Books received 2002-2003
Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Fall, 2003
ISLAM AND GENERAL SURVEY
An-Nai'm, Abdullahi A. Editor. Islamic Law in a Changing World: A Global Resource Book London, U.K.: Zed, 2002. Paper $27.50.
Cole, Juan. Sacred Space and Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi'ite Islam. London, U.K.: I. B. Tauris, 2002. Paper $22.50.
Davis, Joyce M. Martyrs: Innocence, Vengeance, and Despair in the Middle East. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2003. Hardcover $24.50.
Hafez, Mohammed M. Why Muslims Rebel: Repression and Resistance in the Islamic World. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003. Hardcover $49.95.
Peletz, Michael. Islamic Modern: Religious Courts and Cultural Politics in Malaysia. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. Paper $22.95.
Saikal, Amin. Islam and the West: Conflict or Cooperation? New York, NY: Palgrave, 2003. Paper $22.95.
Sheikh, Naveed. The New Politics of Islam: Pan-Islamic Foreign Policy in a World of States. London: Routledge, 2003. Hardcover $75.00.
Wickham, Carrie Rosefsky. Mobilizing Islam: Religion; Activism, and Political Change in Egypt. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. Paper $22.50.
Zaman, Muhammad Qasim. The Ulama in Contemporary Islam: Custodians of Change. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. Hardcover $29.95.
PALESTINE, ISRAEL, AND THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
Baroud, Ramzi. Editor. Searching Jenin: Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion 2002. Seattle, WA: Cune Press, 2003. Hardcover $29.95.
Bowker, Robert. Palestinian Refugees: Mythology, Identity, and the Search for Peace. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003. Hardcover $55.00.
Chomsky, Naom. Middle East Illusions. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2003. Hardcover $16.07.
Ellis, Marc H. Out of the Ashes: The Search for Jewish Identity in the Twenty-First Century. London.: Pluto Press, 2003. Paper $22.50.
Reinhart, Tanya. Israel/Palestine: How to End the War of 1948. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2002. Paper $11.95.
Rubenberg, Cheryl A. The Palestinians: In Search of a Just Peace. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003. Paper $24.50.
THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE WORLD COMMUNITY
Doumata, Eleanor Abdella and Marsha Pripstein Posusney. Editors. Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East: Gender, Economy & Society. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003. Paper $22.50.
Feffer, John. Editor. Power Trip: U. S. Uniltaralism and Global Strategy After September 11. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2003. Paper $14.95.
Hinnebusch, Raymond. The International Polities of the Middle East. Manchester, U.K.: Manchester University Press, 2003. Paper $24.95.
Mahajan, Rahul. Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond New York: Seven Stories Press, 2003. Paper $9.95.
Zinn: Howard. Terrorism and War. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2002. Paper $9.95.
POLITICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, HISTORIC, AND ECONOMIC STUDIES OF THE ARAB WORLD
Al-Azma, Aziz. Constantine Zurayk: An Arab for the Twentieth Century (Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: The Institute for Palestine Studies, 2003. Paper $8:00.
Booshada, Elizabeth. Arab-American Faces and Voices: The Origins of an Immigrant Community. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003. Paper $24.95.
Dawisha, Adeed. Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: From Triumph to Despair. Princeton: Princeton, 2003. Hardcover $29.95.
Hitti, Philip K. History of the Arabs (Revised, 10th edition). New York: Palgrave, 2002. Paper $24.95.
LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
Bakalla, M. H. Arabic Culture: Through its Language and Literature. London: Kegan Paul, 2003. Hardcover $127.50.
El-Kholy, Heba. Defiance and Compliance: Negotiating Gender in Low-Income Cairo. New York: Bergbahn Books, 2002. Paper $25.00.
Simon, Robert. Translated by Klara Pogasta. Ibn Khaldan: History as Science and the Patrimonial Empire. Budapest, Hungary: Akademiai Kiado, 2002. Hardcover $57.00
COUNTRY AND REGIONAL STUDIES
The Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf
Kayal, Alawi D. The Control of Oil: East-West Rivalry in the Persian Gulf. London: Kegan Paul, 2002. Hardcover $127.50.
Rihani, Ameen. Ibn Sa'oud of Arabia. London: Kegan Paul, 2003. Hardcover $127.50.
Scott, Hugh. In the High Yemen. London: Kegan Paul, 2003. Hardcover $144.50.
THE ARAB EAST, IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN
Griffin, Michael. Reaping the Whirlwind: Afghanistan Al Qa'ida and the Holy War. London: Pluto Press, 2003. Paper $19.95.
Rather, Michael, Jennie Green and Barbara Olshansky. Against War with Iraq: An Anti-War Primer. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2003. Paper $6.95.
Rubin, Barry. The Tragedy of the Middle East. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Hardcover $29.00.
Ryan, Curtis R. Jordan in Transition: From Hussein to Abdullah. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002. Hardcover $49.95.
Holmes-Eber. Daughters of Tunis: Women, Family, and Networks in a Muslim City. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2002. Paper $18.00.
Stanik, Joseph T. El Dorado Canyon: Reagan's Undeclared War with Qaddafi. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2003. Hardcover $34.95.
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