The Middle East Journal back issues from October 2008:
Editor's Note
Oct 01, 2008; ... This issue appears on the brink of a US Presidential election, an election in which many of the key issues affect the Middle East: the future US role in Iraq and Afghanistan, policies towards Iran and Pakistan, issues of nuclear proliferation, and, of course, the price of oil. The first ...
Chronology-Arab-Israeli Conflict
Oct 01, 2008; ... April 16, 2008 - July 15, 2008 Apr. 16: At least 22 people were killed, including five Palestinian children, three Israeli soldiers, and one Reuters cameraman, during the worst violence in the Gaza Strip since March. A Hamas-led ambush killed the three Israeli soldiers - the largest ...
Imperial Myopia: Some Lessons from Two Invasions of Iraq
Oct 01, 2008; ... This article tries to chart some of the parallels between the British Mesopotamia Campaign in the First World War and the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. Both campaigns were justified by faulty or contrived intelligence; both were launched with little consideration of the future potential needs of ...
Chronology: Petroleum Affairs
Oct 01, 2008; ... May 25: Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's national oil company and the largest oil corporation in the world, announced a five-year $129 billion investment plan for new energy projects. The company allocated $70 billion to international projects and joint ventures with other companies, including new ...
Chronology-Central Asia and the Caucasus
Oct 01, 2008; ... Apr. 16: The independent radio station Imruz was taken off the air in Tajikistan due to alleged "technical difficulties." Some sources believed Imruz was removed for being overly critical of government officials - it was held by some to be the only station in Tajikistan that dared to speak out ...
The Israeli National Information Center and Collective Memory of the Israeli-Arab Conflict
Oct 01, 2008; ... From the 1960s to 2003 the Israeli Information Center, the main Israeli institution for disseminating information to the Israeli public, released publications which dealt with the Palestinian refugees of 1948 and the infiltrators of 1949-1956 and disseminated them to the Israeli public. Using ...
"Only for Women:" Women, the State, and Reform in Saudi Arabia
Oct 01, 2008; ... The strict segregation of women in Saudi cities cannot be understood as a mere consequence of tradition or conservatism: it has been increasingly implemented as urbanization has progressed and as the modern state's authority has spread over the territory. Segregation led to the development of a ...
Back from the Brink: Turkey's Ambivalent Approaches to the Hard Drugs Issue
Oct 01, 2008; ... This article focuses on the issue of narcotics and Turkey over a 30-year period. Its point of departure is the 1970s, when the opium production crisis in Turkey, and its associated corrosion of relations with the US, had been brought to an end. The article concentrates on the period in the late ...
Chronology: Regional Affairs
Oct 01, 2008; ... Apr. 22: The fourth World Islamic Economic Forum opened in Kuwait. The Forum brought together a diverse range of leaders from a variety of Muslim countries to discuss issues related to the development and economies of Muslim countries. [JT, 4/24] May 21: Israel and Syria, which had ...
Showdown at Doha: The Secret Oil Deal That Helped Sink the Shah of Iran
Oct 01, 2008; ... What led to the calamitous drop in Iran's oil revenues in January 1977? Politics, religion, culture, and economics have been identified as factors contributing to the collapse of Iran's monarchy in 1979. But until now scholars have been unable to access documents that could shed light on the ...
Chronology: Palestinian Affairs
Oct 01, 2008; ... Apr. 22: Former US President Jimmy Carter traveled to Damascus for meetings with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and Hamas' leader in exile Khalid Mish'al. In the meetings, Carter said that he was able to obtain an agreement from Hamas stating that the militant group would respect the creation ...
Communications
Oct 01, 2008; ... 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 ...
SOCIAL CONDITIONS-(Re)constructing Armenia in Lebanon and Syria: Ethno-Cultural Diversity and the State in the Aftermath of a Refugee Crisis
Oct 01, 2008; ... SOCIAL CONDITIONS (Re)constructing Armenia in Lebanon and Syria: Ethno-Cultural Diversity and the State in the Aftermath of a Refugee Crisis, by Nicola Migliorino. New York: Berghahn Books, 2008. xiii + 256 pages. Notes to p. 220. Bibl. to p. 237. Index to p. 242. $75. Migliorino contrasts the ...
