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(Vol. XV No. 1): Spring 2007
From The Editors: Various forms of violence and brutality became increasingly entrenched across the Middle East this past year. In July and August of 2006, Israel's calculated devastation of Lebanon's infrastructure coupled with its wanton disregard for human life gave rise to historic levels of environmental, economic, and social damage. The ensuing political fallout brought the Lebanese government to the brink of national crisis. In Palestine, democratically elected Hamas parliamentarians sit in Israeli prisons as the Palestinian people suffer continued economic strangulation and experience unprecedented internecine strife . . . [read more] |
Table of Contents
Articles
8. Rethinking Ottoman Frontier Policies: Marriage and Citizenship in the Province of Iraq
by Karen M. Kern
30. Pious Stardom: Cinema and the Islamic Revival in Egypt
by Karim Tartoussieh
44. Re-Remembering the Dead: A Genealogy of a Martyrs Memorial in South Lebanon
by Lucia Volk
70. Palestine on Display: The Palestinian Pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition of 1924
by Nicholas E. Roberts
Book Reviews
100. One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse
by Ali Abunimeh
reviewed by Issa Mikel
104. Academic Freedom After September 11
Edited by Beshara Doumani
reviewed by Marwan Daoud Hanania
110. Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950
by Mark Mazower
reviewed by Isa Blumi
114. Reading Iraq: Culture and Power in Conflict
by Muhsin al-Musawi
reviewed by Ferial J. Ghazoul
118. Nights of Musk: Stories from Old Nubia
by Haggag Hassan Oddoul
reviewed by Noha Radwan
121. 7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the War on Terror
by Milan Rai
reviewed by Zachary Wales
125. Among the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Syria
by Jonathan H. Shannon
reviewed by Patricia Kubala
129. Transitions in Consumption and Domestic Family Life in the Modern Middle East: Houses in Motion
Edited by Relli Shechter
reviewed by Z. Pamela Karimi
133. Mubarak al-Sabah: Founder of Modern Kuwait, 1896-1915
by B. J. Slot
reviewed by Peter C. Valenti
138. Against the Wall: Israel's Barrier to Peace
Edited by Michael Sorkin
reviewed by Gabriel Ash
143. A Modern History of Lebanon
Edited by Fawwaz Traboulsi
reviewed by Sune Haugbolle
Articles
8. Rethinking Ottoman Frontier Policies: Marriage and Citizenship in the Province of Iraq
by Karen M. Kern
30. Pious Stardom: Cinema and the Islamic Revival in Egypt
by Karim Tartoussieh
44. Re-Remembering the Dead: A Genealogy of a Martyrs Memorial in South Lebanon
by Lucia Volk
70. Palestine on Display: The Palestinian Pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition of 1924
by Nicholas E. Roberts
Book Reviews
100. One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse
by Ali Abunimeh
reviewed by Issa Mikel
104. Academic Freedom After September 11
Edited by Beshara Doumani
reviewed by Marwan Daoud Hanania
110. Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950
by Mark Mazower
reviewed by Isa Blumi
114. Reading Iraq: Culture and Power in Conflict
by Muhsin al-Musawi
reviewed by Ferial J. Ghazoul
118. Nights of Musk: Stories from Old Nubia
by Haggag Hassan Oddoul
reviewed by Noha Radwan
121. 7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the War on Terror
by Milan Rai
reviewed by Zachary Wales
125. Among the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Syria
by Jonathan H. Shannon
reviewed by Patricia Kubala
129. Transitions in Consumption and Domestic Family Life in the Modern Middle East: Houses in Motion
Edited by Relli Shechter
reviewed by Z. Pamela Karimi
133. Mubarak al-Sabah: Founder of Modern Kuwait, 1896-1915
by B. J. Slot
reviewed by Peter C. Valenti
138. Against the Wall: Israel's Barrier to Peace
Edited by Michael Sorkin
reviewed by Gabriel Ash
143. A Modern History of Lebanon
Edited by Fawwaz Traboulsi
reviewed by Sune Haugbolle