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(Vol. X No. 2/Vol. XI No. 1): Fall 2002/Spring 2003
From The Editors: In this issue, our book review section continues to expand, both as a resource for scholars and as a forum for less specialized readers to explore the field of Middle East studies and its diverse intersections with other academic disciplines. This issue contains 32 book reviews, including seven review essays, offering insightful analyses of new publications in the fields of history, anthropology, politics, international relations, religion, art history, literary criticism, and cultural studies. Among the books under review are new translations of literature from Egypt, Turkey, Algeria, and Morocco. In addition we are very pleased to offer a new feature, a dialogue between two writers, in this instance stemming from the publication of Oz Shelach's novel Picnic Grounds. In this conversation, poet, translator, critic, and scholar Ammiel Alcalay talks with Shelach about the relationship of language to power in Israel, and Shelach's decision to begin writing in English. We encourage our readers to take a look at our available "Books for Review" section (p. 249) . . . [read more] |
Table of Contents
Articles
10. Magda's Story: Once Upon a Time . . .
by Samia Mehrez
17. Gender and the Palestinian Narrative of Return in Two Novels by Ghassan Kanafani
by Amy Zalman
44. Press Advertising in Egypt: Business Realities and Local Meaning, 1882-1956
by Relli Shechter
67. Heresy and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Morocco
by Sahar Bazzaz
87. Arabic News with an American Accent: Cairo's Al-Ahram and the Mexican Peso Crisis
by Hosam Aboul-Ela
Book Reviews
112. Books Received Index
117. Israeli and Palestinian Identities in History and Literature
Edited by David C. Jacobson and Kamal Abdel-Malek
reviewed by Ariel Moriah Blumenthal
121. Second Class: Discrimination Against Palestinian Arab Children in Israel's Schools
by Human Rights Watch
reviewed by Ismael Abu-Saad
125. The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait: Religion, Identity and Otherness in the Analysis of War and Conflict
by Hamdi A. Hassan
reviewed by Charles Anderson
129. An Introduction to Arabic Literature
by Roger Allen
reviewed by Haytham Bahoora
132. Iraq Since 1958: From Revolution to Dictatorship
by Marion Farouk-Sluglett and Peter Sluglett
reviewed by Bashkin Bashkin
136. The New Mamluks: Egyptian Society and Modern Feudalism
by Amira el-Azhary Sonbol
reviewed by David Bender
140. The History of Women's Mosques in Chinese Islam: A Mosque of Their Own
by Maria Jaschok and Shui Jingjun
reviewed by Zvi Aziz Ben-Dor
144. Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East: The Egyptian Women's Movement
by Nadje al-Ali
reviewed by Laura Bier
147. The Graying of the Raven: Cultural and Sociopolitical Significance of Algerian Folk Poetry
by Aida Adib Bamia
reviewed by Nabil Boudraa
150. An Accented Cinema: Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking
by Hamid Naficy
reviewed by Joel Gordon
153. I Saw Ramallah
by Mourid Barghouti
reviewed by Dana Hearn
157. Palestinian Women: Patriarchy and Resistance in the West Bank
by Cheryl A. Rubenberg
reviewed by Sherry Lowrance
161. Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire: Transjordan 1850-1921
