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Middle East Studies Association Bulletin
Volume 33 Number 1 Summer 1999
Table of Contents
| Editorial | 1 |
| 1998 Presidential Address: “Lessons From the Eastern Shore” Philip S.Khoury | 2 |
| Turkish Urban Popular Music Martin Stokes | 10 |
| Politics, Ideology, and the Role of the Leader in the Jewish Yishuv and Young Israel Elie Podeh | 16 |
| The Information Revolution and Political Opposition in the Middle East Jerrold D. Green | 21 |
| Introducing Students to Middle East Political Activists Through the World Wide Web: One Political Scientist’s Approach Vickie Langohr | 28 |
| New Information Technology Resources on the Middle East Bruce Stanley | 32 |
| The International Encyclopedia of Dance Najwa Adra | 37 |
| Al-Urdun Al-Jadid Research Center Hani Hourani | 39 |
| 1998 Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award | 46 |
| 1998 Albert Hourani Book Award | 49 |
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Art & Art History |
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| Wijdan Ali, Modern Islamic Art (Caroline Williams) | 51 |
| Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Robert Hillenbrand & J.M. Rogers, eds., The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Persia (Sheila S.Blair) | 52 |
| William Facey, Back to Earth: Adobe Houses in Saudi Arabia (Sharon Nagy) | 53 |
| Shirley Guthrie, Arab Social Life in the Middle Ages: An Illustrated Study (Susan J. Staffa) | 53 |
| Leonard M. Helfgott, Ties That Bind: A Social History of the Iranian Carpet (Touraj Daryaee) | 54 |
| Mursi Saad el-Din, Gazbia Sirry: Lust for Color (Caroline Williams) | 56 |
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Pre-Modern History |
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| Taef Kamal el-Azhari, The Saljuqs of Syria During the Crusades (Tom Sinclair) | 57 |
| Sydney Nettleton Fisher & William Ochsenwald, The Middle East: A History (Margaret L. Venzke) | 58 |
| Daniel Goffman, Britons in the Ottoman Empire (Christine Isom-Verhaaren) | 59 |
| Gavin R.G. Hambly, ed., Women in the Medieval Islamic World: Power, Patronage, and Piety (Madeline C. Zilfi) | 60 |
| Nelly Hanna, Making Big Money in 1600: The Life and Times of Isma'il Abu Taqiyya, Egyptian Merchant (Abdul-Karim Rafeq) | 61 |
| G.R. Hawting, The History of al-Tabar : The First Civil War, From the Battle of Siffin to the Death of `Ali (Maher Jarrar) | 62 |
| Dina Rizk Khoury, State and Provincial Society in the Ottoman Empire: Mosul 1540-1834 (Ussama Makdisi) | 64 |
| Archivalien und Chroniken, Nejat Goyunc zu Ehren (Caroline G. Sawyer) | 65 |
| Havah Lazarus-Yaffe, ed., Muslim Authors on Jews and Judaism: Jews Among Their Muslim Neighbors (Sarah Stromzah) | 66 |
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Literature |
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| M. M. Badawi, ed., Modern Arabic Literature (Muhammad S. Eissa) | 67 |
| Ferdowsi, The Epic of Kings: Sha h-na ma, the National Epic of Persia (Pamela Stewart) | 68 |
| Denys Johnson-Davies, tr., Arabic Short Stories (John Verlenden) | 69 |
| Majid Naficy, Modernism and Ideology in Persian Literature (M.R. Ghanoonparvar) | 70 |
| Dwight Fletcher Reynolds, Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes: The Ethnography of Performance in an Arabic Oral Epic Tradition (Virginia Danielson) | 71 |
| Ghada Samman, Beirut '75 (Elise Salem Manganaro) | 72 |
| Bahaa' Taher, Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery (John Verlenden) | 73 |
| Warren S. Walker, A Turkish Folktale: The Art of Behcet Mahir (Caroline G. Sawyer) | 74 |
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Religion, Philosophy & Law |
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| `Abdu'l Bah , The Wisdom of the Master: The Spiritual Teachings of `Abdu'l-Bah (Juan R.I. Cole) | 75 |
