Looking at writers, directors, and thinkers who are linked to the Maghreb, Mireille Rosello argues that new types of encounters between the French and the Algerians have the potential to counteract the negative force of history. She maintains that these "performative" encounters are moments of fragile and precarious exchange that could shift the ......
The Intifada Generation and the Palestinian State of Emergency
Based on extensive interviews with members of the intifada generation, those who were between 10 and 18 years old when the intifada began in 1987, this book provides a detailed look at the intifada memories of ordinary Palestinians.
The Intifada Generation and the Palestinian State of Emergency
Based on extensive interviews with members of the intifada generation, those who were between 10 and 18 years old when the intifada began in 1987, this book provides a detailed look at the intifada memories of ordinary Palestinians.
Gabriel Warburg contends that efforts in Sudan to enforce an Islamic state and an Islamic constitution on a multi-religious and multi-ethnic society have led to prolonged civil war, endless military coups, and political, social, and economic bankruptcy. He analyzes the history of Sudan's Islamic politics to illuminate current conflicts in the ......
Politics, Discourse and the Dilemma of Authenticity
In the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, secularist intellectuals became a much-forgotten group. As the new revolutionary elite consolidated, secularists were marginalized, stigmatized, and accused of being ""Westoxicated"" and of ""propagating Western values."" And yet, Nabavi shows for the first time that the secularists played an ......
This study traces the rise of the Islamic Jihad, its ideological platform, and its relations with other political forces both within and outside the Palestinian arena. The study provides a basis for a wider discussion of how Palestinian Islamists deal with the challenge of peace created by the Oslo Accords, particularly the shift of the PLO from a ......
The significance of the city of Jerusalem to the world's Muslims, Christians and Jews cannot be overstated. This survey seeks to capture a bygone era in this holy city, allowing the reader to become acquainted with the city as it was a century ago. Based on a treasure chest of photographs from the archives of the Palestine Exploration Fund, the ......
A study of the social integration of Holocaust survivors into post-war Israeli society. Drawing on a wide range of sources and personal interviews, the book examines, from all sides, the charged encounters between Holocaust survivors and the established Jewish population in Israel.
The Struggle Between King Sa'ud and Crown Prince Faysal, 1953-1962
In the middle of this century, a decisive debate took place within the royal family of Saudi Arabia, involving King Saud and Crown Prince Faysal. When the dust had settled, the kingdom had been remade into a modern state, even as the grip of the royal family tightened. Saudi stability still rests upon the foundations laid in that crucial decade. ......
