Middle Eastern Studies articles from July 1998

Middle Eastern Studies archives from July 1998

Religion and National Identity in Saudi Arabia.
July 1, 1998... Relations between state and Islam in Saudi Arabia have been intensively discussed in numerous books and articles. The role of religion as a source of legitimacy for the Saudi regime has also been investigated by various scholars. This article...

Obstacles to the Development of Capitalism: Iran in the Nineteenth Century.
July 1, 1998... A number of social and economic historians of Iran have attempted to divide Iranian history into periods and to analyse its development in terms of such historical categories as feudalism and Oriental despotism. Without joining the controversy...

After Beijing: Political Liberalization and the Women's Movement in Jordan.
July 1, 1998... The much touted `Third Wave' of democratization reportedly sweeping the Third World has not left the Middle East untouched, although its concrete effects on this region's governments have unfortunately been minimal. However, in the Middle East...

The End of Taqiyya: Reaffirming the Religious Identity of Ismailis in Shughnan, Badakhshan - Political Implications for Afghanistan.
July 1, 1998... Ismailis constitute a small religious minority community in the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. They reside primarily in Rushan, Shughnan, Ishkashim, Wakhan, Zibak and Kuran-Munjan regions. The inhabitants of these regions are predominantly...

The Marginal Role of Jerusalem in Zionist Settlement Activity Prior to the Founding of the State of Israel.
July 1, 1998... The role of Jerusalem in the settlement activity of the Zionist establishment from the beginning of the Zionist movement until the founding of the state of Israel has not been definitively researched. However, based on several studies that...

The Struggle against Jewish Immigration to Palestine.
July 1, 1998... Britain's new policy vis-a-vis Palestine on the eve of the war in Europe was clearly aimed at appeasing the Arabs. Convinced that for the Arabs, Jewish immigration formed the crux of the Palestine problem, Britain decided in 1939 to limit...

Jerusalem.(Review)
July 1, 1998... In Jerusalem, the powerful forces of religion and history have so combined as to make what in effect looks to be a `dusty hilltop town'(1) or small city, economically remarkable through time mainly as a centre for pilgrimage, a focal point for...

Lebanon's Quest: The Road to Statehood 1926-1939.(Review)
July 1, 1998... Lebanon's Quest: The Road to Statehood 1926-1939 by Meir Zamir. London: I.B. Tauris, 1997. Pp.iv + 313, notes, bibliography, index. 45.00 [pounds sterling]. Threading the labyrinth of the day-to-day politics of a country is no easy task,...

Moshe Sharett: Biography of a Political Moderate.(Review)
July 1, 1998... Moshe Sharett: Biography of a Political Moderate by Gabriel Sheffer. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Pp.xvi + 1065, bibliography, index. In the summer of 1944, around the time of the Allied landings in Normandy, Moshe Shertok (like many in...

Futile Diplomacy, Volume Three: The United Nations, the Great Powers and Middle East Peacemaking, 1948-1954.(Review)
July 1, 1998... Futile Diplomacy, Volume Three: The United Nations, the Great Powers and Middle East Peacemaking, 1948-1954 by Neil Caplan. London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1997. Pp. xxvi + 390, index. 45.00 [pounds sterling]/$59.50. In his two...

Volume Four: Operation Alpha and the Failure of Anglo-American Coercive Diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1954-1956.(Review)
July 1, 1998... Volume Four: Operation Alpha and the Failure of Anglo-American Coercive Diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1954-1956, by Neil Caplan. London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1997. Pp. xvi + 414, index. 47.50 [pounds sterling]/$59.50. In...

Fighting World War Three from the Middle East: Allied Contingency Plans, 1945-1954.(Review)
July 1, 1998... Fighting World War Three from the Middle East: Allied Contingency Plans, 1945-1954 by Michael J. Cohen. London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1997. Pp. xvi + 349, bibliography, maps, index. 37.50 [pounds sterling]/$49.50. In his two volumes...

The Persian Gulf at the Millennium: Essays in Politics, Economy, Security and Religion.(Review)
July 1, 1998... The Persian Gulf at the Millennium: Essays in Politics, Economy, Security and Religion edited by Gary G. Sick and Lawrence G. Potter. London: Macmillan, 1997. Pp. 356. 40.00 [pounds sterling]. This collection of essays aims to analyse the...

African Islam and Islam in Africa.(Rosander, Eva Evers)(Westerlund, David)(Review)
July 1, 1998... African Islam and Islam in Africa by Eva Evers Rosander and David Westerlund. Pp. 347. The dual title suggests an evolutionary approach to the subject, following much previous literature: `Islam Noir' becoming `real Islam', as in works...