Chronology: Afghanistan/Algeria/Bahrain/Egypt/Iran/Iraq/Israel/Jordan/Kuwait/Lebanon/Libya/Morocco/Oman/Pakistan/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/Sudan/Syria/Tunisia/Turkey/United Arab Emirates/Yemen
Oct 01, 2008; ... See also Pakistan Apr. 18: Twenty-three people were killed and 31 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in the southwestern city of Zaranj. Governor Ghulam Dastagir Azad said that he suspected police officials to have been the bomber's target, although the ...
PRE-20TH CENTURY HISTORY-The Culture of Letter Writing in Pre-Modern Islamic Society
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Culture of Letter Writing in Pre-Modern Islamic Society, by Adrian Gully. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008. xi + 196 pages. Bibl. to p. 207. Index to p. 212. $95. This book tracks the evolution of letter writing in the pre-modern societies that valued epistolary communication as ...
PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND SCIENCE-Islam: The Key Concepts
Oct 01, 2008; ... Islam: The Key Concepts, by Kecia Ali and Oliver Leaman. New York: Routledge, 2008. xv + 153 pages. Bibl. to p. 173. Index to p. 182. $26.95 paper. Here is an alphabetized guide to 123 fundamental themes, practices, and tenets related to the Islamic faith and its scripture. Written for those ...
PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND SCIENCE-Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Movements (Second Edition)
Oct 01, 2008; ... PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND SCIENCE Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Movements (Second Edition), by Richard T. Antoun. Lanham, MD and New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008. xiv + 171 pages. Gloss. to 178. Suggestions for further reading to 184. Index ...
PRE-20TH CENTURY HISTORY-Spies, Scandals, and Sultans: Istanbul and the Twilight of the Ottoman Empire
Oct 01, 2008; ... PRE-20TH CENTURY HISTORY Spies, Scandals, and Sultans: Istanbul and the Twilight of the Ottoman Empire, by Ibrahim al- Muwaylihi. Trans. and Intro. by Roger Allen. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007. ix + 175 pages. Gloss. to p. 178. Index to p. 183. $19.95 paper. This ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-US-Middle East Encounters: A Critical Survey
Oct 01, 2008; ... US-Middle East Encounters: A Critical Survey, ed. by Abbas Amanat and Magnus T. Bernhardsson. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2007. vii + 223 pages. Contribs. to p. 226. Index to p. 242. $59.95. This book documents the saga of interaction, before and after the increased contact ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Why Are the Arabs Not Free? - The Politics of Writing
Oct 01, 2008; ... Why Are the Arabs Not Free? - The Politics of Writing, by Moustapha Safouan. Malden, MA: Wiley, 2008. xvii + 97 pages. Further reading to p. 101. Index to p. 106. $25 paper. Safouan examines the phenomena of Arab countries' tendency to cherish despotism from a psychoanylictical perspective that ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Notable Muslims: Muslim Builders of World Civilization and Culture
Oct 01, 2008; ... Notable Muslims: Muslim Builders of World Civilization and Culture, by Natana DeLong-Bas. Oxford, UK: Oneworld, 2008. x + 370 pages. Appends. to p. 380. Sel. bibl. to p. 390. $29.95 paper. Written as a response to the increasingly negative associations of Islam and its followers in the media and ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-The Oil Hunters: Exploration and Espionage in the Middle East
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Oil Hunters: Exploration and Espionage in the Middle East, by Roger Howard. London, UK and New York: Hambledon Continuum, 2008. xiv + 194 pages. Notes to p. 202. Index. $29.95. Roger Howard documents the history of the Western fascination with oil, the elusive resource long believed to exist ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Tormented by History: Nationalism in Greece and Turkey
Oct 01, 2008; ... Tormented by History: Nationalism in Greece and Turkey, by Umut Ozkirimli and Spros A. Sofos. New York: Columbia University Press, New York, 2008. viii + 194 pages. Maps. Bibl. to p. 214. Index to p. 220. $45. In the first comparative study of Greek and Turkish nationalism, Ozkirimli and Sofos ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil
