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Middle East Studies Association Bulletin
Volume 32 Number 2 Winter 1998
Table of Contents
| The Algerian Civil War: A Review Essay Arun Kapil | 155 |
| Labor Zionism in Cultural, Historical, and Political Perspective Esther Fuchs | 161 |
A Guide to Central Asian Music Craig Macrae |
165 |
| Western Consortium Multi-Language Conference Martha Schulte-Nafeh, Gulcon Ercetin, Karen Galindo, & Julia Gousseva | 169 |
Foundation for Iranian Studies, Dissertation of the Year Award
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175 |
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| Walter G. Andrews, Najaat Black & Mehmet Kalpakl, eds., Ottoman Lyric Poetry (Barry Tharaud | 176 |
| Georges Bohas, Matrices, etymons, racines: elements d'une theorie lexicologique du vocabulaire arabe (Mirena Mehandjiyska) | 177 |
| Issa J. Boullata & Terri DeYoung, eds., Tradition and Modernity in Arabic Literature (Michael Cooperson) | 178 |
| Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, & Abbas Al-Tonsi, Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-`Arabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic, Part Two (Taoufik Ben Amor) | 179 |
| Abd?lhakk H mid (Tarhan) & Petra De Bruijn, The Two Worlds of E ber: Western Orientated Verse Drama (Walter G. Andrews) | 180 |
| Peter Heath, The Thirsty Sword: Sirat Antar and the Arabic Popular Epic (Sabra J. Webber) | 181 |
| Peter F. Stone, The Oriental Rug Lexicon (George W. O'Bannon) | 182 |
| Sabra J. Webber, Margaret R. Lynd & Kristin Peterson, eds., Fantasy or Ethnography? Irony or Collusion in Subaltern Representation (Marwan M. Kraidy) | 183 |
| Nazik Saba Yared, Improvisations on a Missing String (Allen Hibbard)
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184 |
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| Aziz Al-Azmeh, Muslim Kingship: Power and the Sacred in Muslim, Christian, and Pagan Politics (Michael G. Morony) | 185 |
| Gh da Al-Hijj w Al-Qadd m , Book of Gifts and Rarities: Kit b al-Had y wa al-Tuhaf (Louise Marlow) | 186 |
| Muhammad Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari, The History of al-Tabari: An Annotated Translation, Vol. III (R. Michael Feener) | 187 |
| Theodore Celenko, ed., Egypt in Africa (Stuart Tyson Smith) | 188 |
| Jamsheed K. Choksy, Conflict and Cooperation: Zoroastrian Subalterns and Muslim Elites in Medieval Iranian Society (Touraj Daryaee) | 190 |
| Steven M. Epstein, Genoa and the Genoese (958-1528) (Matthew S. Gordon) | 191 |
| Martin Hinds, Studies in Early Islamic History (Brannon M. Wheeler) | 192 |
| Richard G. Hovannisian, The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times, Volume II (Kevork B. Bardakjian) | 193 |
| David Jacoby, Trade, Commodities, and Shipping in the Medieval Mediterranean (Olivia Remie Constable) | 194 |
| Ruth Lamdan, A People Unto Themselves: Jewish Women in Eretz-Israel, Syria and Egypt in the Sixteenth Century (Leah Bomstein-Makovetsky) | 195 |
| Mohammed Sharafuddin, Islam and Romantic Orientalism: Literary Encounters With the Orient (Emine ?. Evered) | 197 |
| G. Rex Smith, Studies in the Medieval History of the Yemen and South Arabia (Bernard Haykel) | 198 |
| Yasser Tabbaa, Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo (Donald J.Watts)
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199 |
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| Nasr Muhammad `Arif, Questions of Methodology in Islamic and Social Studies (Abdullah Jad Muhammad) | 201 |
| Ekemeleddin hsano lu, Osmanli Astronomi Literat?r? Tarihi (History of Astronomy Literature During the Ottoman Period) (George Saliba) | 203 |
| Benjamin Z. Kedar & R.J. Zwi Werblowsky, eds., Sacred Space: Shrine, City, Land (Kyle T. Evered) | 204 |
| Theodore Hall Partrick, Traditional Egyptian Christianity: A History of the Coptic Orthodox Church (Birger A. Pearson) | 205 |
| John Renard, Seven Doors to Islam: Spirituality and the Religious Life of Muslims (Shahzad Bashir) | 206 |
