Middle Eastern Studies articles from October 2001

Middle Eastern Studies archives from October 2001

Al-Azhar and Shari`a Courts in twentieth-century Caucasus.(University of al-Azhar)
October 1, 2001... This article discusses the influence of Islamic legal training at the University of al-Azhar on Muslim institutions and practices that emerged from the so-called movement for `Islamic revival' in the contemporary Northern Caucasus. To date it...

Nakbat Haifa: collapse and dispersion of a major Palestinian community.(Palestinian town)
October 1, 2001... The [Haifa] Arabs had neighbouring Arab states which opened their borders and doors to the refugees. Whereas the Jews had no alternative but to triumph or to die... Muhammad Nimr al-Khatib (1) From a marginal town of some 1,000 people...

Conflict and co-operation within Lebanon's business community: relations between merchants' and industrialists' associations.
October 1, 2001... International Relations scholars, and writers from a variety of disciplines, have been devoting increased attention to the subject of globalization. One feature of globalization has been the growth in the role of private capital in Third World...

Economic bases of ethnic separatism in Turkey: an evaluation of claims and counterclaims.
October 1, 2001... Chief among the claims advanced by the Kurdish secessionists in Turkey, especially by the PKK (1) as a justification for the armed separatist movement is that the Eastern (2) region has been subjected to colonial, according to some internal...

The Islamic debate about land reform in the Iranian parliament, 1981-86.
October 1, 2001... The issue of land reform divided the ruling Islamist groups in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the 1980s into two broad factions: a radical faction advocating a sweeping programme of land distribution and measures to help the poor peasants, and...

Termination of the Yom Kippur war between Israel and Syria: positions, decisions and constraints at Israel's ministerial level.(Israel-Arab War 1973)
October 1, 2001... The Yom Kippur War, also known as the October War and the Ramadan War, broke out on 6 October 1973, when Syria and Egypt staged a surprise attack against Israel on the Day of Atonement, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Israel was dragged...

British immigration policy to Palestine in the 1930s: implications for youth aliyah.
October 1, 2001... In the middle of the 1930s the conflict between the Jews and the Arabs in Palestine intensified. At the same time British policy towards the Jews in Palestine took a major turn, which was largely expressed by limiting Jewish immigration to the...

Scholarship or Propaganda: Works on Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 2001. (Review Article).
October 1, 2001... At a recent university function a colleague suggested to me after I had informed him of my chosen specialized subject that there is very little in the way of real scholarship on Israel or the Arab-Israeli conflict. Later I challenged him to...

Modernity, Power and Islam in Iran: Reflections on Some Recent Literature. (Review Article).
October 1, 2001... The Iranian revolution of 1979 was an event of immense historical significance, on a par with other great revolutionary upheavals such as those in France in 1789 and in Russia in 1917. It is, perhaps, the central event of modern Iranian history...

The Pathan Unarmed: Opposition and Memory in the North West Frontier. (Book Reviews).
October 1, 2001... The Pathan Unarmed: Opposition and Memory in the North West Frontier by Mukulika Banerjea. World Anthropology Series. Oxford: James Currey, 2000. Pp. x + 238 plates, appendices, bibliography, index. 16.95 [pounds sterling] (paper). ISBN...

Merchants, Mamluks and Murder: The Political Economy of Trade in Eighteenth Century Basra. (Book Review).
October 1, 2001... Merchants, Mamluks and Murder: The Political Economy of Trade in Eighteenth Century Basra by Thabit A.J. Abdullah. State University of New York Press, 2001. Pp. xviii + 180, bibliography, index. US$20.95 (paper). ISBN 0-7914-4808-8. These...

The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. (Book Review).
October 1, 2001... The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia by Sharaf Sabri. New Dehli: I.S. Publications, 2001. Pp. xiv + 322, bibliography, index. ISBN 81-901254-0-0. These are three very different books in terms of...

Economic Policy and Performance in the Arab World. (Book Review).
October 1, 2001... Economic Policy and Performance in the Arab World by Paul Rivlin. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2001. Pp. x + 235, bibliography, index. 41.50 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1-55587-932-2. These are three very different books in terms of their...