Oct 01, 2008; ... Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil, by Robert Zubrin. New York: Prometheus Books, 2007. 261 pages. Gloss. to p. 270. Notes to p. 301. Sel. bibl. to p. 213. Index to p. 236. $25.95. Robert Zubrin draws on his engineering background to critique US energy policy and ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State, from Christian Militias to Al Qaeda
Oct 01, 2008; ... Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State, from Christian Militias to Al Qaeda, by Mark Juergensmeyer. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008. xii + 263, Notes to p. 313. Interviews to p. 320. Bibl. to p. 355. Index to p. 370. $27.50. Mark Juergensmeyer argues that ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Islamic Radicalism and Political Violence: The Templars of Islam and Sheikh Ra'id Salah
Oct 01, 2008; ... Islamic Radicalism and Political Violence: The Templars of Islam and Sheikh Ra'id Salah, by Raphael Israeli. London, UK and Portland, OR: Vallentine-Mitchell, 2007. xxii + 158 pages. Bibl. to p. 162. Notes to p. 168. Index to p. 175. $30 paper. When Sheikh Ra'id Salah was arrested in Israel on ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Hybrid Sovereignty in the Arab Middle East: The Cases of Kuwait, Jordan, and Iraq
Oct 01, 2008; ... MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS Hybrid Sovereignty in the Arab Middle East: The Cases of Kuwait, Jordan, and Iraq, by Gokhan Bacik. New York City, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. xi + 219 pages. Notes to p. 240. Bibl. to p. 265. Index to p. 272. $79.95. This book proposes a new theoretical ...
LAW-Self-Defense in Islamic and International Law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the Invasion of Iraq
Oct 01, 2008; ... LAW Self-Defense in Islamic and International Law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the Invasion of Iraq, by Niaz A. Shah. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. x + 178 pages. Notes to p. 181. Bibl. to p. 190. Index to p. 192. $74.95. Niaz A. Shah offers both an Islamic and an international legal ...
EDUCATION AND MEDIA-The Road Not Traveled: Education Reform in the Middle East and North Africa
Oct 01, 2008; ... EDUCATION AND MEDIA The Road Not Traveled: Education Reform in the Middle East and North Africa, by The World Bank. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2008. xxii + 299 pages. Tables. CD. Stat. appendix to p. 343. $38 paper. This World Bank report documents recent progress in educational reform ...
AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS-A Deadly Misunderstanding: A Congressman's Quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide
Oct 01, 2008; ... A Deadly Misunderstanding: A Congressman's Quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide, by Mark D. Siljander. New York: HarperOne, 2008. x + 221 + Appends. to p. 234. Acknowl. to p. 237. Notes to p. 243. $24.95. Mark Siljander first stepped into the political arena as an aggressive spokesman for ...
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE-Santa Claus in Baghdad and Other Stories about Teens in the Arab World
Oct 01, 2008; ... LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Santa Claus in Baghdad and Other Stories about Teens in the Arab World, by Elsa Marston. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2008. xii + 198 pages. About the author to p. 199. $15.95 paper. This collection of eight stories is dedicated to the youth ...
CONFLICT RESOLUTION-Arab Soccer in a Jewish State: The Integrative Enclave
Oct 01, 2008; ... Arab Soccer in a Jewish State: The Integrative Enclave, by Tamir Sorek. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xiii + 191 pages. Appends. to p. 207. Bibl. to p. 225. $85. This ethno-political study treats both the psychological and the emotional in its study of soccer as ...
CONFLICT RESOLUTION-My Kashmir: Conflict and the Prospects of Enduring Peace
Oct 01, 2008; ... CONFLICT RESOLUTION My Kashmir: Conflict and the Prospects of Enduring Peace, By Wajahat Habibullah. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2008. xiv + 171 pages. Timeline to p. 186. Index to p. 201. $14.95 paper. Wajahat Habibullah provides an evenhanded account of the ...
ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT-1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
Oct 01, 2008; ... ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, by Benny Morris. New Haven, CT and London, UK: Yale University Press, 2008. xiv + 420 pages. Abbrevs. Maps. Notes to p. 492. Bibl. to p. 505. Index to p. 524. $32.50. Reviewed by Charles D. Smith Described on ...
Uses and Abuses of History
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace, by Aaron David Miller. New York: Bantam, 2008. 407 pages. $26. Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present, by Michael B. Oren. New York: Norton, 2007. 791 pages. $35. A ...
EGYPT-Living with Djinns: Understanding and Dealing with the Invisible in Cairo
Oct 01, 2008; ... EGYPT Living with Djinns: Understanding and Dealing with the Invisible in Cairo, by Barbara Drieskens. London, UK: Saqi Books, 2008. 235 pages. Gloss. to p.243. Bibl. to p. 255. Index to p. 260. $40. Reviewed by L.L. Wynn Every anthropologist makes critical decisions about how ...
IRAN-The Quest for Democracy in Iran: A Century of Struggle Against Authoritarian Rule/The Road to Democracy in Iran
Oct 01, 2008; ... IRAN The Quest for Democracy in Iran: A Century of Struggle Against Authoritarian Rule, by Fakhreddin Azimi. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. ix + 450 pages. Abbrevs. to p. 454. Notes to p. 479. Index to p. 492. $35. The Road to Democracy in Iran, by Akbar Ganji. Cambridge, ...
IRAQ-Dictatorship, Imperialism and Chaos: Iraq since 1989
Oct 01, 2008; ... IRAQ Dictatorship, Imperialism and Chaos: Iraq since 1989, by Thabit A.J. Abdullah. London, UK and New York: Zed Books, 2006. 131 pages. Index to p. 136. $23 Reviewed by Ronen Zeidel For years, scholars and lecturers teaching the modern history of Iraq have had to use textbooks ...
ISRAEL-Israeli Counter-Insurgency and the Intifadas: Dilemmas of a Conventional Army/Israel and Its Army: From Cohesion to Confusion
Oct 01, 2008; ... ISRAEL Israeli Counter-Insurgency and the Intifadas: Dilemmas of a Conventional Army, by Sergio Catignani. London, UK and New York: Routledge, 2008. 246 pages. Notes to p. 195. Bibl. to p. 231. Index to p. 241. $140. Israel and Its Army: From Cohesion to Confusion, by Stuart Cohen ....
SAUDI ARABIA-The Political Economy of Saudi Arabia
Oct 01, 2008; ... SAUDI ARABIA The Political Economy of Saudi Arabia, by Tim Niblock (with Monica Malik). London, UK: Routledge, 2007. xvii + 254 pages. Tables. Index. Bibl. $160 cloth; $37.95 paper. Reviewed by Robert Looney Over the years, Tim Niblock has provided some of the most accurate ...
SAUDI ARABIA-The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century, by Steve Coll. New York: The Penguin Press, 2008. Bibl. Illust. 671 pages. $25. Reviewed by David E. Long This is a book that is hard to put down after you have started reading it. The author brings all his superb ...
SAUDI ARABIA-The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of al-Qaeda
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of al-Qaeda, by Yaroslav Trofimov. New York and London, UK: Doubleday, 2007. xii + 301 pages. Notes and Sources to p. 289. Index to p. 301. $26. Reviewed by Sebastian Maisel In September 2007, ...
TURKEY-Secular and Islamic Politics in Turkey: The Making of the Justice and Development Party/The New Turkish Republic: Turkey as a Pivotal State in the Muslim World
Oct 01, 2008; ... TURKEY Secular and Islamic Politics in Turkey: The Making of the Justice and Development Party, ed. by Ümit Cizre. London, UK and New York: Routledge, 2008. vi + 227 pages. Index to p. 238. $130. The New Turkish Republic: Turkey as a Pivotal State in the Muslim World, by Graham E ....
