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(Vol. II No. 1): Spring 1994
From The Editors: Since our Fall 1993 issue, we have received a great deal of constructive feedback on the development of The Arab Studies Journal. Among the issues that have been brought to our attention is that, although this Journal proclaims no political or ideological agenda, it nonetheless espouses a liberal attitude and that several of the published pieces in the previous issue "attest" to this liberal bent. Although it is not untrue that the previous issue contained material that is considered to be of a liberal persuasion, the truth is that what we publish is necessarily a reflection of the pool of submissions we receive. That is to say, had we received submissions that completely departed from what is here considered liberal, the Journal would have reflected that. We are constantly trying to widen the scope of the Journal by making its pages accessible to writers of all persuasions. What we are unable and unwilling to do is force individuals to write . . . [read more] |
Table of Contents
Interviews
3. Interview with Dr. Hisham Sharabi
Articles
4. Pillars, Petroleum and Power: The United States in the Gulf
by Stephen Brannan
11. Rethinking the Special Relationship: The Bush Administration’s Policy on Loan Guarantees to Israel
by Bryce Giddens
17. Reconstruction Through Deconstruction: A Critical Reading of the Discourse on Lebanon Since the Civil War
by Lucia Volk
24. French Regulation of Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Algeria
by Bruce W. Dunne
31. The Republican Guards and Saddam Hussein’s Transformation of the Iraqi Army
by William D. Huggins
36. State and Religion in Saudi Arabia
by Michele L. Michele
44. Zionist Politics and the Law: The Meaning of the Green Line
by Lisa Hajjar
Commentary
52. Israel, the PLO and the Gaza-Jericho Accord: Between a Rock and Hamas
by Ahmad AbulJobain
54. The PLO and Israel: Squaring the Circle?
by Daniel Brumberg
Travel Letters
56. The Arrival (Yemen)
by Frank Tipton
57. The Road to Kurdistan
by William Archer
Book Reviews
58. Arabian Jazz
by Diana Abu Jabir
reviewed by David Harris
59. Beirut's Lost Generation: Hisham Sharabi's Al-Jamr wa-l-Ramad [Embers and Ashes] as the Autobiography of a Generation
reviewed by Steve Tamari
63. The Renewal of Islamic Law: muhammad Baqer as-Sadr,Najaf and the Shi'i International
by Chibli Mallat
reviewed by Jefferson Gray
Letters to the Editor
65. Response to "A Note on the Study of Homosexuality in the Arab/Islamic Civilization"
by Mohamed Sadek
Interviews
3. Interview with Dr. Hisham Sharabi
Articles
4. Pillars, Petroleum and Power: The United States in the Gulf
by Stephen Brannan
11. Rethinking the Special Relationship: The Bush Administration’s Policy on Loan Guarantees to Israel
by Bryce Giddens
17. Reconstruction Through Deconstruction: A Critical Reading of the Discourse on Lebanon Since the Civil War
by Lucia Volk
24. French Regulation of Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Algeria
by Bruce W. Dunne
31. The Republican Guards and Saddam Hussein’s Transformation of the Iraqi Army
by William D. Huggins
36. State and Religion in Saudi Arabia
by Michele L. Michele
44. Zionist Politics and the Law: The Meaning of the Green Line
by Lisa Hajjar
Commentary
52. Israel, the PLO and the Gaza-Jericho Accord: Between a Rock and Hamas
by Ahmad AbulJobain
54. The PLO and Israel: Squaring the Circle?
by Daniel Brumberg
Travel Letters
56. The Arrival (Yemen)
by Frank Tipton
57. The Road to Kurdistan
by William Archer
Book Reviews
58. Arabian Jazz
by Diana Abu Jabir
reviewed by David Harris
59. Beirut's Lost Generation: Hisham Sharabi's Al-Jamr wa-l-Ramad [Embers and Ashes] as the Autobiography of a Generation
reviewed by Steve Tamari
63. The Renewal of Islamic Law: muhammad Baqer as-Sadr,Najaf and the Shi'i International
by Chibli Mallat
reviewed by Jefferson Gray
Letters to the Editor
65. Response to "A Note on the Study of Homosexuality in the Arab/Islamic Civilization"
by Mohamed Sadek