The Middle East Journal articles from June 2006

The Middle East Journal archives from June 2006

Nuclear proliferation: the case of Saudi Arabia.
June 22, 2006... Since the 1970s, the world's attention has focused on nuclear proliferation in Iran and Iraq. Very little attention has been given to nuclear proliferation in the third regional power in the Persian Gulf--Saudi Arabia. This article addresses...

Globalization, international finance, and political Islam in the Arab World.
June 22, 2006... This article looks at one important aspect of globalization in the Arab World, namely the provision of international finance by the US, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank in support of economic liberalization programs....

Chaos, globalization, and the public sphere: political struggle in Iraq and Palestine.
June 22, 2006... Much of the literature on the contemporary Middle East explores the relationship of strong, authoritarian states with Islamist groups; the professional literature also has examined the role of strong societies with weak states. There has been...

Israel and the origins of Iran's Arab option: dissection of a strategy misunderstood.
June 22, 2006... This article argues that Iran's "Arab option"--the Arab and pro-Palestinian tilt in Iran's foreign policy--did not emerge out of the ideologica! musings of Iran's Islamic revolutionaries, but out of Iran's new-found position of preeminence in...

The economic policies of Turkey's AKP government: rabbits from a hat?(Justice Party (Turkey))
June 22, 2006... How can we account for the priority that Turkey's "Islam-sensitive" government has placed on adhering to the IMF's prescriptions for macroeconomic stability and fiscal restraint in lieu of its electoral promises to pursue a justice-oriented...

Chronology: January 16, 2006-April 15, 2006.(Chronology)
June 22, 2006... Arab-Israeli Conflict See also Egypt, Israel, Palestinian Affairs Jan. 19: A suicide bomber blew himself up in a shopping center in Tel Aviv, injuring 30. The military wing of Islamic Jihad, the Al-Quds Brigades, claimed...

Who's sorry now? Britain, the United States, and the politics of the Middle East status quo, 1945-1967.(Caught in the Middle East: US Policy toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1945-1961)(Britain, Nasser and the Balance of Power in the Middle East: From the Egyptian Revolution to the Six Day War 1952-1967)(Strategy and Politics in the Middle East 1954-1960: Defending the Northern Tier)(The Baghdad Pact: Anglo-American Defence Policies in the Middle East 1950-1959)(Britain, the Six-Day War and its Aftermath)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Caught in the Middle East: US Policy toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1945-1961, by Peter L. Hahn. Chapel Hill, NC and London, UK: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. xiii + 293 pages. Notes to p. 366. Bibl. to p. 387. Index to p. 398....

The Peace Business: Money and Power in the Palestine-Israel Conflict.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Peace Business: Money and Power in the Palestine-Israel Conflict, by Markus E. Bouillon. London, UK: I.B. Tauris, 2004. vi + 204. Bibl. to p. 231. Index to p. 325. GBP40. Markus Bouillon examines the linkage between business interests...

The Egyptian Economy, 1952-2000: Performance, Policies, and Issues.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Egyptian Economy, 1952-2000: Performance, Policies and Issues, by Khalid Ikram. London, UK and New York: Routledge, 2006. xvi + 317 pages. Abbrevs. Figures. Tables. Notes to p. 329. Bibl. to p. 350. Indexes to p. 360. $60. This book...

Eternal Iran: Continuity and Chaos.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Eternal Iran: Continuity and Chaos, by Patrick Clawson and Michael Rubin. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2005. ix + 162 pages. Notes p. 195. Index to p. 203. $24.95. In Eternal Iran, Patrick Clawson and Michael Rubin discuss the history of...

Reclaiming a Plundered Past: Archaeology and Nation Building in Modern Iraq.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Reclaiming a Plundered Past: Archaeology and Nation Building in Modern Iraq, by Magnus T. Bernhardsson. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2006. xi + 221 pages. Notes to p. 284. Works consulted to p. 311. Index to p. 327. $45. The...

