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—. Palace of Gold & Light: Treasures from the Topkapi,
Istanbul. (Palace Arts Foundation) 183 pages, catalogue. Washington, DC:
Institute of Turkish Studies, 2001. $30.00 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-9678639-0-2
—. Center of the Storm: A Case Study of Human Rights Abuses in Hebron District. 144 pages, appendices. New York: Human Rights Watch, 2001.(PB) ISBN/ISSN 1564322602. —. The Conflict in the Middle East: Analyzing the Present, Prospects for the Future. 229 pages, preface, index. Washington, DC: The Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine, 2001. $24.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1931518378. Abouzeid, Leila. The Last Chapter. 163 pages. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2001. $17.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 977-424-588-1. Abraham, A. J. The Cross and the Crescent: An Ecumenical Perspective. 146 pages, notes, bibliography. Lima, OH: Academic Renewal Press, 2001. $27.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-7880-1685-7. Ahroni, Reuben. Jewish Emigration from the Yemen 1951-98: Carpet Without Magic. 202 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Richmond, UK: Curzon Press, 2001. $45.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-7007-1396-4. Aigle, Denise. Miracle et Karama: Hagiographies medievales comparees (Bibliotheque de l’ecole des Hautes Etudes Section des Sciences Religieu) 690 pages, bibliography, index. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2000. (PB) ISBN/ISSN 2-503-50899-5. Al-Daif, Rashid. This Side of Innocence. 152 pages. Northampton, MA: Interlink Books, 2001. $12.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-56656-383-6. Al-Hajji, Hayat Nasser. The Internal Affairs in Egypt During the Third Reign of Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad B. Qalawun, 709-741/1309-1341. 339 pages, preface, introduction, bibliography. Kuwait: Kuwait University, 2000. (PB) Al-Masar. Cultural. Vol. 1, Issue 3. 128 pages, journal. McLean, VA: Yemeni Heritage and Research Center, 2000. Al-Shahi, Ahmed, ed. Shaikhdoms of Eastern Arabia: Peter Lienhardt. (St. Antony’s Series) 257 pages. illustrations, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. New York: Palgrave, 2001. $45.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-333-94811-4. Al-Sudairi, Abdulaziz. A Vision of the Middle East: An Intellectual Biography of Albert Hourani. 221 pages, glossary, references, bibliography, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2000. $35.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-581-X. al-Zayyat, Latifa. The Open Door. 380 pages. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2001. $24.50 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 977-424-603-9. Ali, Ahmed. Al-Quran: A Contemporary Translation. 573 pages, index, index of names. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993. $18.54 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-691-07499-2. Alikhani, Hossein. Sanctioning Iran: Anatomy of a Failed Policy. 436 pages, preface, bibliography, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $95.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-626-3. Alizadeh, Parvin. The Economy of Iran: The Dilemma of an Islamic State. 303 pages, introduction,bibliography, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $65.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-464-3. Alkalesi, Yain M. Modern Iraqi Arabic: A Textbook. 272 pages, map, glossary, compact discs. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2001. $59.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-87840-788-X. Allan, Tony. The Middle East Water Question: Hydropolitics and the Global Economy. 382 pages, notes, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $59.90 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-582-8. Alsayyad, Nezar. Consuming Tradition, Manufacturing Heritage: Global Norms and Urban Forms in the Age of Tourism. 310 pages, preface, index. London: Routledge, 2001. $75.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-415-23941-9. Amanat, Abbas. The United States & the Middle East: Diplomatic and Economic Relations in Historical Perspective. 233 pages. New Haven, CT: The Yale Center for International and Area Studies, 1999. (PB) Amin, Galal. Whatever Happened to the Egyptians?: Changes in Egyptian Society from 1950 to the Present. 177 pages, introduction, notes. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2001. $16.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 977-424-559-8. Amuzegar, Jahangir. Managing the Wealth: OPEC’s Windfalls and Pitfalls. 282 pages, preface, supplement, tables, bibliography, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $24.50 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-648-4. Arif, Nasr M. Western Political Science in a Non-Western Context: Theories of Comparative Politics in the Arab Academia. 120 pages, introduction, conclusion, bibliography, index. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2000. $34.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-7618-1840-5. Austin, Jay E. and Carl E. Bruch. The Environmental Consequences of War: Legal, Economic, and Scientific Perspectives. 691 pages, illustrations, tables, foreword, index. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2001. $95.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-521-78020-9. Belev, Boyan. Forcing Freedom: Political Control of Privatization and Economic Opening in Egypt and Tunisia. 256 pages, tables, appendices, bibliography, endnotes, index. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2000. $36.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-7618-1830-8. Berkey, Jonathan P. Popular Preaching and Religious Authority in the Medieval Islamic Near East. 165 pages, notes, works cited, index. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2001. $30.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-295-98126-1. Bessis, Sophie. L’Occident et Les Autres: Histoire d’une Suprematie. 341 pages. Paris, France: Editions la Decouverte, 2001. $135.00 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 2-7071-3442-2. Bird, Christiane. Neither East Nor West: One Woman’s Journey Through the Islamic Republic of Iran. 396 pages, notes, bibliography. New York, NY: Pocket Books, 2001. $26.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-671-02755-7. Booth, Marilyn. May Her Likes Be Multiplied: Biography and Gender Politics in Egypt. 498 pages, notes, bibliography, index. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2001. $35.00 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-520-22420-5. Boyle, Susan Silsby. Betrayal of Palestine: The Story of George Antonius. 347 pages, illustrations, chronology, appendix, bibliography, index. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2001. $38.00 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0813337593. Brown, Carl L., ed. Diplomacy in the Middle East: The International Relations of Regional and Outside Powers. (The Library of International Relations) 365 pages, bibliography, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $59.50 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-640-9. Brustad, Kristen E. The Syntax of Spoken Arabic: A Comparative Study of Moroccan, Egyptian, Syrian,and Kuwaiti Dialects. 464 pages, appendices, tables, figures. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2000. $39.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-87840-789-8. Butterworth, Charles I. and I. William Zartman. Between the State and Islam. (Woodrow Wilson Center Series) 256 pages, introduction, index. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. $49.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-521-78352-6. Ceruttie, Furio and Rodolfo Ragionieri, eds. Identities and Conflicts: The Mediterranean. 179 pages, index. New York: Palgrave, 2001. $62.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-333-80091-5. Clay, Christopher. Gold for the Sultan: Western Bankers and Ottoman Finance 1856-1881. 698 pages, tables, glossary, appendices, notes, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2000. $65.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-476-7. Cobb, Paul M. White Banners: Contention in Abbasid Syria, 750-880. 228 pages, appendices, notes, indices. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2001. $19.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-7914-4880-0. Codrai, Ronald. Faces of the Emirates: A Collection of Mid-20th Century Photographs, An Arabian Album. 176 pages. Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Motivate Publishing, 2001. (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86063-120-7. Cook, Michael. Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought. 702 pages, preface, bibliography, postscript, index. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. $85.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-521-66175-9. Cooke, Miriam. Women Claim Islam: Creating Islamic Feminism Through Literature. 175 pages, introduction, index. New York: Routledge, 2001. $20.99 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-415-92554-1. Crone, Patricia and Fritz Zimmermann. The Epistle of Salim Ibn Dhakwan. (Oxford Oriental Monographs) 407 pages, appendices, bibliography, indices. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2001. $90.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-19-815265-5. Davis, Scott C. The Road from Damascus: A Journey through Syria. 368 pages, maps, illustrations, time line, credits, bibliography, index. Seattle, WA: Cune Press, 2001. $15.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-885942-53-2. Deaver, Michael V. Disarming Iraq: Monitoring Power and Resistance. 168 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2001. $62.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-275-97261-5. Dobrowolski, Jaroslaw. The Living Stones of Cairo. 