| Judy Brink & Joan Mencher, eds., Mixed Blessings, Gender and Religious Fundamentalism Cross Culturally (Eleanor Abdella Doumato) | 77 |
| Wilfried Buchta, Die iranische Schia und die islamische Einheit 1979-1996 (H.E. Chehabi) | 78 |
| Ahmad S. Dallal, ed. and tr., An Islamic Response to Greek Astronomy: Kit b Ta’dil Hay’at al-Aflak of Sadr al-Shari’a (Glenn Cooper) | 79 |
| John L. Esposito & John O. Voll, Islam and Democracy (Denis J. Sullivan) | 80 |
| Mary Louise Gude, Louis Massignon (Allan Christelow) | 81 |
| Wael B. Hallaq, A History of Islamic Legal Theories: An Introduction to Sunni Usul al-Fiqh (Murteza Bedir) | 83 |
| Louis Massignon, Essay on the Origins of the Technical Language of Islamic Mysticism (Amira El-Zein) | 84 |
| Howard R. Turner, Science in Medieval Islam: An Illustrated Introduction (David C. Reisman) | 85 |
| Achmad Zaini, Kyai Haji Abdul Wahid Haysim: His Contribution to Muslim Educational Reform and Indonesian Nationalism During the Twentieth Century (R. Michael Feener) | 86 |
| Kate Zebiri, Muslims and Christians Face to Face (Patrice Brodeur) | 87 |
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Economics |
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| Arie Arnon, Israel Luski, Avia Spivak & Jimmy Weinblatt, The Palestinian Economy (Jennifer Olmsted) | 88 |
| Eltigani E. Eltigani, War and Drought in Sudan: Essays on Population Displacement (Stephen Howard) | 89 |
| Jacob Metzer, The Divided Economy of Mandatory Palestine (Sara Roy) | 90 |
| Marsha Pripstein Posusney, Labor and the State in Egypt: Workers, Unions, and Economic Restructuring (Asef Bayat) | 91 |
| Muna Qasim, Economic Reform in Egypt, the Role of Banks in Privatization, and Important Comparative Experiences (Hamdi al-Baseer) | 92 |
| Alawad Sikainga, Slaves Into Workers: Emancipation and Labor in Colonial Sudan (Robert S. Kramer ) | 94 |
| Dirk Vandewalle, ed., North Africa: Development and Reform in a Changing Global Economy (Ali Abdullatif Ahmida) | 95 |
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Anthropology, Sociology & Women’s Studies |
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| Zehra F. Arat, ed., Deconstructing Images of “The Turkish Woman” (MineEner) | 97 |
| Alison Baker, Voices of Resistance: Oral Histories of Moroccan Women (Susan Schaefer Davis) | 98 |
| Sylvia Chiffoleau, Medecines et medecins en Egypte: construction d'uneidentite professionelle et projet medical (LaVerne Kuhnke) | 99 |
| Deborah Kapchan, Gender on the Market: Moroccan Women and the Revoicing of Tradition (Sabra J. Webber). | 100 |
| Azza Karam, Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers (Islah Jad) | 101 |
| Franck Mermier, Le Cheikh de la nuit, Sana'a: organisation des souks et societe citadine (Sheila Carapico) | 102 |
| Andrea B. Rugh, Within the Circle: Parents and Children in an Arab Village (Judy Brink) | 103 |
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Modern History & Politics |
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| Robert D. Blackwill & Michael St?rmer, Allies Divided: Transatlantic Policies for the Greater Middle East (Stephen C. Pelletiere) | 105 |
| L. Carl Brown & Matthew S. Gordon, Franco-Arab Encounters: Studies in Memory of David C. Gordon (Jan Goldberg) | 106 |
| Vangelis Calotychos, Cyprus and Its People (Ozay Mehmet) | 107 |
| David Commins, Historical Dictionary of Syria (Karl K. Barbir) | 108 |
| Sabine Frank & Martina Kamp, eds., Libyen im 20. Jahrhundert. Zwischen Fremdherrschaft und nationaler Selbstbestimmung (Dirk Vandewalle) | 109 |
| Harvey E. Goldberg, ed., Sephardi and Middle Eastern Jewries: History and Culture in the Modern Era (Eliezer Bashan) | 110 |
| James Jankowski & Israel Gershoni, eds., Rethinking Nationalism in the Arab Middle East (Yousseph Choueiri) | 111 |
| Peter Nyot Kok, Governance and Conflict in the Sudan (Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban) | 112 |
| Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, Middle East Contemporary Survey (Laura Zittrain Eisenberg ) | 113 |
| Moshe Ma'oz & Ilan Pappe, Middle Eastern Politics and Ideas: A History From Within (Stephen Sheehi) | 114 |
| Azmi Ozcan, Pan-Islamism: Indian Muslims, the Ottomans and Britain (Pinaratur-VanderLippe) | 116 |
| Elie Podeh, The Quest for Hegemony in the Arab World (Fred H. Lawson) | 117 |
| Nicole & Hugh Pope, Turkey Unveiled: Ataturk and After (Howard A. Reed) | 118 |
| Aron Rodrigue, Images of Sephardi and Eastern Jewries in Transition: The Teachers of the Alliance Israelite Universelle (Kirsten Schulze) | 119 |
| Mohammed Sadiq, The Turkish Revolution: A Perspective on Ideological Change in Turkey (Mete Pamir) | 120 |
| Shimon Shamir, ed., Egypt From Monarchy to Republic: A Reassessment of Revolution and Change (Kirk J. Beattie) | 121 |
| Salahi R. Sonyel, Cyprus, The Destruction of a Republic: British Documents, 1960-1965 (Birol A. Yesilada) | 122 |
| Malcolm E. Yapp, ed., Politics and Diplomacy in Egypt: The Diaries of Sir Miles Lampson, 1935-1937 (Amy J. Johnson) | 123 |
| Okbazghi Yohannes, The United States and the Horn of Africa (MarinaOttaway) | 124 |
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Arabian, Gulf & Iranian Studies |
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| Sheila Carapico, Civil Society in Yemen. The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia (Daniel Martin Varisco) | 125 |
| Khalil Ali Haydar, The Turban and the Scepter (Hammed al-Abdullah) | 126 |
| Anders Jerichow, Saudi Arabia: Outside Global Law and Order (Robert Vitalis) | 128 |
| Habib Ladjevardi, ed., Khaterat-e Ali Amini, Nakhost Vazir-e Iran (1340-41)(David N. Yaghoubian) | 128 |
|
Habib Ladjevardi, ed., Khaterat-e Shapour Bakhtiar (Ali R. Abootalebi) |
130 |
| Farhang Mehr, A Colonial Legacy: The Dispute Over the Islands of Abu Musa, and the Greater and Lesser Tumbs (Mohammad Hemmasi) | 131 |
| Geoff Simons, The Scourging of Iraq: Sanctions, Law and Natural Justice (Abbas Alnasrawi) | 132 |
| Teresa Thornhill, Sweet Tea and Cardamom: A Journey Through Iraqi Kurdistan (Barbara Nimri Aziz) | 133 |
| Alexei Vassiliev, The History of Saudi Arabia (William Ochsenwald) | 134 |
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The Arab Israeli Conflict |
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| May Chartouni-Dubarry, ed., Le couple syro-libanais dans le processus de paix (Marie-Joelle Zahar) | 135 |
| Amos Elon, A Blood-Dimmed Tide, Dispatches From the Middle East (Esther B. Neuwirth) | 135 |
| Ronald J. Fisher, Interactive Conflict Resolution (Jay Rothman) | 136 |
| Ziva Flamhaft, Israel on the Road to Peace: Accepting the Unacceptable (Maen F. Nsour) | 137 |
| Calvin Goldscheider, Israel’s Changing Society: Population, Ethnicity, and Development (Esther Fuchs) | 139 |
| Clive Jones, Soviet Jewish Aliyah 1989-1992: Impact and Implications for Israel and the Middle East (John Bunzl) | 140 |
| Mohamed Rabie, U.S. PLO Dialogue: Secret Diplomacy andConflict Resolution (Elie Podeh) | 141 |
| Avraham Sela & Moshe Ma'oz, The PLO and Israel: From Armed Conflict to Political Solution, 1964-1994 (Glenn E. Robinson) | 142 |
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Audiovisuals |
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| Art of the Book. Persian Miniatures of the Shahnameh (Ellen-Fairbanks D. Bodman ) | 143 |
| Beyond the Veil (Herbert L. Bodman) | 144 |
| Divorce Iranian Style (Hamid Naficy) | 145 |
| How I Learned to Overcome My Fear and Love Arik Sharon (Moshe Amon) | 146 |
| 119 Bullets + Three (Moshe Amon) | 147 |
|
In Memoriam |
149 |
| JaFran Jones (Marilyn Shrude) | |
| Yedida Kalfon Stillman (Shifra Epstein and Josef Meri) | |
|
Corrections |
151 |
Cover: Yemeni Jew selling jewelry in the market north of Sa'ada, February 1987 (Photo by A.M. Lesch)
