Books Received for Review from the
May 2003 Newsletter

Abbas, Shemeem Burney. The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual: Devotional Practices of Pakistan and India. TX: University of Texas Press, 2002. (HB) $45.00 ISBN 0-292-70515-8

Adalian, Rouben Paul. Historical Dictionary of Armenia. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2002. (HB) $85.00 ISBN 0-8108-4337-4

Alireza, Marianne. At the Drop of a Veil. The True Story of an American Woman’s Years in a Saudi Arabian Harem. Costa Mesa: Blind Owl Press, 2002. (PB) $15.00 ISBN   1-56859-102-0

al-Khatib, Muhammad Kamil. Just Like a River. Northampton, MA: Interlink Publishing Group, 2003. (PB) $12.95 ISBN 1-56656-475-1

al-Suwaidi, Jamal S. Iran and the Gulf: A Search for Stability. New York: I.B. Tauris, 1996. (PB) $25.00 ISBN 1-86064-144-X

Altigan, Canan. Turkische Diaspora in Deutschland: Chance oder Risiko fur die deutsch-turkischen Beziehungen. Hamburg: Deutschen Orient-Instituts, 2002. (PB)   ISBN 3-89173-073-X

An-Na’im, Abdullah A. Islamic Family Law in a Changing World. A Global Resource Book. New York: Zed Books, 2002. (PB) $27.50 1-84277-093-4

Avruch, Kevin and Walter P. Zenner. Critical Essays on Israeli Society, Religion, and Government. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997. (PB) $18.95  ISBN 0-7914-3253-X

Bailey, Clinton. Bedouin Poetry from Sinai and the Negev. London: Saqi Books, 2002. (PB) $35.00 ISBN 0-86356-330-9

Bergman, Elizabeth M. Spoken Sudanese Arabic: Grammar, Dialogues, and Glossary. Springfield, VA: Dunwoody Press, 2002. (HB) $45.00 ISBN 1-881265-92-7

Casey, Ethan and Paul Hilder. Peace Fire: Fragments from the Israel-Palestine Story.  Portland, OR: International specialized Book Services, 2002. (PB) $19.95       ISBN 1-85343-5708

Cole, Juan. Sacred Space and Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi’ite Islam. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2002. (PB) $22.50 ISBN 186064-761-8

Crone, Patricia. Pre-Industrial Societies: Anatomy of the Pre-Modern World. Oxford:  OneWorld, 2003. (PB) $23.95 ISBN 1-85168-311-9

Eisenberg, Laura, Neil Caplan, Naomi B. Sokoloff, and Mohammed Abu-Nimer.    Traditions and Transitions in Israel Studies. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2003. (PB) $27.95 ISBN 0-7914-5585-8

Emadi, Hafizullah. Repression, Resistance, and Women in Afghanistan. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. (HB) $64.95 ISBN 0-275-97671-8

Erdener, Yildiray. Turkish Through Songs. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University     Turkish Studies Publications, 2001. (PB) ISBN 1-878318-15-3

Ewans, Martin. Afghanistan: A New History, 2nd Edition. London: Routledge, 2002. (HB) $65.00 ISBN 0-415-29826-1

Ezzati, A. The Spread of Islam: The Contributing Factors. London: Islamic College for Advanced Studies Press, 2002. (PB) $27.50 ISBN 1-904063-01-2

Fakhry, Majid. An Interpretation of the Qur’an: English Translation of the Meanings: A Bilingual Edition. New York: New York University Press, 2002. (HB) $25.95 ISBN   0-8147-2723-9

Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock. Remembering Childhood in the Middle East: Memoirs from a Century of Change. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. (PB) $24.95 ISBN  0-292-72547-7

Gabra, Gawdat. Coptic Monasteries: Egypt’s Monastic Art and Architecture. New York: American University in Cairo Press, 2002. (HB) $22.50 ISBN 977-424-691-8

Gupta, Suman. The Replication of Violence: Thoughts on International Terrorism and September 11, 2001.Boulder, CO: Pluto Press, 2002. (PB) $24.95 ISBN 0-7453-1952-1

Hafez, Mohammed M. Why Muslims Rebel Repression and Resistance in the Islamic World. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003. (HB) $49.95 ISBN 1-58826-124-7

Hatcher, John S. and Amrollah Hemmat. The Poetry of Tahirih. Oxford: George Ronald, 2002. (PB) $23.95 ISBN 0-85398-460-3

Hitti, Philip K. History of the Arabs, 10th Edition. New York: Palgrave, 2002. (PB) $24.95 ISBN 0-333-63142-0

Huda, Qamar-ul. Striving for Divine Union: Spiritual Exercises for Suhrawardi Sufis.   New York: Routledge, 2002. (HB) $80.00 ISBN 0-7007-1686-6

Kahera, Akel Ismail. Deconstructing the American Mosque: Space, Gender and Aesthetics. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2002. (HB) $40.00 ISBN 0-292-74344-0

Kammuna, Ibn. Al-Tanqihat fi Sharh al-Talwihat: Refinement and Commentary on Suhrawardi’s Intimations. Burlington, VT: Mazda Publishers, 2002. (PB) $55.00 ISBN 1-56859-106-3

