The Middle East Journal back issues from October 2003:
Torn Between Two Cultures: An Afghan-American Woman Speaks Out
Oct 01, 2003; ... Torn Between Two Cultures: An Afghan-American Woman Speaks Out, by Maryam Qudrat Aseel. Sterling, VA. Capital Books, 2003. xviii + 188 pages. Index to p. 191. $22.95. This book is a personal account of the author's experiences as an Afghan-American woman living between the contrasting societies ...
Communications
Oct 01, 2003; ... The JOURNAL welcomes comments from its readers. All communications should be addressed to the Editor and bear the full name and address of the writer. A selection of those received will be published periodically in these columns. When a comment is received regarding an article or review ...
Arab-American Faces and Voices: The Origins of an Immigration Community
Oct 01, 2003; ... Arab-American Faces and Voices: The Origins of an Immigration Community, by Elizabeth Boosahda. Austin, TX. University of Texas Press, 2003. xix + 196 pages. Addendum to p. 206. Genealogy to p. 210. Timeline to p.221. Notes to p. 243. Bibl. to p. 247. Annotated bibl. to p. 259. Organizations to ...
Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War, and Euthanasia
Oct 01, 2003; ... Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War, and Euthanasia, ed. by Jonathan E. Brockopp. Foreword by Gene Outka. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2003. xiii + 219 pages. Gloss, to p. 224. Bibl. to p. 238. Index to p. 248. $24.95 paper. This book is intended not as an introduction to ...
Revival and Reform in Islam: The Legacy of Muhammad al Shawkani
Oct 01, 2003; ... Revival and Reform in Islam: The Legacy of Muhammad al Shawkani, by Bernard Haykel. New York, NY. Cambridge University Press, 2003. xiii + 234 pages. Bibl. to p. 255. Index to p. 265. $70 cloth; $25 paper. This book is not only a biography of Muhammad al Shawkani, one of the most influential ...
Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures: A Ziauddin Sardar Reader
Oct 01, 2003; ... Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures: A Ziauddin Sardar Reader, ed. by Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell. London, UK and Sterling, VA. Pluto Press, 2003. 349 pages. Working bibl. to 361. Index to p. 374. $75 cloth; $24.95 paper. Ziauddin Sardar has emerged as one of the leading Islamic ...
Fables of the Ancients? Folklore in the Qur'an
Oct 01, 2003; ... Fables of the Ancients? Folklore in the Qur'an, by Alan Dundes. Lanham, MA: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003. xiv + 71 pages. Bibl. to p. 84. Index to p. 88. $62 cloth; $19.95 paper. As an anthropologist and leading specialist in ...
The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature
Oct 01, 2003; ... The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature, ed. and trans. by Tarif Khalidi. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003. viii + 218. Notes to p. 232. Bibl. to p. 239. Index to p. 245. n.p. In an attempt to shed new light on Jesus Christ, Tarif Khalidi assembles 303 of the ...
Understanding the Hadith: The Sacred Traditions of Islam
Oct 01, 2003; ... Understanding the Hadith: The Sacred Traditions of Islam, by Ram Swarup. Prometheus Books: Amherst, New York, 2002. 246 pages. Bibl. to p. 249. Index to p. 258. $22 paper. Few outside the Muslim world are familiar with the Hadith, which is considered integral with the Q'uran as a source of ...
Islam in a Globalizing World
Oct 01, 2003; ... Islam in a Globalizing World, by Thomas W. Simons, Jr. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003. xi + 69 pages. Bibl. essay to p. 80. Notes to p. 104. Index to p. 111. $24.95 cloth; $14.95 paper. In this study, Thomas Simons offers an historical perspective on the relationship between Islam ...
Strong Religion: The Rise of Fundamentalism Around the World
Oct 01, 2003; ... Strong Religion: The Rise of Fundamentalism Around the World, by Gabriel A. Almond, R. Scott Appleby, and Emmanuel Sivan. Chicago, IL and London, UK: The University of Chicago Press, 2003. vii + 243 pages. Appends, to p. 254. Notes to p. 272. Index to p. 281. $19.00. It has recently become ...
