The Middle East Journal articles from March 2001

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Editor's Note.
March 22, 2001... The Middle East has captured a lot of the headlines lately: the continuing "Al-Aqsa intifada," the election of Ariel Sharon in Israel, US bombing of radar sites north of the 33rd parallel in Iraq and the resultant Iraqi threats and accusations,...

Facing the Market in North Africa.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... This article examines the results of economic reform programs since the mid-1980s in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt. Although these states have liberalized their economies in the face of international and domestic market forces, ruling...

State-Building in Azerbaijan: The Search for Consolidation.
March 22, 2001... The process of political consolidation in Azerbaijan has occurred largely under the auspices of an emerging system best described as "presidential monarchy." This has taken place following years of political turmoil and the eventual, though...

Palestinian Interest in Homeland Investment.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... Palestinians, like other diasporas, register high interest in homeland investment. However, the process of transforming investment interest into actual investment remains problematic. In this paper, we report the results of two surveys of...

Engendering State-Building: The Women's Movement and Gender-Regime in Palestine.
March 22, 2001... After playing a major role in promoting the Palestinian national cause, the Palestinian women's movement seeks to influence policy-making and improve the legal status of women in the emerging state. The counter-campaign of the Islamic movement...

How the Gulf War Changed the AAUG's Discourse on Arab Nationalism and Gender Politics.(Association of Arab-American University Graduates)
March 22, 2001... The second Gulf War (1991) served as an indirect marker of the changes in the Arab nationalist discourses of the Association of Arab-American University Graduates (AAUG), and in their understanding of gender and politics. During the 1980s, the...

Chronology.(events in the Middle East, Oct. 16, 2000- Jan. 15, 2001)
March 22, 2001... October 16, 2000-January 15, 2001 ABBREVIATIONS FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Report---available from the National Technical Information Service, World News Connection on the world wide web at...

The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon, 1967-1976.(Review)
March 22, 2001... The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon, 1967-1976, by Farid El-Khazen. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. xiv + 398 pages. Bibl. to p. 417. Index to p. 432. $49.95. The Lebanese civil war, which lasted more than 15 years, was a...

An American Nurse Amidst Chaos, 1975-1998: The Story of the American University Medical Center during the Lebanese Civil War.(Review)
March 22, 2001... An American Nurse Amidst Chaos, 1975-1998: The Story of the American University Medical Center during the Lebanese Civil War, by Gladys Mouro. Beirut, Lebanon: American University of Beirut, 1999. xiii + 217 pages. $24.95. The Lebanese...

Bring Down the Walls: Lebanon's Post-War Challenge.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Bring Down the Walls: Lebanon's Post-War Challenge, by Carole H. Dagher. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000. xv + 220 pages. Notes to p. 240. Bibl. to p. 244. Index to p. 248. $39.95. The Lebanese civil war, which lasted more than 15...

War, Politics, Society in Afghanistan: 1978-1992.(Review)
March 22, 2001... War, Politics , Society Afghanistan: and in 1978-1992, by Antonio Giustozzi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2000. xiv + 250 pages. Tables to p. 296. Bibl. to p. 311. Index to p. 320. $55. War, Politics, and Society in...

Islam and the Politics of Resistance in Algeria, 1783-1992.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Islam and the Politics of Resistance in Algeria, 1783-1992, by Ricardo Rene Laremont. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2000. xiv 4-226 pages. Append. to p. 227. Notes to p. 259. Bibl. to p. 275. Index to p. 291. $21.95. In the book under...

Between Ballots and Bullets: Algeria's Transition from Authoritarianism.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Between Ballots and Bullets: Algeria's Transition from Authoritarianism, by William B. Quandt. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1998. iv + 164 pages. Bibl. to p. 172. Notes to p. 192. Index to p. 199. $49.95 cloth; $18.95 paper. ...

