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(Vol. VI No. 2/Vol. VII No. 1): Fall 1998/Spring 1999
From The Editors: In this double issue, Osama Abi-Mershed persuasively depicts the "lingering influence of France's imperial memory" on French policy making during what he terms"the second Algerian crisis"? the years 1992-1994. Political scientists Christopher Parker and Sami Zemni analyze civic development in the nascent Palestinian state along consociational lines, while Reuven Snir traces the development and expression of Palestinian identity and national consciousness through al-Hakawati Theater. Patrick Laude presents a succinct discursive analysis of the perspectives of Jacque Berque and Louis Massignon on Islam, introducing the conceptual parameters of an 'axial' and a 'dialectical' Islam . . . [read more] |
Table of Contents
Articles
8. The Second Algerian Crisis, 1992-1994: Algeria in the Memory of France
by Osama Abi-Mershed
34. From Securitization toward Consociation? The Civic Dynamic of Palestinian Authority-Islamist Rivalry
by Christopher Parker and Sami Zemni
57. The Palestinian al-Hakawati Theatre
by Reuven Snir
72. Two French Perspectives on Islam: Louis Massignon’s Axial and Jacque Berque’s Dialectical Islam
by Patrick Laude
Special Section: Islamic Law and Society
84. Fatawa and Religious Discourse as an Avenue of Participation
by Dana Hearn
98. In the Absence of Legal Equity: Mahr and Marriage Negotiation in Egyptian Low Income Communities
by Homa Hoodfar
112. An Analysis of Khayr al-Din al-Ramli’s Fatawa on Peasant Land Tenure in Seventeenth-Century Palestine
by Sabrina Joseph
128. “There goes the neighborhood!” Sexuality and Society in 17th-Century Kayseri
by Patricia L. Khleif
Book Reviews
141. In the House of the Law: Gender and Islamic Law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine
by Judith E. Tucker
reviewed by Annelies Moors
144. The Middle East and the Peace Process: The Impact of the Oslo Accords
edited by Robert O. Freedman
reviewed by Christopher Parker
151. Labor and the State in Egypt: Workers, Unions, and Economic Restructuring
by Marsha Pripstein Posusney
reviewed Christopher Toensing
155. The Saudi File: People, Power, Politics
by Ander erichow
reviewed by Peter G. Mandaville
161. Christians and Jews Under Islam
by Youssef Court and Philippe Fargues
reviewed by Anne Marie Wolf
164. The Challenge of Fundamentalism: Political Islam and the New World Disorder
by Bassam Ribi
reviewed by Pinar Bilgin
Articles
8. The Second Algerian Crisis, 1992-1994: Algeria in the Memory of France
by Osama Abi-Mershed
34. From Securitization toward Consociation? The Civic Dynamic of Palestinian Authority-Islamist Rivalry
by Christopher Parker and Sami Zemni
57. The Palestinian al-Hakawati Theatre
by Reuven Snir
72. Two French Perspectives on Islam: Louis Massignon’s Axial and Jacque Berque’s Dialectical Islam
by Patrick Laude
Special Section: Islamic Law and Society
84. Fatawa and Religious Discourse as an Avenue of Participation
by Dana Hearn
98. In the Absence of Legal Equity: Mahr and Marriage Negotiation in Egyptian Low Income Communities
by Homa Hoodfar
112. An Analysis of Khayr al-Din al-Ramli’s Fatawa on Peasant Land Tenure in Seventeenth-Century Palestine
by Sabrina Joseph
128. “There goes the neighborhood!” Sexuality and Society in 17th-Century Kayseri
by Patricia L. Khleif
Book Reviews
141. In the House of the Law: Gender and Islamic Law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine
by Judith E. Tucker
reviewed by Annelies Moors
144. The Middle East and the Peace Process: The Impact of the Oslo Accords
edited by Robert O. Freedman
reviewed by Christopher Parker
151. Labor and the State in Egypt: Workers, Unions, and Economic Restructuring
by Marsha Pripstein Posusney
reviewed Christopher Toensing
155. The Saudi File: People, Power, Politics
by Ander erichow
reviewed by Peter G. Mandaville
161. Christians and Jews Under Islam
by Youssef Court and Philippe Fargues
reviewed by Anne Marie Wolf
164. The Challenge of Fundamentalism: Political Islam and the New World Disorder
by Bassam Ribi
reviewed by Pinar Bilgin