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The Fourth Ordeal
A History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, 1968-2018
Häftad, 2021
667 kr
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The Fourth Ordeal tells the history of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt from the late 1960s until 2018. Based on over 140 first-hand interviews with leaders, rank-and-file members and dissidents, as well as a wide range of original written sources, the story traces the Brotherhood's re-emergence and …
Occupying Syria under the French Mandate
Insurgency, Space and State Formation
Av Daniel Neep
Häftad, 2014
422 kr
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What role does military force play during a colonial occupation? The answer seems obvious: coercion crushes local resistance, quashes political dissent and consolidates the dominance of the occupying power. However, as this discerning and theoretically rigorous study suggests, violence can have …
The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited
Av Benny Morris
Inbunden, 2003
1927 kr
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Benny Morris' The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem was published in 1988. Its startling revelations about how and why 700,000 Palestinians left their homes and became refugees during the Arab-Israeli war in 1948 undermined traditional interpretations as to whether they left voluntarily or …
Making Music in the Arab World
The Culture and Artistry of Tarab
Häftad, 2004
452 kr
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A. J. Racy is well known as a scholar of ethnomusicology and as a distinguished performer and composer. In this pioneering book, he provides an intimate portrayal of the Arab musical experience and offers insights into how music generally affects us all. The focus is tarab, a multifaceted concept …
Refining the Common Good
Oil, Islam and Politics in Gulf Monarchies
Häftad, 2024
455 kr
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How has Islam as a set of beliefs and practices shaped the allocation of oil revenues in Arab Gulf monarchies? In turn, how has oil wealth impacted the role of Islamic doctrine in politics? Refining the Common Good explores the relationship between Islamic norms and the circulation of oil wealth in …
Oil Wealth and the Poverty of Politics
Algeria Compared
Häftad, 2011
569 kr
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How can we make sense of Algeria's post-colonial experience - the tragedy of unfulfilled expectations, the descent into violence, the resurgence of the state? Oil Wealth and the Poverty of Politics explains why Algeria's domestic political economy unravelled from the mid-1980s, and how the regime …
The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited
Av Benny Morris, Charles Tripp
Häftad, 2003
857 kr
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Benny Morris' The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem was published in 1988. Its startling revelations about how and why 700,000 Palestinians left their homes and became refugees during the Arab-Israeli war in 1948 undermined traditional interpretations as to whether they left voluntarily or …
All the Pasha's Men
Mehmed Ali, his Army and the Making of Modern Egypt
Av Khaled Fahmy
Häftad, 2021
687 kr
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While previous scholarship has viewed Mehmed Ali Pasha as the founder of modern Egypt, Khaled Fahmy offers a new interpretation of his role in the rise of Egyptian nationalism, locating him in the Ottoman context as an ambitious Ottoman reformer. Basing his work on previously neglected archival …
All the Pasha's Men
Mehmed Ali, his Army and the Making of Modern Egypt
Av Khaled Fahmy, Charles Tripp m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1928 kr
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While previous scholarship has viewed Mehmed Ali Pasha as the founder of modern Egypt, Khaled Fahmy offers a new interpretation of his role in the rise of Egyptian nationalism, locating him in the Ottoman context as an ambitious Ottoman reformer. Basing his work on previously neglected archival …
Frontier Nomads of Iran
A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan
Häftad, 2006
586 kr
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Richard Tapper's 1997 book, which is based on three decades of ethnographic fieldwork and extensive documentary research, traces the political and social history of the Shahsevan, one of the major nomadic peoples of Iran. The story is a dramatic one, recounting the mythical origins of the tribes, …
Religious Minorities in Iran
Av Eliz Sanasarian, Charles Tripp m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
557 kr
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Eliz Sanasarian's book explores the political and ideological relationship between non-Muslim religious minorities in Iran and the state during the formative years of the Islamic Republic to the present day. Her analysis is based on a detailed examination of the history and experiences of the …
The Rule of Law in the Arab World
Courts in Egypt and the Gulf
Häftad, 2007
380 kr
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Nathan Brown's penetrating account of the development and operation of the courts in the Arab world is based on fieldwork in Egypt and the Gulf. The book addresses several important questions. Why, for example, did Egypt's political leaders construct an independent judicial system that limited …
Civil Society in Yemen
The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia
Av Sheila Carapico, Charles Tripp m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
569 kr
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Sheila Carapico's book on civic participation in modern Yemen makes an authoritative contribution to the study of political culture in the Arabian peninsula. Relying on in-depth documentary and field research, the author traces the political dynamics of recent years, culminating in Yemeni …
Citizens Abroad
Emigration and the State in the Middle East and North Africa
Häftad, 2008
557 kr
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Despite the fact that the majority of emigration today originates in the global south, most research has focused on the receiving states of Europe and North America, while very little attention has been paid to the policies of the sending states toward emigration or toward their nationals abroad. …
Bazaar and State in Iran
The Politics of the Tehran Marketplace
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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The Tehran Bazaar has always been central to the Iranian economy and indeed, to the Iranian urban experience. Arang Keshavarzian's fascinating book compares the economics and politics of the marketplace under the Pahlavis, who sought to undermine it in the drive for modernisation and under the …
