The Middle East Journal articles from June 2000

The Middle East Journal archives from June 2000

Editor's Note.
June 22, 2000... Because this special issue on the Information Revolution and the Middle East was being edited just after the end of the academic year, no fewer than four of the six authors were either traveling or researching abroad. Only a few years ago that...

COUNTING NODES AND COUNTING NOSES: UNDERSTANDING NEW MEDIA IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
June 22, 2000... In order to understand the effects of the information revolution we need significantly more data along three lines of inquiry. The first is quantitative data, so we can understand who is using what medium, what they are watching and reading,...

A "PAN-ARAB VIRTUAL THINK TANK": ENRICHING THE ARAB INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT.
June 22, 2000... Information technology (IT) is a key to development in the age of globalization. This article spells out some of the implications and problems associated with the explosive, if belated, growth of IT in the Arab world. It offers some suggestions...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TRUST, AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE ARAB WORLD.
June 22, 2000... Western assessments often suggest that the emergence of satellite television broadcasting, the Internet and other new media in the Middle East will profoundly change the political and social realities of the region. Such predictions may...

NEW MEDIA AND THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION IN THE ARAB WORLD: AN ASSESSMENT.
June 22, 2000... The information revolution in the Arab world, while initially limited to the elites, has transformed political discourse in the region in the space of a few years. Beginning with the spread of pan-Arab newspapers published simultaneously in...

PRODUCERS AND MIDDLE EAST INTERNET TECHNOLOGY: GETTING BEYOND "IMPACTS".
June 22, 2000... The spread of the Internet in the Middle East involves networks of technology actors. Because of the social character of the Internet, developers are particularly important: theirs are among the first values built into Internet technology, and...

NEW MEDIA, GLOBALIZATION AND KUWAITI NATIONAL IDENTITY.(Statistical Data Included)
June 22, 2000... The growth and spread of new information media is often seen as part of the globalization of culture, but in fact local cultural traditions are often adapted to the new media. Field research on the new media in Kuwait demonstrates that despite...

Chronology.
June 22, 2000... January 16, 2000-April 15, 2000 ABBREVIATIONS FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Report--available from the National Technical Information Service, World News Connection on the world wide web at http://wnc.fedworld.gov....

New Media, New Politics? From Satellite Television to the Internet in the Arab World.(Review)
June 22, 2000... New Media, New Politics? From Satellite Television to the Internet in the Arab World, by Jon Alterman. Washington, DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 1998. Policy Paper No. 48. xiv + 80 pages, n.p. The issues raised by the...

New Media in the Muslim World: The Emerging Public Sphere.(Review)
June 22, 2000... New Media in the Muslim World: The Emerging Public Sphere, ed. by Dale F. Eickelman and Jon W. Anderson. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 1999. xiv + 195 pages. Notes to p. 199. Gloss. to p. 203. Contribs. to p. 206....

Arabizing the Internet.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Arabizing the Internet, by Jon W. Anderson. Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 1998. Emirates Occasional Papers No. 30. vi + 33 pages. Notes to p. 43. Bibl. to p. 50. n.p. The issues raised by the information...

The Information Revolution and the Arab World: Its Impact on State and Society, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research.(Review)
June 22, 2000... The Information Revolution and the Arab World: Its Impact on State and Society, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. Introduction by Jamal S. Al-Suwaidi. Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 1998....

"A Global Village: How the New Media is Transforming the Middle East.
June 22, 2000... "A Global Village: How the New Media is Transforming the Middle East." Special issue of Middle East Insight. Washington, DC: Middle East Insight, March-April 1999. The issues raised by the information revolution and its effects on the...

"The Information Revolution and Political Opposition in the Middle East".
June 22, 2000... "The Information Revolution and Political Opposition in the Middle East," by Jerrold D. Green, in Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 33, no. 1 (Summer 1999). The issues raised by the information revolution and its effects on the...

The Internet in the Middle East and North Africa: Free Expression and Censorship.
June 22, 2000... The Internet in the Middle East and North Africa: Free Expression and Censorship. Human Rights Watch, June 1999. Available online at http://www.hrw.org/hrw/advocacy/internet/mena/ intro.htm The issues raised by the information revolution...

Revolutionary Iran: Civil Society and State in the Modernization Process.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Revolutionary Iran: Civil Society and State in the Modernization Process, by Masoud Kamali. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Co., 1998. xx + 275 pages. Notes to 298. Gloss. to 302. Bibl. to 311. Index to 318. $68.95. This ambitious book...

Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran, by Ervand Abrahamian. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1999. vii + 228 pages. Notes to p. 256. Bibl. to p. 272. Index to p. 279. $45 cloth; $16.95 paper. As...

Comprehensive History of The Jews of Iran: The Outset of the Diaspora.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Comprehensive History of The Jews of Iran: The Outset of the Diaspora, by Habib Levy. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 1999. xix + 551. Gloss. to p. 554. Bibl. to p. 564. Index to p. 597. n.p. This work is an abridgment of Dr. Habib Levy's...

The Other Kurds: Yazidis in Colonial Iraq.(Review)
June 22, 2000... The Other Kurds: Yazidis in Colonial Iraq, by Nelida Fuccaro. London and New York: I.B. Tauris Publishers, 1999. xiii + 170 pages. Notes to 207. Bibl. to 221. Index to 230. $55. In this book, Nelida Fuccaro helps to fill a major need in...

Dialogue, Conflict Resolution and Change: Arab-Jewish Encounters in Israel.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Dialogue, Conflict Resolution and Change: Arab-Jewish Encounters in Israel, by Mohammed Abu-Nimer. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1999. xxiii + 199 pages. $17.95 paper. Mohammed Abu-Nimer puts the Arab-Jewish Encounter...

