The Middle East Journal articles from June 2007

The Middle East Journal archives from June 2007

Arab intellectuals and the Bush administration's campaign for democracy: the case of the Greater Middle East Initiative.(Report)
June 22, 2007... This article considers how Arab intellectuals represent the United States and American foreign policy in their editorial contributions to Arabic newspapers. As a case study, it examines Arab intellectuals' reactions to the George W. Bush...

What the axis of evil metaphor did to Iran.
June 22, 2007... This article focuses on the Axis of Evil metaphor that was used by President George W. Bush in his State of the Union Address in 2002 to represent Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. After describing "axis" as a metonym for fascism and Nazism, and...

Hamas in power.(Report)
June 22, 2007... This article challenges the static approach to Hamas as a simple fundamentalist organization by analyzing its political documents. It shows that Hamas' Islamist ideology has not prevented it from moving from fundamentalism to radicalism. Hamas...

Testing the logic of unilateral withdrawal: lessons from the history of the Labor Zionist movement.(Report)
June 22, 2007... The combination of pessimism regarding the possibility of a negotiated settlement and a recognition that maintaining the status quo in the Occupied Territories is impossible has led leading Israeli policymakers to advocate a policy of...

Islam, sovereignty, and democracy: a Turkish view.
June 22, 2007... In this article, some conceptual and empirical relations between Islam, sovereignty, and democracy will be examined, with comparisons to Christianity. In the first part of the article, the historical conditions of the formation of the dualist...

Chronology: Jan. 16, 2007-April 15, 2007.(Chronology)
June 22, 2007... Arab-Israeli Conflict See also Lebanon, Palestinian Affairs, Regional Affairs Jan. 19: Israel transferred $100 million of a total $660 million--in withheld tax revenues to Palestinian President Mahmud 'Abbas in accordance with the December...

Palestinian statehood: aspirations, needs, and viability after Oslo.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood, by Rashid Khalidi. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2006. xlii + 217 pages. Notes to p. 263. Acknowledgements to p. 266. Index to p. 281. $24.95. State Formation in Palestine:...

Oral Poetry & Narratives from Central Arabia: Voices from the Desert, vol. 5.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Oral Poetry & Narratives from Central Arabia: Voices from the Desert, Vol. 5. by P. Marcel Kurpershoek. Gloss. Indices. List of Recordings. Leiden, The Netherlands and Boston, MA: Brill, 2005. xxiv + 421 pages. $178. Opus operis! After...

A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility. by Taner Akcam. Tr. by Paul Bessemer. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2006. x + 376 pages. Map. Notes to p. 464. Index to p. 483. $30. Elizabeth Kolbert's...

Liberalism without Democracy: Nationhood and Citizenship in Egypt, 1922-1936.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Liberalism without Democracy: Nationhood and Citizenship in Egypt, 1922-1936, by Abdeslam M. Maghraoui. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006. xx + 148 pages. Notes to p. 169. Sel. bibl. to p. 179. Index to p. 192. $74.95 cloth; $21.95 paper....

Muslim Rebels: Kharijites and the Politics of Extremism in Egypt.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Muslim Rebels: Kharijites and the Politics of Extremism in Egypt, by Jeffrey T. Kenney. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. xi + 184 pages. Notes to p. 205. Bibl. to p. 216. Index to p. 221. $45. The 7th century Muslim group known as...

Jasmine and Stars: Reading More than Lolita in Tehran.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Jasmine and Stars: Reading More than Lolita in Tehran, by Fatemeh Keshavarz. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2007. x + 165 pages. Index to p. 174. $24.95. Jasmine and Stars is a passionate and poetic supplement to...

Iran's Nuclear Ambitions.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Iran's Nuclear Ambitions, by Shahram Chubin. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2006. xx + 148 pages. Chron. Notes to p. 204. Gloss. to p. 208. Index to p. 222. Figures. $32.95 cloth; $12.95 paper. As the crisis...

The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israeli Identity: Defending/Defining the Nation.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israeli Identity: Defending/Defining the Nation, by Dov Waxman. New York: Palgrave, 2006. viii + 198 pages. Notes to p. 243. Index to p. 254. $69.95. This is a highly important book for at least three...

