The Middle East Journal articles from January 2007

The Middle East Journal archives from January 2007

Sixty years of The Middle East Journal.(Editor's Note)(Editorial)
January 1, 2007... Sixty years ago this month, the first issue of The Middle East Journal appeared. In its "Editorial Foreword" the following mission for the new venture was offered: Even though the American people may be suffering from a surfeit of ...

Syria's relations with Iran: managing the dilemmas of alliance.
January 1, 2007... Syria's relations with Iran illustrate the importance of what Glenn Snyder calls the "alliance dilemma." Efforts to strengthen the strategic partnership with Tehran have had a direct impact on Damascus's policies toward regional rivals....

"Don't mention the war?" The politics of remembrance and forgetfulness in postwar Lebanon.
January 1, 2007... This article explores the divergent ways in which the state, the political society, and the civil society in Lebanon have addressed the Civil War (1975-90) in the postwar era. More specifically, I explore the interplay between actors operating...

Israeli neo-revisionism and American Neoconservatism: the unexplored parallels.
January 1, 2007... The similarities between the American Neoconservative movement and the Israeli Neo-Revisionist movement (followers of Vladimir Jabotinsky, including Prime Ministers Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Binyamin Netanyahu, and to some degree Ariel...

The internal stakes of the 2005 elections: the struggle for influence in Egypt's national democratic party.
January 1, 2007... Beyond the relative opening of the political system that characterized 2005 in Egypt--with the President being elected directly for the first time and the increased competition allowed during legislative elections--the 2005 elections also...

Chronology: July 16, 2006-October 15, 2006.(Chronology)
January 1, 2007... Arab-Israeli Conflict See also Israel, Lebanon, Palestinian Affairs Jul. 16: Israeli troops killed three Hamas fighters and an elderly woman during a raid in the town of Beit Hanun in Gaza aimed at hunting for Corporal Gilad Shalit,...

Why Hizbullah is winning.(Hizbullah: Politics and Religion)(Hizbullah: The Story from Within)(Hezbollah: The Changing Face of Terrorism)(In the Path of Hizbullah)(Distant Relations: Iran and Lebanon in the Last 500 Years)(The Shifts in Hizbullah's Ideology: Religious Ideology, Political Ideology, and Political Program)(Fadlallah: The Making of a Radical Shi'ite Leader)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Shifts in Hizbullah's Ideology: Religious Ideology, Political Ideology, and Political Program, by Joseph Elie Alagha. Leiden: Amsterdam University Press, 2006. 380 pages. 49.50 euros. Distant Relations: Iran and Lebanon in the Last 500...

Afghanistan: Political Frailty and Foreign Interference.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Afghanistan: Political Frailty and Foreign Interference, by Nabi Misdaq. London, UK and New York: Routledge, 2006. xvii + 351 pages. $125. Dr. Nabi Misdaq's new book on Afghanistan is welcome for two reasons. First, it is written by a...

History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria, by James McDougall. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xiv + 238 pages. Bibl. to p. 260. Index to p. 266. $85. James McDougall has accomplished a remarkable...

Nasser at War: Arab Images of the Enemy.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Nasser at War: Arab Images of the Enemy, by Laura M. James. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. xii + 178 pages. Notes to p. 215. Bibl. to p. 231. Index to p. 240. $69.95. One caveat at the start: the "images" referred to in the title are...

The Demographic Revolution in Modern Egypt.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Demographic Revolution in Modern Egypt, by Warren C. Robinson and Tatma H. El-Zanaty. Lanham, MD and Boulder, CO: Lexington Books, 2006. xiii + 177 pages. Tables. Appendix to p. 197. Refs. to p. 217. Index to p. 222. $70. This book is...

Egypt in the Twenty First Century.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Egypt in the Twenty First Century, ed. by M. Riad El-Ghonemy. London, UK and New York: Routledge Curzon, 2003. 264 pages. Tables. BP 75. Egypt in the Twenty First Century analyzes long-run trends in the Egyptian economy and in policy...

Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic, by Ray Takeyh. New York: Times Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2006. 226 pages. Notes to p. 244. Acknowledgments to p. 246. Index to p. 259. $25. As the situation in Iraq continues to...

Tehran Blues: Youth Culture in Iran.(Warring Souls: Youth, Media, and Martyrdom in Post-Revolution Iran)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Tehran Blues: Youth Culture in Iran, by Kaveh Basmenji, London, UK: Saqi Books, 2005. 272 pages. $22.50. Warring Souls; Youth, Media, and Martyrdom in Post-Revolution Iran, by Roxanne Varzi. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006. xiv +...