Ecstasy and Enlightenment
Oct 01, 2003; ... Ecstasy and Enlightenment, by Ali S. Asani. London, and New York: I.B. Tauris, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2002. xxii + 152 pages. $37.50. Drawing upon the fields of religion, anthropology, history, and sociology, Ali Asani maps the devotional literature of the ...
Political Thought and Political History: Studies in Memory of Elie Kedourie
Oct 01, 2003; ... Political Thought and Political History: Studies in Memory of Elie Kedourie, ed. by Moshe Gammer. London, UK, and Portland, OR. Frank Cass Publishers, 2003. x + 178 pages. Index to p. 186. $49.50. This book is a compilation of articles by ...
Islamic Fundamentalism: An Introduction
Oct 01, 2003; ... PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND SCIENCE Islamic Fundamentalism: An Introduction, by Lawrence Davidson. Westport, CT and London, UK. Greenwood Press, 2003. xxii + 94 pages. Chron. Bios. to p. 120. Primary docs. to p. 181. Gloss. to p. 188. Annotated bibl. to p. 197. Index to p. 202. $45. In ...
The New Politics of Islam: Pan-Islamic foreign policy in a world of states
Oct 01, 2003; ... The New Politics of Islam: Pan-Islamic foreign policy in a world of states, by Naveed S. Sheikh. London, UK and New York. Routledge Curzon, 2003. xii + 141 pages. Appends, to p. 147. Notes and refs. to p. 182. Sel. bibl. to p. 200. Index to p. 206. $75. This book seeks to challenge what the ...
That Stranger within Me: a foreign woman caught in the Iranian Revolution
Oct 01, 2003; ... That Stranger within Me: a foreign woman caught in the Iranian Revolution, by Shokooh Mirzadegi. Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, 2002. 191 pages. $16 paper. The novel opens with Luba, a Czech archaeologist, looking for her husband in Tehran's central morgue. His death is only the beginning: as a ...
Selected Poems from the Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi of Jalaluddin Rumi
Oct 01, 2003; ... Selected Poems from the Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi of Jalaluddin Rumi, tr. by R.A. Nicholson. Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, 2001. 195 pages. Notes to ...
Employment Creation and Social Protection in the Middle East and North Africa
Oct 01, 2003; ... Employment Creation and Social Protection in the Middle East and North Africa, ed. by Heba Handoussa and Zafiris Tzannatos. Cairo and New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2003. xv + 279 pages. Figures. Tables. $27.50 paper. Written on behalf of the Mediterranean Development Forum ...
The Wineseller's Street: Renderings of Hafez
Oct 01, 2003; ... The Wineseller's Street: Renderings of Hafez, by Thomas Rain Crowe. Bethesda, MD: Ibex Press, 1998. 82 pages. $12.95 paper. This volume contains 74 poems from the Diwan of fourteenth-century Persian poet Khwaja Samseddin Mohammad Hafez. The ...
A History of Literary Criticism in Iran (1866-1951)
Oct 01, 2003; ... A History of Literary Criticism in Iran (1866-1951), by Iraq Parsinejad. Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, 2003. Pages: 266 pages + Appendix to p. 320 + Index to p. 350. $45. This book attempts to document the evolution of literary criticism in Persian society, beginning with less known examples of ...
Academic Freedom in Arab Universities: Understanding, Practices and Discrepancies
Oct 01, 2003; ... EDUCATION Academic Freedom in Arab Universities: Understanding, Practices and Discrepancies, by Hanada Tab Thomure. Lanham, MD, New York, and Oxford, UK. Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2003. xii + 110 pages. Refs. to p. 126. Index to p. 129. $27 paper. In this book, Hanada Taha ...
Lightning Over Yemen: A History of the Ottoman Campaign 1569-71
Oct 01, 2003; ... YEMEN Lightning Over Yemen: A History of the Ottoman Campaign 1569-71, by Clive Smith. London, UK and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2002. xiii + 191 pages. Gloss. Illust. Notes to p. 218. Bibl. to p. 221. index to p. 226. $65 paper. This translation makes available for the first time in English the ...
