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(Vol. XXII No. 1): Spring 2014
From The Editors: In “Cultures of Resistance in Palestine and Beyond: The Politics of Art, Aesthetics, and Affect,” Sophie Richter-Devroe and Ruba Salih introduce the imperatives, questions, and ideas that inspired the special issue we are featuring here. Encompassing a broad array of approaches, methodologies, and perspectives, Rania Jawad, Adila Laïdi-Hanieh, Maha Nassar, Helga Tawil-Souri, Miriyam Aouragh, Craig Larkin, Brahim El Guabli, Hanan Toukan, and Yazid Anani each take on the relationship between cultural production and political resistance. For the Arab world and the Middle East more broadly, these questions are as timely today as ever. But beyond the urgencies of the moment, the special issue editors and contributors provide us with a powerful set of empirical research and analytical reflections that thinkers, artists, students, and teachers will be able to refer to, learn form, and build on for years to come . . . [read more] |
Table of Contents
Special Issue: Cultures of Resistance
Theme Articles
8. Cultures of Resistance in Palestine and Beyond: On the Politics of Art, Aesthetics, and Affect
by Special Issue Editors Sophie Richter-Devroe and Rubah Salih
28. "Aren't We Human?" Normalizing Palestinian Performances
by Rania Jawad
46. Grievability as Political Claim Making: The 100 Shaheed-100 Lives Exhibition
by Adila Laïdi-Hanieh
74. “My Struggle Embraces Every Struggle”: Palestinians in Israel and Solidarity with Afro-Asian Liberation Movements
by Maha Nassar
102. Intifada 3.0? Cyber Colonialism and Palestinian Resistance
by Helga Tawil-Souri and Miriyam Aouragh
134. Jerusalem’s Separation Wall and Global Message Board: Graffiti, Murals, and the Art of Sumud
by Craig Larkin
170. The “Hidden Transcript” of Resistance in Moroccan Tazmamart Prison Writings
by Brahim El Guabli
Interview
208. Delusion, Art, and Urban Desires in Palestine Today: An Interview with Yazid Anani
by Hanan Toukan
Articles
230. Debating Lebanon’s Power-Sharing Model: An Opportunity or an Impasse for Democratization Studies in the Middle East?
by Tamirace Fakhoury
Book Reviews
256. Imagined Empires: A History of Revolt in Egypt
by Zeinab Abul-Magd
reviewed by Zoe Griffith
261. The Emergence of Minorities in the Middle East: The Politics of Community in French mandate Syria
by Benjamin Thomas White
reviewed by Steve Tamari
265. The Social and Economic Origins of Monarchy in Jordan
by Tariq Moraiwed Tell
reviewed by Ziad Abu-Rish
270. Land of Progress: Palestine in the Age of Colonial Development, 1905–1948
by Jacob Norris
reviewed by Fredrik Meiton
275. Colonial Copyright: Intellectual Property in Mandate Palestine
by Michael D. Birnhack
reviewed by Andrea L. Stanton
279. Damascus: Ottoman Modernity and Urban Transformation, 1808–1918, Vols. 1 and 2
by Stefan Weber
reviewed by Benjamin Thomas White
285. And Then We Work for God: Rural Sunni Islam in Western Turkey
by Kimberly Hart
reviewed by Timur Hammond
289. Technology and National Identity in Turkey: Mobile Communications and the Evolution of a Post-Ottoman Nation
by Burçe Çelik
reviewed by Elizabeth Angell
294. Refractions of Civil Society in Turkey
by Daniella Kuzmanovic
reviewed by Josh Carney
299. Shiism and Politics in the Middle East
by Laurence Louër
reviewed by John King
Nasser’s Gamble: How Intervention in Yemen Caused the Six-Day War and the Decline of Egyptian Power
by Jesse Ferris
reviewed by Asher Orkaby
304. Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook
