Middle Eastern Studies articles from July 2000

Middle Eastern Studies archives from July 2000

Disaggregating Turkish Citizenship and Immigration Practices.
July 1, 2000... There is a growing literature and academic interest increasingly questioning established notions of Turkish national identity and the boundaries of Turkish citizenship. The official formulation of Turkish national identity denies the existence...

Business Associations and the Representation of Business Interests in Post-war Lebanon: The Case of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists.
July 1, 2000... No studies have been done on business groups in Lebanon: their history, organization, the manner in which they articulate their demands and their relations with each other, labour and the government. This is regrettable given the historic...

At the Roots of Division: A New Perspective on Arabs and Jews, 1930-39.
July 1, 2000... In the 1930s, one of the most turbulent decades of the British presence in Palestine, many elements affected the progressively growing gap between the different communities in the country along religious and national lines. The development of...

From Poverty to Revolt: Economic Factors in the Outbreak of the 1936 Rebellion in Palestine.
July 1, 2000... In Memory of P. J. Vatikiotis Following the First World War, the League of Nations created out of the Arab provinces of the defeated Ottoman Empire a number of new states which it placed under the tutelage of the victorious allies. France...

Sir Ronald Storrs and Zion: The Dream that Turned into a Nightmare.
July 1, 2000... As far as the history of British involvement in Palestine is concerned Sir Ronald Storrs (1881-1955) is best known for his time spent as military governor of Jerusalem, in the wake of Allenby's conquest of the country in 1917 and then, after...

State--Society Relations in Nineteenth-Century Egypt: The Years of Transition, 1848-79.
July 1, 2000... One of the important ways in which Egypt was brought into the modern age was through the construction of an elaborate civil administration and the establishment of new relations between it and Egyptian society which were both exploitative and...

`Novice' or `Heaven-born' Diplomat? Lord Dufferin's Plan for a `Province of Syria': Beirut, 1860-61.
July 1, 2000... When in late October 1831 Egypt's Muhammad Ali marched his troops into the region of Syria, threatening the sovereignty of Sultan Mahmud II, reaction in London, though at first hesitant, led by mid-1833 to a clear policy in favour of the Porte....

Local Workers in Gulf Co-operation Countries: Assets or Liabilities?
July 1, 2000... The high economic growth in Arab Gulf Co-operation Countries (GCCs) during the oil boom of the 1970s and early 1980s resulted in a shortage in the number of workers needed to support the growing economy.(1) The swift transformation of the...

Indo-Jordanian Trade: Performance and Prospects.
July 1, 2000... The economic ties between India and the Arab world are well established and well documented. However the main focus has been on India's economic and trade relations with the Arab Countries of the Gulf. Yet there are other Arab countries like...

`New Wine into Old Bottles': Literature on Israel In 2000.
July 1, 2000... Israel, the Arab-Israeli conflict and associated research subjects have continued to produce a high number of publications over the past few years. Israel's fiftieth anniversary in 1998 led to an ever-greater number of new works of varying...

The Left in Iran: Illusion and Disillusion.
July 1, 2000... The Left has never held power in Iran, has never come close to holding power, even for a brief historical moment. Yet its impact on the political and intellectual history of the country has been profound. From the constitutional period, through...

The Jewish Discovery of Islam: Studies in Honor of Bernard Lewis.(Review)
July 1, 2000... The Jewish Discovery of Islam: Studies in Honor of Bernard Lewis edited by Martin Kramer. Tel Aviv: Moshe Dayan Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Tel Aviv University, 1999. Pp.viii + 311. $24.95. ISBN 965-224-040-0. This...

Kordofan Invaded, Peripheral Incorporation and Social Transformation in Islamic Africa.(Review)
July 1, 2000... Kordofan Invaded, Peripheral Incorporation and Social Transformation in Islamic Africa edited by Endre Stiansen and Michael Kevane. Leiden-Boston-Koln: Brill, 1998. Pp.x + 303, bibliography, index and illustrations. $94.00. ISBN 9004110496. ...

Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness.(Review)
July 1, 2000... Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness by Rashid Khalidi. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. Pp.xvi + 309. $42.00 (cloth); $15.50 (paper). ISBN 0-231-10514-2; 0-231-1051-0. The present book is by...

Ataturk.(Review)
July 1, 2000... Ataturk by Andrew Mango. London: John Murray, 1999. Pp.xiii + 666, index, bibliography, chronology. 30.00 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-7195-5612-0. The figure of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk dominates Turkish politics and society today as it has not...

War by Revolution: Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the Era of World War I.(Review)
July 1, 2000... War by Revolution: Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the Era of World War I by Donald M. McKale. Kent, Ohio and London: The Kent State University Press 1998. Pp.xxii + 332, bibliography, index. $39.00. ISBN 87338-602-7. The...

Sudan in Crisis: The Failure of Democracy.(Review)
July 1, 2000... Sudan in Crisis: The Failure of Democracy by G. Norman Anderson. Gainesville: University of Florida, 1999. Pp.xvii + 277, bibliography, index. 39.95 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-8130-1671-1. The book discusses central issues concerning Sudan's...

Iranian Intellectuals in the 20th Century.(Review)
July 1, 2000... Iranian Intellectuals in the 20th Century by Ali Gheissari. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998. Pp.xvi + 199, bibliography, index. $18.95 (paper). ISBN 0-292-72760-7. In recent years there has been a growing interest in the...

An Islamic Utopian: A Political Biography of Ali Shari`ati.(Review)
July 1, 2000... An Islamic Utopian: A Political Biography of Ali Shari`ati by Ali Rahnema. London: I.B. Tauris, 1998. Pp.xiii + 402, bibliography, index. 39.50 [pounds sterling] (cloth). ISBN 1-86064-118-0. In recent years there has been a growing interest...