The Kurds in Iran: The Past, Present and Future.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... The Kurds in Iran: The Past, Present and Future, by Kerim Yildiz and Tanyel B. Taysi. London, UK and Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 2007. ix + 117 pages. Notes to p. 128. Index to p. 134. $40. Senior author Kerim Yildiz is the Executive...

An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon, by Lara Deeb. Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press, 2006. ix + 232 pages. Gloss. to 233. Refs. to p. 249. Index to 263. $60 cloth, $24.95 paper. Lara Deeb's...

Murder in Marrakesh: Emile Mauchamp and the French Colonial Adventure.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Murder in Marrakesh: Emile Mauchamp and the French Colonial Adventure, by Jonathan G. Katz. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2007. xv + 278 pages. Notes to p. 347. Index to p. 358. $29.95. Most historical figures...

Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, by Sara Roy. London, UK and Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 2007. xxiii + 332 pages. Notes to p. 368. Index to p. 379. $85 cloth; $24.95 paper. Since the days of the first intifada, Sara...

Contesting the Saudi State: Islamic Voices From a New Generation.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Contesting the Saudi State: Islamic Voices From a New Generation, by Madawi Al-Rasheed. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xxi + 262 pages. Notes to p. 291. Bibl. to p. 302. Index to p. 308. $30. The title of...

Ad Hoc Arabism: Advertising Culture and Technology in Saudi Arabia.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Ad Hoc Arabism: Advertising Culture and Technology in Saudi Arabia, by Roni Zirinski. New York, NY: Peter Lang. 2005. xiv + 176 pages. $24.95. Advertising, according to Roni Zirinski, is "a machine that creates culture" (p. 128). The...

Between Islam and the State: The politics of Engagement.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Between Islam and the State: The Politics of Engagement, by Berna Turam. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2007. xi + 164 pages. Notes to p. 200. Bibl. to p. 216. Index to p. 223. $21.95 paper. Berna Turam's book is one of the best...

Once Upon A Country: a Palestinian Life.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Once Upon A Country: A Palestinian Life, by Sari Nusseibeh with Anthony David. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. 534 pages. Notes to p. 542. Acknowledgments. $27.50. This memoir by Sari Nusseibeh, who is often described by his...

Infidel.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Infidel, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. New York: Free Press, 2007. xii + 354 pages. $26. Ayaan Hirsi Ali's radical critique on Islam was a wake up call in the Netherlands that culminated in the murder of the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh in 2004....

Filming the Modern Middle East: Politics in the Cinemas of Hollywood and the Arab World.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Filming the Modern Middle East: Politics in the Cinemas of Hollywood and the Arab World, by Lina Khatib. London, UK and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2006. viii + 209 pages. Bibl. to p. 227. Filmography to p. 231. Indexes to p. 242. $74.95 cloth;...

Faith in Moderation: Islamist Parties in Jordan and Yemen.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Faith in Moderation: Islamist Parties in Jordan and Yemen, by Jillian Schwedler. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xxi + 215 pages. Refs. to p. 244. Index to p. 252. $80 cloth; $19.99 paper. Faith in Moderation...

Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization, by Akbar Ahmed. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2007. x + 285 pages. Notes to p. 301. $28.95. Akbar Ahmed is well known and widely respected as a gentle, compassionate,...

Origins and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.(ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Origins and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict [revised edition], by Ann M. Lesch. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. xxvii + 125 pages. Maps. Chron. Photo essay. Bios. to p. 147. Primary does. to p. 171. Gloss. to p. 179. Annotated...

Divided Cyprus: Modernity, History, and an Island in Conflict.(CYPRUS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Divided Cyprus: Modernity, History, and an Island in Conflict, ed. by Yiannis Papadakis, Nicos Peristianis, and Gisela Welz. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 2007. 224 pages. Contribs. to p. 226. Index to p. 235. $65...

China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-imperial World.(IRAN)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World, by John W. Garver. Seattle, WA and London, UK: University of Washington Press, 2006. xii + 301 pages. Appends. to p. 326. Notes to p. 367. Bibl. to p. 387. Index to p. 401. $50 cloth:...

The Evolution of Kurdish Nationalism.(KURDS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... The Evolution of Kurdish Nationalism, ed. by Mohammed M.A. Ahmed and Michael Gunter. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, Inc., 2007. xviii + 308 pages. Index to p. 315. n.p. The essays gathered in this book analyze how Kurdish nationalism has...

