Issues
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).
Fall 2003 / Spring 2004
(Vol. XI No. 2 / Vol. XII No. 1)Table of Contents
Articles
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The Ba’albakk Festival and the Rahbanis: Folklore, Ancient History, Musical Theater, and Nationalism in Lebanon
by Christopher Stone
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Picaresque Narratives and Cultural Dissimulation in Colonial North African Literature
by William Granara
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The Role of Education in Minority Identity Formation in an Ethnic State: The Case of Palestinian Arab Youth in Southern Israel
by Ismael Abu-Saad
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Discourses on the "War on Terrorism" in the U.S. and its Views on the Arab, Muslim, and Gendered "Other"
by Mervat F. Hatem
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A Response to As'ad AbuKhalil's Review of Farid el Khazen's Book (ASJ, Fall 2002/ Spring 2003) The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon
by Farid el-Khazen
Book Reviews
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Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East, 1945-2000
by Melani McAlister
reviewed by Daniel Widener -
Rak‘atan fi al-‘ishq: dirasa fi shi‘r ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati
by Reuven Snir
reviewed by Ibrahim Taha -
The Committee
by Son‘allah Ibrahim
reviewed by Sam England -
The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective
by Ellen Gruenbaum
reviewed by Jean-Michel Lamoine -
Unipolarity and the Middle East
by Birthe Hansen
reviewed by Morten Valbjørn -
Colors of Enchantment: Theater, Dance, Music, and the Visual Arts of the Middle East
Edited by Sherifa Zuhur
reviewed by Anne Elise Thomas -
Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East: Gender, Economy & Society
by Islam Encountering Globalization
reviewed by Yoon Hui Kim -
In the Name of God by Yasmina Khadra
Wolf Dreams by Yasmina Khadra
reviewed by Jonathan Smolin -
The Arabian Seas: The Indian Ocean World of the 17th Century On the Edge of Empire: Hadharamawt, Emigration, and the Indian Ocean, 1880s-1930s
Modernity and Culture: From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean
reviewed by Jennifer Derr -
Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History
by Lauren Benton
reviewed by Mario M. Ruiz -
Najd Before the Salafi Reform Movement: Social, Political, and Religious Conditions During the Three Centuries Preceding the Rise of the Saudi State
by Uwaidah M. Al-Juhany
reviewed by Nadav Samin -
“Believing Women” in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an
by Asma Barlas
reviewed by Zayn Kassam -
Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Edited by Shibley Telhami and Michael Barnett
reviewed by Scott Rothstein -
May Her Likes Be Multiplied: Biography and Gender Politics in Egypt
by Marilyn Booth
reviewed by Shaun Lopez -
After Jihad by Noah Feldman
Terror and Liberalism by Paul Berman
reviewed by Robyn Creswell -
Islamic Conversions: Religious Identities in Mediterranean Islam
Edited by Mercedes García -Arenal
reviewed by Will Hanley -
Syria: Neither Bread nor Freedom
by Alan George
reviewed by Joshua A. Stacher -
People and Pollution: Cultural Constructions and Social Action in Egypt
by Nicholas S. Hopkins, Sohair R. Mehanna, and Salah el-Haggar
reviewed by Heather M. Alden -
Conflicts in the Middle East Since 1945
by Beverley Milton-Edwards and Peter Hinchcliffe
reviewed by Barak A. Salmoni -
An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades: Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh
Edited by Philip K. Hitti, translator
reviewed by Dana Sajdi -
Death in Troy
by Bilge Karasu
reviewed by Matthew Goldman -
Beyond the Handshake: Multilateral Cooperation in the Arab-
Israeli Peace Process, 1991-1996
by Dalia Dassa Kaye
reviewed by Scott Rothstein -
Bad Moon Rising: A Chronicle of the Middle East Today
by Gilles Kepel
reviewed by Mikkel Landsdorf -
A Revolutionary Year: The Middle East in 1958
Edited by William Roger Louis and Roger Owen
reviewed by Amy Zalman -
Sufism, Music and Society in Turkey and the Middle East
Edited by Anders Hammarlund, Tord Olsson, and Elisabeth Ozdalga
reviewed by Ryan Greene-Roesel -
Islamic Art and Literature: Textuality and Visuality in the Islamic World
Edited by Oleg Grabar and Cynthia Robinson
reviewed by Michael Chagnon -
Palestine by Joe Sacco
Persepolis by Marjane Satapi
reviewed by Bhakti Shringarpure -
Muslim Women Mystics: The Life and Work of Rabi‘a and Other Women Mystics in Islam
by Margaret Smith
reviewed by Leyla Amzi -
Algeria 1830-2000: A Short History
by Benjamin Stora
reviewed by Anthony Alessandrini -
The New Iranian Cinema: Politics, Representation, and Identity
Edited by Richard Tapper
reviewed by Leili Kashani -
The Author and His Doubles: Essays on Classical Arabic Culture by Abdelfattah Kilito
Fugitive Light by Mohamed Berrada
reviewed by Nasrin Qader -
Islamic Fundamentalism in Egyptian Politics: Updated Edition
by Barry Rubin
Mobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism, and Political Change in Egypt
Edited by Carrie Rosefsky Wickham
reviewed by Kristin Tassin -
Moving Out of Hebrew: On Language & Power
A Conversation Between Oz Shelach and Ammiel Alcal
