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(Vol. XVII No. 1): Spring 2009
From The Editors: This latest issue of the Arab Studies Journal features scholarship that illustrates the complex processes by which various societies in the Middle East have both grappled with, and sought to control, different forms of Western or international encroachment and contact. Ranging from missionary education projects for women and depictions of male Bedouin in British travel journals, to the construction and deployment of new forms of knowledge for state-building projects, and the manipulation of international opinion on Palestinian resistance, the articles address issues that are pertinent to both scholarship and the daily lives of millions. . . . [read more] |
Table of Contents
Articles
9. Hydropolitics, Economy, and the Aswan High Dam in Mid-Century Egypt
by Ahmad Shokr
32. Mothers of Martyrs and Suicide Bombers: The Gender of Ethical Discourse in the Second Palestinian Intifada
by Lori A. Allen
62. "Under an American Roof": The Beginnings of the American Junior College for Women in Beirut
by Ellen L. Fleischmann
85. Desert Saints or Lions Without Teeth? British Portrayals of Bedouin Masculinity in the Nineteenth-Century Arabian Peninsula
by Jeffery Dyer
In Memoriam: Mahmoud Darwish
98. Guest Editorial: Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008)
by Sinan Antoon
100. The Poet is Dead: Elias Khoury Remembers His Friend Mahmoud Darwish
by Elias Khoury
110. On Decolonization
by Jeffrey Sacks
Book Reviews
135. So Far From Allah, So Close to Mexico: Middle Eastern Immigrants to Modern Mexico
by Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp
reviewed by Camila Pastor de Maria y Campos
139. French Colonial Documentary: Mythologies of Humanitarianism
by Peter J. Bloom
reviewed by Joshua Schreier
143. The Study of Religion and the Training of Muslim Clergy in Europe: Academic and Religious freedom in the 21st Century
edited by Willem B. Drees and Pieter Sjoerd van Koningsveld
reviewed by Simon Jackson
147. Between the Lines: Readings on Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. "War on Terror"
edited by Tikva Honig-Parnass and Toufic Haddad
reviewed by Hazem Jamjoum
150. Conscience of the Nation: Writers, State, and Society in Modern Egypt
by Richard Jacquemond, translated by David Tresilian
reviewed by Yasmine Ramadan
154. Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11: From Invisible Citizens to Visible Subjects
edited by Amaney Jamal and Nadine Naber
reviewed by Amy Aisen Elouafi
158. Overcoming Zionism: Creating A Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine
by Joel Kovel
reviewed by Ryvka Bar Zohar
161. Governing Property, Making the Modern State: Law, Administration and Production in Ottoman Syria
by Martha Mundy and Richard Saumarez Smith
reviewed by Nora Barakat
165. Human Rights at the UN: The Political History of Universal Justice
by Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi
reviewed by Samar Al-Bulushi
169. The Great Social Laboratory: Subjects of Knowledge in Colonial and Postcolonial Egypt
by Omnia El Shakry
reviewed by Lisa Pollard
173. Sufi Visionary of Ottoman Damascus: ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi, 1641-1731
by Elizabeth Sirriyeh
reviewed by Steve Tamari
Review Essay
177. Acting and Playing: Performance in the Modern Middle East
by Carmen M. K. Gitre
Articles
9. Hydropolitics, Economy, and the Aswan High Dam in Mid-Century Egypt
by Ahmad Shokr
32. Mothers of Martyrs and Suicide Bombers: The Gender of Ethical Discourse in the Second Palestinian Intifada
by Lori A. Allen
62. "Under an American Roof": The Beginnings of the American Junior College for Women in Beirut
by Ellen L. Fleischmann
85. Desert Saints or Lions Without Teeth? British Portrayals of Bedouin Masculinity in the Nineteenth-Century Arabian Peninsula
by Jeffery Dyer
In Memoriam: Mahmoud Darwish
98. Guest Editorial: Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008)
by Sinan Antoon
100. The Poet is Dead: Elias Khoury Remembers His Friend Mahmoud Darwish
by Elias Khoury
110. On Decolonization
by Jeffrey Sacks
Book Reviews
135. So Far From Allah, So Close to Mexico: Middle Eastern Immigrants to Modern Mexico
by Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp
reviewed by Camila Pastor de Maria y Campos
139. French Colonial Documentary: Mythologies of Humanitarianism
by Peter J. Bloom
reviewed by Joshua Schreier
143. The Study of Religion and the Training of Muslim Clergy in Europe: Academic and Religious freedom in the 21st Century
edited by Willem B. Drees and Pieter Sjoerd van Koningsveld
reviewed by Simon Jackson
147. Between the Lines: Readings on Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. "War on Terror"
edited by Tikva Honig-Parnass and Toufic Haddad
reviewed by Hazem Jamjoum
150. Conscience of the Nation: Writers, State, and Society in Modern Egypt
by Richard Jacquemond, translated by David Tresilian
reviewed by Yasmine Ramadan
154. Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11: From Invisible Citizens to Visible Subjects
edited by Amaney Jamal and Nadine Naber
reviewed by Amy Aisen Elouafi
158. Overcoming Zionism: Creating A Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine
by Joel Kovel
reviewed by Ryvka Bar Zohar
161. Governing Property, Making the Modern State: Law, Administration and Production in Ottoman Syria
by Martha Mundy and Richard Saumarez Smith
reviewed by Nora Barakat
165. Human Rights at the UN: The Political History of Universal Justice
by Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi
reviewed by Samar Al-Bulushi
169. The Great Social Laboratory: Subjects of Knowledge in Colonial and Postcolonial Egypt
by Omnia El Shakry
reviewed by Lisa Pollard
173. Sufi Visionary of Ottoman Damascus: ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi, 1641-1731
by Elizabeth Sirriyeh
reviewed by Steve Tamari
Review Essay
177. Acting and Playing: Performance in the Modern Middle East
by Carmen M. K. Gitre