Israel and the Persian Gulf: Retrospect and Prospect.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Israel and the Persian Gulf: Retrospect and Prospect, by Gawdat Bahgat. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2006. viii + 155 pages. Notes to p. 167. Bibl. to p. 176. Index to p. 187. $59.95. This book is a welcome addition to the...

The Kurds in Syria: The Forgotten People.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Kurds in Syria: The Forgotten People, Kerim Yildiz. London, UK and Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 2005. vii + 124 pages. Appends. to p. 128. Notes to p. 148. Bibl. to p. 153. Index to p. 160. $55. In recent years a number of studies on the...

A History of Modern Libya.(Forgotten Voices: Power and Agency in Colonial and Postcolonial Libya)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... A History of Modern Libya, by Dirk Vandewalle. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xxviii + 206 pages. Maps. Notes to p. 217. Bibl. to p. 225. Index to p. 246. $75 cloth; $23.99 paper. Forgotten Voices: Power and...

The Encyclopedia of Pakistan.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Encyclopedia of Pakistan, ed. by Hafeez Malik and Yuri V. Gankovsky. Karachi, Pakistan, and Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2006. xv + 428 pages. Maps. Charts. Tables. Photos. Addenda to p. 432. $74. This volume originated as a...

Living Islam: Muslim Religious Experience in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Living Islam: Muslim Religious Experience in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, by Magnus Marsden. Cambridge UK and New York: Cambridge University Press. 2006. xvi + 263 pages. Maps. Bibl. Index. $75 cloth; $29.99 paper. This book...

Mandated Landscape: British Imperial Rule in Palestine, 1929-1948.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Mandated Landscape: British Imperial Rule in Palestine, 1929-1948, by Roza I.M. El-Eini. London, UK and New York: Routledge, 2006. xxxiii + 455 pages. Appends, to p. 554. Bibl. to p. 630. Index to p. 670. $75. "I shudder at the prospect of...

The Palestinian National Movement: Politics of Contention, 1967-2005.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Palestinian National Movement: Politics of Contentions, 1967-2005, by Amal Jamal. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2005. xviii + 177 pages. Notes to p. 205. Bibl. to p. 219. Index to p. 299. $50 cloth; $22.95...

Saudi Arabia in the Balance: Political Economy, Society, Foreign Affairs.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Saudi Arabia in the Balance: Political Economy, Society, Foreign Affairs, ed. by Paul Aarts and Gerd Nonneman. London, UK: Hurst and Company, 2005; and New York: New York University Press, 2006. xvi + 455 pages. Index to p. 462. $50. The...

Turkey, Islamists and Democracy: Transition and Globalization in a Muslim State.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Turkey, Islamists and Democracy: Transition and Globalization in a Muslim State, by Yildiz Atasoy. London, UK and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2005. xii + 190 pages. Tables. Refs. to p. 214. Index to p. 227. $45. In Turkey, Islamists and...

Reflections in a Bloodshot Lens: America, Islam and the War of Ideas.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Reflections in a Bloodshot Lens: America, Islam and the War of Ideas, by Lawrence Pintak. London, UK: Pluto Press, 2006. xviii + 314 pages. Notes and refs. to p. 361. About the author. Index to p. 374. $85 cloth; $26.95 paper. Reflections...

Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century, by Rudolph Peters. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. xi + 190 pages. Maps. Gloss. to p. 196. Bibl. to p. 207....

Storm from the East.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Storm from the East, by Milton Viorst. New York: Random House, 2006. xiv + 176 pages. Sources to p. 186. Index to p. 195. $21.95. Milton Viorst's latest work packs a wealth of valuable information and insight into a very slim volume. Author...

Crisis and Crossfire: The United States and the Middle East since 1945.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Crisis and Crossfire: The United States and the Middle East Since 1945, by Peter Hahn. Washington, DC: Potomac Books, Inc., 2005. xix + 135 pages. Appendix to p. 181. Notes to p. 201. Bibl. to p. 212. Index to p. 221. $45. Americans have...

