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For a complete list of articles until 2007, download the ASJ Articles Index (PDF, 187 KB). For a list of book reviews, download the ASJ Book Reviews Index (PDF, 200 KB).
For a complete list of articles until 2007, download the ASJ Articles Index (PDF, 187 KB). For a list of book reviews, download the ASJ Book Reviews Index (PDF, 200 KB).
(Vol. XX No. 1): Spring 2012
From The Editors:
This issue marks the passage of twenty years since the founding of Arab Studies Journal. In 1992, our editors prepared the first issue for publication at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. Eight years later, in 2000, the journal became a fully peer-reviewed publication. By 2002, ASJ was operating its book review section out ... [read more]
From The Editors:
This issue marks the passage of twenty years since the founding of Arab Studies Journal. In 1992, our editors prepared the first issue for publication at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. Eight years later, in 2000, the journal became a fully peer-reviewed publication. By 2002, ASJ was operating its book review section out ... [read more]
Table of Contents
Articles
12. Taking the Place of Martyrs: Afghans and Arabs under the Banner of Islam
by Darryl Li
40. Of Angels and Men: Sayyid Fadl b. 'Alawi and Two Moments of Sovereignty
by Wilson Chacko Jacob
74. Eichmann in Cairo: The Eichmann Affair in Nasser's Egypt
by Gilbert Achcar
104. Locating the Secular in Sayyid Qutb
by Mohammad Salama and Rachel Friedman
Book Reviews
136. Fezzes in the River: Identity Politics and European Diplomacy in the Middle East on the Eve of World War II
by Sarah D. Shields
reviewed by Michelle U. Campos
142. Urban Space in Contemporary Egyptian Literature: Portraits of Cairo
by Mara Naaman
reviewed by Samah Selim
147. Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab States
by Adam Hanieh
reviewed by Omar S. Dahi
152. Year of the Locust: A Soldier's Diary and the Erasure of Palestine's Ottoman Past
by Salim Tamari
reviewed by Shay Hazkani
157. Apostles of Modernity: Saint-Simonians and the Civilizing Mission in Algeria
by Osama W. Abi-Mershed
reviewed by Benjamin C. Brower
162. Confronting Fascism in Egypt: Dictatorship versus Democracy in the 1930s
by Israel Gershoni and James Jankowski
reviewed by Gilbert Achcar
167. In the Shadow of Sectarianism: Law, Shi'ism, and the Making of Modern Lebanon
by Max Weiss
reviewed by Ziad Abu-Rish
172. Bazaar and State in Iran: The Politics of the Tehran Marketplace
by Arang Keshavarzian
reviewed by Firat Bozçali
178. Connected in Cairo: Growing up Cosmopolitan in the Modern Middle East
by Mark Allen Peterson
reviewed by Shane Minkin
183. In the Time of Oil: Piety, Memory, and Social Life in an Omani Town
by Mandana Limbert
reviewed by Jatin Dua
188. Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced
by Rochelle Davis
reviewed by Isabelle Humphries
193. From Mission to Modernity: Evangelicals, Reformers, and Education in Nineteenth-Century Egypt
by Paul Sedra
reviewed by Ellen Fleischmann
199. Transforming Damascus: Space and Modernity in an Islamic City
by Leila Hudson
reviewed by Benjamin Thomas White
204. Building Iran: Modernism, Architecture, and National Heritage under the Pahlavi Monarchs
by Talinn Grigor
reviewed by Combiz Moussavi-Aghdam
209. Florence and Baghdad: Renaissance Art and Arabic Science
by Hans Belting
reviewed by Jeannie Miller
214. Palestine Online: Transnationalism, the Internet and the Construction of Identity
by Miriyam Aouragh
reviewed by Jillian C. York
218. Working Out Egypt: Effendi Masculinity and Subject Formation in Colonial Modernity, 1870–1940
by Wilson Chacko Jacob
