Middle Eastern Studies articles from April 1999

Middle Eastern Studies archives from April 1999

Communalism and the State in Iraq: The Yazidi Kurds, c.1869-1940.(Review)
April 1, 1999... The Yazidis are a Kurdish heterodox group settled in the province of Mosul. They represent an interesting case study for the development of communalism in the heterogeneous social fabric of northern Iraq. This article analyses cultural...

Productive or Reproductive? The Roles of Iraqi Women during the Iraq-Iran War.
April 1, 1999... The roles assigned to women by the Iraqi Ba'th regime in its efforts to further its political hegemony and economic ends have received much attention in recent years.(1) Literature on this subject offers a spectrum of analyses that ranges from...

On the Road towards Unity: The Trucial States from a British Perspective, 1960-66.(United Arab Emirates)
April 1, 1999... The United Arab Emirates, a union of Trucial States was formed in 1971, with the subsequent addition of Ras al Khaimah. Although the United Arab Emirates emerged as a stable, thriving nation-state, in 1960, at the beginning of what was to be...

Kennedy's Algerian Dilemma: Containment, Alliance Politics and the `Rebel Dialogue'.(Pres John F. Kennedy)
April 1, 1999... When John F. Kennedy triumphed over Richard M. Nixon in the 1960 presidential election expectations ran high in Africa that a fundamental change would occur in US policy toward colonialism. Kennedy had established a reputation as a champion of...

The District of Jerusalem in the Eyes of Three Ottoman Governors at the End of the Hamidian Period.(1897-1908)
April 1, 1999... This is an attempt to describe the views and actions of three Ottoman governors (mutasarrifs) of Jerusalem during the last years of the Hamidian period, Mehmet Tevfik Bey (1897-1901), Ahmet Resid Bey (1904-6) and Ali Ekrem Bey (1906-8). It is...

The Silent Pact: Anti-Communist Co-operation between the Jewish Leadership and the British Administration in Palestine.
April 1, 1999... The Palestinian sun scorches everything on a hot summer's day... The clean, whitewashed city of Tel Aviv flirts with the surrounding golden sands... A heavy rhythm of strong steps can be heard coming from its direction -- 18 political...

Integrating the Rural: Gellner and the Study of Anatolia.(Turkish migration from rural to urban areas)
April 1, 1999... Turkey has a special place in the heart of many Western commentators. In spite of the perorations of Edward Said, they remain attracted by its colourful past, beautiful mosques and sensuous culture. It is neither too big to be overwhelming, nor...

Ibrahim's Childhood.(biography of Yemeni boy of noble birth)
April 1, 1999... The recent collection of biographies by Edmund Burke III, Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East (1993), sets out to portray non-elite Middle Eastern men and women. Through these biographies the book intends to `present Middle Eastern...

The Jews of Egypt.(Review)
April 1, 1999... Jews have dwelt in the land of Egypt from time immemorial. A small colony had settled on the island of Elephantine on the Nubian border of the Nile beyond Aswan even before the Babylonian exile. Others arrived in the wake of Alexander the...

Jews among Muslims. Communities in the Precolonial Middle East.(Review)
April 1, 1999... Jews among Muslims. Communities in the Precolonial Middle East edited by Shlomo Deshen and Walter P. Zenner. London: Macmillan, 1996. Pp.ix + 292. 16.99 [pounds sterling] (paperback). How did the Jews dispersed across North Africa and the...

War in the Gulf, 1990-91: The Iraq-Kuwait Conflict and Its Implications.(Review)
April 1, 1999... War in the Gulf, 1990-91: The Iraq-Kuwait Conflict and Its Implications by Majid Khadduri and Edmund Ghareeb. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp.299. 22.50 [pounds sterling]. Since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the Gulf War of...

Britons in the Ottoman Empire 1642-1660.(Review)
April 1, 1999... Britons in the Ottoman Empire 1642-1660 by Daniel Goffman. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1998. Pp.xxv + 310, maps, notes, bibliography, index. The author of this well-produced monograph is an American Ottomanist who...

Fundamentalism Reborn? Afghanistan and the Taliban.(Review)
April 1, 1999... Fundamentalism Reborn? Afghanistan and the Taliban edited by William Maley. London: Hurst & Co., 1998. Pp.xiii + 253, index. 14.95 [pounds sterling]. This valuable collection of essays goes some way towards dispelling a few of the...

The History of Saudi Arabia.(Review)
April 1, 1999... The History of Saudi Arabia by Alexei Vassiliev. London: Al-Saqi, 1998. Pp.576. 45.00 [pounds sterling]. Alexei Vassiliev's book is an updated version of his early work in Russian, which has already been translated into Arabic. This new...

The Remaking of Saudi Arabia: The Struggle between King Saud and Crown Prince Faysal, 1953-1962.(Review)
April 1, 1999... The Remaking of Saudi Arabia: The Struggle between King Sand and Crown Prince Faysal, 1953-1962 by Sarah Yizraeli. Tel Aviv: The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies. Pp.219. 14.95 [pounds sterling] (paperback). Alexei...

Saudi Arabia Outside Global Law and Order.(Review)
April 1, 1999... Saudi Arabia Outside Global Law and Order by Anders Jerichow. Surrey: Curzon, 1997. Pp.xiv + 171. 12.99 [pounds sterling]. Alexei Vassiliev's book is an updated version of his early work in Russian, which has already been translated into...

The Saudi File People, Power, Politics.(Review)
April 1, 1999... The Saudi File People, Power, Politics by Anders Jerichow. Surrey: Curzon, 1998. Pp.340, index. 40.00 [pounds sterling]. Alexei Vassiliev's book is an updated version of his early work in Russian, which has already been translated into...

Islam, Multiculturalism, and Transnationalism from the Lebanese Diaspora.(Review)
April 1, 1999... Islam, Multiculturalism, and Transnationalism from the Lebanese Diaspora by Michael Humphrey. Oxford: Centre for Lebanese Studies and I.B. Tauris, 1998. Pp.200. 39.50 [pounds sterling]. Once, long ago, anthropologists could assume that,...

Ottoman and Persian Odysseys: James Morier, Creator of Hajji Baba of Ispahan, and his Brothers.(Review)
April 1, 1999... Ottoman and Persian Odysseys: James Morier, Creator of Hajji Baba of Ispahan, and his Brothers by Henry McKenzie Johnston. London: I.B. Tauris British Academic Press, 1998. Pp.xv + 258, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. 29.50 [pounds...

Central Asia Meets the Middle East.(Review)
April 1, 1999... Central Asia Meets the Middle East edited by David Menashri. London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1998. Pp.xiii + 240, notes, index, 37.50 [pounds sterling]/$49.50 (hardback); 18.50 [pounds sterling]/$24.00 (paperback). The aim of this...

In Memoriam: Robert Michael Burrell, 1943-1999.(Obituary)
April 1, 1999... Academics come in many guises: Some make their reputation by the originality of their research or the charm of their writing, some by the brilliance of their conversation, and some by the quality of their teaching. Mike, as he was known, was a...