Mirage: Power, Politics, and the Hidden History of Arabian Oil.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Mirage: Power, Politics, and the Hidden History of Arabian Oil, by Aileen Keating. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2005.510 pages. Gloss. to p. 513. Who's Who to p. 531. Bibl. to p. 540. Index to p. 560. $28. Despite the ambitious subtitle,...

Citizens Abroad: Emigration and the State in the Middle East and North Africa.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Citizens Abroad: Emigration and the State in the Middle East and North Africa, by Laurie A. Brand. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xv + 223 pages. Tables. Bibl. to p. 237. Index to p. 246. $85. Considerable...

Consult Them in the Matter: A Nineteenth-Century Islamic Argument for Constitutional Government. The Muqaddima (Introduction) to Ithaf Ahl a-Zaman bi Akhbar Muluk Tunis wa 'Ahd al-Aman (Presenting Contemporaries the History of the Rulers of Tunis and the Fundamental Pact).(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Consult Them in the Matter. A Nineteenth-Century Islamic Argument for Constitutional Government. The Muqaddima (Introduction) to Ithaf Ahl a-Zaman bi Akhbar Muluk Tunis wa 'Ahd al-Aman (Presenting Contemporaries the History of the Rulers of...

Britain and the Opening Up of South-West Persia 1880-1914: A Study in Imperialism and Economic Dependence.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Britain and the Opening Up of South-West Persia 1880-1914: A Study in Imperialism and Economic Dependence, Shahbaz Shahnavaz. London, UK and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2005. 187 pages. Appends. to p. 224. Notes to p. 263. Bibl. to p. 284. Index...

The Shi'a of Lebanon: Clans, Parties and Clerics.(The Shi'is of Jabal 'Amil and the New Lebanon: Community and Nation-State, 1918-1943)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Shi'a of Lebanon: Clans, Parties and Clerics, by Rodger Shanahan. London, UK and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2005. xi + 177 pages. Notes to p. 194. Index to p. 208. $75. The Shi'is of Jabal 'Amil and the New Lebanon: Community and...

Reaching for Power: The Shi'a in the Modern Arab World.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Reaching for Power: The Shi'a in the Modern Arab World, by Yitzhak Nakash. Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press, 2006. xiii + 164 pages. Notes to p. 206. Further reading to p. 210. Index to p. 226. $19.95. In Reaching...

The Palestine-Israel Conflict: A Basic Introduction.(ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Palestine Israel Conflict: A Basic Introduction, by Gregory Harms with Todd M. Ferry. London, UK and Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 2005. xx +182 pages. Appendix to p. 189. Notes to p. 211. Suggested reading and sel. bibl. to p. 219. Index to...

Israel and Settler Society.(ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Israel and Settler Society, by Lorenzo Veracini. London, UK: Pluto Press, 2006. 96 pages. Notes to p. 134. Bibl. to p. 148. Index to p.154, n.p. Colonialism, according to Veracini, is the central aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....

Nasser and the Missile Age in the Middle East.(EGYPT)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Nasser and the Missile Age in the Middle East, by Owen L. Sirrs. London, UK and New York: Routledge, 2006. viii + 213 pages. Notes to p. 240. Bibl. to p. 253. Index to p. 264. $115. Drawing on recently declassified US government documents,...

Iraq Ablaze: Inside the Insurgency.(IRAQ)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Iraq Ablaze: Inside the Insurgency, by Zaki Chehab. London, UK and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2005. x + 265 pages. Notes to p. 266. Index to p. 277. Iraq Ablaze is Arab journalist Zaki Chehab's effort to explain the intricacies of the ongoing...

