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Middle East Studies Association Bulletin
Volume 33 Number 2 Winter 1999
Table of Contents
| Editorial | 153 |
| The Roots of Zionist Culture Baruch Kimmerling | 154 |
| Suspicion and Fear of Dominance: Possible Outcomes of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process Ahmad S. Moussalli | 160 |
| The Changing Face of Medieval Near Eastern Studies: Challenges and Strategies Josef W. Meri | 164 |
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BOOK REVIEWS |
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Language and Literature |
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| Abdul Wahab al-Bayati, Love, Death & Exile (Clarissa Burt) | 169 |
| S. A. Bonebakker & Michael Fishbein, eds., A Reader of Classical Arabic Literature (Roger Allen) | 170 |
| Mahmoud Darwish, Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 (Clarissa Burt) | 171 |
| Terri DeYoung, Placing the Poet: Badr Shakir al-Sayyab and Post colonial Iraq (Ferial J. Ghazoul) | 172 |
| Ferial Ghazoul & John Verlenden, Quartet of Joy: Poems by Muhammed Afifi Matar (Yahya Frederickson) | 174 |
| Mai Ghoussoub, Leaving Beirut: Women and the Wars Within (Miriam Cooke) | 175 |
| Nawal El Saadawi, The Nawal El Saadawi Reader (Mary Johnson Osirim) | 176 |
| Persis M. Karim & Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami, A World Between: Poems, Short Stories and Essays by Iranian Americans (Dick Davis) | 178 |
| Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Recasting Persian Poetry: Scenarios of Poetic Modernity in Iran (Zjaleh Hajibashi) | 179 |
| Matti Moosa, The Origins of Modern Arabic Fiction (Samah Selim) | 180 |
| Karin C. Ryding, ed., Early Medieval Arabic: Studies on al-Khalîl ibn Ahmad (Hilary Kilpatrick) | 182 |
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Religion, Philosophy & Law |
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| Imad-Ad-Dean Ahmed & Ahmed Yousef, eds., Islam and the West: A Dialog (Abdullah Al-Faqih) | 183 |
| Suliman Bashear, Arabs and Others in Early Islam (Paula Sanders) | 184 |
| Sebastian P. Brock & Susan Ashbrook Harvey, trans., Holy Women of the Syrian Orient (Marlis J. Saleh) | 185 |
| Arthur F. Buehler, Sufi Heirs of the Prophet: The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh (Dina Le Gall) | 186 |
| Abraham Halkin, trans., Epistles of Maimonides: Crisis and Leadership (Josef W. Meri) | 187 |
| Fereydoun Hoveyda, The Broken Crescent: The "Threat" of Militant Islamic Fundamentalism (Farhang Rouhani) | 189 |
| Charles Kurzman, ed., Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook (Robert D. Lee) | 190 |
| Ella Landau-Tasseron, trans., The History of al-Tabarî: Biographies of the Prophet’s Companions and Their Successors (Asma Afsaruddin) | 191 |
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Archaeology and the Classic World |
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| David Graf, Rome and the Arabian Frontier: From the Nabataeans to the Saracens (Robert E. Schick) | 192 |
| T. G. H. James, A Short History of Ancient Egypt from Predynastic to Roman Times (Victoria Erhart) | 194 |
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Pre-Modern History |
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| Dionisius A. Agiius & Ian Richard Netton, eds., Across the Mediterranean Frontiers: Trade, Politics and Religion, 650-1450 (Deborah Allison Kaye) | 196 |
| Shlomo Deshen & Walter P. Zenner, Jews Among Muslims: Communities in the Precolonial Middle East (Deborah Wheeler) | 197 |
| Miriam Hoexter, Endowments, Rulers, and Community: Waqf al-Haramayn in Ottoman Algiers (Mine Ener) | 198 |
| Hugh Kennedy, Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus (Jane Arons) | 200 |
| Jonathan N. Lipman, Familiar Strangers: A History of Muslims in Northwest China (Kathryn Libal) | 201 |
| Thomas Philipp & Ulrich Haarmann, eds. The Mamluks in Egyptian Politics and Society (Leonor Fernandes) | 202 |
| Ayman Fuad Sayyid, La capitale de l’Égypte jusqu’à l’époque fatimide, al-Qahira et al-Fustat. Essai de réconstitution topographique (Gladys Frantz-Murphy) | 204 |