| Steve Vertovec & Ceri Peach, eds., Islam in Europe: The Politics of Religion and
Community (Lauren Basson)
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207 |
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| Michael E. Bonine, ed., Population, Poverty, and Politics in Middle Eastern Cities (Robin Barlow) | 208 |
| Iliya Harik, Economic Policy Reform in Egypt (Samira Salem) | 209 |
| Terry Lynn Karl, The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and Petro-States (David Waldner) | 210 |
| Paul W. T. Kingston, Britain and the Politics of Modernization in the Middle East, 1945 1958 (Ahmed H. Ibrahim) | 212 |
| Robert L. Tignor, Capitalism and Nationalism at the End of Empire: State and Business
in Decolonizing Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya (Peter Gran)
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213 |
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| Mahnaz Afkhami & Erika Friedl, eds., Muslim Women and the Politics of Participation: Implementing the Beijing Platform (Val Moghadam) | 214 |
| Barbara Aswad & Barbara Bilge, eds., Family and Gender Among the American Muslims (Ayad Al-Qazzaz) | 215 |
| Judith Caesar, Crossing Borders: An American Woman in the Middle East (James & Deborah Fine) | 216 |
Frank Henderson Stewart, Honor (Paul Dresch)
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217 |
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Alef Publishing Company, Mideast Mirror (Glenn E. Robinson) |
219 |
Anthony H. Cordesman & Ahmed S. Hashim, Iraq: Sanctions and Beyond (Fred Feer) |
220 |
Scott W. Hibbard & David Little, Islamic Activism and U.S. Foreign Policy (Robert Looney) |
221 |
E.G.H. Joffe, M.J. Hachemi & E.W. Watkins, eds.,
Yemen Today: Crisis and Solutions |
222 |
| Eric Mercier, Aden: un parcours interrompu (Noha Sadek) | 223 |
| Beatrice Nicolini, Island of Zanzibar: History and Strategy in the Indian Ocean (1799-1856) (Scott S. Reese) | 224 |
| Carol J. Riphenburg, Oman: Political Development in a Changing World (Dawn Chatty) | 225 |
| Paul Salem, ed., Conflict Resolution in the Arab World (As`ad AbuKhalil) | 226 |
| Bonnie F. Saunders, The United States and Arab Nationalism: The Syrian Case, 1953 1960 (Brice Harris) | 227 |
| Gary G. Sick & Lawrence G. Potter, The Persian Gulf at the Millennium: Essays in Politics, Economy, Security, and Religion (Farjang Rajaee) | 228 |
| Hani A.Z. Yamani, To Be a Saudi (David E. Long) | 229 |
| Mustafa Abdulghani, Ahmad Baha al-Din: A National Biography (Hani Labib) | 230 |
| Zeynep Celik, Urban Forms and Colonial Confrontations: Algiers Under French Rule (John P. Entelis) | 232 |
| Mansour O. El-Kikhia, Libya's Qaddafi: The Politics of Contradiction (Ronald Bruce St. John) | 233 |
| John P. Entelis, ed., Islam, Democracy, and the State of North Africa (Ronald Bruce St. John) | 234 |
| Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, ed., Against Islamic Extremism: The Writings of Muhammad Sa`id al-`Ashmawy (Jeffrey T. Kenney) | 235 |
| Mohamed Elhachmi Hamdi, The Making of an Islamic Political Leader: Conversations With Hasan al-Turabi (Ann M. Lesch) | 237 |
| Sonja Hegasy, Staat, ?ffentlichkeit und Zivilgesellschaft in Marokko: Die Potentiale der sozio-kulturellen Opposition (Thomas Phillip) | 238 |
| Michel Le Gall & Kenneth Perkins, eds., The Maghrib in Question: Essays in History & Historiography (Ronald Bruce St. John) | 239 |
| Anthony G. Pazzanita & Tony Hodges, The Historical Dictionary of Western Sahara, Second Edition (John Damis) | 240 |
| David Sagiv, Fundamentalism and Intellectuals in Egypt, 1973 1993 (Jan Goldberg) | 241 |
| Abdel Salam Sidahmed, Politics and Islam in Contemporary Sudan (Richard Lobban) | 242 |
| Dirk Vandewalle, ed., Qadhafi's Libya, 1969 1994 (Ali Abdullatif Ahmida)
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243 |
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| Akbar S. Ahmed, Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin (Vali Nasr) | 244 |
| Edward A. Allworth, ed., The Tatars of Crimea Return to the Homeland: Studies and Documents (Kyle T. Evered) | 245 |