by Walid El Hamamsy and Mounira Soliman (Editors)
reviewed by Yasmine Ramadan
308. A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics, and Religion in Saudi Arabia
by Madawi Al-Rasheed
reviewed by Mona Kareem
312. Imagined Museums: Art and Modernity in Postcolonial Morocco
by Katarzyna Pieprzak
reviewed by Dina A. Ramadan
Review Essays
317. The Contemporary Syrian Novel in Translation
by Anne-Marie McManus
334. Shrines in the Early Modern Middle East
by Guy Burak
342. Analyzing Authoritarianism in an Age of Uprisings
by Arang Keshavarzian
Special Issue: Cultures of Resistance
Theme Articles
8. Cultures of Resistance in Palestine and Beyond: On the Politics of Art, Aesthetics, and Affect
by Special Issue Editors Sophie Richter-Devroe and Rubah Salih
28. "Aren't We Human?" Normalizing Palestinian Performances
by Rania Jawad
46. Grievability as Political Claim Making: The 100 Shaheed-100 Lives Exhibition
by Adila Laïdi-Hanieh
74. “My Struggle Embraces Every Struggle”: Palestinians in Israel and Solidarity with Afro-Asian Liberation Movements
by Maha Nassar
102. Intifada 3.0? Cyber Colonialism and Palestinian Resistance
by Helga Tawil-Souri and Miriyam Aouragh
134. Jerusalem’s Separation Wall and Global Message Board: Graffiti, Murals, and the Art of Sumud
by Craig Larkin
170. The “Hidden Transcript” of Resistance in Moroccan Tazmamart Prison Writings
by Brahim El Guabli
Interview
208. Delusion, Art, and Urban Desires in Palestine Today: An Interview with Yazid Anani
by Hanan Toukan
Articles
230. Debating Lebanon’s Power-Sharing Model: An Opportunity or an Impasse for Democratization Studies in the Middle East?
by Tamirace Fakhoury
Book Reviews
256. Imagined Empires: A History of Revolt in Egypt
by Zeinab Abul-Magd
reviewed by Zoe Griffith
261. The Emergence of Minorities in the Middle East: The Politics of Community in French mandate Syria
by Benjamin Thomas White
reviewed by Steve Tamari
265. The Social and Economic Origins of Monarchy in Jordan
by Tariq Moraiwed Tell
reviewed by Ziad Abu-Rish
270. Land of Progress: Palestine in the Age of Colonial Development, 1905–1948
by Jacob Norris
reviewed by Fredrik Meiton
275. Colonial Copyright: Intellectual Property in Mandate Palestine
by Michael D. Birnhack
reviewed by Andrea L. Stanton
279. Damascus: Ottoman Modernity and Urban Transformation, 1808–1918, Vols. 1 and 2
by Stefan Weber
reviewed by Benjamin Thomas White
285. And Then We Work for God: Rural Sunni Islam in Western Turkey
by Kimberly Hart
reviewed by Timur Hammond
289. Technology and National Identity in Turkey: Mobile Communications and the Evolution of a Post-Ottoman Nation
by Burçe Çelik
reviewed by Elizabeth Angell
294. Refractions of Civil Society in Turkey
by Daniella Kuzmanovic
reviewed by Josh Carney
299. Shiism and Politics in the Middle East
by Laurence Louër
reviewed by John King
Nasser’s Gamble: How Intervention in Yemen Caused the Six-Day War and the Decline of Egyptian Power
by Jesse Ferris
reviewed by Asher Orkaby
304. Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook
by Walid El Hamamsy and Mounira Soliman (Editors)
reviewed by Yasmine Ramadan
308. A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics, and Religion in Saudi Arabia
by Madawi Al-Rasheed
reviewed by Mona Kareem
312. Imagined Museums: Art and Modernity in Postcolonial Morocco
by Katarzyna Pieprzak
reviewed by Dina A. Ramadan
Review Essays
317. The Contemporary Syrian Novel in Translation
by Anne-Marie McManus
334. Shrines in the Early Modern Middle East
by Guy Burak
342. Analyzing Authoritarianism in an Age of Uprisings
by Arang Keshavarzian