Israel And The Western Powers, 1952-1960.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Israel And The Western Powers, 1952-1960, by Zach Levey. Chapel Hill, NC and London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. xi + 203 pages. Append. to p. 140. Tables to p. 148. Notes to p. 192. Bibl. to p. 197. Index to p. 203. $39.95....

The Muslim Brotherhood and the Kings of Jordan, 1945-1993.(Review)
June 22, 2000... The Muslim Brotherhood and the Kings of Jordan, 1945-1993, by Marion Boulby. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1999. xix + 160 pages. Index to p. 169. $44.95. The Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab world has received a great deal of attention in...

Libya since Independence: Oil and State-Building.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Libya since Independence: Oil and State-Building, by Dirk Vandewalle. Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, 1998. xxix + 190 pages. Bibl. note to p. 201. Sel. bibl. to p. 218. Index to p. 226. $16.95 paper. In Libya since...

Resignation or Revolt: Socio-Political Development and the Challenges of Peace in Palestine.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Resignation or Revolt: Socio-Political Development and the Challenges of Peace in Palestine, by Christopher Parker. London and New York: I.B. Tauris Publishers, 1999. vii + 210 pages. Notes to p. 248. Bibl to p. 255. Index to p. 260. $59.50....

The Transformation of Palestinian Politics: From Revolution to State-Building.(Review)
June 22, 2000... The Transformation of Palestinian Politics: From Revolution to State-Building, by Barry Rubin. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 1999. xi + 201 pages. Appends. to p. 219. Notes to p. 266. Gloss to p. 268. Bibl to p. 277. Index...

Saudi Arabia: The Shape of a Client Feudalism.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Saudi Arabia: The Shape of a Client Feudalism, by Geoff Simons. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. xvi + 415 pages. $35. The main thesis of this book is that Saudi Arabia is a despotic country that not only denies its people freedom and...

Authoritarianism in Syria: Institutions and Social Conflict 1946-1970.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Authoritarianism in Syria: Institutions and Social Conflict 1946-1970, by Steven Heydemann. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1999. x + 218 pages. Index to p. 226. n.p. Authoritarianism in Syria offers an accessible overview of major...

Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics, by Hanna Batatu. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. xviii + 329 pages. Tables to p. 353. Notes to p. 390. Bibl. to p. 403. Index to p. 414....

Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric and Symbols in Contemporary Syria.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric and Symbols in Contemporary Syria, by Lisa Wedeen. Chicago, IL and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. xi + 160 pages, with 28 illustrations. Notes to p. 210. Bibl. to p. 230. Index to p....

Islam et Liberte: Le malentendu historique (Islam and Freedom: The Historic Misunderstanding).(Review)
June 22, 2000... Islam et Liberte: Le malentendu historique (Islam and Freedom: The Historic Misunderstanding), by Mohamed Charfi. Paris: Albin Michel, 1999. 250 pages. Notes to p. 269. Contents to p. 273.98 ff. Arab intellectuals who are bilingual often...

The Making of an Egyptian Arab Nationalist: The Early Years of Azzam Pasha, 1893-1936.(Review)
June 22, 2000... The Making of an Egyptian Arab Nationalist: The Early Years of Azzam Pasha, 1893-1936, by Ralph M. Coury. Reading, UK: Ithaca Press, 1998. viii + 472 pages. Appendix to p. 486. Bibl. to p. 511. Index to p. 528. L35. The book under review...

Ismet Inonu and the Making of Modern Turkey.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Ismet Inonu and the Making of Modern Turkey, by Faruk Logoglu. Ankara: Ajans-Turk Basyn ve Basym A.S., 1998. vii + 248 pages, n.p. Faruk Logoglu is a senior Turkish ambassador currently serving in Ankara as the Under-Secretary of the...

Islam, Liberalism, and Human Rights.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Islam, Liberalism, and Human Rights, by Katerina Dalacoura. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 1999. viii + 209 pages. Bibl. to p. 231. Index to p. 238. $19.95 paper. For more than a decade, there has been an intellectual debate about the...

Curzon and British Imperialism in the Middle East, 1916-1919.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Curzon and British Imperialism in the Middle East, 1916-1919, by John Fisher. London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1999. xvi + 301 pages. Appends. to p. 322. Bibl. to p. 332. Index to p. 342. $64.50. In this interesting book, Fisher...

Heroic Diplomacy: Sadat, Kissinger, Carter, Begin and the Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Heroic Diplomacy: Sadat, Kissinger, Carter, Begin and the Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, by Kenneth W. Stein. New York and London: Routledge, 1999. xiv + 268 pages. Append. to p. 274. Notes to p. 311. Bibl to p. 320. Index to p. 324. $24.99...

Moderate and Radical Islamic Fundamentalism. The Quest for Modernity, Legitimacy, and the Islamic State.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Moderate and Radical Islamic Fundamentalism. The Quest for Modernity, Legitimacy, and the Islamic State, by Ahmad S. Moussalli. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1999. 196 pages. Notes to p. 214. Bibl. to p. 242. Index to p. 249....

Narratives of Islamic Origins: The Beginnings of Islamic Historical Writing.(Review)
June 22, 2000... Narratives of Islamic Origins: The Beginnings of Islamic Historical Writing, by Fred M. Donner. Princeton, NJ: The Darwin Press, 1998. xv + 358 pages. $29.95. This work represents a major contribution to early Islamic historiography and...

Recent Publications.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCE Libraries and Information in the Arab World: An Annotated Bibliography, compiled by Lokman I. Meho and Mona A. Nsouli. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. xi + 288 pages. Author index to p. 298. Title...

Communications.(Review)
June 22, 2000... The JOURNAL welcomes comments from its readers. All communications should be addressed to the Editor and bear the full name and address of the writer. A selection of those received will be published periodically in these columns. When a comment...