The Middle East Journal articles from September 2000

The Middle East Journal archives from September 2000

Editor's Note.
September 22, 2000... One of the pleasures of editing The Middle East Journal is the fact that, as the oldest quarterly on the contemporary Middle East, there is never any shortage of articles to choose from; in fact, at times our peer review process has been so...

Saharan Stasis: Status and Future Prospects of the Western Sahara Conflict.
September 22, 2000... The nine-year United Nations effort to hold a "winner-take-all" referendum in Western Sahara is stalemated by fundamental differences as to who should be allowed to vote. The United Nations is pessimistic that such a vote can ever be taken, and...

The Geopolitics of the Caspian Basin(1).
September 22, 2000... This article examines the current geopolitical situation in the Caspian Basin and the extent to which it differs from the historical "Great Game" played by imperial powers in the previous centuries. It looks first at a number of critical issues...

Armed Islamist Movements and Political Violence in Algeria.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2000... This article investigates the formation of the principal armed Islamist groups in Algeria--the GIA and AIS--and their justification for armed struggle. Furthermore, it investigates the extent of Islamist involvement in the violence witnessed in...

The End of the Islamist Insurgency in Egypt?: Costs and Prospects(1).
September 22, 2000... The Egyptian state appears to have weathered the storm of violent Islamist opposition from al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya and Jihad which lasted from 1990 until the Luxor attack of 1997. Its successes stem in part from the internal divisions of the...

The Bahraini Three On St. Helena, 1956-1961.
September 22, 2000... Until 1971, Britain remained a presence in the Persian/Arab Gulf defending the small Shaykhdoms of the region, at the same time, of course, protecting British economic and political interests. It was inevitable, therefore, that as the...

Chronology April 16, 2000-July 15, 2000.
September 22, 2000... Arab-Israeli Conflict See also, Palestinian Affairs, Israel, Lebanon, Syria 2000 Apr. 16: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak stated that Israel would not seek to annex al-`Aizariya and Abu Dis, two towns near Jerusalem, claiming...

Women, Citizenship and Difference.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Women, Citizenship and Difference, ed. by Nira Yuval-Davis and Pnina Werbner. London and New York: Zed Books, 1999. xii + 261 pages. Index to p. 271. Set. Postcolonial Encounters. $65 cloth; $22.50 paper. The memoir of Nawal El Saadawi,...

Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Postmodern Analysis.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Postmodern Analysis, by Haideh Moghissi. London and New York: Zed Books, 1999. ix + 148 pages. References to p. 159. Index to p. 166. $55 cloth; $19.95 paper. The memoir of Nawal El...

A Daughter of Isis: The Autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi.(Review)
September 22, 2000... A Daughter of Isis: The Autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi, by Nawal El Saadawi. Trans. by Sherif Hetata. London and New York: Zed Books, 1999. 294 pages. Photographs. $55 cloth; $19.95 paper. The memoir of Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian...

Egypt at the Crossroads: Domestic Stability and Regional Role.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Egypt at the Crossroads: Domestic Stability and Regional Role, ed. by Phebe Marr. Washington, DC: National Defense University, 1999. xxv + 253 pages, n.p. Although this book does not give enough attention to Egypt's future, it is a good,...

The Birth Of Israel, 1945-1949: Ben-Gurion and His Critics.(Review)
September 22, 2000... The Birth Of Israel, 1945-1949: Ben-Gurion and His Critics, by Joseph Heller. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000. xii + 293 pages. Append. to p. 307. Notes to p. 354. Bibl. to p. 362. Index to p. 379. $49.95. Based on extensive...

The Jewish State, A Century Later.(Review)
September 22, 2000... The Jewish State, A Century Later, by Alan Dowty. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press,1998. xiv + 255 pages. Notes to p. 303. Bibl. to p. 331. Index to p. 337. $35. The author of this important book on Israeli...

Israel's Place in the Middle East: A Pluralist Perspective.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Israel's Place in the Middle East: A Pluralist Perspective, by Nissim Rejwan. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 1998. vii + 195 pages. Notes to p. 207. Index to p. 216. $49.95. This is the first book that places the Arab-Israeli...

French Military Rule in Morocco: Colonialism and its Consequences.(Review)
September 22, 2000... French Military Rule in Morocco: Colonialism and its Consequences, by Moshe Gershovich. London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass Publishers, 2000. xvii + 218 pages. Sel. bibl. to p. 230. Index to p. 238. $54.50. Reviewed by Douglas Porch ...

Changed Identities: The Challenge of the New Generation in Saudi Arabia.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Changed identities: The Challenge of the New Generation in Saudi Arabia, by Mai Yamani. London: The Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2000. xxii + 149 pages. Append. to p. 165. Bibl. to p. 170. $19.95 paper. Saudi Arabia contains...

Tensions in Arabia: The Saudi-Yemeni Fault Line.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Tensions in Arabia: The Saudi-Yemeni Fault Line, ed. by Renaud Detalle. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2000. 169 pages. Maps. Annex to p. 181. DM 234, paper. In this volume, six European specialists analyze different facets of the...

