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Abadi, Jacob. Israel’s Leadership: From Utopia to Crisis. (Contributions to the Study of World History, Number 40) 199 Pages, Glossary, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993. $55.00 (Cloth). isbn 0-313-27515-7 Ahrari, M.E. & James H. Noyes, eds. The Persian Gulf After the Cold War. 242 Pages, Maps, Tables, Appendices, Selected Bibliography, Index. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993. $57.95 (Cloth). isbn 0-275-94457-3 Beard, Michael & Adnan Haydar, eds. Naguib Mahfouz: From Regional Fame to Global Recognition. (Mohamed El-Hindi Series on Arab Culture and Islamic Civilization) 208 Pages, Notes, Bibliography, Index, Map. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1993. $32.50 (Cloth). isbn 0-8156-2567-7 Ben-Zvi, Abraham. The United States and Israel: The Limits of the Special Relationship. 312 Pages, Illustrations, Selected Bibliography, Notes, Index. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993. $35.00 (Cloth). isbn 0-231-08184-7 Bierbrier, Morris. The Tomb-Builders of the Pharaohs. 160 Pages, Photos, Maps, Illustrations, List of Kings, Bibliography, Index. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1993. $15.00 (Paper). isbn 977-424-210-6 Burns, Ross. Monuments of Syria: An Historical Guide. 297 Pages, Maps, Plans, Photos, Glossary, Chronology, Bibliography, Index. New York: New York University Press, 1993. $95.00 (Cloth). isbn 0-8147-1200-2 Butterworth, Charles E. & Blake Andr‚e Kessel. The Introduction of Arabic Philosophy into Europe. 149 Pages, Preface by Mohamed Nadir Aziza,. Leiden & New York: E.J. Brill, 1994. Gld95.00 (Cloth). isbn 90-04-09842-9 Caplan, Neil. The Lausanne Conference, 1949: A Case Study in Middle East Peacemaking. (The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern & African Studies) 178 Pages, Sources and Bibliography, Index. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University, 1993. $9.95 (Paper). isbn 965-224-013-3 Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh. Persian Myths. (The Legendary Past Series) 80 Pages, Map, Photos, Index. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1993. $9.95 (Paper). isbn 0-292-71158-1 Daniel, Norman. Islam and the West: The Making of an Image. 467 Pages, Appendices, Notes, Bibliograhy, Index. Oxford: Oneword Publications, 1993. $33.95 (Cloth). isbn 1-85168-043-8 Faris, Mohamed A. & Mahmood Hasan Khan, eds. Sustainable Agriculture in Egypt. 271 Pages, Tables, Figures, Conference Participants, Index. Boulder & London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993. $38.00 (Cloth). isbn 1-55587-370-7 Frenkel, Erwin. The Press and Politics in Israel: The Jerusalem Post from 1932 to the Present. (Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications, Number 44) 186 Pages, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993. $55.00 (Cloth). isbn 0-313-28957-3 Fried, Edward R. & Philip H. Trezise. Oil Security: Retrospect and Prospect. 88 Pages, Foreword by Bruce K. MacLaury, Tables, Figures. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1993. $8.95 (Paper). isbn 0-8157-2979-0 Frye, Richard N. The Heritage of Persia. (Bibliotheca Iranica Reprint Series No. 1) 330 Pages, Maps, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 1993. $14.00 (Paper). isbn 1-56859-008-3 Gyselen, Rika, ed. Circulation des Monnaies, des Marchandises et des Biens. (Res Orientales V) 187 Pages, Figures, Maps. Leuven, Belgium: Peeters Press, 1993. BEF1800 (Paper). isbn 1142-2831 Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck. ed. The Muslims of America. (Religion in America Series) 249 Pages, Tables, Figures. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. $15.95 (Paper). isbn 0-19-508559-0 Hollis, Rosemary, ed. The Soviets, Their Successors and the Middle East: Turning Point. (RUSI Defence Studies Series) 206 Pages, Foreword by Sir Harold Walker, Maps, Index. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. $59.95 (Cloth). isbn 0-312-09995-9 Kechichian, Joseph A. Political Dynamics and Security in the Arabian Pennisula Through the 1990s. 125 Pages, Figures, Bibliography. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 1993. (Paper). isbn 0-8330-1353-x Kelly, Ron & Jonathan Friedlander, eds., Anita Colby, associate
