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(Vol. XI No. 2/Vol. XII No. 1): Fall 2003/Spring 2004

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. The Ba’albakk Festival and the Rahbanis: Folklore, Ancient History, Musical Theater, and Nationalism in Lebanon
by Christopher Stone 

41. Picaresque Narratives and Cultural Dissimulation in Colonial North African Literature
by William Granara 

57. 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 

77. 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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Letter to the Editor

104. 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

107. Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East, 1945-2000
by Melani McAlister 
reviewed by Daniel Widener

111. Rak‘atan fi al-‘ishq: dirasa fi shi‘r ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati
by Reuven Snir 
reviewed by Ibrahim Taha

115. The Committee
by Son‘allah Ibrahim 
reviewed by Sam England

119. The Female Circumcision Controversy: An Anthropological Perspective
by Ellen Gruenbaum 
reviewed by Jean-Michel Lamoine

122. Unipolarity and the Middle East
by Birthe Hansen 
reviewed by Morten Valbjørn

126. Colors of Enchantment: Theater, Dance, Music, and the Visual Arts of the Middle East
Edited by Sherifa Zuhur 
reviewed by Anne Elise Thomas

130. 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

137. In the Name of God by Yasmina Khadra Wolf Dreams by Yasmina Khadra 
reviewed by Jonathan Smolin

143. 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

150. Law and Colonial Cultures: Legal Regimes in World History
by Lauren Benton 
reviewed by Mario M. Ruiz

153. 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

156. “Believing Women” in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an
by Asma Barlas 
reviewed by Zayn Kassam

161. Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Edited by Shibley Telhami and Michael Barnett 
reviewed by Scott Rothstein

165. May Her Likes Be Multiplied: Biography and Gender Politics in Egypt
by Marilyn Booth 
reviewed by Shaun Lopez

166. After Jihad by Noah Feldman Terror and Liberalism by Paul Berman 
reviewed by Robyn Creswell

175. Islamic Conversions: Religious Identities in Mediterranean Islam
Edited by Mercedes García -Arenal 
reviewed by Will Hanley

178. Syria: Neither Bread nor Freedom
by Alan George 
reviewed by Joshua A. Stacher

181. 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

185. Conflicts in the Middle East Since 1945
by Beverley Milton-Edwards and Peter Hinchcliffe 
reviewed by Barak A. Salmoni

189. 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

192. Death in Troy
by Bilge Karasu 
reviewed by Matthew Goldman

195. Beyond the Handshake: Multilateral Cooperation in the Arab- Israeli Peace Process, 1991-1996
by Dalia Dassa Kaye 
reviewed by Scott Rothstein

198. Bad Moon Rising: A Chronicle of the Middle East Today
by Gilles Kepel 
reviewed by Mikkel Landsdorf

202. A Revolutionary Year: The Middle East in 1958
Edited by William Roger Louis and Roger Owen 
reviewed by Amy Zalman

205. Sufism, Music and Society in Turkey and the Middle East
Edited by Anders Hammarlund, Tord Olsson, and Elisabeth Ozdalga 
reviewed by Ryan Greene-Roesel

208. Islamic Art and Literature: Textuality and Visuality in the Islamic World
Edited by Oleg Grabar and Cynthia Robinson 
reviewed by Michael Chagnon

212. Palestine by Joe Sacco Persepolis by Marjane Satapi
reviewed by Bhakti Shringarpure

218. Muslim Women Mystics: The Life and Work of Rabi‘a and Other Women Mystics in Islam
by Margaret Smith 
reviewed by Leyla Amzi

221. Algeria 1830-2000: A Short History
by Benjamin Stora 
reviewed by Anthony Alessandrini

225. The New Iranian Cinema: Politics, Representation, and Identity
Edited by Richard Tapper 
reviewed by Leili Kashani

229. The Author and His Doubles: Essays on Classical Arabic Culture by Abdelfattah Kilito Fugitive Light by Mohamed Berrada
reviewed by Nasrin Qader

234. 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


Interview

239. Moving Out of Hebrew: On Language & Power A Conversation Between Oz Shelach and Ammiel Alcal ​

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