Saudi Arabia and the United States: Birth of a Security Partnership.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Saudi Arabia and the United States: Birth of a Security Partnership, by Parker T. Hart. ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplomacy Series. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press, 1998. xxiii + 253 pages. Notes to p. 269. Bibl. to p....

Turkey. Anglo-American Security Interests 1945-1952: The First Enlargement of NATO.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Turkey. Anglo-American Security Interests 1945-1952: The First Enlargement of NATO, by Ekavi Athanassopoulou. London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1999. 274 pages. Bibl. to p. 267. Index to p. 274. $59.50. This excellent seven-chapter book...

Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1880-1999.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1880-1999, by Benny Mortis. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. xiv + 669 pages. Notes to p. 710. Sel. bibl. to p. 725. Index top. 751. $40. This is an encyclopedic account of...

The Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks: 1991-96 and Beyond.(Review)
September 22, 2000... The Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks: 1991-96 and Beyond, by Helena Cobban. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1999. xv + 196 pages. Notes to p. 226. Index to p. 235. $19.95 paper. Helena Cobban's book is a straightforward,...

Water in the Middle East: A Geography of Peace.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Water in the Middle East: A Geography of Peace, by Hussein A. Amery and Aaron Wolf. Austin, TX. The University of Texas Press, 2000. xviii + 293 pages. Figures to p. 238. Tables to p. 256. Appends. to p. 272. Gloss. to p. 278. Index to p. 293....

A Lake Beyond the Wind.(Review)
September 22, 2000... A Lake Beyond the Wind, by Yahya Yakhlif. Tr. by M. Jayyusi and C. Tingley. New York: Interlink Books, 1999. 215 pages. $12.95. The idea of al-watan, or the Arab nation, goes like this: before colonialism moved in and dismantled it out of...

Dialogues in Arab Politics: Negotiations in Regional Order.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Dialogues in Arab Politics: Negotiations in Regional Order, by Michael N. Barnett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. xiii + 270 pages. Notes to p. 337. Bibl. to p. 365. Index to p. 376. $40 cloth; $17.50 paper. Dialogues in Arab...

Arabs at the Crossroads: Political Identity and Nationalism.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Arabs at the Crossroads: Political Identity and Nationalism, by Hilal Khashan. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000. xi + 149 pages. Notes to p. 166, Bibl. to p. 180. Index to p. 189. $49.95. Hilal Khashan, Professor of Political...

Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923, by Efraim Karsh and Inari Karsh. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. 409 pages. $29.95. "At the time of the Muslim occupation of Palestine in the...

Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire: Transjordan, 1850-1921.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire: Transjordan, 1850-1921, by Eugene L. Rogan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. xiv + 255 pages. Bibl. to p. 266. Index to p. 274. $64.95. Eugene L. Rogan's impressively-researched...

The Ottomans in Syria: A History of Justice and Oppression.(Review)
September 22, 2000... The Ottomans in Syria: A History of Justice and Oppression, by Dick Douwes. London and New York: I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2000. vii + 244 pages. Gloss. to p. 221. Annexes to p. 230. Bibl. to p. 240. Index to p. 244. $55. Justice was at the...

Richard Aldington and Lawrence of Arabia: A Cautionary Tale.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Richard Aldington and Lawrence of Arabia: A Cautionary Tale, by Fred D. Crawford. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1998.206 pages. Notes to p. 224. Bibl. to p. 255. Index to p. 263. $39.95. British Army Lieutenant...

The Kin Who Count: Family and Society in Ottoman Aleppo 1770-1840.(Review)
September 22, 2000... The Kin Who Count: Family and Society in Ottoman Aleppo 1770-1840, by Margaret L. Meriwether. Austin, TX: Texas University Press, 1999. viii + 212 pages. Appends. to p. 234. Notes to p. 256. Bibl. to p. 268. Index to p. 278. $45 cloth; $22...

The Veil: Modesty, Privacy, Resistance.(Review)
September 22, 2000... The Veil: Modesty, Privacy, Resistance, by Fadwa El Guindi. Oxford: Berg 1999. xx + 185 pages. Notes to p. 213. Bibl. To p. 234. Index to p. 242. $60 cloth; $19.50 paper. Not since Elizabeth and Robert Fernea published their classic 1979...

Women, Work & Islamism: Ideology and Resistance in Iran.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Women, Work & Islamism: Ideology and Resistance in Iran, by Maryam Poya. London and New York: Zed Books, 1999. xvii + 186 pages. $55. This book, which is divided into seven chapters, traces Iranian women's resistance to state oppression...

Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Western Representations of the Muslim Woman: From Termagant to Odalisque, by Mohja Kahf. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1999. ix + 207 pages. Notes to p. 177. Bibl. to p. 195. Index to p. 207. $35 cloth; $16.95 paper. Beginning...

Islam and Gender: The Religious Debate in Contemporary Iran.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Islam and Gender: The Religious Debate in Contemporary Iran, by Ziba Mir-Hosseini. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. xx + 305 pages. Bibl. to p. Index to p. $55 cloth; $18.95 paper. Ziba Mir-Hosseini has produced a...

Recent Publications.(Review)
September 22, 2000... BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCE Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt, by Arthur Goldschmidt, Jr. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000. x + 240 pages. Abbrevs. to p. 242. Bibl. to p. Annotations were prepared with the assistance of...