Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) articles from September 2004

Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) archives from September 2004

Introduction.(Editorial)
September 22, 2004... AS THE ARAB STUDIES QUARTERLY APPROACHES the end of its 26th year of continuous publication, it is a fitting time to pay tribute to two of its founding fathers--Ibrahim Abu-Lughod and Edward Said. Much to the sorrow of those of us who worked...

Ibrahim and Edward.
September 22, 2004... INTRODUCTION IBRAHIM AND EDWARD, BOTH PALESTINIANS, both brilliant minds, both mentors for a generation of Arab-Americans, and both larger than life, yet still within the dimension of human failings. Ibrahim was the strategist; Edward was...

Ibrahim Abu-Lughod: the legacy of an activist scholar and teacher.(Biography)
September 22, 2004... IN INTRODUCING ARAB STUDIES QUARTERLY in 1979, Dr. Ibrahim Abu-Lughod argued for a need to combat "ignorance and prejudice where knowledge of the Arabs is concerned." (1) Ignorance and prejudice, one can argue, are still there. There, are,...

The Ida of a Palestine in the lives and works of Abu-Lughod and Said.
September 22, 2004... "There comes a time when silence becomes dishonesty" Frantz Fanon, Toward the African Revolution (1969) WORDS, LANGUAGE AND VOICE were highly cherished by these two Palestinian intellectuals. Both appreciated and understood the...

Edward W. Said (1935-2003).(Biography)
September 22, 2004... "To keep his mind alive is to keep Edward alive." Mariam Said, widow of the late Edward W. Said, June 2004 EDWARD W. SAID DIED QUIETLY in his sleep in the early hours of the morning of 25 September 2003. He died of complications from...

Our philological home is the earth.(Edward Said )
September 22, 2004... MORE THAN ANY OTHER INTELLECTUAL of our generation, Edward Said changed the very landscape of our thought. His extraordinary influence, both singular and profound, continues to reach not only across the humanities and social sciences but also...

Prashad, Vijay. Namaste Sharon: Hindutava and Sharonism Under U.S. Hegemony.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Prashad, Vijay. Namaste Sharon: Hindutava and Sharonism Under U.S. Hegemony. New Delhi, India: LeftWord Books, 2003. 111 pages. Paper Rs. 75. VIJAY PRASHAD'S NAMASTE SHARON is an extremely important and timely book that needs to be taken...

AbuKhalil, As'ad. The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... AbuKhalil, As'ad. The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power. New York, NY: Seven Stories Press, 2004. Paper $9.95. This is an excellent introductory book on Saudi Arabia. It is well researched and documented....

Baali, Fuad. Arab Unity and Disunity: Past and Present.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Baali, Fuad. Arab Unity and Disunity: Past and Present. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2004. Paper $16.00. The author contends that a single Arab nation could become a reality if the narrow asabiyah of the individual states are...

Rogers, Paul. A War on Terror: Afghanistan and After.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Rogers, Paul. A War on Terror: Afghanistan and After. London, U.K.: Pluto Press, 2004. Paper $24.95. The book consists of short articles previously published in the Global Security column of Open Democracy, a "not-for-profit web journal,"...

Schmidt, Garbi. Islam in Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Schmidt, Garbi. Islam in Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2004. Paper $22.95. The book poses two questions: Can Islam in America be considered an "American" religion? Is the Muslim...

ASQ books received 2003-2004.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2004... ISLAM AND GENERAL SURVEYS Bunt, Gary R. Islam in the Digital Age: E-Jihad, Online Fatwas and Cyber Islamic Environments. London, U.K.: Pluto Press, 2003. Paper $24.95. Foltz, Richard C., Frederick M. Denny, and Azizan Baharuddin...