120 pages, map, glossary. New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2001. $18.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 977-424-632-2. Draz, M. A. Introduction to the Qur’an. 164 pages, foreword, preface, notes, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $45.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-421-X. Dresch, Paul. A History of Modern Yemen. 285 pages, illustrations, maps, figures, appendices, glassary, chronology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2001. $59.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-521-79092-1. El Fadl, Khaled M. Abou. Conference of the Books: The Search for Beauty in Islam. 419 pages, glossary, index. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2001. $67.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-7618-1949-5. Engin, Idmail and Erhard Franz. Aleviler/Alewiten, Vol. 2: Glaube und Traditionen. (Mitteilungen 60) 320 pages, bibliography, illustrations. Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Orient-Institut, 2001. (PB) ISBN/ISSN 3-89173-061-6. Esposito, John and R. K. Ramazani, eds. Iran at the Crossroads. 248 pages, index. New York: Palgrave, 2001. $49.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-312-23816-9. Esposito, John L. and John O. Voll. Makers of Contemporary Islam. 257 pages, notes, futher reading, index. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. $17.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-19-514128-8. Ewans, Martin. Afghanistan: A New History. 239 pages, illustrations, maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. Surrey, UK: Curzon Press, 2001. $75.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-7007-1411-1. Farouk-Sluglett, Marion and Peter Sluglett. Iraq Since 1958: From Revolution to Dictatorship. 390 pages, notes, bibliography, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $24.50 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-622-0. Feldman, Shai and Yiftah Shapir, eds. The Middle East Military Balance: 2000-2001. (BCSIA Studies in International Security) 425 pages, summary, tables and charts, glossary, abbreviations. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001. $37.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-262-06219-4. Gabra, Gawdat, ed. Be Thou There: The Holy Family’s Journey in Egypt. 160 pages, map. New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2001. $39.50 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 977-424-606-3. Glosemeyer, Iris. Politische Akteure in der Republik Jemen Wahlen, Parteien und Parlamente. (Schriften des Deutschen Orient-Instituts) 237 pages, bibliography. Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Orient-Institut, 2001. (PB)ISBN/ISSN 3-89173-063-2. Goddard, Hugh. A History of Christian-Muslim Relations. 212 pages, preface, chronology, maps, index. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 2001. $16.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-56663-340-0. Griffin, Michael. Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan. 272 pages, map, chronology, notes, index. London: Pluto Press, 2001. $27.50 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-7453-1274-8. Halm, Heinz. The Fatimids and Their Traditions of Learning, Volume 2. (Ismaili Heritage Series) 112 pages, notes, bibliography, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $22.50 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-313-2. Hamza, Hani. The Northern Cemetery of Cairo. (Islamic Art and Architecture Series) 107 pages, appendix, figures, plates, bibliography. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, Inc., 2001. $49.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-56859-126-8. Hamzeh, Muna. Refugees in Our Own Land: Chronicles from a Palestinian Refugee Camp. 200 pages. Dulles, VA: Pluto Press. 2001. $25.00 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-7453-1652-2. Hansen, Birthe. Unipolarity and the Middle East. 245 pages, preface, introduction, notes, index. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2001. $59.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-312-21521-5. Hatina, Meir. Islam and Salvation in Palestine: The Islamic Jihad Movement. 180 pages, notes, appendix, bibliography, index. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University, 2001. $12.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 965-224-048-6. Hellyer, Peter and Ibrahim Al Abed, eds. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective. 320 pages, index. London: Trident Press Ltd., 2001. (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-900724-47-2. Hillenbrand, Robert, ed. Persian Painting: From the Mongols to the Qajars, Volume 3. (Pembroke Persian Papers) 331 pages, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $59.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-85043-659-2. Homayounfar, Ebrahim. Nationalization of the Iranian Oil Industry: An Intimate Recollection. 