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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] |
Table of Contents
Articles
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
Articles
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