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(Vol. XV No. 2/XVI No. 1): Fall 2007/Spring 2008
From The Editors: The articles in this issue of the Arab Studies Journal underscore the diversity of political and cultural practices ranging from Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Turkey. The contributors analyze and critique how parties, states, and individuals are grappling with neo-liberal policies, global markets, and post-9/11 economic shifts that threaten regime stability, the welfare of different socioeconomic classes, and state cultural politics . . . [read more] |
Table of Contents
Articles
10. Images of Openness, Spaces of Control: The Politics of Tourism Development in Tunisia
by Waleed Hazbun
36. The Heir Apparency of Gamal Mubarak
by Jason Brownlee
57. Worldwide Wigs: Kutluğ Ataman and the Global Art Documentary
by Alisa Lebow
83. The Western Imposition of Sectarianism on Iraqi Politics
by Reidar Visser
100. Bridging the Economic Gap: The Rise and Fall of the Middle Class in Jordan
by K. Luisa Gandolfo
Roundtable
123. On Suicide Bombing
by Talal Asad
131. What Liberal Democratic Discourse Conceals
by Harry Harootunian
135. Two Books in One
by Gil Anidjar
Comment
140. What Is Under a Headscarf? Neo-Islamist vs. Kemalist Conservatism in Turkey
by Aksu Bora & Koray Çaliskan
Book Reviews
166. The Women of Karbala: Ritual Performance and Symbolic Discourses in Modern Shi'i Islam
Edited by Kamran Scot Aghaie
reviewed by Maryam Saifee
169. Siraaj: An Arab Table
by Radwa Ashour
reviewed by Rana Assem Harouny
173. An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon
by Lara Deeb
reviewed by Linda Sayed
177. Local Court, Provincial Society, and Justice in the Ottoman Empire: Legal Practice and Dispute Resolution in Çankiri And Kastamonu (1652-1744)
by Boğaç Ergene
reviewed by Reviewed by James E. Baldwin
181. A Pen of Damascus Steel: Political Cartoons of an Arab Master
by Ali Farzat
reviewed by Nathan Fonder
185. Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam, or, How Not to Learn from the Past
Edited by Lloyd C. Gardner and Marilyn B. Young
reviewed by George Tomlinson
189. The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics
by Charles Hirschkind
reviewed by Patricia Kubala
193. Hamas: A Beginner's Guide
by Khaled Hroub
reviewed by Ilan Pappé
196. Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence
by Aliza Marcus
reviewed by Firat Bozcali
200. Desiring Arabs
by Joseph A. Massad
reviewed by Marnia Lazreg
203. Confronting an Empire, Constructing a Nation: Arab Nationalists and Popular Politics in Mandate Palestine
by Weldon C Matthews
reviewed by Charles Anderson
207. Torture and Democracy
by Darius Rejali
reviewed by Lisa Hajjar
210. Cairo Cosmopolitan: Politics, Culture, and Urban Space in the New Globalized Middle East
Edited by Diane Singerman and Paul Amar
reviewed by Mona El-Ghobashy
214. Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Popular Culture
Edited by Rebecca L. Stein and Ted Swedenburg
reviewed by Dina Ramadan
218. America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier
by Robert Vitalis
reviewed by Sudhir Chella Rajan
222. Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East
by Brian Whitaker
reviewed by Neville Hoad
225. Creative Reckonings: The Politics of Art and Culture in Contemporary Egypt
by Jessica Winegar
reviewed by Anneka Lenssen
Review Essays
228. Two Texts From the Banlieue
by Gretchen Head
Articles
10. Images of Openness, Spaces of Control: The Politics of Tourism Development in Tunisia
by Waleed Hazbun
36. The Heir Apparency of Gamal Mubarak
by Jason Brownlee
57. Worldwide Wigs: Kutluğ Ataman and the Global Art Documentary
by Alisa Lebow
83. The Western Imposition of Sectarianism on Iraqi Politics
by Reidar Visser
100. Bridging the Economic Gap: The Rise and Fall of the Middle Class in Jordan
by K. Luisa Gandolfo
Roundtable
123. On Suicide Bombing
by Talal Asad
131. What Liberal Democratic Discourse Conceals
by Harry Harootunian
135. Two Books in One
by Gil Anidjar
Comment
140. What Is Under a Headscarf? Neo-Islamist vs. Kemalist Conservatism in Turkey
by Aksu Bora & Koray Çaliskan
Book Reviews
166. The Women of Karbala: Ritual Performance and Symbolic Discourses in Modern Shi'i Islam
Edited by Kamran Scot Aghaie
reviewed by Maryam Saifee
169. Siraaj: An Arab Table
by Radwa Ashour
reviewed by Rana Assem Harouny
173. An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon
by Lara Deeb
reviewed by Linda Sayed
177. Local Court, Provincial Society, and Justice in the Ottoman Empire: Legal Practice and Dispute Resolution in Çankiri And Kastamonu (1652-1744)
by Boğaç Ergene
reviewed by Reviewed by James E. Baldwin
181. A Pen of Damascus Steel: Political Cartoons of an Arab Master
by Ali Farzat
reviewed by Nathan Fonder
185. Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam, or, How Not to Learn from the Past
Edited by Lloyd C. Gardner and Marilyn B. Young
reviewed by George Tomlinson
189. The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics
by Charles Hirschkind
reviewed by Patricia Kubala
193. Hamas: A Beginner's Guide
by Khaled Hroub
reviewed by Ilan Pappé
196. Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence
by Aliza Marcus
reviewed by Firat Bozcali
200. Desiring Arabs
by Joseph A. Massad
reviewed by Marnia Lazreg
203. Confronting an Empire, Constructing a Nation: Arab Nationalists and Popular Politics in Mandate Palestine
by Weldon C Matthews
reviewed by Charles Anderson
207. Torture and Democracy
by Darius Rejali
reviewed by Lisa Hajjar
210. Cairo Cosmopolitan: Politics, Culture, and Urban Space in the New Globalized Middle East
Edited by Diane Singerman and Paul Amar
reviewed by Mona El-Ghobashy
214. Palestine, Israel, and the Politics of Popular Culture
Edited by Rebecca L. Stein and Ted Swedenburg
reviewed by Dina Ramadan
218. America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier
by Robert Vitalis
reviewed by Sudhir Chella Rajan
222. Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East
by Brian Whitaker
reviewed by Neville Hoad
225. Creative Reckonings: The Politics of Art and Culture in Contemporary Egypt
by Jessica Winegar
reviewed by Anneka Lenssen
Review Essays
228. Two Texts From the Banlieue
by Gretchen Head