Arab Economic Integration: Between Hope and Reality
Oct 01, 2003; ... ECONOMIC CONDITIONS Arab Economic Integration: Between Hope and Reality, ed. by Ahmed GaIaI and Bernard Hoekman. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, in association with the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, Cairo, 2003. viii + 161 pages. Tables. Graphs. Index to p. 170. n.p. This book ...
Operation Defensive Shield: Witnesses to Israeli War Crimes
Oct 01, 2003; ... Operation Defensive Shield: Witnesses to Israeli War Crimes, ed. by Muna Hamzeh and Todd May. Sterling, VA: Pluto Press, 2003. xiii + 184 pages. Bibl. top. 191. Index top. 199. $65 cloth; $19.95 paper. This collection brings together Palestinian, Israeli, and international views on Operation ...
Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East
Oct 01, 2003; ... WOMEN Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East, by Valentine M. Moghadam. Second edition. Boulder, CO and London, UK: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003. xv + 297 pages. Acronyms to p. 300. Sel. bibl. p. 305. Index to p. 323. $59.95 cloth; $22.50 paper. This book portrays the ...
Minorities in the Middle East
Oct 01, 2003; ... SOCIAL CONDITIONS Minorities in the Middle East, ed. by Mordechai Nisan. Second edition. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2002. ix + 310 pages. Notes to p. 355. Sel. Bibl. to p. 338. Index to p. 341. $45 paper. Minority groups in the Middle East are numerous, and increasingly they ...
Turkey and the European Union: Domestic Politics, Economic Integration and International Dynamics
Oct 01, 2003; ... TURKEY Turkey and the European Union: Domestic Politics, Economic Integration and International Dynamics, ed. by Ali Carkoglu and Barry Rubin. London, UK and Portland, OR: Frank Cass Publishers, 2003. 252 pages. Abstracts to p. 256. Notes on contrib. to p. 259. Index to p. 273. $64.50 cloth; $26 ...
Four Centuries of Modern Iraq
Oct 01, 2003; ... IRAQ Four Centuries of Modern Iraq, by Stephen Hemsley Longrigg. Reading, UK. Garnet Publishing, 2002. x + 324 pages. Appendix to p. 352 . Gloss, to p. 355. Index to p. 378. $45. Originally published in 1925, this book covers the least studied time period in Iraqi history, the early 16th century ...
Kuwait: The Growth of a Historic Identity
Oct 01, 2003; ... KUWAIT Kuwait: The Growth of a Historic Identity, ed. by Ben J. Slot. London, UK. Arabian Publishing Ltd, 2003. xiii + 111 pages. Map. Plates. Bibl. to p. 121. Index to p. 129. BP 30. This book constitutes an attempt to trace the history of the modern state of Kuwait. The book contains a chapter ...
The Empire in the City and Provincial Capitals in the Late Ottoman Empire
Oct 01, 2003; ... The Empire in the City and Provincial Capitals in the Late Ottoman Empire, ed. by Jens Hannsen, Thomas Phillip, and Stefan Weber. Wurzburg, Germany: Ergon, 2002. x + 367 pages. About the Authors. *85. This collection of essays assesses the relationship between the geography of major cities and ...
Kernel of the Kernel: Concerning the Wayfaring and Spiritual Journey of the People of Intellect
Oct 01, 2003; ... Kernel of the Kernel: Concerning the Wayfaring and Spiritual Journey of the People of Intellect, by Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, ed. by Sayyid M. Husayn Husayni Tihrani. Tr. by M.H. Faghfoory. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003. xxxiii + 132 pages. Indexes and notes to p ....
The Middle East and Islamic World Reader
Oct 01, 2003; ... The Middle East and Islamic World Reader, ed. by Marvin E. Gettleman and Stuart Schaar. New York: Grove Press, 2003. xi + 356 pages. Maps. Gloss, to p. 261. Sel. bibl. to p. 268. Index to p. 377. $18.50 paper. In this volume, editors Marvin Gettleman ...
