Middle Eastern Studies articles from April 2000

Middle Eastern Studies archives from April 2000

The New Israeli Constitution.
April 1, 2000... Largely unnoticed in the midst of the turmoil surrounding the Oslo peace process, Israel has undergone a constitutional revolution. Israel is no longer among the tiny minority of the 185 UN member states (as of 1998, only nine)(1) functioning...

British Educational Policies in Palestine.
April 1, 2000... This article analyses the case of British educational policies in Palestine, from the end of the First World War until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. It focuses on the relationship between the British Mandatory government and...

The Formation of Palestinian Collective Identities: The Ottoman and Mandatory Periods.
April 1, 2000... Palestinian history seemingly reached a significant turning point with the signing of the Declaration of Principles by the late Israeli Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization on 13 September 1993 and the...

Economic and Zionist Ideological Perceptions: Private Initiative in Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s.
April 1, 2000... The topic of economic initiative is discussed in great detail in the research literature and receives its due, especially at the end of the century, and that as a result of social trends, not only in the Western world, but also in countries...

`The Veiled Protectorate of Kowait': Liberalized Imperialism and British Efforts to Influence Kuwaiti Domestic Policy during the Reign of Sheikh Ahmad al-Jaber, 1938-50.
April 1, 2000... British foreign policy-makers confronted a difficult quandary when in the late 1930s exportable quantities of oil were discovered in Kuwait. The discovery transformed Kuwait from an obscure corner of the British imperial map significant only...

Post-Soviet Central Asia and Post-Colonial Francophone Africa: Some Associations.
April 1, 2000... An established axiom among historians states that, to put it sharply, `there are neither similarities, nor parallels in history'. Ergo: no comparisons between different phenomena are legitimate, since any similarities can only be general, vague...

The Soviet Union and the Syrian Ba'th Regime: From Hesitation to Rapprochement.
April 1, 2000... A widespread belief among many contemporary Middle Eastern scholars is that the roots of the crisis that subsequently grew into the Six Day War lay in Syrian soil. More specifically, two major factors are said to have played a central role in...

The Turkish-Israeli Rapprochement in the Post-Cold War Era.
April 1, 2000... Turkey's relations with the Middle East have entered into a new era in the post-Cold War period. This era has been characterized by the increasing involvement of Turkey in Middle East politics. The nature of this involvement, however, has...

Rivers of Fire: The Conflict Over Water in the Middle East.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Rivers of Fire: The Conflict Over Water in the Middle East by Arnon Softer, translated by Murray Rosovsky and Nina Copaken. Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999. Pp. xiii + 273, references, index. $69.00 (cloth); $34.95 (paper). ISBN...

The Blood-Red Arab Flag: An Investigation into Qasimi Piracy 1797-1820.(Review)
April 1, 2000... The Blood-Red Arab Flag: An Investigation into Qasimi Piracy 1797-1820 by Charles E. Davies. Exeter: Exeter University Press, 1997. Pp. 464. 40.00 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-8598-9509-2. This book is a very welcome addition to the increasing...

Taha Husayn's Education: From the Azhar to the Sorbonne.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Taha Husayn's Education: From the Azhar to the Sorbonne by Abdelrashid Mahmoudi (Richmond: Curzon Press, 1998). Pp. 241, bibliography and index. 35.00 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-7007-1027-2. Probably no Arab author has been as influential in...

Middle Eastern Lectures, Number 3, 1999.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Middle Eastern Lectures, Number 3, 1999 edited by Martin Kramer Tel Aviv: Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies (distributed by Syracuse University Press, New York). Pp. 129. $14.95. Good lectures promote thought and...

The Kin Who Count: Family and Society in Ottoman Aleppo 1170-1840.(Review)
April 1, 2000... The Kin Who Count: Family and Society in Ottoman Aleppo 1170-1840 by Margaret L. Meriwether. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. Pp. ix + 278, charts, tables, index. $45.00 (cloth); $22.00 (paper). ISBN 0-292-75223-7; 0-292-75224-5. ...

Deltio Kentrou Mikrasiatikon Spoudon, Vol.12 1997-1998.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Deltio Kentrou Mikrasiatikon Spoudon, Vol.12 1997-1998. Athens: Kentro Mikrasiatikon Spoudon (Centre for Asia Minor Studies). 5,000 dr. per year (subscription). Greek-speakers, historically referring to themselves by a variety of different...

The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait: Religion, Identity and Otherness in the Analysis of War and Conflict.(Review)
April 1, 2000... The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait: Religion, Identity and Otherness in the Analysis of War and Conflict by Hamdi A. Hassan. London: Pluto, 1999. Pp. viii + 278, bibliography, index. 17.99 [pounds sterling] /$22.50 (paper). ISBN 0-7453-1411-2. ...

Romantic Communist: The Life and Word of Nazim Hikmet.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Romantic Communist: The Life and Work of Nazim Hikmet by Saime Goksu and Edward Timms, preface by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. London: Hurst & Company, 1997. Pp. 367, 32 photographs. 25.00 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1-85065-371-2. Nazim Hikmet began...

Iraqi Assyrian Christians in London.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Iraqi Assyrian Christians in London by Madawi Al-Rasheed. Lampeter: Mellen Press, Mellen Studies in Sociology, Volume 21, 1998. Pp. 272. $89.95/49.95 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-7734-8251-2. Madawi Al-Rasheed is known as a successful...

Khomeini: The Life of the Ayatollah.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Khomeini: The Life of the Ayatollah by Baqer Moin. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 1999. Pp. 368. 24.95 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1-85043-128-0. Baqer Moin's Khomeini: The Life of the Ayatollah is an excellent overview of the life, career,...

Ibn Al-Jazzar on Sexual Diseases and their Treatment.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Ibn al-Jazzar on Sexual Diseases and their Treatment, translated and edited by Gerrit bos. London and New York: Kegan Paul International, 1997. Pp.417, bibliography, index. 65.00 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-7103-0569-9. Ibn al-Jazzar was a...