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(Vol. XXIII No. 1): Fall 2015
From the Editors: The rapid changes that the people of the Arab world have witnessed in the last four and a half years have been revolutionary. In its initial instances this wave of change was a euphoric experience. From the far east of the Arabian Peninsula to the far west of Morocco, many transgressed generational, sectarian, gender, and class divides to break the barrier of fear. They unified to publicly and collectively call for popular sovereignty. They marched on various squares, neighborhoods, and roads demanding bread, freedom, and social justice. They led us to the unknown territory of hope. As the bids for popular sovereignty became louder and stronger, and people placed their lives and bodies in the line of fire, these Arabs posed . . . [read more] |
Table of Contents:
Articles 14. The Question of Judeo-Arabic by Ella Shohat 78. The Origins of Kuwaiti Nationalism: Rashid Rida’s Influence on Kuwait National Identity by Suliman Al-Atiqi Special Section: Iraq 124. Disinterring Iraq: Writing Silenced Histories of Nation Nature, and State by Special Section Editor Zainab Saleh 128. The National Park: Reviving Eden in Iraq’s Marshes by Bridget L. Guarasci 154. Politics, Economy, and Ideology in Iraqi Kurdistan since 2003: Enduring Trends and Novel Challenges by Michiel Leezenberg 184. Writing the Dismembered Nation: The Aesthetics of Horror in Iraqi Narratives of War by Haytham Bahoora 210. Deconstructing Destruction: The Second Gulf War and the New Historiography of Twentieth-Century Iraq by Orit Bashkin 236. Roundtable Perspectives: Researching Iraq Today by Mona Damluji, Arbella Bet-Shlimon, Alda Benjamen, Saleem Al-Bahloly, Haytham Bahoora, Caecilia Pieri, Bridget L. Guarasci, Zainab Saleh, and Peter Sluglett Special Section: New Paradigms Factor 266. New Paradigms of Popular Sovereignty in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings by Special Section Editor Paul Amar 274. State, Sovereignty, and Labor Movements in Algeria: Autonomous Unions Take Action by Hocine Zobiri 296. Making Spaces for Communal Sovereignty: The Story of Beirut's Dalieh by Abir Saksouk-Sasso 320. Evicting Sovereignty: Lebanon's Housing Tenants from Citizens to Obstacles by Nadine Bekdache 352. The Gendering of Spaces and Institutions of Islamic Sovereignty in Contemporary Sudan by Akram Abdel Gayoum Abbas Book Reviews 368. Reclaiming Iraq: The 1920 Revolution and the Foundation of the Modern State by Abbas Kadhim reviewed by Edith Szanto 373. Red Star over Iraq: Iraqi Communism before Saddam by Johan Franzén reviewed by Kevin Jones 378. Sectarianism in Iraq: Antagonistic Visions of Unity by Fanar Haddad reviewed by Carl Shook 382. Conflicting Narratives: War, Trauma, and Memory in Iraqi Culture by Stephan Milich, Friederike Pannewick, and Leslie Tramontini reviewed by Amir Moosavi 387. Saddam Hussein’s Ba‘th Party: Inside an Authoritarian Regime by Joseph Sasoon reviewed by Weldon C. Matthews 391. Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman, 1965–1976 by Abdel Razzaq Takriti reviewed by John Chalcraft 395. Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism: An Archive by Hala Halim reviewed by Samah Selim 400. The Orphan Scandal: Christian Missionaries and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood by Beth Baron reviewed by Mona L. Russell 404. An Incurable Past: Nasser’s Egypt Then and Now by Mériam Belli reviewed by Paul Sedra 408. Global Muslims in the Age of Steam and Print by James L. Gelvin and Nile Green reviewed by Michael Christopher Low 413. Ottoman Refugees, 1878–1939 by Isa Blumi reviewed by Jeffery Dyer 418. The Migrant Image: The Art and Politics of Documentary during Global Crisis by T. J. Demos reviewed by Tammer Salah El-Sheikh 423. Tribal Modern: Branding New Nations in the Arab Gulf by Miriam Cooke reviewed by Matthew MacLean 428. The Superlative City: Dubai and the Urban Condition in the Early Twenty-First Century by Ahmed Kanna reviewed by Rosie Bsheer 433. Business Politics in the Middle East by Steffen Hertog, Giacomo Luciani, and Marc Valeri reviewed by Hannes Baumann Review Essays 438. Enough Already! Alternatives to Orientalist Feminism by Nadine Naber 446. Modernity, Identity, and Technology in Palestine before the Nakba by Alex Winder |