Recently added articles from The Middle East Journal:
Interfaith Dialogue in the Region and Beyond
Jul 01, 2008; Thomas, David ... The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque, by Sidney H. Griffith. Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press, 2008. xiii + 179 pages. Bibl. to p. 212. Index to p. 220. $35. Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue, by Jane Idleman Smith. Oxford, UK: Oxford ...
IRAN-Iran and the Rise of its Neoconservatives: The Politics of Tehran's Silent Revolution
Jul 01, 2008; Terhalle, Maximilian ... IRAN Iran and the Rise of its Neoconservatives: The Politics of Tehran's Silent Revolution, by Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Mahjoob Zweiri. London, UK and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2007. xix + 215 pages. $45. Reviewed by Maximilian Terhalle This monograph sets out its aim in a ...
AFGHANISTAN-How We Missed the Story: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan
Jul 01, 2008; Barfield, Thomas ... AFGHANISTAN How We Missed the Story: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan, by Roy Gutman. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2008. xvii + 353 pages. Epilogue to p. 262. Dramatis personae to p. 270. Notes to p. 298. Index to p. 321. $26. Reviewed ...
IRAN-Young and Defiant in Tehran
Jul 01, 2008; Mashayekhi, Mehrdad ... Young and Defiant in Tehran, by Shahram Khosravi. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. xii + 176 pages. Notes to p. 189. Gloss. to p. 191. Bibl. to p. 204. Index to p. 221. $45. Reviewed by Mehrdad Mashayekhi Academic interest in youth politics, culture, and ...
ISRAEL-Yigal Allon, Native Son: A Biography
Jul 01, 2008; Miller, Ylana ... ISRAEL Yigal Allon, Native Son: A Biography, by Anita Shapira. Trans. by Evelyn Abel. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. x + 322 pages. Notes to p. 361. Bibl. to p. 367. Index to p. 384. $49.95. Reviewed by Ylana Miller Yigal Allon, an important military ...
KURDS-The Kurds Ascending: The Evolving Solution to the Kurdish Problem in Iraq and Turkey
Jul 01, 2008; MacDonald, Charles G ... KURDS The Kurds Ascending: The Evolving Solution to the Kurdish Problem in Iraq and Turkey, by Michael M. Gunter. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. xiv + 138 pages. $69.95. Reviewed by Charles G. MacDonald Professor Michael M. Gunter is wellplaced to publish this upbeat and ...
KURDS-Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East
Jul 01, 2008; Barkey, Henri J ... Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East, by Quil Lawrence. New York: Walker & Co. 2008. xvi + 322 pages. Maps. Photos. Key events to p. 331. Notes to p. 350. Sel. bibl. to p. 354. Acknowl. to p. 356. Index to p. 366. $25.95. Reviewed ...
KURDS-The Settlement Issue in Turkey and the Kurds: An Analysis of Spatial Policies, Modernity and War
Jul 01, 2008; Gunter, Michael M ... The Settlement Issue in Turkey and the Kurds: An Analysis of Spatial Policies, Modernity and War, by Joost Jongerden. Leiden and Boston, MA: Brill, 2007. xxx + 319 pages. Annex (maps) to p. 333. Bibl. to p. 354. $176. Reviewed by Michael M. Gunter During the struggle between the ...
LIBYA-The Libyan Paradox
Jul 01, 2008; St John, Ronald Bruce ... LIBYA The Libyan Paradox, by Luis Martinez. New York and Paris: Columbia University Press, in association with the Centre d'Études et de Recherches Internationales, Paris, 2007. xiii + 158 pages. Notes to p. 178. Chron. to p. 180. Index to p. 182. $50. Reviewed by Ronald Bruce St ...
YEMEN-The Moral Resonance of Arab Media: Audiocassette Poetry and Culture in Yemen
Jul 01, 2008; Caton, Steven C ... YEMEN The Moral Resonance of Arab Media: Audiocassette Poetry and Culture in Yemen, by Flagg Miller. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007. xxiv + 461 pages. Figures. Maps. Photos. Appends. to p. 472. Bibl. to p. 493. Index to p. 525. $29.95 paper. Reviewed by Steven C ....