134 pages. Bethesda, MD: IBEX Publishers, 2000. $12.00 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-58814-004-0. Hovannisian, Richard G. and David N. Myers. Enlightenment and Diaspora. (The Armenian and Jewish Cases Studies in Near Eastern Culture and Society) 280 pages, contributors, index. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1999. ISBN/ISSN 0788506048. Howard, Douglas A. The History of Turkey: The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations. 272 pages, timeline, spelling and pronunciation guide, glossary, bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. $35.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-313-30708-3. Huneidi, Sarah with Walid Khalidi. A Broken Trust: Sir Herbert Samuel, Zionism and the Palestinians. 348 pages, foreword, preface, notes, appendices, bibliography, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $65.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-172-5. Hunsberger, Alice C. Nasir Khusraw: The Ruby of Badakhshan, A Portrait of the Persian Poet, Traveller and Philosopher. (The Institute of Ismaili Studies) 292 pages, illustrations, preface, chronology, map, bibliography, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $39.50 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-85043-919-2. Ibrahim, Ferhad, and Gulistan Gurbey. The Kurdish Conflict in Turkey: Obstacles and Chances for Peace and Democracy. 216 pages, introduction, appendix, chronology. New York: Palgrave, 2001. $55.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-312-23629-8. Ibrahim, Zeinab, Nagwa Kassabgy, and Sabiha Aydelott. Diversity in Language: Contrastive Studies in English and Arabic Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. 256 pages, foreword, abbreviations. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2001. $29.50 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 977-424-578-4. Ilkkaracan, Pinar, ed. Women and Sexuality in Muslim Societies. 455 pages, credits, index. Istanbul: Women for Women’s Human Rights, 2000. (PB) ISBN/ISSN 975-7014-06-0. Inamdar, Subhash C. Muhammad and the Rise of Islam: The Creation of Group Identity. 266 pages, bibliography, index. Madison, CT: International Universities Press, Inc., 2001. $40.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-887841-28-8. Tsemberis, S. J. Realpolitik in the Eastern Mediterranean (Modern Greek Research Series, no. 10) 523 pages, appendix, bibliography, index. New York: Pella Publishing, 2001. $30.00 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-918618-81-9. Issawi, Charles. Growing Up Different: Memoirs of a Middle East Scholar. 112 pages, bibliography. Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 1999. $16.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-87850-132-0. Jaimoukha, Amjad. The Circassians: A Handbook. 384 pages, foreword, maps, chronology, appendices, notes, index. New York: Palgrave, 2001. $65.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-312-23994-7. James, T. G. H. Howard Carter: The Path to Tutankhamun. 513 pages, appendices, addenda, sources and bibliography, index. New York: Palgrave, 2001. $17.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-615-8. Johnson-Davies, Denys, transl. Under the Naked Sky: Short Stories from the Arab World. 244 pages. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2001. $19.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 977-424-604-7. Karim, Karim H. The Islamic Peril: Media and Global Violence. 212 pages, preface, introduction, index, illustrations, tables, figures. Montreal: Black Rose Books, 2000. $24.99 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-55164-172-0. Karsh, Efraim. Israel: The First Hundred Years. 288 pages, abstracts. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., 2001. $57.50 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-7146-4962-7. Kay, Dalia Dassa. Beyond the Handshake: Multilateral Cooperation in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process, 1991-1996. 256 pages, preface, introduction, appendices, bibliography, index. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. $19.50 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-231-12003-6. Kechichian, Joseph A. Succession in Saudi Arabia. 287 pages, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. New York: Palgrave, 2001. $55.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-312-23880-0. Kennett, Austin. Bedouin Justice: Laws & Customs Among the Egyptian Bedouin. (The Kegan Paul Arabia Library) 158 pages, illustrations, index. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. $110.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-7103-0679-2. Khalidi, Tarif, ed. The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature. 243 pages, notes, indices. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. $22.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-674-00477-9. Kienle, Eberhard. A Grand Delusion: Democracy and Economic Reform in Egypt. (Library of Modern Middle East Studies) 274 pages, maps, notes, bibliography, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $59.50 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-441-4. Kueny, Kathryn. The Rhetoric of Sobriety: Wine in Early Islam. 