Economic Crisis and the Politics of Reform in Egypt.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Economic Crisis and the Politics of Reform in Egypt, by Ray Bush. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. xvi + 157 pages. Bibl. to p. 178. Index to p. 184. $55. The title of the book under review is somewhat misleading. In fact, this book is a...

Description of Egypt.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Description of Egypt, by Edward William Lane. Edited and with an Introduction by Jason Thompson. Cairo: American University Press, 2000. xxxii + 507 pages. Supplement to p.574. Illustrations to p. 579. Bibl. to p. 588. n.p. Description of...

Who Rules Iran? The Structure of Power in the Islamic Republic.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Who Rules Iran? The Structure of Power in the Islamic Republic, by Wilfried Buchta. Washington, DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2000. xv + 207 pages. Appends. to p. 223. Sources to p. 230....

Religious Minorities in Iran.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Religious Minorities in Iran, by Eliz Sanasarian. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xix + 163 pages. Gloss. Notes to p. 208. Bibl. to p. 224. Index to p. 228. $59.95. Thirteenth in the Cambridge Middle East Studies series,...

Mosul Before Iraq: Like Bees Making Five-Sided Cells.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Mosul Before Iraq: Like Bees Making Five-Sided Cells, by Sarah Shields. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2000. xiv + 192 pages. Tables to p. 212. Notes to p. 254. Bibl. to p. 270. Index to p. 278. $22.95 paper. This work on...

Israel and the Politics of Jewish Identity: The Secular-Religious Impasse.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Israel and the Politics of Jewish Identity: The Secular-Religious Impasse, by Asher Cohen and Bernard Susser. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. xiv + 139 pages. Notes to p. 153. Index to p. 167. $36. A recent...

Hamas: Political Thought and Practice.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Hamas: Political Thought and Practice, by Khaled Hroub. Washington, DC: Institute for Palestine Studies, 2000. xiv 4-261 pages. Append. to p. 312. Sel. bibl. to p. 320. Index to p. 329. $29.95 cloth; $16.95 paper. The outbreak of a...

A Very Political Economy: Peacebuilding and Foreign Aid in the West Bank and Gaza.(Review)
March 22, 2001... A Very Political Economy: Peacebuilding and Foreign Aid in the West Bank and Gaza, by Rex Brynen. Washington, DC: US Institute of Peace, 2000. 229 pages. Notes to p. 268. Index to p. 287. $19.95 paper. Peace is not merely made; it also must...

One Palestine, Complete.(Review)
March 22, 2001... One Palestine, Complete, by Tom Segev. Tr. by Haim Watzman. New York: Henry Holt, 2000. 519 pages. Notes to p. 599. Acknowledgments to p. 602. Index to p. 612. $35. Tom Segev's One Palestine, Complete is an episodic examination of the...

Visible Islam in Modern Turkey.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Visible Islam in Modern Turkey, by Adil Ozdemir and Kenneth Frank New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. [Also published simultaneously by MacMillan, London and SEV Printing & Publishing Co., Istanbul] Foreword by Annemarie Schimmel. Library of...

Negotiating Jerusalem.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Negotiating Jerusalem, by Jerome M. Segal, Shlomit Levy, Nadar Izzat Sa'id and Elihu Katz. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2000. x + 222 pages. Appends. to p. 336. About the authors to p. 338. Index to p. 341. $31.95 paper. ...

In Search of Walid Masoud.(Review)
March 22, 2001... In Search of Walid Masoud, by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra. Tr. from the Arabic by Roger Allen and Adnan Haydar. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000. 289 pages. $26.95. It was on the road leading out of Baghdad that Walid Masoud...

Three Tales of Love and Death.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Three Tales of Love and Death, by Out El Kouloub. Tr. and with an introduction by Nayra Atiya. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000. xviii + 137 pages. $24.95. Out El Kouloub (1899-1968), an aristocrat who was "the richest woman...

The Stone Woman.(Review)
March 22, 2001... The Stone Woman, by Tariq Ali. London and New York: Verso, 2000. ix + 271 pages. Append. to p. 274. $23.00. Tariq Ali is a writer and film-maker who was born in Pakistan and resides in London. He has written fiction as well as books on...

