, 2009; ... WESTERN SAHARA Saharan Conflict: Towards Territorial Autonomy as a Right to Democratic Self-Determination, by Abdelhamid El Ouali. London, UK: Stacey International, 2008. 254 pages. Table to p. 10. Annexes to p. 195. Notes to p. 228. Bibl. to p. 247. Index to p. 254. BP16.95. Reviewed by Jacques ...
YEMEN-Peripheral Visions: Publics, Power, and Performance in Yemen
Jan 01, 2009; ... YEMEN Peripheral Visions: Publics, Power, and Performance in Yemen, by Lisa Wedeen. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2008. xv + 223 pages. Notes to p. 262. Bibl. to p. 290. Index to p. 300. $65. Reviewed by Daniel Martin Varisco A weak state but a strong, communally-oriented ...
BIOGRAPHY-Queen of the Oil Club: The Intrepid Wanda Jablonski and the Power of Information
Jan 01, 2009; ... BIOGRAPHY Queen of the Oil Club: The Intrepid Wanda Jablonski and the Power of Information, by Anna Rubino. Boston: Beacon Press, 2008. xiii + 281 pages. Acknowledgments to p. 289. Notes to p. 332. Index to p. 346. $29.95. Reviewed by Barbara Slavin The best journalists are part ...
BIOGRAPHY-The King's Messenger: Prince Bandar Bin Sultan and America's Tangled Relationship with Saudi Arabia
Jan 01, 2009; ... The King's Messenger: Prince Bandar Bin Sultan and America's Tangled Relationship with Saudi Arabia, by David B. Ottaway. New York: Walker and Company, 2008. 336 pages. $27. Reviewed by David E. Long Biographical books that project an authentic, unbiased view of public persons are ...
BIOGRAPHY-Faysal: Saudi Arabia's King for All Seasons
Jan 01, 2009; ... Faysal: Saudi Arabia's King for All Seasons, by Joseph A. Kéchichian. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2008. xviii + 281 pages. $34. Reviewed by Thomas W. Lippman It must be easy to write an uninspired biography of a fascinating person because it happens often. Stanley ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Spies in Arabia: The Great War and the Cultural Foundations of Britain's Covert Empire in the Middle East
Jan 01, 2009; ... MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS Spies in Arabia: The Great War and the Cultural Foundations of Britain's Covert Empire in the Middle East, by Priya Satia. Oxford, UK and New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. xiii + 337 pages. Notes to p. 408. Sel. bibl. to p. 441. Index to p. 458. $55. Reviewed ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-The Unmaking of the Middle East: A History of Western Disorder in Arab Lands
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Unmaking of the Middle East: A History of Western Disorder in Arab Lands, by Jeremy Salt. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. 358 pages. Notes to 416. Bibl. to p. 441. Index to p. 468. $29.95. Reviewed by Michael M. Gunter Jeremy Salt's "leftist" interpretation of the ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Unexceptional: America's Empire in the Persian Gulf, 1941-2007
Jan 01, 2009; ... Unexceptional: America's Empire in the Persian Gulf, 1941-2007, by Marc J. O'Reilly. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2008. 300 pages. Sel. bibl. to p. 328. Index to p. 343. $80. Reviewed by Steve A. Yetiv This useful book argues that an informal American empire has developed in the region ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Confronting an Empire, Constructing a Nation: Arab Nationalists and Popular Politics in Mandate Palestine
Jan 01, 2009; ... Confronting an Empire, Constructing a Nation: Arab Nationalists and Popular Politics in Mandate Palestine, by Weldon C. Matthews. London, UK and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2006. viii + 263 pages. Appends. to p. 273. Notes and index to p. 342. $95. Reviewed by Neil Caplan Many PhDs of an ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-American Ascendance and British Retreat in the Persian Gulf Region
Jan 01, 2009; ... American Ascendance and British Retreat in the Persian Gulf Region, by W. Taylor Fain. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. viii + 208 pages. Notes to p. 263. Bibl. to p. 274. Index to p. 283. $84.95. Reviewed by Spencer Mawby On September 1, 2008 the underachieving English soccer club ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Beyond Sacred and Secular: Politics of Religion in Israel and Turkey
Jan 01, 2009; ... Beyond Sacred and Secular: Politics of Religion in Israel and Turkey, by Sultan Tepe. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008. viii + 369 pages. Notes to p. 413. $39.95. Reviewed by Yüksel Sezgin How can one account for the resurgence of religiously inspired political movements and ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Jerusalem and Its Role in Islamic Solidarity/Jerusalem: Idea and Reality
Jan 01, 2009; ... Jerusalem and Its Role in Islamic Solidarity, by Yitzhak Reiter. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. 160 pages. Notes to p. 178. Refs. to p. 188. Index to p. 198. $74.95. Jerusalem: Idea and Reality, ed. by Tamar Mayer and Suleiman A. Mourad. London: Routledge, 2008. xiv + 320 pages ....
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-The Mind of Jihad
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Mind of Jihad, by Laurent Murawiec. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 352 pages. $24.99. Reviewed by Wolfgang G. Schwanitz As the beautiful hotel in Mumbai was set ablaze, his children asked him who those terrorists are and why they would do this. That ...