TURKEY-The European Union and Turkish Accession: Human Rights and the Kurds
Oct 01, 2008; ... The European Union and Turkish Accession: Human Rights and the Kurds, by Kerim Yildiz and Mark Muller (foreword by Noam Chomsky). London, UK and Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 2008. xix + 199 pages. Notes to 230. Index to p. 239. $95 cloth; $35 paper. Reviewed by Michael M ....
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Power and Succession in Arab Monarchies: A Reference Guide
Oct 01, 2008; ... Power and Succession in Arab Monarchies: A Reference Guide, by Joseph A. Kéchichian. Boulder, CO and London, UK: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007. xx + 422 pages. Appends. to p. 508. Bibl. to p. 531. Index to p. 553. $95. Reviewed by Steffen Hertog By many standards, monarchical ...
ART-Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics
Oct 01, 2008; ... ART Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics, by Nada M. Shabout. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2007. xviii + 154 pages. Figures. Plates. Notes to page 172. Bibl. to p. 187. Index to p. 203. $34.95. Reviewed by Nuha N.N. Khoury Is it Arab or is it Islamic? ...
LAW-Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Shari'a
Oct 01, 2008; ... LAW Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Shari'a, by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im. Cambridge, MA and London, UK: Harvard University Press, 2008. x + 293 pages. Refs. to p. 309. Index to p. 324. $35. Reviewed by Mark D. Welton The Shari'a (Islamic law) was developed ...
LAW-Women and Muslim Family Laws in Arab States: A Comparative Overview of Textual Development and Advocacy
Oct 01, 2008; ... Women and Muslim Family Laws in Arab States: A Comparative Overview of Textual Development and Advocacy, by Lynn Welchman. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press ISIM Papers, 2007. 155 pages. Sel. statutes to p. 190. Notes to p. 228. Gloss. to p. 231. Bibl. to p. 242. Index to p. 254. $39.85 ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Professions et Société au Proche-Orient: Déclin des élites, crise des classes moyennes [Professions and Society in the Near East: The Decline of Elites, the Crisis of the Middle Classes]
Oct 01, 2008; ... MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS Professions et Société au Proche-Orient: Déclin des élites, crise des classes moyennes [Professions and Society in the Near East: The Decline of Elites, the Crisis of the Middle Classes], by Elisabeth Longuenesse. Rennes, France: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Martyrdom in Islam
Oct 01, 2008; ... Martyrdom in Islam, by David Cook. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xiv + 206 pages. $24.99 paper. Reviewed by Todd Lawson This very useful monograph, surprisingly the only one on the subject, offers a wide angle view of the topic from various ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-Western Imperialism in the Middle East: 1914-1958
Oct 01, 2008; ... Western Imperialism in the Middle East: 1914-1958, by David Fieldhouse. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2006. 400 pages. $150. Reviewed by Paul Rivlin David Fieldhouse, Emeritus Professor of Imperial and Naval History at Cambridge University, has written some 20 books on the ...
MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS-American Priestess: The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem
Oct 01, 2008; ... American Priestess: The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem, by Jane Fletcher Geniesse. New York: Nan A. Talese, 2008. xvii + 313 pages. Acknowl. to p. 316. Notes to p. 348. Bibl. to p. 364. Index to p. 378. Reviewed by Heather J. Sharkey In ...
WATER-Cooperating Rivals: The Riparian Politics of the Jordan River Basin
Oct 01, 2008; ... WATER Cooperating Rivals: The Riparian Politics of the Jordan River Basin, by Jeffrey K. Sosland. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2007. xii + 212 pages. Notes to p. 275. Selected Bibl. to p. 284. Index to p. 293. $80 cloth; $25.95 paper. Reviewed by Anders ...
AFGHANISTAN-The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan
Oct 01, 2008; ... AFGHANISTAN The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan, ed. by Robert C. Crews and Amin Tarzi. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. vi + 355 pages. Maps. Notes to p. 417. Contribs. to p. 420. Acknowl. to p. 422. Index to p. 430. $27.95. This book explores the resurgence of the Taliban ...
ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT-Divided Jerusalem: The Struggle for the Holy City (Third Edition)
Oct 01, 2008; ... ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT Divided Jerusalem: The Struggle for the Holy City (Third Edition), by Bernard Wasserstein. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008. xix + 362 pages. Notes to p. 396. Sources to p. 406. Index to p. 422. $37. In the third, updated edition of this book chronicling ...
ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT-The Israel-Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War (revised edition)
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Israel-Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War (revised edition), by James L. Gelvin. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. x + 255 pages. Illust. Maps. Gloss. to p. 268. Timeline to p. 273. Bio. sketches to p. 277. Index to p. 276. $75 cloth; $23.99 paper. This ...
ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT-Arab-Israeli Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Wars
Oct 01, 2008; ... Arab-Israeli Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Wars, by Anthony H. Cordesman. Stanford, CA: Stanford Security Studies, 2008. xiv + 384 pages. Figures. Maps. Notes to p. 413. $89.95. Israel is entangled in a war of attrition on two fronts - one with Syria, and one with the Palestinian ...
EGYPT-Egypt Through Writers' Eyes
Oct 01, 2008; ... EGYPT Egypt Through Writers' Eyes, ed. by Deborah Manley and Sahar Abdel-Hakim. Chester Springs, PA: Dufour Editions, Inc., 2008. xv + 207 pages. Chron. of extracts to p. 209. Author bios. to p. 221. Bibl. to p. 224. Index to p. 227. $36.95 paper. The editors of this volume have gathered a ...
EGYPT-Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity
Oct 01, 2008; ... Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity, by Elliot Colla. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008. x + 277 pages. Figures. Notes to p. 309. Bibl. to p. 328. Index to p. 345. $22.95 paper. This book chronicles the history of European and Egyptian interests in the ...
IRAN-Iran and Its Place Among Nations
Oct 01, 2008; ... IRAN Iran and Its Place Among Nations, by Alidad Mafinezam and Aria Mehrabi. Westport, CT and London, UK: Praeger, 2008. xv + 128 pages. Notes to p. 134. Bibl. to p. 137. Index to p. 141. $44.95. At the outset of their book documenting Iran's persistent and successful campaign to alienate the ...
IRAN-Media, Culture and Society in Iran: Living with Globalization and the Islamic State
Oct 01, 2008; ... Media, Culture and Society in Iran: Living with Globalization and the Islamic State, ed. by Mehdi Semati. London, UK and New York: Routledge, 2007. xiv + 269 pages. Index to p. 277. $125. Mehdi Semati has compiled contributions from established and emerging scholars on Iranian media, culture, ...
IRAN-Recite in the Name of the Red Rose: Poetic Sacred Making in Twentieth-Century Iran
Oct 01, 2008; ... Recite in the Name of the Red Rose: Poetic Sacred Making in Twentieth-Century Iran, by Fatemeh Keshavarz. Columbia, SC: The University of South Carolina Press, 2006, 167 pages. Notes to p. 187. Index to p. 193. $39.95. Fatemeh Keshavarz explores the process of "sacred making," which she defines ...
IRAQ-The Politics of Intelligence and American Wars with Iraq
Oct 01, 2008; ... IRAQ The Politics of Intelligence and American Wars with Iraq, by Ofira Seliktar. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. x + 170 pages. Bibl. to p. 205. Index to p. 214. $74.95. Ofira Seliktar analyzes the two dominant hypotheses that have informed US policy on Iraq. Proponents of the first ...
IRAQ-World Tribunal on Iraq: Making the Case Against War
Oct 01, 2008; ... World Tribunal on Iraq: Making the Case Against War, ed. by Müge Gürsöy Sökmen. Introductions by Arundhati Roy and Richard Falk. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press, 2008. xi + 501 pages. Appends to p. 514. Notes to p. 547. Bios. to p. 562. $25. The World Tribunal on Iraq assembled in response ...
KUWAIT-The History of Kuwait
Oct 01, 2008; ... KUWAIT The History of Kuwait, by Michael S. Casey. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007. xv + 141 pages. Notables to p. 145. Gloss. to p. 149. Bibl. essay to p. 154. Index to p. 160. $45. The 42nd installment in The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations, this comprehensive history ...