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(Vol. IV No. 2): Fall 1996

From The Editors:

The principle of "Middle East exceptionalism" remains hegemonic in academia. Even some of the most brilliant scholars often abandon their own criteria for sound academic judgment when it comes to the Middle East. But the most articulate critique of "Middle East exceptionalism" is no longer effective. Labeling scholars left and right as "orientalists" or "neo-orientalists" has become, for many, the only weapon, albeit an apologist one which exposes more the vulnerability of the "accuser" than the essentialism of the "accused" . . . [read more]
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4. Revisiting Reform: Women and the Ottoman Law of Family Rights, 1917
by Judith E. Tucker 

19. Creating the Modern Professional Housewife: Scientifically Based Advice Extended to Middle- and Upper-Class Egyptian Women, 1920s-1930s
by Rebecca Joubin 

46. Egyptian Women and Science Question: Gender in the Making of Colonized Medicine, 1893-1919
by Hibba Abugideiri 

79. Shahada and Haganah: Politicizing Masculinities in Early Palestinian and Jewish Nationalisms
by Sheila H. Katz 

98. Engendering Resistance in the Work of Ghassan Kanafani: All That’s Left to You, Of Men and Guns, and Umm Sa’d
by Nancy Coffin 

119. The Politics of Space in Urban Cairo: Informal Communities and the State
by Salwa Ismail 

133. Jerusalem and the Broken Middle: Reflections on Jews and Palestinians after Oslo
by Marc Ellis 

Book Reviews

149. Political Liberalization and Democratization  in the Arab World: Volume 1: Theoretical Perspectives 
by Rex Brynen, Bahgat Korany, and Paul Noble, editors
reviewed by Russell E. Lucas

156. The Political Economy of Syria Under Asad 
by Volker Perthes
reviewed by Bassam SA Haddad

162. Democracy Without Democrats? The Renewal of Politics in the Muslim World
by Ghassam Salame, editor
reviewed by James Piazza

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