Kusha, Hamid R. The Sacred Law of Islam. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2002. (HB) $89.95 ISBN 1-84014-729-6

Lindholm, Charles. The Islamic Middle East Tradition and Change. Portland: Blackwell Publishers, 2002. (PB) $24.95 ISBN 1-405-10146-6

Ma’oz, Moshe and Gabriel Sheffer. Middle Eastern Minorities and Diasporas. Portland: Sussex Academic Press, 2002. (HB) $69.50 ISBN 1-902210-84-0

Mehta, Sunita. Women for Afghan Women: Shattering Myths and Claiming the Furture. New York: Palgrave, 2002. (PB) $13.95 ISBN 1-4039-6017-8

Moore, Benny. The Road to Jerusalem: Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews.    New York: I.B. Tauris, 2002. (HB) $35.00 ISBN 1-86064-812-6

Nitzan, Jonathan and Shimson Bichler. The Global Political Economy of Israel. Sterling, VA: Pluto Press, 2002. (PB) $24.95 ISBN 0-7453-1675-1

Palmer, E.H. Simplified Grammar of Arabic, Persian and Hindustani. Mineola: Dover, 2002. (PB) $8.95 ISBN 0-486-42475-8

Poole, Elizabeth. Reporting Islam Media Representations and British Muslims. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2002. (PB) $19.95 ISBN 1-86064-687-5

Powers, David S. Law, Society, and Culture in the Maghrib, 1300-1500. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. (HB) $60.00 ISBN 0-521-81691-2

Radu, Michael S. Dangerous Neighborhood: Contemporary Issues in Turkey’s Foreign Relations. New Brunswick: Transaction Books, 2003. (HB) $44.95 ISBN 0-7658-0166-3

Raymond, Andre. Cairo. Cambridge, VT: Harvard University Press, 2002. (PB) $18.95 ISBN 0-674-00996-7

Raymond, Andre. Arab Cities in the Ottoman Period: Cairo, Syria and the Maghreb. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2002. (HB) $99.95 ISBN 0-86078-874-1

Retso, Jan. The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History for the Assyrians to the Umayyads. New York: Routledge, 2003. (HB) $100.00 ISBN 0-7007-1679-3

Rogan, Eugene. Outside In: On the Margins of the Modern Middle East. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2002. (HB) $65.00 ISBN 1-86064-698-0

Rubenberg, Cheryl A. Palestinian Women: Patriarchy and Resistance in the West Bank. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001. (HB) $59.95 ISBN 1-55587-956-X

Rubin, Barry. Crises in the Contemporary Persian Gulf. Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2002. (HB) $57.50 ISBN 0-7146-5267-9

Rubin, Barry. Islamic Fundamentalism in Egyptian Politics, Updated Edition. New York: Palgrave, 2002. (PB) $22.95 ISBN 1-4039-6074-7

Ryan, Curtis R. Jordan in Transition From Hussein to Abdullah. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002. (HB) $49.95 ISBN 1-58826-103-4

Said, Edward W. Reflections on Exile and Other Exiles. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002. (PB) $18.95 ISBN 0-674-00997-5

Salem, Elise. Constructing Lebanon: A Century of Literary Narratives. Gainesville:  University of Florida Press, 2003. (HB) $55.00 ISBN 0-8130-2596-6

Schroeder, Eric. Muhammed’s People: An Anthology of Muslim Civilization.   Mineola: Dover, 2002. (PB) $26.95 ISBN 0-486-42502-9

Shaffer, Brenda. Borders and Brethren: Iran and the Challenge of Azerbaijani Identity. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2002. (PB) $22.95 ISBN 0-262-69277-5

Smith, Clive. Lightning Over Yemen: A History of the Ottoman Campaign 1569-71. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2002. (HB) $65.00 ISBN 1-86064-836-3

Sprachman, Paul. Language and Culture in Persian. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers,  2002. (PB) $25.00 ISBN 1-56859-144-6

Stetkevych, Suzanne Pinckney. The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy: Myth, Gender, and Ceremony in Classic Arabic Ode. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press,  2002. (PB) $29.95 ISBN 0-253-21536-6

Stone, Russell A. and Walter P. Zenner. Critical Essays on Israeli Social Issues and Scholarship. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994. (PB) $19.95 ISBN   0-7914-1959-2

von Kugelgen, Anke. Die Legitimierung der mittelasiatischen Mangitendynaste.     Istanbul: Orient-Institut Istanbul, 2002. (PB) ISBN 3-89913-243-2

Wheeler, Brannon. Prophets in the Quran: An Introduction to the Quran and Muslim Exegesis. New York: Continuum, 2002. (PB) $24.95 ISBN 0-8264-4957-3

White, Jenny B. Islamist Mobilization in Turkey: A Study in Vernacular Politics.   Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2002. (HB) $35.00 ISBN 0-295-98223-3

White, Jon Manchip. Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt. Mineola: Dover Publications, Inc., 2002. (PB) $9.95 ISBN 0-486-42510-X

Williams, Caroline. Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide, 5th Edition. New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2002. (PB) $22.50 ISBN 977-424-695-0

Zuminna, Z. David. Islamic Legends Concerning Alexander the Great. Binghamton: Global Publications, 2001. (PB) $29.95 ISBN 1-58684-132-7