An Introduction and Notes: T.E. Lawrence's.(Review)
March 22, 2001... An Introduction and Notes: T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom, by Renee and Andre Guillaume. Tr. by Hilary Mandleberg. Limited edition. Oxshott, Surrey, UK: Tabard Press, 1998. 269 pages. Bibl. to p. 274. GBP 32.50. Seven Pillars of...

British Petroleum and Global Oil 1950-1975: The Challenge of Nationalism.(Review)
March 22, 2001... British Petroleum and Global Oil 1950-1975: The Challenge of Nationalism, by James Bamberg. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. vii + p 499. Notes to p.602. Bibl. to p. 615. Index to p.637. $130 cloth; $39.95 paper. ...

Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Secularism, Gender and the State in the Middle East, by Nadje Al-Ali. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Cambridge Middle East Studies, No. 14. xv + 232 pages. Bibl. to p. 252. Index to p. 264. $64.95 cloth; $22.95 paper. One...

Engendering Citizenship in Egypt.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Engendering Citizenship in Egypt, by Selma Botman. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. xii + 115 pages. Notes to p. 124. Bibl. to p. 141. $45 cloth; $13.95 paper. Selma Botman's clear and perceptive book argues that women are...

Political Dictionary of Israel.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Political Dictionary of Israel, by Bernard Reich and David H. Goldberg. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2000. cv + 431 pages. Bibl. to 446. About the authors to p. 438. $75. This volume is a comprehensive guide to various aspects of political life...

Armenian Van/Vaspurakan.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Armenian Van/Vaspurakan, ed. by Richard G. Hovannisian. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2000. xi + 296 pages. Index to p. 308. $55 cloth; $24.95 paper. The essays contained in this volume are the published proceedings of the first in the...

Being Modern in Iran.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Being Modern in Iran, by Fariba Adelkhah. Tr. from the French by Jonathan Derrick. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. xiv + 178 pages. $25. This book is part of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) Series in...

Politics and Society in Modern Israel: Myths and Realities.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Politics and Society in Modern Israel: Myths and Realities, by Adam Garfinkle. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000. 336 pages. $28.95 paper. In this "introductory text," the author sets out to explain the historical antecedents of present-day Israel....

Rothschild and Early Jewish Colonization in Palestine.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Rothschild and Early Jewish Colonization in Palestine, by Ran Aaronsohn. Lanham, MD, Boulder, CO, and New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2000. 299 pages. Bibl. to p. 318. Index to p. 330. $69 cloth; $26.95 paper. This study...

From Ice-Breaker to Missile Boat: The Evolution of Israel's Naval Strategy.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... From Ice-Breaker to Missile Boat: The Evolution of Israel's Naval Strategy, by Moshe Tzalel. London and Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000. xiii + 160 pages. Sources to p. 165. Index to p. 170. $59.95. This work is a critical study of Israel's...

The Kurdish Conflict in Turkey: Obstacles and Chances for Peace and Democracy.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... The Kurdish Conflict in Turkey: Obstacles and Chances for Peace and Democracy, ed. by Ferhad Ibrahim and Gulistan Gurbey. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. 193 pages. Chron. to p. 308. List of abbrevs. About the authors. 34.80 DM. This...

A Brief History of Ankara.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... A Brief History of Ankara, by Toni M. Cross and Gary Leiser. Vacaville, CA: Indian Ford Press, 2000. v + 156 pages. Sel. bibl. to p. 159. Maps. Illustrations. $15. This book is the first comprehensive study of the history of the capital of the...

The Albatross of Decisive Victory: War and Policy Between Egypt and Israel in the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli Wars.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... The Albatross of Decisive Victory: War and Policy Between Egypt and Israel in the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli Wars, by George W. Gawrych. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000. xv + 261 pages. Sel. bibl. to p. 273. Index to p. 281. $65. This book...