Iranian History and Politics: The dialectic of state and society
Oct 01, 2003; ... IRAN Iranian History and Politics: The dialectic of state and society, by Homa Katouzian. New York. Routledge Curzon, 2003. xiv + 263 pages. Index to p. 274. $90 This study of the history of Iranian politics deals with, among other things, the persistence of the tension between the society and ...
The Lion and the Sphinx: The Rise and Fall of the British in Egypt, 1882-1956
Oct 01, 2003; ... The Lion and the Sphinx: The Rise and Fall of the British in Egypt, 1882-1956, by Henry Keown-Boyd. Spennymoor, UK: The Memoir Club, 2002. ix + 184 pages. Notes to p. 193. Appends, to p. 205. Biblio to p. 207. Index to p. 214. BP 17.50. In this book, Henry Keown-Boyd offers a narrative of his ...
The Making of Modern Iran: State and Society under Riza Shah, 1921-1941
Oct 01, 2003; ... The Making of Modern Iran: State and Society under Riza Shah, 1921-1941, ed. by Stephanie Cronin. London, UK and New York: Routledge Curzon, 2003. xxviii + 268 pages. Plates. Index to p. 279. $90. This book explains the effects of the rule of Riza Shah on the future state of Iranian politics and ...
An Account of the Manners and Customs of Modern Egyptians
Oct 01, 2003; ... An Account of the Manners and Customs of Modern Egyptians, by Edward William Lane, Introduced by Jason Thompson. Cairo and New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2003. xviii + 619 pages. 131 line drawings. $39.50. This classic work by Edward William Lane details the lifestyles and ...
Revolutionaries and Reformers: Contemporary Islamist Movements in the Middle East
Oct 01, 2003; ... Revolutionaries and Reformers: Contemporary Islamist Movements in the Middle East, ed. by Barry Rubin. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2002. xi + 217 pages. Contribs. to p. 220. Index to p. 231. $68.50 cloth; $22.95 paper. Islamic movements are the leading opposing ideologies and forces of present ...
The "Threat" of Militant Islamic Fundamentalism
Oct 01, 2003; ... The "Threat" of Militant Islamic Fundamentalism, by Fereydoun Hoveyda. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. xiii + 199 pages. Notes to p. 215. Sel. bibl. to p. 221. Index to p. 237. $24.95 paper. Former Iranian Ambassador to the UN under the Shah, and former chair of the UN Committee on Internationa] ...
The Journal of Zak'aria of Agulis
Oct 01, 2003; ... ARMENIA The Journal of Zak'aria of Agulis. Annotated Translation with Commentary by George A. Bournoutian. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2003. 204 pages. Appendix to p. 210. Gloss, to p. 223. Sel. bibl. to p. 228. Index to p. 242. $25 paper. An Armenian cultural and economical ...
Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after September 11
Oct 01, 2003; ... Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after September 11, by Bruce Lincoln. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2002. xi + 92 pages. Appends. to p. 107. Notes to p. 137. Index to p. 142. $35. From time to time there appears a work (e.g., James Hunter's Culture Wars, Stephen L ....
Institutional Reform and Economic Development in Egypt
Oct 01, 2003; ... EGYPT Institutional Reform and Economic Development in Egypt, ed. by Noha El-Mikawy and Heba Handoussa. Cairo and New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2003. xiv +171 pages. Tables Figures. Appends to p. 197. BP 27.50. This book is a compilation of essays that address institutional ...
Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire
Oct 01, 2003; ... REFERENCE Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire, by Secuk Aksin Somel. Lanham, MD and Oxford, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2003. cv + 331 pages. Maps. Chron. Sel. Bibl. to p. 398. About the author. $90. This book gives an account of Ottoman history through a detailed chronology spanning ...
The New Anti-Semitism: The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About It
Oct 01, 2003; ... The New Anti-Semitism: The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About It, by Phyllis Chesler. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint, 2003. 259 pages. $24.95 paper. In an attempt to identify the "The New Anti-Semitism," author Phyllis Chesler argues that it has become politically correct to ...