reviewed by Murat Cihan Yildiz
223. Social Movements, Mobilization, and Contestation in the Middle East and North Africa
by Joel Beinin and Frédéric Vairel
reviewed by John Chalcraft
227. The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel
by Ilan Pappe
reviewed by Ryvka Barnard
231. The Copts of Egypt: The Challenges of Modernisation and Identity
by Vivian Ibrahim
reviewed by Paul Sedra
Review Essays
236. The Invisible State
by Aaron Jakes
246. Ottoman Environmental History: A New Area of Middle East Studies
by Chris Gratien
255. Edward Said’s Legacy
by Anthony Alessandrini
Articles
12. Taking the Place of Martyrs: Afghans and Arabs under the Banner of Islam
by Darryl Li
40. Of Angels and Men: Sayyid Fadl b. 'Alawi and Two Moments of Sovereignty
by Wilson Chacko Jacob
74. Eichmann in Cairo: The Eichmann Affair in Nasser's Egypt
by Gilbert Achcar
104. Locating the Secular in Sayyid Qutb
by Mohammad Salama and Rachel Friedman
Book Reviews
136. Fezzes in the River: Identity Politics and European Diplomacy in the Middle East on the Eve of World War II
by Sarah D. Shields
reviewed by Michelle U. Campos
142. Urban Space in Contemporary Egyptian Literature: Portraits of Cairo
by Mara Naaman
reviewed by Samah Selim
147. Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab States
by Adam Hanieh
reviewed by Omar S. Dahi
152. Year of the Locust: A Soldier's Diary and the Erasure of Palestine's Ottoman Past
by Salim Tamari
reviewed by Shay Hazkani
157. Apostles of Modernity: Saint-Simonians and the Civilizing Mission in Algeria
by Osama W. Abi-Mershed
reviewed by Benjamin C. Brower
162. Confronting Fascism in Egypt: Dictatorship versus Democracy in the 1930s
by Israel Gershoni and James Jankowski
reviewed by Gilbert Achcar
167. In the Shadow of Sectarianism: Law, Shi'ism, and the Making of Modern Lebanon
by Max Weiss
reviewed by Ziad Abu-Rish
172. Bazaar and State in Iran: The Politics of the Tehran Marketplace
by Arang Keshavarzian
reviewed by Firat Bozçali
178. Connected in Cairo: Growing up Cosmopolitan in the Modern Middle East
by Mark Allen Peterson
reviewed by Shane Minkin
183. In the Time of Oil: Piety, Memory, and Social Life in an Omani Town
by Mandana Limbert
reviewed by Jatin Dua
188. Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced
by Rochelle Davis
reviewed by Isabelle Humphries
193. From Mission to Modernity: Evangelicals, Reformers, and Education in Nineteenth-Century Egypt
by Paul Sedra
reviewed by Ellen Fleischmann
199. Transforming Damascus: Space and Modernity in an Islamic City
by Leila Hudson
reviewed by Benjamin Thomas White
204. Building Iran: Modernism, Architecture, and National Heritage under the Pahlavi Monarchs
by Talinn Grigor
reviewed by Combiz Moussavi-Aghdam
209. Florence and Baghdad: Renaissance Art and Arabic Science
by Hans Belting
reviewed by Jeannie Miller
214. Palestine Online: Transnationalism, the Internet and the Construction of Identity
by Miriyam Aouragh
reviewed by Jillian C. York
218. Working Out Egypt: Effendi Masculinity and Subject Formation in Colonial Modernity, 1870–1940
by Wilson Chacko Jacob
reviewed by Murat Cihan Yildiz
223. Social Movements, Mobilization, and Contestation in the Middle East and North Africa
by Joel Beinin and Frédéric Vairel
reviewed by John Chalcraft
227. The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel
by Ilan Pappe
reviewed by Ryvka Barnard
231. The Copts of Egypt: The Challenges of Modernisation and Identity
by Vivian Ibrahim
reviewed by Paul Sedra
Review Essays
236. The Invisible State
by Aaron Jakes
246. Ottoman Environmental History: A New Area of Middle East Studies
by Chris Gratien
255. Edward Said’s Legacy
by Anthony Alessandrini