179 pages, notes, bibliography, index, works quoted. New York: State University of New York Press, 2001. $18.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-7914-5054-6. Lacey, Kevin R. and Ralph M. Coury. The Arab-African and Islamic Worlds: Interdisciplinary Studies. 360 pages, introduction, index. New York: Peter Lang, 2000. $29.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-8204-42992. Lalani, Arzina R. Early Shi’I Thought: The Teaching of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir. (The Institute of Ismaili Studies) 192 pages, preface, notes bibliography, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $37.50 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-434-1. Lawson, Fred H. Why Syria Goes to War: Thirty Years of Confrontation. 222 pages, figures, tables, notes, index. New York: Cornell University Press, 1996. $35.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-8014-2373-2. Levin, Itamar. Locked Doors: The Seizure of Jewish Property in Arab Countries. 288 pages, notes, bibliography, index. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. $35.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-275-97134-1. Liel, Alon. Turkey in the Middle East: Oil, Islam, and Politics. 253 pages, bibliography, index. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001. (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-55587-909-8. Liman, Adrian Mac. Palestina: El Volcan. 188 pages, chronology, appendices. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Popular, S. A., 2001. (PB) ISBN/ISSN 84-7884-218-7. Long, Richard. Bygone Heat: Travels in the Middle East. 238 pages, notes, bibliography, index, illustrations. New York: Radcliffe Press, 2001. $49.50 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-593-3. Lovatt, Debbie, ed. Turkey Since 1970: Politics, Economics and Society. 224 pages, tables, figures, abbreviations, index. New York: Palgrave, 2001. $65.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-333-75378-X. Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce. Middle East Contemporary Survey, Volume XXII: 1998. 710 pages, preface, maps, sources, index. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2001. $99.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-8133-3883-2. Madigan, Daniel A. The Qur’an’s Self-Image: Writing and Authority in Islam’s Scripture. 236 pages, bibliography, index, figures. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001. $45.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-691-05950-0. Makris, G. P. Changing Masters: Spirit Possession and Identity Construction among Slave Descendants. (Series in Islam and Society in Africa) 432 pages, glossary, references, index. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2000. $75.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-8101-1698-7. Mango, Andrew. Ataturk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey. 666 pages, illustrations, maps, chronology, notes, bibliography, index. Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Publisher, 1999. $40.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-58567-011-1. Martin, Vanessa. Creating an Islamic State: Khomeini and the Making of a New Iran. 248 pages, introduction, notes, glossary, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2000. $65.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-418-X. Massad, Joseph A. Colonial Effects: The Making of National Identity in Jordan. 396 pages, notes, works cited, index. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. $18.50 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-231-12323-X. Meador, Betty De Shong. Inana, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna. 245 pages, foreword, notes, bibliography, index. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2000. $22.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-292-75242-3. Meho, Lokman I. and Kelly L. Maglaughlin. Kurdish Culture and Society: An Annotated Bibliography. (Bibliographies and Indexes in Ethnic Studies) 384 pages, preface, appendix, indices. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. $79.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-313-31543-4. Menocal, Maria Rosa, Raymond P. Scheindlin, and Michael Sells. The Literature of Al-Andalus. (The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature) 507 pages, index. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. $150.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-521-47159-1. Migdal, Joel S. Through the Lens of Israel: Explorations in State and Society. (SUNY Series in Israeli Studies) 237 pages, notes, bibliography, index. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2001. $19.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-7914-4986-6. Mirfendereski, Guive. A Diplomatic History of the Caspian Sea: Treaties, Diaries, and Other Stories. 