Dancing in the No-Fly Zone.(IRAQ)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Dancing in the No-Fly Zone, by Hadani Ditmars. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press, 2005. 258 pages. Acknowledgements to p. 263. $16.95 paper. Dancing in the No-Fly Zone is a comparative study of the core of Iraqi society from the Saddam Husayn...

Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine's Passion for Ancient Civilizations and the Journey to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures.(IRAQ)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine's Passion for Ancient Civilizations and the Journey to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures, by Matthew Bogdanos with William Patrick. London, UK and New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006. 294 pages....

Cradle of Conflict: Iraq and the Birth of Modern U.S. Military.(IRAQ)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Cradle of Conflict: Iraq and the Birth of the Modern U.S. Military, by Michael Knights. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2005. xxiii + 376 pages. Maps. Notes to p. 416. Bibl. to p. 441. Index to p. 262. $39.95. Covering the entirety of US...

Political Participation and Stability in the Sultanate of Oman.(OMAN)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Political Participation and Stability in the Sultanate of Oman, by Joseph A. Kechichian. Dubai, UAE: Gulf Research Center, 2005. 109 pages, n.p. This slim monograph examines the roots of and reasons for Oman's stability and the potential...

Manufacturing Human Bombs: The Making of Palestinian Suicide Bombers.(PALESTINE AND PALESTINIANS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Manufacturing Human Bombs: The Making of Palestinian Suicide Bombers, by Mohammed M. Hafez. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2006. xvi + 75 pages. Appends. to p. 98. Notes to p. 109. Resources to p. 113. Index to p. 124....

The View from the Fence: The Arab-Israeli Conflict from the Present to Its Roots.(PALESTINE AND PALESTINIANS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The View from the Fence: The Arab-Israeli Conflict from the Present to its Roots, by Neill Lochery. Harrisburg, PA: Continuum, 2005. xvi + 234 pages. Bibl. to p. 255. Index to p. 262. $26.95. Taking the debate beyond the right vs. wrong, Jew...

Steel and Silk: Men and Women Who Shaped Syria 1900-2000.(SYRIA)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Steel and Silk: Men and Women Who Shaped Syria 1900-2000, by Sami Moubayed. Seattle, WA: Cune Press, 2005. 581 pages. Bibl. to p. 593. Photo credits to p. 597. Historical info. to p. 601. Timeline to p. 623. $29.95 paper. Steel and Silk is...

Journey of a Yemeni Boy.(BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Journey of a Yemeni Boy, by Rashid A. Abdu, M.D. Pittsburgh, PA: Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc, 2005. 455 pages. Appends. to p. 549. Epilogue to p. 556. $35 paper. Journey of a Yemeni Boy is an autobiography that recounts the incredible journey...

Midnight Tales: A Woman's Journey through the Middle East.(BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Midnight Tales: A Woman's Journey Through the Middle East, by Rosina-Fawzia. Tr. by Monique Arav. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press, 2005. 293 pages. Notes to p. 301. Bibl. to p. 303. $15 paper. This volume is a personal collection of essays...

Turkish Letters.(BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Turkish Letters, by Ogier de Busbecq. London, UK: Eland, 2005. 190 pages. First published in 1694. $28.95 paper. Busbecq's Turkish Letters are his personal accounts as the Hapsburg ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Suleyman...

A Season in Mecca; Narrative of a Pilgrimage.(BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... A Season in Mecca: Narrative of a Pilgrimage, by Abdellah Hammoudi. London, UK: Polity, 2006. 293 pages. GBP 50 cloth; 14.99 paper. In A Season in Mecca, Abdellah Hammoudi, a French-educated Princeton professor from Morocco, gives a personal...

Yitzhak Rabin: The Battle for Peace.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Yitzhak Rabin: The Battle for Peace, by Linda Benedikt. London, UK: Haus Books, 2005. viii + 165 pages. Gloss. to p. 172. Notes to p. 178. Bibl. to p. 181. Index of Names to p. 184. $24.95. This portrait of the late Israeli Prime Minister...

