Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) articles from June 2003

Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) archives from June 2003

A discovery voyage of self and other: Fadwa Tuqan's sojourn in England in the early sixties.
June 22, 2003... IN HIS BOOK ORIENTALISM, first published in 1978, Edward Said has opened the way for a critical re-evaluation of the intercultoral discourse between East and West. His central thesis is the controversial issue of cultural representation, "in...

The social context of pre-Islamic poetry: poetic imagery and social reality in the Mu c allaqat.
June 22, 2003... INTRODUCTION THE CORPUS OF JAHILI POETRY compiled during the first two-hundred years of Islamic history is the product of a creative and selective process that spanned centuries of historical and religious change. It is at once the result...

The Koenig report and Israeli policy towards the Palestinian minority, 1965-1976: old wine in new bottles.
June 22, 2003... INTRODUCTION THE KOENIG REPORT (l) IS FREQUENTLY referred to as a major turning point in the relationship between the Israeli State and the Palestinian minority. This Report, leaked to the Israeli newspaper Al-Hamishmar and published on 7...

Fanaticism: a major obstacle in the Muslim Christian dialogue. The case of twentieth century Islamic fundamentalism.
June 22, 2003... "ISLAM CAN ONLY SUCCEED BY the use of weapons, as was true in the past", wrote Muhammad 'Abd al-Salam Faraj in his al-Farida al-Gha'iba. Faraj is one of the most influential fundamentalist leaders in Egypt, and the major ideologue of the...

Lisa Suhair Majaj and Amal Amireh (eds.). Etel Adnan: Critical Essays on the Arab-American Writer and Artist.
June 22, 2003... Lisa Suhair Majaj and Amal Amireh (eds.). Etel Adnan: Critical Essays on the Arab-American Writer and Artist. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2002. 221 pages. Paper $28.50 [Written in ten-line prose-poetic form] However far...

Francis A. Boyle. Palestine, Palestinians and International Law.
June 22, 2003... Francis A. Boyle. Palestine, Palestinians and International Law. Atlanta, GA: Clarity Press, 2003. 205 pages. Paper $10.49. The general premise of this book is that Palestinian national rights are best understood within the context of...

Rosemary Radford Ruether and Herman J. Ruether. The Wrath of Jonah: The Crisis of Religious Nationalism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
June 22, 2003... Rosemary Radford Ruether and Herman J. Ruether. The Wrath of Jonah:The Crisis of Religious Nationalism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press 2002. 296 pages. Paper $12.60. Several times during the last century,...

Bishara, Marwan. Palestine/Israel: Peace or Apartheid.
June 22, 2003... Bishara, Marwan. Palestine/Israel: Peace or Apartheid. London, U.K.: Zed Books, 2002. Hardcover $17.50. The author compares Israel to Apartheid in South Africa and presents a rigorous argument regarding how the 1993 Oslo process...

Elliott, Liza. Finding Palestine: One American's Trek from the Midwest to the Middle East.
June 22, 2003... Elliott, Liza. Finding Palestine: One American's Trek from the Midwest to the Middle East. Pasadena, CA: Hope Publishing House, 2002. Paper $12.57. Liza Elliott's journey through life is a quest for a double discovery. The Palestinian...

Khalaf, Samir. Civil and Uncivil Violence in Lebanon: a History of the Internationalization of Communal Conflict.
June 22, 2003... Khalaf, Samir. Civil and Uncivil Violence in Lebanon: A History of the Internationalization of Communal Conflict. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2002. Hardcover $32.50. This is a comparative work about the various episodes of...

Zunes, Stephen. Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism.
June 22, 2003... Zunes, Stephen. Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism. Monroe, Main: Common Courage Press, 2003. Paper $18.95. This work presents a cogent argument in its criticism of U.S. Middle East policy. The roots of terrorism...