| Desmond Stewart, Great Cairo: Mother of the World (Ethel Sara Wolper) | 205 |
| Daniel Martin Varisco, Medieval Folk Astronomy and Agriculture in Arabia and the Yemen (William F. Tucker) | 206 |
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Modern History |
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| Michael J. Cohen & Martin Kolinsky, eds., Demise of the British Empire in the Middle East: Britain’s Response to Nationalist Movements (Paul Kingston) | 207 |
| Selim Deringil, The Well-Protected Domains: Ideology and the Legitimation of Power in the Ottoman Empire, 1878-1909 (Mahmoud Haddad) | 208 |
| Ivor Lucas, A Road to Damascus: Mainly Diplomatic Memoirs from the Middle East (Ralph H. Magnus) | 210 |
| Martin Stone, The Agony of Algeria (Azzedine Layachi) | 211 |
| Stephen Ely Tabachnik, T. E. Lawrence Revised (Timothy Warren) | 212 |
| Mohamed Tozy, Monarchie et Islam politique au Maroc (John P. Entelis) | 213 |
| Fred Wehling, Irresolute Princes: Kremlin Decision Making in Middle East Crises, 1967-1973 (Bill Miller) | 215 |
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Modern Politics |
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| Latif Abdul-Husn, The Lebanese Conflict: Looking Inward (Gerges Corm) | 216 |
| Musa S. Braizat, The Jordanian-Palestinian Relationship: The Bankruptcy of the Confederal Idea (Marc Lynch) | 217 |
| Andrew Davison, Secularism and Revivalism in Turkey: A Hermeneutic (Dane Kusiæ) | 219 |
| Jama Mohamed Ghalib, The Cost of Dictatorship: The Somali Experience (Lee Cassanelli) | 220 |
| Steven Greffenius, The Logic of Conflict: Making War and Peace in the Middle East (Stuart Gottlieb) | 221 |
| Mohamed Elhachmi Hamdi, The Politicisation of Islam: A Case Study of Tunisia (Stephen J. King) | 223 |
| Ole Hoiris & Sefa Martin Yurukel, eds., Contrasts and Solutions in the Middle East (Alev Çýnar) | 224 |
| Efraim Inbar & Shmuel Sandler, eds., Middle Eastern Security: Prospects for an Arms Control Regime (Houchang Hassan-Yari) | 225 |
| Jamil E. Jreisat, Politics Without Process: Administering Development in the Arab World (Bruce Stanley) | 226 |
| David W. Lesch, ed., The Middle East and the United States: A Political Reassessment (Michael Barnett) | 228 |
| David Menashri, ed., Central Asia Meets the Middle East (Kyle T. Evered) | 229 |
| Peter Adwok Nyaba, The Politics of Liberation in South Sudan: An Insider’s View (Ann M. Lesch) | 230 |
| Nazih Richani, Dilemmas of Democracy and Political Parties in Sectarian Societies: The Case of the PSP in Lebanon (Clovis Maksoud) | 231 |
| Libby Rittenberg, ed., The Political Economy of Turkey in the Post-Soviet Era: Going West and Looking East? (Bülent Uyar) | 233 |
| Jamal S. al-Suwaidi, Iran and the Gulf: A Search for Stability (Talal S. Hattar) | 234 |
| A. Reza Sheikholeslami, The Structure of Central Authority in Qajar Iran, 1871-1896 (Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi) | 236 |
| David Wurmer, Tyranny’s Ally (Daniel Byman) | 237 |
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Israel & the Arab World |
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| Michael T. Benson, Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel (David Waldner) | 238 |
| John Bunzl, Between Vienna and Jerusalem: Reflections and Polemics on Austria, Israel, and Palestine (Edwin R. Micewski) | 239 |
| Yair Evron, Israel’s Nuclear Dilemma (Rolin G. Mainuddin) | 241 |
| Hillel Frisch, Countdown to Statehood: Palestinian State Formation in the West Bank and Gaza (Glenn E. Robinson) | 242 |
| Yaacov Iram & Mirjam Schmida, The Educational System of Israel: Contributions to the Study of Education (Maureen Ann Hogan) | 243 |
| Victor Israelyan, Inside the Kremlin During the Yom Kippur War (Oles M. Smolansky) | 245 |
| Efraim Karsh, ed., Between War and Peace: Dilemmas of Israeli Security (Abdelwahab Hechiche) | 246 |
| Zach Levey, Israel and the Western Powers, 1952-1960 (Richard B. Parker) | 247 |
| Yoram Meital, Egypt’s Struggle for Peace: Continuity and Change, 1967-1977 (Joel Gordon) | 249 |
| Susan Slyomovics, The Object of Memory: Arab and Jew Narrate the Palestinian Village (Shira Robinson) | 250 |
