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The Middle East Studies Association Bulletin is a biannual publication of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc., issued in July and December. Views expressed in the Bulletin are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Association. Copyright 2003 by the Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc. Printed in the United States of America Distributed by the Cambridge University Press ISSN 0026-3184 |
Middle East Studies Association Bulletin
Volume 38 Number 1 June 2004
Table of Contents
| From the Editor’s Keyboard | 1 |
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Essays |
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2003 Presidential Address: Scholarship, Policy, Debate and conflict: Why We Study the Middle East and Why It Matters, Lisa Anderson |
2 |
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“Opening the Doors” One year Later: Reflections on the Iraq War and the Middle East Studies Community, Keith Watenpaugh |
16 |
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Iraqi Universities and Libraries: One Year After the Occupation, Hala Fattah |
24 |
| Lessons for Assistance to Iraq
Libraries Derived from Similar Efforts to Assist Bosnian Libraries after the
1992-1996 War, Jeffrey B. Spurr |
28 |
| Middle Eastern Studies in Finland, Jaakko Hameen-Anttila | 41 |
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Arabic Windows: Arabicizing Windows Applications to Read and Write Arabic, al-Husein N. Madhany |
44 |
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REVIEWS |
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| Two New Reference Works, Asma Afsaruddin | 55 |
| The Dynamics of Turkish Electoral Politics, Sahin Alpay | 57 |
| Innovations in Document Study, Linda T. Darling | 61 |
| A Decade of Israeli Studies, Hanna Herzog | 66 |
| An Arc of Islam: Real or Imagined?, Mahmood Ibrahim | 72 |
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Societies, Cultures and Traditions of the
Middle East |
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| Muhyiddin In‘Arabi, Contemplation of the Holy Mysteries and the Rising of the Divine Lights, trans. by Cecilia Twinch and Pablo Beneito (Gerald Elmore) | 75 |
| Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair, Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power (Adam Sabra) | 76 |
| Daniel Brown, A New Introduction to Islam (Khaleel Mohammed) | 78 |
| Eerik Dickinson, The Development of Sunnite Hadith Criticism: The Taqdima of Ibn Abi Hatim al-Razi (240/854-327/938) (Scott C. Lucas) | 80 |
| Carl W. Ernst and Bruce Lawrence, Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond (Qamar-ul Huda) | 81 |
| Majid Fakhry, trans. An Interpretation of the Qur’an: English Translation of the Meaning: A Bilingual Edition (A.H.Johns) | 83 |
| Jan P. Hogendijk and Abdelhamid I. Sabra, eds. The Enterprise of Science in Islam: New Perspectives (Nahyan Fancy) | 84 |
| Aaron W. Hughes, The Texture of the Divine: Imagination in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Thought (Oliver Leaman) | 86 |
| Maria Rosa Menocal. The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain (Josef W. Meri) | 88 |
| Jan Retso, The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads (Michael G. Morony) | 89 |
| Jean Richard, Frances et Orientaux dans le monde des croisades (Niall Christie) | 91 |
| Chase F. Robinson, ed. Texts, Documents and Artefacts: Islamic Studies in Honour of D.S. Richards (Li Guo) | 93 |
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Modern History and Culture |
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| George A. Bournaoutian, A Concise History of the Armenian People (From Ancient Times to the Present) (Ladis K. D. Kristof) | 96 |
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Peter Coates, Ibn ‘Arabi and Modern Thought: The History of Taking Metaphysics Seriously (Gerald Elmore) |
97 |
| Leila Tarazi Fawaz and C.A. Bayly, eds. Modernity & Culture: From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean (Ziad Fahmy) | 99 |
| Willem Floor, Safavid Government Institutions (Ernest Tucker) | 100 |
| Stephen O. Hughes, Morocco Under King Hassan (John Damis) | 101 |
| David E. Long and Bernard Reich, eds. The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa, 4th ed. (Shah M. Tarzi) | 103 |
| Eugene Rogan, ed. Outside In: On the Margins of the Modern Middle East (Stuart Schaar) | 105 |
| Miura Toru and John Edward Philips, eds. Slave Elites in the Middle East and Africa: A Comparative Study (Linda S. Northrup) | 106 |
| Nicolas Vatin and Stephane Yerasimos, Les cimetieres dans la ville: Statut, choix et organization des liex d’inhumation dans Istanbul intra muros (Bogac A. Ergene) | 107 |
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Contemporary Society, Politics and Economics |
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| Nezar Alsayyad, ed. Consuming Tradition, Manufacturing Heritage: Global Norms and Urban Forms in the Age of Tourism (Nancy E. Gallagher) | 109 |
| Saied Reza Ameli, Globalization, Americanization and British Muslim Identity (Harfiyah Haleem) | 110 |
| Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Sacrificing Truth: Archaeology and the Myth of Masada (Ze’ev Herzog) | 112 |
| John L. Esposito, What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (Alexander Kronemer) | 114 |
| Muna Hamzeh, Refugees in our Own Land: Chronicles from a Palestinian Refugee Camp in Bethlehem (Huda Amouri) | 115 |
| Franck Mermier, ed. Mondialisation et nouveaux medias dans l’espace arabe (Heidi Morrison) | 116 |
| Omid Safi, ed. Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism (Robert Rozehnal) | 118 |
| Jenny B. White, Islamist Mobilization in Turkey: A Study in Vernacular Politics (Metin Heper) | 120 |
| David J. Whittaker, ed. The Terrorism Reader, 2nd ed. (Lisa McCartan) | 121 |
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Language, Literature, Art, Architecture and Music |
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| Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al Batal and Abbas Al-Tonsi, Al-Kitaab fii Taallum al-Arabiyya; A Textbook for Arabic (Nancy Coffin) | 125 |
| Randa Ghazy, Dreaming of Palestine: A Novel of Friendship, Love and War, trans. by Marguerite Shore (Elizabeth Brownson) | 126 |
| Akel Ismail Kahera, Deconstructing the American Mosque: Space, Gender, and Aesthetics (Nancy Um) | 128 |
| Robert Ousterhout, Master Builders of Byzantium (Alison B. Snyder) | 130 |
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Films |
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| Afghan Stories and The Prayers of a Warlord (Nancy Gallagher) | 132 |
| al-Jazeera: Voice of Arabia (David Chambers) | 134 |
| Driving an Arab Street (Elizabeth Fernea) | 136 |
| Najeeb: A Persian Girl in America (Lital Levy) | 137 |
| Oil in Iraq: Curse or Blessing? (Faith Childress) | 139 |
| Rum Business (Char Simons) | 139 |
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In Memoriam |
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| Andreas Tietze (1914-2003) | 142 |
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News and Views |
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| Recent (2002 and 2003) Doctoral Degrees in Middle East Studies, prepared by Jack Foster | 145 |
| On the cover: “Saddam the Scholar,” by Keith Watenpaugh | |