Class and Labor in Iran: Did the Revolution Matter?(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Class and Labor in Iran: Did the Revolution Matter? by Farhad Nomani and Sohrab Behdad, Syracuse University Press, 2006. xiii + 214 pages. Tables. Bibl. to p. 234. Index to p. 268. $49.95. To say that the publication of a book on Iran's...

Operation Solomon: The Daring Rescue of the Ethiopian Jews.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Operation Solomon: The Daring Rescue of the Ethiopian Jews, by Stephen Spector. Oxford, UK and New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. xv + 195 pages. Appends. to p. 204. Notes to p. 242. Gloss. to p. 250. Bibl. to p. 268. Index to p. 279....

The Arab Jews: A Postcolonial Reading of Nationalism, Religion, and Ethnicity.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Arab Jews: A Posteolonial Reading of Nationalism, Religion, and Ethnicity, by Yehouda Shenhav. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2006. xiv + 201 pages. Notes to p. 230. Sel. bibl. to p. 248. Index to p. 263. $60. Even more...

The Kurdish National Movement: Its Origins and Development.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Kurdish National Movement: Its Origins and Development, by Wadie Jwaideh. Foreword by Martin van Bruinessen. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2006. xx + 295 pages. Appendix to p. 300. Notes to p. 375. Gloss. to p. 379. Bibl. to p....

The Kurdish Nationalist Movement: Opportunity, Mobilization and Identity.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Kurdish Nationalist Movement: Opportunity, Mobilization and Identity, by David Romano. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xii + 260 pages. Bibl. to 271. Index to p. 277. $75 cloth; $29.99 paper. This study is...

Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America After 9/11.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America After 9/11, by Geneive Abdo. Oxford, UK and New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 201 pages. Bibl. to p. 207. Index to p. 214. $27. Geneive Abdo provides the reader with vivid descriptions of...

The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood, by Rashid Khalidi. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2006. xl + 217 pages. Notes to p. 263. Acknowledgments to p. 266. Index to p. 281. $24.95. Rashid Khalidi's Iron Cage is a...

Culture and Customs of Saudi Arabia.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Culture and Customs of Saudi Arabia, by David E. Long. Westport, CT and London, UK: Greenwood Press, 2005. xv + 110 pages. Map. Chron. Color photos. Gloss. to p. 114. Bibl. to p. 118. Index to p. 124. $49.95. David E. Long's Culture and...

Islamic Finance: Law, Economics, and Practice.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Islamic Finance, Law, Economics and Practice, by Mohammad A. El-Gamal. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xiii + 191 pages. Notes to p. 212. Bibl. to p. 218. Index to p. 221. $60. It is heroic to try to present...

Jihad in Islamic History: Doctrines and Practice.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Jihad in Islamic History: Doctrines and Practice, by Michael Bonner. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006. xviii + 174 pages. Maps. Bibl. to p. 190. Index to p. 197. $22.95. Bonner's Jihad in Islamic History is a short survey of...

Warrant for Terror: Fatwas of Radical Islam and the Duty to Jihad.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Warrant for Terror: Fatwas of Radical Islam and the Duty to Jihad, by Shmuel Bar. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006. xvi + 118 pages. Gloss. to p. 124. Bibl. to p. 130. Index to p. 134. $21.95. Since the author of this...

Nadir Shah's Quest for Legitimacy in Post-Safavid Iran.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Nadir Shah's Quest for Legitimacy in Post-Safavid Iran, by Ernest S. Tucker. Gainesville, FL: Florida University Press, 2006. xiv + 115 pages. Map. Notes to p. 131. Bibl. to p. 141. Index. $55. This very slim book is not a biography of...

Being Modern in the Middle East: Revolution, Nationalism, Colonialism, and the Arab Middle Class.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Being Modern in the Middle East: Revolution, Nationalism, Colonialism and the Arab Middle Class, by Keith David Watenpaugh. Princeton, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, Press 2006. xi + 308 pages. Maps. Tables. Sel. bibl. to p. 316. Index to...

Recent publications.(Bibliography)
January 1, 2007... ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT Aid, Diplomacy and Facts on the Ground: The Case of Palestine, ed. by Michael Keating, Anne Le More, and Robert Lowe. London, UK: Chatham House, 2005. xxiii + 211 pages. Maps. Photos. Tables. Appends. to p. 232....