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| Nasrine Abou-Bakre Gross, Qassarikh-e Malalay or Khaterat-e Awaleen Leessa-ye Dokhtaran-e Afghanistan (Khatera Habibzai) | 251 |
| Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, In Search of Islamic Feminism: One Woman’s Global Journey (Cecelia Hitte) | 252 |
| Yvonne Hazbek Haddad & John L. Esposito, Islam, Gender and Social Change (Elizabeth W. Fernea) | 253 |
| Homa Hoodfar, Between Marriage and the Market: Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo (Dina M. Siddiqi) | 255 |
| Haifaa A. Jawad, The Rights of Women in Islam: An Authentic Approach (Ann Elizabeth Mayer) | 256 |
| Valentine M. Moghadam, Women, Work, and Economic Reform in the Middle East and North Africa (Nahid Aslanbeigui) | 257 |
| Elizabeth Özdalga, The Veiling Issue, Official Secularism and Popular Islam in Modern Turkey (Zehra Gülbahar) | 259 |
| Ghada Hashem Talhami, The Mobilization of Muslim Women in Egypt (Marilyn Booth) | 260 |
| Judith Tucker, ed., Arab Women: Old Boundaries, New Frontiers (Shiva Balaghi) | 261 |
| Coping with Dynamics of Culture and Change: Sudanese Refugees in East Africa and Internally Displaced Persons in Southern Sudan (Ann M. Lesch) | 263 |
| Islam & Equality: Debating the Future of Women’s and Minority Rights in the Middle East and North Africa (Ann Elizabeth Mayer) | 264 |
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Fouad Ajami, The Dream Palace of the Arabs: A Generation’s Odyssey (Denis J. Sullivan) |
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| miriam cooke, Women and the War Story (Susan Slyomovics) | 266 |
| Ali Gheissari, Iranian Intellectuals in the 20th Century (Negin Nabavi) | 268 |
| Martin Kramer, ed., Middle East Lectures II (Robert Looney) | 269 |
| Thomas E. Mathews & Roger S. Wieck, eds., Treasures in Heaven: Armenian Art, Religion, and Society (Stephen H. Rapp, Jr.) | 270 |
| Nissim Rejwan, Arabs Face the Modern World (Nada Saab) | 271 |
| Gregory Starrett, Putting Islam to Work: Education, Politics, and Religious Transformation in Egypt (Lisa Pollard) | 272 |
| Linda S. Walbridge, Without Forgetting the Imam: Lebanese Shicism in an American Community (Rula Abisaab) | 274 |
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| Jeff Albert, Magnus Bernhardsson, & Roger Kenna, eds, Transformations of Middle Eastern Natural Environments: Legacies and Lessons (John Kolars) | 276 |
| J. A. Allan & Chibli Mallat, eds., Water in the Middle East: Legal, Political, and Commercial Implications (Alwyn R. Rouyer) | 277 |
| Sharif S. Elmusa, Water Conflict: Economics, Politics, Law and the Palestinian-Israeli Water Resources (Miriam R. Lowi) | 278 |
| Susan H. Lees, The Political Ecology of the Water Crisis in Israel (Sarah P. Voll) | 279 |
| Miriam R. Lowi, Water and Power: The Politics of a Scarce Resource in the Jordan Basin (Sharif S. Elmusa) | 281 |
| Greg Shapland, Rivers of Discord: International Water Disputes in the Middle East (Hilal Elver) | 282 |
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Resources |
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| Dilip Hiro, Dictionary of the Middle East (Malek Abisaab) | 283 |
| Eden Naby & Michael E. Hopper, eds., The Assyrian Experience: Sources for the Study of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Holdings of the Harvard University Libraries (Bruce Masters) | 284 |
| Ronald Bruce St. John, Historical Dictionary of Libya, Third Edition (Dirk Vandewalle) | 285 |
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Audiovisuals |
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| Celebrating the Prophet in the Remembrance of God: Sufi Dhikr in Egypt (Christopher S. Taylor) | 287 |
| Mahmud Darwich: As the Land is the Language (Miriam Cooke) | 288 |
| Makolet (Grocery Store) (Dianne Lynn Chidester) | 289 |
| Water for Arid Regions: Caring for Our Vital Resources (Ellen-Fairbanks Bodman) | 290 |
| Mahmud Darwich: As the Land is the Language (Louisa Moffit) | 291 |
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| Eqbal
Ahmad (Ahmad Dallal) Ulrich Haarmann (Bruce D. Craig) |
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Cover:
Fountain in a public garden in Abu Dhabi, June 1994 (Photo by A. M. Lesch)