TURKEY-Contemporary Islamic Conversations: M. Fethullah Gülen on Turkey, Islam, and the West
Jul 01, 2008; Kuru, Ahmet T ... TURKEY Contemporary Islamic Conversations: M. Fethullah Gülen on Turkey, Islam, and the West, ed. by Nevval Sevindi and with an intro. by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi'. Trans. by Abdullah T. Antepli. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2008. xiv + 148 pages. Notes to p. 152. Bibl. to p. 155. Index to p. 160. $44.50 ...
YEMEN-The Rules of Barat: Tribal Documents from Yemen
Jul 01, 2008; Adra, Najwa ... The Rules of Barat: Tribal Documents from Yemen, by Paul Dresch. Sanaa, Yemen: Centre Français d'Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales and Deutches Archäologisches Institut, 2006. iii + 99 pages. Supplementary documents to p. 114. Maps to p. 66. Figures to p. 32. Gloss. to p. 327. Bibl. to p. 339 ....
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE-Arab Folklore: A Handbook
Jul 01, 2008; Rice, Laura ... LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Arab Folklore: A Handbook, by Dwight F. Reynolds. Westport, CT and London, UK: Greenwood Press, 2007. xiv + 226 pages. Gloss. to p. 232. Bibl. to p. 241. Web resources to p. 245. Index to p. 258. $55. Reviewed by Laura Rice Arab Folklore follows the same ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Artillery of Fire: American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East
Jul 01, 2008; Sharkey, Heather J ... MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS Artillery of Fire: American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East, by Ussama Makdisi. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2008. 262 pages. Illust. $35. Reviewed by Heather J. Sharkey Lucid and elegantly written, Ussama Makdisi's ...
EDUCATION AND MEDIA-Al Jazeera: The Inside Story of the Arab News Channel That Is Challenging the West
Jul 01, 2008; Belton, Patrick ... EDUCATION AND MEDIA Al Jazeera: The Inside Story of the Arab News Channel That Is Challenging the West, by Hugh Miles. New York: Grove Press, 2005. 448 pages. $24. Reviewed by Patrick Belton If one were to quibble with Hugh Miles's masterly, elegant treatment of the Al-Jazeera ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005
Jul 01, 2008; Long, David E ... The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States in the Persian Gulf, 1972-2005, by Steve A. Yetiv. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. xi + 197 pages. Notes to p. 229. Bibl. to p. 244. Index to p. 250. $55 cloth; $25 paper. Reviewed by David E. Long The ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Ruling But Not Governing: The Military and Political Development in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey
Jul 01, 2008; Loftus, Gerald ... Ruling But Not Governing: The Military and Political Development in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey, by Steven A. Cook. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. xiii + 148 pages. Notes to p. 182. Index to p. 189. $55 cloth; $24.95 paper. Reviewed by Gerald Loftus It is too ...
PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND SCIENCE-The Other Shiites: From the Mediterranean to Central Asia
Jul 01, 2008; Hanifi, M Jamil ... PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND SCIENCE The Other Shiites: From the Mediterranean to Central Asia, ed. by Alessandro Monsutti, Silvia Naef, and Farian Sabahi. New York: Peter Lang, 2007. 262 pages. Contribs. to p. 266. $78.95. Reviewed by M. Jamil Hanifi Western media and some academic ...
SOCIAL CONDITIONS-Desiring Arabs
Jul 01, 2008; Ali, Kamran Asdar ... SOCIAL CONDITIONS Desiring Arabs, by Joseph A. Massad. Chicago IL: University of Chicago Press, 2007. xiv + 418 pages. Bibl to p. 441. Index to p. 453. $35. Reviewed by Kamran Asdar Ali Joseph Massad's text offers a critique of the universalizing liberal argument on sexual ...
Chronology-Central Asia and the Caucasus
Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... See also Regional Affairs Jan. 17: New dress code restriction in Tajikistan required male students at the Islamic University of Tajikistan to wear suits and shave their beards. This mandate came a year after the outlawing of headscarves in public schools and signaled further ...