Louis Massignon: The Crucible of Compassion.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Louis Massignon: The Crucible of Compassion, by Mary Louise Gude. South Bend, IN and London: University of Notre Dame Press, 2000. xii + 248 pages. Notes to p. 270. Bibl. to p. 278. Index to p. 283. $34.95. The goal of this biography is to make...

The Globalization of Business and the Middle East: Opportunities and Constraints.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... The Globalization of Business and the Middle East: Opportunities and Constraints, by Masoud Kavoossi. London and Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 2000. x + 148 pages. Sel. bibl. to p. 155. Index to p. 161. $65. The central premise of this book is...

Contemporary Economic Issues. Volume I. Regional Experience and System Reform.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Contemporary Economic Issues. Volume I. Regional Experience and System Reform, ed. by Justin Yifu Lin. London and New York: Macmillan Press and St. Martin's Press, 1998. xxiii + 267 pages. $57.50. The 12 essays contained in this volume are from...

Seven Shades of Memory: Stories of Old Iran.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Seven Shades of Memory: Stories of Old Iran, by Terence O'Donnell. Washington, DC: Mage, 1999.149 pages. $19.95 paper. In this collection of short stories, the author, who spent nearly 15 years tending a farm in Iran, profiles Persian culture...

The Garden of Joys: An Anthology of Oriental Anecdotes, Fables and Proverbs.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... The Garden of Joys: An Anthology of Oriental Anecdotes, Fables and Proverbs, Tr. and related by Henry Cattan. London: Saqi Books, 2000. 168 pages. Illust. Bibl. to p. 172. Index of stories to p. 175. $25 cloth; $15.95 paper. This collection...

The Situe Stories.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... The Situe Stories, by Frances Khirallah Noble. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000. xi + 182 pages. $22.95. The 11 tales presented in this volume by an Arab American author depict the lives of immigrants torn between two cultures....

Cold Water Shielded: Selected Poems.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Cold Water Shielded: Selected Poems, by Salah Stetie Ed. and trans, by Michael Bishop. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Bloodaxe Books, Ltd./Dufour Editions, 2000. 211 pages. $22.95 paper. This collection, published in collaboration with UNESCO,...

The Stone of Light. Volume II: The Wise Woman.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... The Stone of Light. Volume II: The Wise Woman, by Christian Jacq. New York: Pocket Books, 2000. 425 pages. $16 paper. This novel, the second book in the four-volume series, The Stone of Light, is written by the Egyptologist Christian Jacq--...

Edward Said and the Work of the Critic: Speaking Truth to Power.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Edward Said and the Work of the Critic: Speaking Truth to Power, ed. by Paul A. Bove. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2000. 281 pages + notes to p. 312 and Index to p. 317. $21.65 paper. This book is a collection of essays that remind...

Human Rights in Islamic Law.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Human Rights in Islamic Law, by Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Marzouqi. Portland, OR: Drake International Services Publishers, 2000. xi + 480 pages. Bibl. to p. 520. Append. to p. 601. $25. In this work, Ibrahim A. Al-Marzouqi seeks to determine whether,...

Middle East Minorities: Between Integration and Conflict.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Middle East Minorities: Between Integration and Conflict, by Moshe Ma'oz. Washington, DC: Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 1999. xvi + 107 pages. Append. to p. 111. n.p. In this book, Moshe Ma'oz explores the state of minorities in...

Beyond Colonialism and Nationalism in the Maghrib: History, Culture, and Politics.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Beyond Colonialism and Nationalism in the Maghrib: History, Culture, and Politics, ed. by Ali Abdullatif Ahmida. New York: Palgrave, 2000. xii + 231 pages. Bibl. to p. 248. Index to p. 255. $49.95. The contributors to this volume provide a...

War, Institutions, and Social Change in the Middle East.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... War, Institutions, and Social Change in the Middle East, ed. by Steven Heydemann. Berkeley, CA: The University of California Press, 2000. vii + 334 pages. Sel. bibl. to p. 356. Contribs. to p. 359. $60 cloth; $24.95 paper. This collection...