Zones of Conflict: US Foreign Policy in the Balkans and the Greater Middle East
Oct 01, 2003; ... MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS Zones of Conflict: US Foreign Policy in the Balkans and the Greater Middle East. By Vassilis K. Fouskas. Sterling, VA: Pluto Press, 2003. xiii + 128 pages. Notes to p. 156. Bibl. to p. 168. Index to p. 177. $65 cloth; $24.95 paper. In an analysis of past US ...
Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-13
Oct 01, 2003; ... Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-13, by Edward J. Erickson. Westport, CT and London, UK: Praeger, 2003. xxiv + 345 pages. Maps. Tables. Figures. Appends, to p.385. Sel.bibl. to p.394. Index to p. 403. $49.95. Edward J. Erickson has now followed up his acclaimed ...
Islamic Family Law in a Changing World
Oct 01, 2003; ... LAW Islamic Family Law in a Changing World, ed. by Abdullahi A. An-Na'im. London, UK and New York: Zed Books, 2002. xvi + 303 pages. Gloss, to p. 311. Index of countries and general index to p. 320. $69.95 cloth; $27.50 paper. Islamic Family Law in a Changing World, a survey of family ...
Nonviolence and Peace Building in Islam: Theory and Practice
Oct 01, 2003; ... PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION Nonviolence and Peace Building in Islam: Theory and Practice, by Mohammed Abu-Nimer. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2003. ix + 186 pages. Notes to p. 211. Index top. 233. $55. In the wake of 9/11 and the invasion and occupation of Iraq by the ...
Shrewd Sanctions: Statecraft and State Sponsors of Terrorism
Oct 01, 2003; ... Shrewd Sanctions: Statecraft and State Sponsors of Terrorism, by Meghan L. O'Sullivan. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2003. xvi + 320. Notes to p. 405. Index to p. 424. $19.95 paper. Shrewd Sanctions is a wise book of advice about how the United States can better integrate ...
Daughters of Tunis: Women, Family, and Networks in a Muslim City
Oct 01, 2003; ... TUNISIA Daughters of Tunis: Women, Family, and Networks in a Muslim City, by Paula Holmes-Eber. Boulder, CO and Oxford, UK: Westview Press, 2003. xxiii + 127 pages. Appends, to p. 136. Gloss, to p. 140. Suggestions for further reading to p. 141. Bibl. to p. 155. Index to p. 166. $65 cloth; $18 ...
A Thousand Years of Persian Rubaiyat
Oct 01, 2003; ... A Thousand Years of Persian Rubaiyat, tr. by Reza Saberi. Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, 2000. 582 pages. Gloss, to p. 586. Index to p. 589. $34 paper. In this book, the translator, Reza Saberi, has compiled an ...
A Basic Course in Moroccan Arabic
Oct 01, 2003; ... LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE A Basic Course in Moroccan Arabic, by Richard S. Harrell, with Mohammed Abu-Talib and William S. Carroll. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003. xix + 384 pages. Gloss, to p. 392. Index to p. 395. $27.50 paper. This book is an updated version of the original ...
The Invention of a Nation, Zionist Thought and the Making of Modern Israel
Oct 01, 2003; ... The Invention of a Nation, Zionist Thought and the Making of Modern Israel, by Alain Dieckhoff, New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. xi + 289 pages. Index to p. 297. $30. The last sentence of this otherwise comprehensive and interesting book by Alain Dieckhoff encapsulates my main ...
The Communists and the Kadro Movement. Shaping Ideology in Ataturk's Turkey
Oct 01, 2003; ... The Communists and the Kadro Movement. Shaping Ideology in Ataturk's Turkey, by George S. Harris. Istanbul: The Isis Press, 2002. 172 pages. Appends, to p. 226. Bibl. to p. 235. Index to p. 241. $25 paper. The journal Kadro, published in the Turkey of the early 1930s by mostly ...
War and Peace in Sudan: A Tale of Two Countries
Oct 01, 2003; ... SUDAN War and Peace in Sudan: A Tale of Two Countries, by Mansour Khalid. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. [First published in 2002 by Kegan Paul Limited.] xxxi + 510 pages. Appendix to p. 516. Sel. bibl. to p. 527. Index to p. 536. $144.50. In a book bearing the somewhat ...