Trickster Travels: A Sixteenth-Century Muslim Between Worlds.(BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Trickster Travels: A Sixteenth-Century Muslim Between Worlds, by Natalie Zemon Davis. New York: Hill & Wang, 2006. ix + 272 pages. Illust. Notes to p. 375. Gloss. to p. 381. Bibl. to p. 411. Index to p. 432. $30. Born in Granada in 1488 AD,...

The Internet in the Middle East: Global Expectations and Local Imaginations in Kuwait.(EDUCATION AND MEDIA)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Internet in the Middle East: Global Expectations and Local Imaginations in Kuwait, by Deborah L. Wheeler. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2005. xi + 198 pages. Notes to p. 218. Bibl. to p. 233. Index to p. 241. $73.50 cloth;...

Naphtalene.(LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Naphtalene, by Alia Mamdouh. New York, NY: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2005. viii + 214 pages. Gloss. $23.95. Naphtalene is the first novel by an Iraqi woman to be published in the United States. The book presents a...

Distant Relations: Iran and Lebanon in the Last 500 Years.(MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Distant Relations: Iran and Lebanon in the Last 500 years, ed. by H.E. Chehabi. London, UK and New York: I.B. Taurus, 2006. xiv + 308 pages. Index to p. 322. $59.50. Distant Relations seeks to dissect the Lebanese-Persian relationship through a...

Islamic Imperialism: A History.(MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Islamic Imperialism: A History, by Efraim Karsh. New Haven, CT and London, UK: Yale University Press, 2006. ix + 234 pages. Notes to p. 264. Index to p. 276. $30. In this study, Efraim Karsh posits that the violence directed against the West is...

Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power.(MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power, by Phyllis Bennis. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press, 2006. xvii + 257 pages. Notes to p. 276. Index to p. 286. $18 paper. Challenging Empire depicts America's involvement...

The Losing Battle with Islam.(MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Losing Battle with Islam, by David Selbourne. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2005. 488 pages. Index to p. 541. $28. In The Losing Battle with Islam, David Selbourne attempts to delineate the reasons behind the rise of Islamic fundamentalism...

Islam in World Politics.(MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Islam in World Politics, ed. By Nelly Lahoud and Anthony H. Johns. London, UK and New York: Routledge, 2005. 192 pages. $22.99. Islam in World Politics is a collection of essays that addresses the emergence of Islam as political force on the...

Beyond the Arab Disease.(MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Beyond the Arab Disease, by Riad Nourallah. London, UK and New York: Routledge, 2005. xv + 124 pages. Notes to p. 139. Index to p. 144. $60. Beyond the Arab Disease examines the sociopolitical layers of the relationships between Arab states and...

The Arab Americans: A History.(MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Arab Americans: A History, by Gregory Orfalea. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press, 2006. xix + 435 pages. Appendix to p. 443. Notes to p. 462. Bibl. to p. 473. Gloss. to p. 476. Indexes to p. 500. $45 cloth; $20 paper. Covering a century...

The Persian Empire.(PRE-20TH CENTURY HISTORY)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... The Persian Empire, by Lindsay Allen. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2005. 184 pages, Maps. Notes to p. 198. Bibl. to p. 204. Index to p. 208. $39.95. The Persian Empire is a beautifully illustrated companion volume to the...

Historical Dictionary of the Druzes.(REFERENCE)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Historical Dictionary of the Druzes, by Samy Swayd. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2006. liv + 178 pages. Maps. Chron. Appends. to p. 182. Bibl. to p. 208. $65. The Druze are one of the Middle East's least studied, least known, and most...

Communications.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... To the Editor: Alon Kadish and Avraham Sela's "Myths and Historiography of the 1948 Palestine War Revisited: The Case of Lydda" [Middle East Journal, Volume 59, Number 4, Autumn 2005], at page 629, contains the sentence, a portion of it in...