261 pages, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. New York: Palgrave, 2001. $49.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-312-24005-8. Mishal, Shaul, Ranan D. Kuperman, and David Boas. Investment in Peace: The Politics of Economic Cooperation between Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority. 167 pages, bibliography, index. Portland, OR: International Specialized Book Services, Inc., 2001. $55.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-902210-88-3. Mojab, Shahrzad, ed. Women of A Non-State Nation: The Kurds. (Kurdish Studies Series 3) 265 pages. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2001. $24.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-56859-093-8. Moller, Bjorn. Oil and Water: Cooperative Security in the Persian Gulf. 345 pages, bibliography, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $65.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-625-5. Mottahedeh, Roy. Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society. 209 pages, preface, map, notes, index. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $24.50 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-181-4. Mundy, Martha, and Basim Musallam. The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East. (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications) 253 pages, illustrations, tables, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. $59.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-521-77057-2. Nasser, Christiane Dabdoub. Classic Palestinian Cookery. 224 pages, index. New York: Palgrave, 2001. $19.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-86356-548-4. Nassi, Gad. Jewish Journalism and Printing Houses in the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. 167 pages, preface, foreword, illustrations. Istanbul: Isis, 2001. (PB) ISBN/ISSN 975-428-149-1. Nielsen, Hans Chr. Korsholm and Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen. Middle Eastern Cities, 1900-1950: Public Places and Public Spheres in Transformation. (Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus I) 175 pages, introduction, foreword. Gylling, Denmark: AARHUS University Press, 2001. $39.95 (HC) ISBN 8772889063. O’Shea, Raymond. The Sand Kings of Oman: Being the Experiences of an R.A.F. officer in the little known regions. (The Kegan Paul Arabia Library) 209 pages, illustrations, maps, appendix, index. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. $110.00 (HC) ISBN 0-7103-0675-X. Olson, Robert. Turkey’s Relations with Iran, Syria, Israel, and Russia, 1991-2000: The Kurdish and Islamist Questions. (Kurdish Studies Series) 233 pages, maps, conclusion, bibliography, index. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2001. $19.95 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-568-59133-0. Oppersdorff, Mathias. Under the Spell of Arabia. 121 pages. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2001. $39.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-8156-0700-8. Ostle, Robin. Marginal Voices in Literature and Society: Individual and Society in the Mediterranean Muslim World. 214 pages. Stasbourg: European Science Foundation, 2000. (PB) ISBN/ISSN 2-9512731-1-8. Pelletiere, Stephen. Iraq and the International Oil System: Why American Went to War in the Gulf. 256 pages. Westport, CN: Praeger Publishers, 2001. $69.95 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-275-94562-6. Quandt, William B. Peace Process: American Diplomacy and The Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967. 488 pages, foreword, introduction, notes, index. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2001. $45.00 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 0-520-22515-5. Raby, Julian. Qajar Portraits: Figure Paintings from Nineteenth Century Persia. 104 pages. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001. $24.50 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-86064-542-9. Raswan, Carl S. The Black Tents of Arabia: My Life Amongst the Bedouins. 280 pages, appendices. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. $110.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-7103-0672-5. Rawan, Shir Mohammad. Moderne Massenmedien und traditionelle Kommunkation in Iran und Pakistan: Media and Political Communication, Vol. 2. 491 pages, bibliography. Hamburg, Germany: Deutsches Orient-Institut, 2000. $60.00 (PB) ISBN/ISSN 3-89173-060-8. Redford, Scott (with Timothy Beach and Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach). Landscape and the State in Medieval Anatolia: Seljuk Gardens and Pavilions of Alanya, Turkey. (BAR International Series 893) 309 pages, index, bibliography, illustrations, tables. Oxford, UK: Archaeopress, 2000. (PB) ISBN/ISSN 1-84171-095-4. Ridgeon, Lloyd, ed. Islamic Interpretations of Christianity. 255 pages, index. New York: Palgrave, 2001. $65.00 (HC) ISBN/ISSN 0-312-23854-1. Robinson, Chase F. Empire and Elites after the Muslim Conquest The Transformation of Northern Mesopotamia. 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