Answering Only to God: Faith and Freedom in Twenty-First-Century Iran
Oct 01, 2003; ... Answering Only to God: Faith and Freedom in Twenty-First-Century Iran, by Geneive Abdo and Jonathon Lyons. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2003. 276 pages. Notes to p. 282. Principal characters to p.285. Sel. gloss, to p. 288. Sel. bibl. to p. 293. Acknowledgments to p. 295. Index to p. 306 ....
Historians, State and Politics in Twentieth Century Egypt: Contesting the Nation
Oct 01, 2003; ... EGYPT Historians, State and Politics in Twentieth Century Egypt: Contesting the Nation, by Anthony German. London, UK and New York: Routledge Curzon, 2003. xii + 198 pages. Notes to p. 245. Bibl. to p. 264. Index to p. 276. $90. This valuable examination of 20th century Egyptian ...
Education and the Arab World: Challenges of the Next Millennium
Oct 01, 2003; ... Education and the Arab World: Challenges of the Next Millennium, by the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. Introduction by Don Davies. London, UK and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2003. 333 pages. Contribs. to p. 341. Notes to p. 373. Sel. Bibl. to p. 390. Index to p. 399. $26.50 ...
The Jew, the Arab: A History of the Enemy
Oct 01, 2003; ... ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT The Jew, the Arab: A History of the Enemy, by Gil Anidjar. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003. xxv + 149 pages. Appends, to p. 162. Notes to p. 236. Bibl. to p.261. $55 cloth; $21.95 paper. In this analysis of the unique relationship between Jews and Arabs, ...
Israeli Identity: In Search of a Successor to the Pioneer, Tsabar and Settler
Oct 01, 2003; ... Israeli Identity: In Search of a Successor to the Pioneer, Tsabar and Settler, by Lilly Weissbrod. London, UK and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2002. 242 pages. Bibl. to p. 254. Index to p. 256. $54.50. In the book under review, Lilly Weissbrod, who has contributed much to the study of ...
Traditional Crafts in Qajar Iran, 1800-1925
Oct 01, 2003; ... IRAN Traditional Crafts in Qajar Iran, 1800-1925, by Willem Floor. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2003. ix + 407 pages. Photos to p. 420. Appends, to p. 464. Bibl. to p. 492. Index to p. 507. $45 paper. This highly informative book examines the nature of craft production in the Qajar ...
Chronology
Oct 01, 2003; ... ABBREVIATIONS AN, www.ArabicNews.com BBC, www.bbc.co.uk FT, Financial Times The Estimate The Guardian, www.guardian.co.uk MEO, www.middleeastonline.com NYT, The New York Times Radio Free Europe, Caucus Report WP, The ...
Knesset election 2003: Why Likud regained its political domination and labor continued to fade out
Oct 01, 2003; ... The January 2003 Israeli elections for the 16th Knesset marked the resurgence of the Likud Party and an electoral disaster for Labor. The elections also marked a return to the old system under which the Prime Minister is chosen from the dominant party rather than elected directly, as had been ...
Portrait of a Turkish Family
Oct 01, 2003; ... Portrait of a Turkish Family, by Irfan Orga. Chester Springs, PA: Dufur Editions, Inc. 2003. 316 pages. $19.95. Irfan Orga was born in 1908. After WWI and the rise of the Turkish Republic, Orga and his family were forced to face the struggles of poverty and ...
The Shi'is of Iraq
Oct 01, 2003; ... The Shi'is of Iraq, by Yitzhak Nakash. Second edition. Princelon, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. xxii + 281 pages. Abbrevs. Appends, to p. 287. Bibl. to p. 302. Index to p. 312. BP 18.95. The second edition of this book features a new introduction by the author, who assumes (correctly) a ...
The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love and Terror in Algeria
Oct 01, 2003; ... ALGERIA The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love and Terror in Algeria, by John W. Kiser. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2002. xvi + 286 pages. Appends, to p. 308. Notes to p. 319. Bibl. to p. 329. Index to p. 335. $14.95. When I first read about this account of the 1996 assassination by ...