by Eugene Rogan
reviewed by Shana Minkin
165. Birthing the Nation: Strategies of Palestinian Women in Israel
by Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh
reviewed by Dana Hearn
168. The Politics of Sacred Space: The Old City of Jerusalem in the Middle East Conflict
by Michael Dumper
reviewed by Alejandro Paz
172. Never Mind: Twenty Poems and a Story
by Taja Muhammad Ali
reviewed by Jennifer Peterson
175. Travellers in Egypt
Edited by Pail Starkey and Janet Starkey
reviewed by Jessamine Price
179. Getting God's Ear: Women, Islam and Healing in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf
by Eleanor Abdella Doumato
reviewed by Janell Rothenberg
182. Egypt During the Sadat Years
by Kirk J. Beattie
reviewed by Dina Shehata
185. Eating the Flowers of Paradise: A Journey through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen
by Kevin Rusby
reviewed by Lucine Taminian
188. Managing the Oil Wealth: OPEC's Windfalls and Pitfalls
by Jahangir Amuzegar
reviewed by Robert Walters
191. The Other Kurds: Yazidis in Colonial Iraq
by Nelida Fuccaro
reviewed by Peter Wien
195. A Modern History of Yemen
by Paul Dresch
reviewed by John Willis
199. France, the United States, and the Algerian War
by Irvin M. Wall
reviewed by Julia Voelker
203. Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women
by Khaled Abou El Fadl
reviewed by Sherifa Zuhur
Articles
10. Magda's Story: Once Upon a Time . . .
by Samia Mehrez
17. Gender and the Palestinian Narrative of Return in Two Novels by Ghassan Kanafani
by Amy Zalman
44. Press Advertising in Egypt: Business Realities and Local Meaning, 1882-1956
by Relli Shechter
67. Heresy and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Morocco
by Sahar Bazzaz
87. Arabic News with an American Accent: Cairo's Al-Ahram and the Mexican Peso Crisis
by Hosam Aboul-Ela
Book Reviews
112. Books Received Index
117. Israeli and Palestinian Identities in History and Literature
Edited by David C. Jacobson and Kamal Abdel-Malek
reviewed by Ariel Moriah Blumenthal
121. Second Class: Discrimination Against Palestinian Arab Children in Israel's Schools
by Human Rights Watch
reviewed by Ismael Abu-Saad
125. The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait: Religion, Identity and Otherness in the Analysis of War and Conflict
by Hamdi A. Hassan
reviewed by Charles Anderson
129. An Introduction to Arabic Literature
by Roger Allen
reviewed by Haytham Bahoora
132. Iraq Since 1958: From Revolution to Dictatorship
by Marion Farouk-Sluglett and Peter Sluglett
reviewed by Bashkin Bashkin
136. The New Mamluks: Egyptian Society and Modern Feudalism
by Amira el-Azhary Sonbol
reviewed by David Bender
140. The History of Women's Mosques in Chinese Islam: A Mosque of Their Own
by Maria Jaschok and Shui Jingjun
reviewed by Zvi Aziz Ben-Dor
144. Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East: The Egyptian Women's Movement
by Nadje al-Ali
reviewed by Laura Bier
147. The Graying of the Raven: Cultural and Sociopolitical Significance of Algerian Folk Poetry
by Aida Adib Bamia
reviewed by Nabil Boudraa
150. An Accented Cinema: Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking
by Hamid Naficy
reviewed by Joel Gordon
153. I Saw Ramallah
by Mourid Barghouti
reviewed by Dana Hearn
157. Palestinian Women: Patriarchy and Resistance in the West Bank
by Cheryl A. Rubenberg
reviewed by Sherry Lowrance
161. Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire: Transjordan 1850-1921
by Eugene Rogan
reviewed by Shana Minkin
165. Birthing the Nation: Strategies of Palestinian Women in Israel
by Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh
reviewed by Dana Hearn
168. The Politics of Sacred Space: The Old City of Jerusalem in the Middle East Conflict
by Michael Dumper
reviewed by Alejandro Paz
172. Never Mind: Twenty Poems and a Story
by Taja Muhammad Ali
reviewed by Jennifer Peterson
175. Travellers in Egypt
Edited by Pail Starkey and Janet Starkey
reviewed by Jessamine Price
179. Getting God's Ear: Women, Islam and Healing in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf
by Eleanor Abdella Doumato
reviewed by Janell Rothenberg
182. Egypt During the Sadat Years
by Kirk J. Beattie
reviewed by Dina Shehata
185. Eating the Flowers of Paradise: A Journey through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen
by Kevin Rusby
reviewed by Lucine Taminian
188. Managing the Oil Wealth: OPEC's Windfalls and Pitfalls
by Jahangir Amuzegar
reviewed by Robert Walters
191. The Other Kurds: Yazidis in Colonial Iraq
by Nelida Fuccaro
reviewed by Peter Wien
195. A Modern History of Yemen
by Paul Dresch
reviewed by John Willis
199. France, the United States, and the Algerian War
by Irvin M. Wall
reviewed by Julia Voelker
203. Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women
by Khaled Abou El Fadl
reviewed by Sherifa Zuhur