The Politics of Public Memory in Turkey.(TURKEY)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... The Politics of Public Memory in Turkey, ed. by Esra Ozyurek. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2007. x + 187 pages. Refs. to p. 210. Index to p. 225. $65 cloth; $24.95 paper. This volume explores how different representations of...

Yemen into the Twenty-First Century: Continuity and Change.(YEMEN)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Yemen into the Twenty-First Century: Continuity and Change, ed. by Kamil A. Mahdi, Anna Wtirth, and Helen Lackner. Reading, UK and Portland, OR: Ithaca Press, 2007. xxviii + 426 pages. Maps. Figures. Tables. Contribs. to p. 430. Bibl. to p....

Ariel Sharon: A Life.(BIOGRAPHY)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Ariel Sharon: A Life, by Nir Hefez and Gadi Bloom. Tr. from the Hebrew by Mitch Ginsburg. New York: Random House, 2006. xx + 484 pages. Bibl. to p. 490. $29.95. This account of the life of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is based on...

Shimon Peres: The Biography.(BIOGRAPHY)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Shimon Peres: The Biography, by Michael BarZohar. New York: Random House, 2007. xix + 480 pages. Photos. Notes and refs. to p. 521. Index to p. 550. $29.95. This official biography, written by Michael Bar-Zohar, who himself has been active in...

Peaeekeeping in the Middle East as an International Regime.(CONFLICT RESOLUTION)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Peaeekeeping in the Middle East as an International Regime, by Kenneth R. Dombroski. New York and London, UK: Routledge, 2007. xv + 137 pages. Gloss. Tables. Appends. to p. 142. Notes to p. 169. Bibl. to p. 182. Index to p. 192. $95. This study...

Peacemakers in Action: Profiles of Religion in Conflict Resolution.(CONFLICT RESOLUTION)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Peacemakers in Action: Profiles of Religion in Conflict Resolution, ed. by David Little. Foreword by Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke. Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xvii + 448 pages. Notes to p. 470. Bibl. to p....

Blossoms on the Olive Tree: Israeli and Palestinian Women Working for Peace.(CONFLICT RESOLUTION)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Blossoms on the Olive Tree: Israeli and Palestinian Women Working for Peace, by Janet M. Powers. Westport, CT and London, UK: Praeger Publishers, 2006. xx + 142 pages. Map. Notes to p. 151. Bibl. to p. 154. Index to p. 160. $44.95. Blossoms on...

Gate of the Sun.(LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Gate of the Sun, by Elias Khoury. Tr. by Humphrey Davies. Brooklyn, NY: Archipelago Books, 2006. 539 pages. $26. This novel about the Palestinian exodus after 1948 tells the story of two men in a deserted makeshift hospital in Shatila on the...

Middle East Historiographies: Narrating the Twentieth Century.(MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Middle East Historiographies: Narrating the Twentieth Century, ed. by Israel Gershoni, Ami Singer, and Y. Hakan Erdem. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2006. viii + 314. Gloss. to p. 316. Contribs. to p. 319. Index to p. 326. $30...

Islamic Terror Abductions in the Middle East.(MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Islamic Terror Abductions in the Middle East, by Shaul Shay. Brighton, UK and Portland, OR: Sussex Academic Press, 2007. viii + 166 pages. Appends. to p. 172. Notes to p. 181. Bibl. to p. 184. Index to p. 197. $52.50. This book examines...

Contested Lands: Israel-Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka.(MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Contested Lands: Israel-Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka, by Sumantra Bose. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007. vi + 303 pages. Maps. Notes to p. 322. Index to p. 329. $29.95. This book examines how peace can be...

Citizenship and Ethnic Conflict: Challenging the Nation-State.(MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Citizenship and Ethnic Conflict: Challenging the Nation-State, ed. by Haldun Gulalp. London, UK and New York: Routledge, 2006. x + 139 pages. Refs. to p. 151. Index to p. 156. $135. The essays gathered in this book question whether the...

Unholy terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad.(MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad, by John R. Schindler. St. Paul, MN: Zenith Press, 2007. 325 pages. Notes to p. 362. Index to p. 368. $27.95 paper. In this book, John R. Schindler, a former counterintelligence...

Communications.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2007... 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...