Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) articles from March 1996

Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) archives from March 1996

The debate on Islam and secularism in Egypt.
March 22, 1996... INTRODUCTION The intellectual crisis agitating muslim minds today centers on the relationship between modern Muslims and their past. For the last two centuries, Muslims have found themselves caught up between authenticity (attachment to their...

Philosophical origins of the Arab Ba'th Party: the work of Zaki Al-Arsuzi.
March 22, 1996... Much of the early History of the Ba'th, both as a political party and an ideology, remains shrouded in mystery.(1) Among the more mysterious of the figures of this era is that of Zaki al-Arsuzi. While he is acknowledged to have been one of the...

State strength, permeability, and foreign policy behavior: Jordan in theoretical perspective.
March 22, 1996... A growing body of literature is advocating the utility of bringing the study of Middle East politics into theoretical debates informing contemporary political science.(1) In an early formulation of this appeal, Lisa Anderson contended that if...

The war generation and student elections at the American University of Beirut.
March 22, 1996... On the eve of Lebanon's civil war in the mid-1970s, the American University of Beirut (AUB) was the scene of a powerful protest movement headed by students who controlled the Student Council. Calling for social and political justice, recognition...

The Modern Middle East: From Imperialism to Freedom, 1800-1958.
March 22, 1996... Reviewed by Glenn E. Perry Emory C. Bogle, an assistant professor of history at the University of Richmond, has written an informative textbook on the history of the modern Middle East. It will take its place alongside other such works by...

Islamic Society in Practice.
March 22, 1996... Reviewed by Ali al-Taie Not a few social scientists in recent decades have done field work on Arab-Islamic society and culture. What they have found in the process has enforced the principle of cultural relatively in the benefit of...

Feminists, Islam and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt.
March 22, 1996... Reviewed by Salwa Ismail Feminists, Islam and Nation narrates the story of Egyptian feminism as it unfolds from the turn of the Twentieth Century until the 1950s. The author divides the history of the movement into three stages: the first is...

The Press in the Arab Middle East: A History.
March 22, 1996... Reviewed by Walter Armbrust Print media involve both elite and popular cultures in novel ways, and carry enormous implications for politics and economics. Few would dispute that media can fundamentally restructure consciousness, although...

Crisis in the Arabian Gulf.
March 22, 1996... Reviewed by Laura Drake The above work by Omar Ali, an Iraqi national, provides the unique combination of historical, conceptual, and spatial depth that is missing from most accounts of the Gulf War, and indeed, from a significant portion of...