Bound to Cooperate--Europe and the Middle East.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Bound to Cooperate--Europe and the Middle East, ed. by Sven Behrendt and Christian-Peter Hanelt. Gutersloh, Germany: Bertelsmann Foundation Publishers, 2000. 375 pages. About the authors to p. 378. Index to p. 387. n.p. The essays collected in...

The Struggle for Lebanon: A Modern History of Lebanese-Egyptian Relations.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... The Struggle for Lebanon: A Modern History of Lebanese-Egyptian Relations, by Nasser M. Kalawoun. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2000. xvi + 178 pages. Notes to p. 204. Tables to p. 210. Bibl. to p. 215. Index to p. 224. $59.50. This book...

The Third Reich & The Palestine Question.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... The Third Reich & The Palestine Question, by Francis R. Nicosia. New Brunswick, NJ and London: Transaction Books, 2000. xxiii + 202 pages. Appends. to p. 221. Notes to p. 282. Bibl. to p. 302. Index to p. 319. $27.95. This book is a...

The International Relations of the Middle East in the 21st Century: Patterns of Continuity and Changes.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... The International Relations of the Middle East in the 21st Century: Patterns of Continuity and Changes, ed. by Tareq Y. Ismael. London: Ashgate, 2000. xvii + 400 pages. $84.95. This collection of essays provides a global and regional view of...

The Caspian Region at a Crossroad: Challenges of a New Frontier of Energy and Development.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... The Caspian Region at a Crossroad: Challenges of a New Frontier of Energy and Development, ed. by Hooshang Amirahmadi. New York: St. Martin Press, 2000. 283 pages. Contribs. to p. 293. Index to p. 299. $55. This book brings together scholars...

Essays on Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Essays on Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism, by Jean Kellens. Tr. and ed. by Prods Oktor Skjaervo. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2000. xvi + 112 pages. Abbrevs. Bibl. to p. 119. Bibl. of works by Jean Kellens to p. 131. $19.95 paper. This...

The Islamic World in Ascendancy: From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... The Islamic World in Ascendancy: From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna, by Martin Sicker. London and Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2000. vi + 214 pages. Bibl. to p. 222. Index to p. 232. $59.95. In this study, Sicker examines...

Mass Mediations: New Approaches to Popular Culture in the Middle East and Beyond.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Mass Mediations: New Approaches to Popular Culture in the Middle East and Beyond, ed. by Walter Armbrust. Berkeley, CA: The University of California Press, 2000. 327 pages. Refs. to p. 353. Index to p. 378. $55 cloth; $24.95 paper. This...

Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream, ed. by Nabeel Abraham and Andrew Shryock. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2000. 611 pages. Index to p. 269. $49.95 cloth; $24.95 paper. This book is the capstone of a series of activities...

The Letters of Theresa Huntington Ziegler, Missionary to Turkey, 1898-1905.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... The Letters of Theresa Huntington Ziegler, Missionary to Turkey, 1898-1905, ed. & with an introduction and commentary by Stina Katchadourian. Ann Arbor, MI: Gomidas Institute, 1999. xvi + 364 pages. Bibl. to p. 367. Index to p. 375. $25 paper....

Deconstructing Images of the `Turkish Woman'.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Deconstructing Images of the `Turkish Woman,' ed. J by Aehra F. Arat. New York: Palgrave, 2000. x + 309 pages. Refs. to p. 339. Contribs. to p. 342. $18.95 paper. This collection examines the representation of Turkish women. Accordingly, the...

Bibliography of Periodical Literature.(Bibliography)
March 22, 2001... Note: The Bibliography is intended to present a selective listing of periodical material dealing with the Middle East since the rise of Islam.(*) The material included covers Muslim Spain and the Ottoman Balkans, Afghanistan, the Arab world,...

Communications.
March 22, 2001... 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...