History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria
Häftad, 2008
586 kr
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Colonialism denied Algeria its own history; nationalism reinvented it. James McDougall charts the creation of that history through colonialism to independence, exploring the struggle to define Algeria's past and determine the meaning of its nationhood. Through local histories, he analyses the …
Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine
The Politics of National Commemoration
Häftad, 2009
382 kr
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Many decades have passed since the Palestinian national movement began its political and military struggle. In that time, poignant memorials at massacre sites, a palimpsest of posters of young heroes and martyrs, sorrowful reminiscences about lost loved ones, and wistful images of young men and …
Oil Wealth and the Poverty of Politics
Algeria Compared
Inbunden, 2009
1563 kr
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How can we make sense of Algeria's post-colonial experience - the tragedy of unfulfilled expectations, the descent into violence, the resurgence of the state? Oil Wealth and the Poverty of Politics explains why Algeria's domestic political economy unravelled from the mid-1980s, and how the regime …
Doing Business in the Middle East
Politics and Economic Crisis in Jordan and Kuwait
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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Is business the solution to the problems of the Middle East? Some economists and policymakers argue that unleashing the Arab private sector is the key to sustainable growth and more liberal politics. Pete Moore's book is the first to examine relations between state authority and elite business …
A Most Masculine State
Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia
Häftad, 2013
455 kr
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Women in Saudi Arabia are often described as either victims of patriarchal religion and society or successful survivors of discrimination imposed on them by others. Madawi Al-Rasheed's new book goes beyond these conventional tropes to probe the historical, political and religious forces that have, …
Political Aid and Arab Activism
Democracy Promotion, Justice, and Representation
Häftad, 2013
413 kr
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What does it mean to promote 'transitions to democracy' in the Middle East? How have North American, European and multilateral projects advanced human rights, authoritarian retrenchment or Western domination? This book examines transnational programs in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Yemen, Lebanon, …
The 1967 Arab-Israeli War
Origins and Consequences
Häftad, 2012
491 kr
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The June 1967 war was a watershed in the history of the modern Middle East. In six days, the Israelis defeated the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian armies, seizing large portions of their territories. Two veteran scholars of the Middle East bring together some of the most knowledgeable experts in …
Superstition as Ideology in Iranian Politics
From Majlesi to Ahmadinejad
Av Ali Rahnema
Häftad, 2011
468 kr
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A superstitious reading of the world based on religion may be harmless at a private level, yet employed as a political tool it can have more sinister implications. As this fascinating book by Ali Rahnema, a distinguished Iranian intellectual, relates, superstition and mystical beliefs have endured …
War and Memory in Lebanon
Inbunden, 2010
1610 kr
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From 1975 to 1990, Lebanon endured one of the most protracted and bloody civil wars of the twentieth century. Sune Haugbolle's book chronicles the battle over ideas that emerged from the wreckage of that war. While the Lebanese state encouraged forgetfulness and political parties created sectarian …
Political Aid and Arab Activism
Democracy Promotion, Justice, and Representation
Inbunden, 2013
1237 kr
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What does it mean to promote 'transitions to democracy' in the Middle East? How have North American, European and multilateral projects advanced human rights, authoritarian retrenchment or Western domination? This book examines transnational programs in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Yemen, Lebanon, …
The Divided Economy of Mandatory Palestine
Av Jacob Metzer
Inbunden, 1998
1515 kr
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Adopting a systematic yet non-technical approach. Jacob Metzer's book is the first to analyse the divided economy of Mandatory Palestine from the viewpoints of modern economic history and development economics. While the existing literature has tended to focus on the Jewish economy, this book …
Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran
Av Parvin Paidar, Charles Tripp m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
1861 kr
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In a challenging and authoritative analysis of the role of Iranian women in the political process, Parvin Paidar considers the ways they have been affected by the evolutionary and revolutionary transformations of twentieth-century Iran. In so doing, she demonstrates how political reorganisation has …
Redefining the Egyptian Nation, 1930-1945
Av Israel Gershoni, James P. Jankowski
Inbunden, 1995
1794 kr
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The authors examine the emergence of nationalism among the Egyptian middle class during the 1930s and 1940s, and its growing awareness of an Arab and Muslim identity. Previously Egypt did not define itself in these terms, but adopted a territorial and isolationist outlook. It is the revolutionary …
Women, Property and Islam
Palestinian Experiences, 1920-1990
Häftad, 1996
422 kr
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According to Islamic law, women are entitled to inherit property, to receive a dower at marriage, and are in full control of their income. Through an anthropological study of Palestinian women on the West Bank, Annelies Moors demonstrates that this is not always the case in practice. In fact, their …
Histories of City and State in the Persian Gulf
Manama since 1800
Inbunden, 2009
1333 kr
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In this path-breaking and multi-layered account of one of the least explored societies in the Middle East, Nelida Fuccaro examines the political and social life of the Gulf city and its coastline, as exemplified by Manama in Bahrain. Written as an ethnography of space, politics and community, it …
