Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) articles from January 2005

Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) archives from January 2005

In memoriam.(Samih Farsoun)(Obituary)
January 1, 2005... IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS that ASQ announces the death of Samih Farsoun on 9 June 2005 at the age of 68 in New Buffalo, Michigan. Samih was born in Haifa, Palestine. For many years Samih was a distinguished editor of Arab Studies Quarterly and...

Origins and patterns in the discourse of new Arab cinema.
January 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION AS THE WEST GRAPPLES TO COME to grips with Arab and Muslim cultures in a number of ways, the study of Arab cinema stands as an effective tool for understanding and assessing issues of great impact on one of the world's most...

Political conditionality of economic relations between paternalist states: Turkey's interaction with Iran, Iraq, and Syria.
January 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION IT IS OFTEN ARGUED THAT INTERDEPENDENT economic relations between countries could create a favorable atmosphere to the solution of political problems, thus enhancing peace and security. It has almost become a truism to cite...

The Turkish model and democratization in the Middle East.
January 1, 2005... RECENTLY THE RELEVANCY OF THE Turkish experience in democratization to the process of political reform in the Arab world has become a focus of debate within the context of a renewed interest in the subject in general. While Turkey is promoted...

Understanding the attitudes of Arabs toward "America": the underutilization of class.
January 1, 2005... IN A WORLD THAT IS BECOMING increasingly interdependent, the necessity of cross-national and cross-cultural understanding is more crucial than ever. A plethora of polls (ABC, 2001, 2002; Gallup 2002; Wall Street Journal, 2003; The Pew Research...

The impact of the sinking of the Titanic on the New York Syrian community of 1912: the Syrians respond.
January 1, 2005... ASIDE FROM THE LIMITED INFORMATION available concerning the Syrian passengers who boarded the Titanic in April 1912, even less has been published on the response of New York's Syrian community in the wake of the ship's sinking. Aware that these...

Kashua, Sayed. Dancing Arabs.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Kashua, Sayed. Dancing Arabs. Translated from the Hebrew by Miriam Shlesinger New York: Grove Press, 2004, 227 pages. Paper $12.00 Published first in Hebrew in 2002, the novel is divided into five parts, each containing different stories....