Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) articles from March 1997

Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) archives from March 1997

The Arabs and the Axis: 1933-1940.
March 22, 1997... In his latest book, the Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years, Bernard Lewis has rekindled the debate over the Arabs' relations with the Axis powers during the 1930s. While it has been generally accepted that the Palestinian leader...

Islamic organizations in Egypt and the Iranian revolution of 1979: the experience of the first few years.
March 22, 1997... The Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran has had a far reaching impact, direct as well as indirect, throughout the region. This has been the case whether at the level of other governments' policy-making options or at that of various groups and/or...

Wife abuse in Palestinian society: a social phenomenon or a social problem? (a survey)
March 22, 1997... Wife abuse, though widely known, did not come to the serious attention of social science researchers until the latter part of the Twentieth Century. The social, psychological, and criminological literature in the West is replete with studies that...

The political economy of tourism in Syria: state, society, and economic liberalization.
March 22, 1997... Since his rise to power in 1970, President Hafiz al-Asad has presided over substantial changes to the social, economic, and even the political structure of Syria. The socialist policies of economic development implemented during the 'radical'...

Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by David Finkel In what now seems a bygone age, November 1946, an internationalist Marxist group wrote that: As demonstrated by every other democratic revolution of our epoch, the only class in Palestine that will prove itself...

The Islamist Dilemma: The Political Role of Islamist Movements in the Contemporary Arab World.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by Bassel F. Salloukh The contributions collected in this book examine the role played by Arab Islamist movements in domestic and international politics in the Middle East over the last decade. The first part of the book surveys the...

The Eagle in the Desert: Looking Back on U.S. Involvement in the Persian Gulf War.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by Vassilios Damiras In The Eagle in the Desert: Looking Back on U.S. Involvement in the Persian Gulf War, editors William Head and Earl H. Tilford, Jr. have compiled an anthology which addresses and examines the role of the United...

Palestinian Peasants and Ottoman Officials: Rural Administration Around Sixteenth Century Jerusalem.
March 22, 1997... Reviewed by Mahmood Ibrahim This book explores the relationship between Ottoman provincial officials and the local peasants of the sanjak of Jerusalem. The aim of the study is to gain a perspective on the imperial administration from the point...