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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 39 Number 1 June 2005
Table of Contents
| From the Editor’s Keyboard | 1 |
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Essays |
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2004 Presidential Address: Scholarship in
the Shadow of Empire, |
3 |
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‘Enough, Enough, Oh Ocean’: Music of the Pearl Divers in the Arabian Gulf, Nasser Al-Taee |
19 |
|
Ottoman and French Mandate Land Registers
for the Region of Damascus,
Michael Provence |
32 |
|
Cairo Notes,
Peter Gran |
46 |
|
What Works in the Language Classroom: The
2005 Western Consortium
Multi-Language Conference,
Lance Askildson & Bryan Meadows |
49 |
|
MESA, 2004: Thematic Conversations |
61 |
|
REVIEWS |
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| History and Historiography of Modern Iraq, Dina Rizk Khoury | 64 |
| Three Films by Khadija al-Salami, Thomas B. Stevenson | 80 |
| New Research on Israeli Society, Russell A. Stone | 82 |
|
Societies, Cultures and Traditions of the
Middle East |
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Asma Afsaruddin. Excellence & Precedence: Medieval Islamic Discourse on Legitimate Leadership (Matthew Gordon) |
86 |
| Hamit Bozarslan. Violence in the Middle East: From Political Struggle to Self-Sacrifice (Peter O. Hefron) | 87 |
|
William C. Chittick. Me and Rumi:
The Autobiography of Shams-i Tabrizi
(Eliza
Tasbihi) |
89 |
|
Richard C. Foltz. Spirituality in the Land of the Noble: How Iran Shaped the World’s Religions (Omid Safi) |
91 |
|
Fuad Jabali. The Companions of the
Prophet: A Study of Geographical
Distribution
and Political Alignments
(Hayrettin Yucesoy) |
92 |
|
Ibn Kammana.
Al-Tanqh
A Sharh al-Talwht: Refinement and Commentary on Suhraward’s
Intimations, A Thirteenth Century Text on Natural
Philosophy
and Psychology
(Charles E. Butterworth) |
94 |
|
Andrew J. Newman. The Formative Period
of Twelver Shi’ism: Hadith
as Discourse
Between Qum and Baghdad
(Rainer Brunner) |
95 |
| Ethel Sara Wolper. Cities and Saints: Sufism and the Transformation of Urban Space in Medieval Anatolia | 97 |
|
Modern History and Culture |
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Jasfar Pasha Al-Askari. A Soldier’s Story:
From Ottoman Rule to
Independent Iraq. The Memoirs of Jafar Pasha al-Askari (1885-1936)
(Eric J.
Hanne) |
100 |
|
Warren Bass. Support Any Friend: Kennedy’s Middle East and the Making of the US-Israel Alliance (Robert O. Freedman) |
101 |
|
Hasan Basr Danioman. Gallipoli
1915: Bloody Ridge (Lone Pine) Diary
of Lt.
Mehmet Fasih [Kayabal2]
(Jon Mandaville) |
103 |
|
George Kennan. Vagabond Life: The
Caucasus Journals of George Kennan
(Robert
Olson) |
104 |
|
Aron Rodrigue. Jews and
Muslims: Images of Sephardi and Eastern Jewries
in Modern
Times
(Jane S. Gerber) |
105 |
|
Rushdi Said. Science and Politics
in Egypt: A Life’s Journey
(Donald
Malcolm Reid) |
107 |
|
Eleanor H. Tejirian and Reeva Spector Simon. Altruism and Imperialism: Western Cultural and Religious Missions in the Middle East (Joseph P. Amar) |
108 |
|
Contemporary Society, Politics and Economics |
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Aziz Alkazaz. Ökonomische Auswirkungen des 11. September (Robert Guttman) |
112 |
|
Gary R. Bunt. Islam in the Digital Age:
E-Jihad, Online Fatwas and
Cyber Islamic
Environments
(Bruce B. Lawrence) |
113 |
|
Michael Griffin. Reaping the Whirlwind: Afghanistan, Al Qa’ida and the Holy War (Robert J. Cassinelli) |
115 |
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Peter Mandaville. Transnational Muslim Politics: Reimagining the Umma (Dyala Hamzah) |
117 |
|
John D. Montgomery and Dennis A. Rondinelli.
Beyond Reconstruction in
Afghanistan: Lessons from Development Experience
(Grant Farr) |
119 |
|
Lawrence Rosen.
The Culture of Islam: Changing Aspects ofContemporary
Muslim Life
(Michael G. Peletz) |
121 |
|
Mahmoud Sadri and Ahmad Sadri. Reason, Freedom, and
Democracy in Islam: Essential
Writings of Abdolkarim Sorous
(Louis J.
Cantori) |
123 |
|
Michel Tuchscherer. Le commerce du café avant l’ère des plantations coloniales (Kate Fleet) |
124 |
|
Language, Literature, Art, Architecture and Music |
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Jere L. Bacharach. Fustat Finds: Beads, Coins, Medical
Instruments, Textiles
and Other Artifacts from the Awad Collection(Jon
Mandaville) |
127 |
|
Simin K.
Habibian. 1001 Persian-English Proverbs (Pardis Minuchehr) |
128 |
|
Bernard Heyberger and Silvia Naef. La Multiplication des images
en pays d’Islam: De l’estampe à la télévision (17e siècle)
(Mary B. Vogl) |
130 |
|
Clive Holes. Modern Arabic: Structures, Functions, and Varieties
(Ghazi
M. Abuhakema) |
131 |
|
Hadi Sultan-Qurraie. Modern Azeri Literature: Identity, Gender and
Politics in
the Poetry of Mö’jüz
(Hasan Javadi) |
133 |
| Tareq: Basic Arabic Multimedia Course (Muhammad Eissa) | 135 |
|
Films |
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| Forget Baghdad [Iraq, Israel] (Aomar Boum) | 138 |
| Haram: Yemen, The Hidden Half Speaks [Yemen] (Thomas B. Stevenson) | 140 |
| My Terrorist [Israel] (Gerald S. Berman) | 141 |
|
Promises and Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land
[UK/Israel/Palestine] (James F. Gould) |
142 |
| Rana’s Wedding [Palestine] (Aida A. Bamia) | 143 |
|
Slaves of the Sword, a Three Part Series: Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Rabin and
Ariel Sharon
[Israel/Palestine] (Charles D. Smith) |
145 |
| TV’s Promised Land [US] (Char Simons). | 148 |
| The Yemen Option [Yemen] (Thomas B. Stevenson) | 150 |
|
Music |
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|
Ensemble Al Farabi. Sabâ kâr nâtik, ilâhîler, Gregorian Hymns
(Irene Markoff) |
152 |
|
Ali Hassan Kuban featuring Salwa Abou Greisha and Shahin Allam.
Real Nubian: Cairo Wedding
Classics
(Ted
Swedenburg) |
154 |
|
In Memoriam |
|
|
Amy Jo Johnson (1969-2004) |
157 |
| Aryeh Shmuelevitz (1932-2005) | 158 |
| Sinasi Tekin (1933-2004) | 159 |