editor. Irangeles: Iranians in Los Angeles. 393 Pages, Figures Kostiner, Joseph. The Making of Saudi Arabia 1916-1936: From Chieftaincy to Monarchical State. (Studies in Middle Eastern History) 259 Pages, Appendices, Notes, Bibliography. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. $39.95 (Cloth). isbn 0-19507440-8 Koprulu, Mehmed Fuad. Islam in Anatolia after the Turkish Invasion (Prolegomena). 141 Pages, Translated, Edited and with an Introduction by Gary Leiser, M. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1993. $25.00 (Cloth). isbn 0-87480-428-0 Lederman, Jim. Battle Lines: The American Media and the Intifada. 342 Pages, Index. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993. $15.95 (Paper). isbn 0-8133-1995-1 Lustick, Ian S. Unsettled States Disputed Lands: Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank. (The Wilder House Series in Politics, History, and Culture) 576 Pages, Figures, Notes, Index. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1993. $37.50 (Cloth). isbn 0-8014-2840-8 Mallat, Chibli. The renewal of Islamic law: Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr, Najaf and the Shi'i International. (Cambridge Middle East Library: 29) 245 Pages, Notes, Bibliography, Index. London: Cambridge University Press, 1993. $54.95 (Cloth). isbn 0-521-43319-3 Marr, Phebe & William Lewis, eds. Riding the Tiger: The Middle East Challenge after the Cold War. 253 Pages, Maps, Tables, Notes, Index. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993. $55.00 (Cloth). isbn 0-8133-8479-6 Metz, Helen Chapin, ed. Saudi Arabia: a country study, 5th edition. (Area Handbook Series) 354 Pages, Forward by Louis R. Mortimer. Maps, Figures, Photographs. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1993. (Cloth). isbn 0-8444-0791-7 Nonneman, Gerd, ed. The Middle East and Europe: The Search for Stability and Integration. 305 Pages, Tables, Figures, Maps, Appendix. London: The Federal Trust for Education and Research, 1993. œ30.00 (Paper). isbn 0-90157341-8 Overby, Paul. Holy Blood: An Inside View of the Afghan War. 230 Pages, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1993. $55.00 (Cloth). isbn 0-275-94622-3 Pelcovits, Nathan A. The Long Armistice: UN Peacekeeping and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948-1960. 264 Pages, Forward by Samuel W. Lewis, Maps, Notes, Index. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993. $59.95 (Cloth). isbn 0-8133-8483-4 Perennes, Jean-Jacques. L'eau et les hommes au Maghreb: Contribution d'une politique de l'eau Mediterranee. 646 Pages, Tables, Figures, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. Paris: Editions Karthala, 1993. (Paper). isbn 2-86537-357-6 Roded, Ruth. Women in Islamic Biographical Collections: From Ibn Sa`d to Who's Who. 157 Pages, Table, Biographical Collections, Bibliography, Index. Boulder & London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993. 32.00 (Cloth). isbn 1-55587-442-8 Saad El-Din, Morsi, Gamal Mokhtar, Mostafa El-Abbadi & Abdel Azim. Alexandria: the Site & the History. 126 Pages, Forward by Alsayed Ismail Algawsaky. 58 Photographs. New York & London: New York University Press, 1993. $35.00 (Cloth). isbn 0-8147-7986-7 Schirazi, Asghar (Translated by P.J. Ziess-Lawrence). Islamic Development Policy: The Agrarian Question in Iran. 347 Pages, Chronologies, Tables, Bibliography, Index. Boulder & London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993. $38.00 (Cloth). isbn 1-55587-426-6 Spectorsky, Susan A., trans. with intro. & Notes. Chapters on Marriage and Divorce: Responses of Ibn Hanbal and Ibn Rahwayh. 278 Pages, Appendix with Notes, Works Cited, Indices, Glossary. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1993. US$40.00 (Cloth). isbn 0-292-77668-3 Stauth, Georg. Islam und westlicher Rationalismus: Der Beitrag des
Orientalismus zur Entstehung der Soziologie. 242 Pages, Wolffsohn, Michael, Translated by Douglas Bokovoy. Eternal Guilt?: Forty Years of German-Jewish-Israeli Relations. 225 Pages, Selected Bibliography, Index. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993. $27.00 (Cloth). isbn 0-231-08274-6 Yarshater, Ehsan, ed. Encyclopaedia Iranica, Volume VI, Fasicle 6. (5 sections of an encyclopedia series) 560 Pages, Photos, Maps, Illustrations, Tables. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 1992. $28.00 (Paper). isbn 0-939214993-8 Zartman, I. William & William Mark Habeeb, eds. Polity and Society in Contemporary North Africa. (State, Culture, and Society in Arab North Africa) 285 Pages, Figure, Tables, appendices, References, Index. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993. $59.50 (Cloth). isbn 0-8133-7669-6 Zubaida, Sami. Islam, The People and the State: Political Ideas
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