| Glenn E. Curtis, ed., Kazakstan, Kyrgyztan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: Country Studies (Vernon James Schubel) | 246 |
| Ralph H. Magnus & Eden Naby, Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, and Mujahid (Marvin G. Weinbaum) | 247 |
| Justin McCarthy, The Ottoman Turks, An Introductory History to 1923 (Selim Deringil) | 248 |
| Muhammad Nuraldin, Turkey During the Time of Change: Anxiety About Identity and the Struggle Over Choices (A'qeel Sa'd Mahfudh) | 250 |
| Robert Olson, The Kurdish Question and Turkish Iranian Relations: From World War I to 1998 (Nader Entessar) | 252 |
| Riccardo Radaelli The Father's Bow. The Khanate of Kalat and British India (19th 20th century) (Beatrice Nicolini) | 253 |
| Minna Rozen, ed., Days of the Crescent: Chapters in the History of the Jews in the
Ottoman Empire (Shimon Shwartzfucks)
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254 |
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| Bahman Baktiari, Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics (Ali Mirsepassi) | 256 |
| Desmond Harney, The King and the Priest, An Eyewitness Account of the Iranian Revolution (Homa Katouzian) | 257 |
| Mary Ann Heiss, Empire and Nationhood: The United States, Great Britain, and Iranian Oil, 1950 1954 (Kamran M. Dadkhah) | 258 |
| Saeed Rahnema & Sohrab Behdad, eds., Iran After the Revolution: Crisis of an Islamic State (Houchang Hassan-Yari) | 259 |
| Asghar Schirazi, The Constitution of Iran: Politics and the State in the Islamic Republic (Mehrzad Boroujerdi) | 260 |
| Abbas Khamah Yar, Iran and the Muslim Brothers: A Study of the Factors of Agreement
and Difference (Jihad Al-Ghasini)
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261 |
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| Saleh Abdel-Jawad, ed., Toward a Palestinian Strategy for Jerusalem (Fouad Moughrabi) | 263 |
| Mordechai Bar-on, In Pursuit of Peace: A History of the Israeli Peace Movement (John Bunzl) | 264 |
| Yoav Gelber, Jewish-Transjordanian Relations (Adam Garfinkle) | 265 |
| Shafeeq N. Ghabra, Israel and the Arabs! From the Struggle Over Issues to the Peace of Interests (Bassel F. Salloukh) | 266 |
| Anthony Gorst & Lewis Johnman, The Suez Crisis (Elie Podeh) | 268 |
| Eunice and John C. Holliday, eds., Letters From Jerusalem During the Palestine Mandate (Issa Khalaf) | 269 |
| Edward Keith-Roach, Pasha of Jerusalem: Memoirs of a District Commissioner Under the British Mandate (Jane Power) | 270 |
| Rashid Khalidi, Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness (As'ad AbuKhalil) | 271 |
| Bassma Kodmani-Darwish, La diaspora palestinienne (Rex Byrnen) | 272 |
| David Kushner, A Governor in Jerusalem: The City and Province Through the Eyes of Ali Ekram Bey, 1906 1908 (Ruth Kark) | 273 |
| Frederick A. Lazin & Gregory S. Mahler, eds., Israel in the Nineties: Development and Conflict (William M. Brinner) | 275 |
| Raja Shehadeh, From Occupation to Interim Accords: Israel and the Palestinian
Territories (and) Anis Kassim, The Palestine Yearbook of International Law (Ilan Peleg)
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276 |
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| Al-Nakba: Palestinian Catastrophe of 1948 (William C. Young) | 277 |
| Checkpoint: The Palestinians After Oslo; People and the Land;You, Me, Jerusalem (Vernon Egger) | 278 |
| Community (Dmia Mahnaz Siddiqi) | 280 |
| Last Jews in Yemen: The People of the Bible (Thomas B. Stevenson) | 281 |
| Still Ready: Three Women From the Moroccan Resistance (Henry Munson) | 282 |
| Traditional World of Islam Series (Ellen-Fairbanks D. Bodman) | 283 |
| Whether Good or Bad, Arabesque is the Fad (Anne K. Rasmussen) | 284 |
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286 |
| Ahmad Mustafa Abu Hakima | |
| David Ayalon | |
| Norman Calder | |
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Cover: Market north of Sa'ada, Yemen, February 1987 (Photo by A.M. Lesch)
