Middle Eastern history Books

Book SynopsisDuring the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906 to 1911 a variety of forces played key roles in overthrowing a repressive regime. Afary sheds new light on the role of ordinary citizens and peasantry, the status of Iranian women, and the multifaceted structure of Iranian society.

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Book SynopsisDrawing upon uncovered classified documents and interviews with key players, this text recounts the Lavon affair in Israel in 1963. It tells how the affair, which toppled the government of David Ben-Gurion, the nation's founding father, rocked the corridors of power in Israel.Trade ReviewA magnificently documented account of the Lavon affair, the 1960 political scandal that led to the demise of Prime Minister David Ben Gurion's government three years later, and, says Teveth, the original progressive ideals of Zionism. A.L.A. Booklist

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Book SynopsisA political, social, cultural, and economic portrait of a city at the centre of the Middle East peace negotiations. This work discusses Jerusalem's administration and demography, urban planning and housing, its three religious communities, and the role of the international community in Jerusalem.Trade ReviewThe Politics of Jerusalem Since 1967 is, in fact, about much more than politics: it is particularly valuable for its treatment of demography, planning, housing, and services-important but hitherto unstudied subjects. Dumper is cool and fair-minded in his analysis of British, Israeli, Jordanian, Palestinian, and international policies concerning the Holy City. This book should be required reading for anyone concerned with or involved in the Arab-Israeli peace process. I know of no other study that throws more light on the complex and central issue of Jerusalem. -- Michael C. Hudson, Georgetown University

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Book SynopsisToday's discourse on nationalism is engaged by dynamic theoretical models derived from studies in literary criticism, cultural anthropology, socioeconomics, and psychology. This is the first book of its kind to apply this new theoretical framework to the Arab Middle East, with essays by Beth Baron, Fred Halliday, Rashid Khalidi, and Emmanuel Sivan.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction, by Israel Gershoni and James Jankowski Part I. Narrativity I: Mechanics of Historiography: How Academics Construct Nationalist History 1. Rethinking the Formation of Arab Nationalism in the Middle East, 1920-1945: Old and New Narratives, by Israel Gershoni 2. The Formation of Yemeni Nationalism: Initial Reflections, by Fred Halliday 3. The Tropes of Stagnation and Awakening in Nationalist Historical Consciousness: The Egyptian Case, by Gabriel Piterberg Part II. Narrativity II: Mechanics of Ideology: How Nationalists Construct Nationalist History 4. The Arab Nationalism of George Antonius Reconsidered, by William L. Cleveland 5. The Imposition of Nationalism on a Non-Nation State: The Case of Iraq During the Interwar Period, 1921-1941, by Reeva S. Simon 6. Nationalist Iconography: Egypt as a Woman, by Beth Baron Part III. Discursive Competitions: The Interplay of Rival Nationalist Visions 7. Nationalizing the Pharaonic Past: Egyptology, Imperialism, and Egyptian Nationalism, 1922-1952, by Donald M. Reid 8. Arab Nationalism in "Nasserism" and Egyptian State Policy, 1952-1958, by James Jankowski Part IV. Polycentrism 9. The Formation of Palestinian Identity: The Critical Years, 1917-1923, by Rashid Khalidi 10. The Palestinians: Tensions Between Nationalist and Religious Identities, by Musa Budeiri 11. Arab Nationalism in the Age of the Islamic Resurgence, by Emmanuel Sivan Part V. Nationalist Diffusion from the Bottom Up: Other Voices 12. The Other Arab Nationalism: Syrian/Arab Populism in Its Historical and International Contexts, by James L. Gelvin 13. Arab Workers and Arab Nationalism in Palestine: A View from Below, by Zachary Lockman 14. The Paradoxical in Arab Nationalism: Interwar Syria Revisited, by Philip S. Khoury Notes Glossary of Arabic Terms Works Cited in the Text Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisDocuments Jewish life in the Middle East and North Africa over two hundred years. This book explains the changes that affected the communities under Islamic rule during its 'golden age' and describes the processes of modernization that enabled the Jews to play a pivotal role in their respective countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Trade ReviewThis is a very essential and long-awaited work about an important ancient part of the Jewish world little-known by many. A superbly organized book. -- William M. Brinner This timely volume addresses an important topic that has recently risen to the fore amidst general ignorance: the lives of the Jews of Muslim lands during the last 200 years... This is a book that should be a part of everyone's personal library. Sephardim Today Perhaps no single volume encompasses the history of Jews in the Muslim world with quite the comprehensive sweep and topical richness as The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times. -- Michael Skakun The Jewish Press Well researched and clearly written, the book is a major contribution to the field, and appropriate for academic, public and center libraries as well as for individuals. Jewish Book WorldTable of ContentsPart I: Thematic Section Middle Eastern and Sephardic Jewry: The Historical Background 700-1700, by Jane Gerber Europe in the Middle East, by Reeva S. Simon Economic Life, by Michael M. Laskier and Reeva S. Simon Community Leadership and Structure, by Michael M. Laskier, Sara Reguer and Haim Saadoun Religion: Rabbinic Tradition and the Response to Modernity, by Zvi Zohar Intellectual Life, by Ammiel Alcalay Languages Judezmo and Hakitia (Judeo-Spanish), by David M. Bunis Judeo-Arabic, by Joseph Chetrit Languages of Iran and Afghanistan, by Haideh Sahim Education, by Rachel Simon Zionism, by Rachel Simon Beliefs and Customs, by Issachar Ben-Ami Aspects of Material Culture, by Esther Juhasz Music, by Mark Kligman The World of Women, by Sara Reguer Part II: Country by Country Survey Ottoman Turkey, by Jacob M. Landau Ottoman Balkans, by Aron Rodrigue The Turkish Republic, by George E. Gruen Syria and Lebanon, by Michael M. Laskier Eretz Yisrael / Palestine 1800-1948, by Ruth Kark and Joseph B. Glass Iraq, by Reeva S. Simon Iran and Afghanistan, by Haideh Sahim Yemen, by Bat-Zion Eraqi-Klorman Egypt and the Sudan, by Jean-Marc Ran Oppenheim Libya, by Harvey E. Goldberg Tunisia, by Haim Saadoun Algeria, by David Cohen Morocco, by Michael M. Laskier and Eliezer Bashan

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Book SynopsisDocuments Jewish life in the Middle East and North Africa over two hundred years. This book explains the changes that affected the communities under Islamic rule during its 'golden age' and describes the processes of modernization that enabled the Jews to play a pivotal role in their respective countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Trade ReviewThis is a very essential and long-awaited work about an important ancient part of the Jewish world little-known by many. A superbly organized book. -- William M. Brinner This timely volume addresses an important topic that has recently risen to the fore amidst general ignorance: the lives of the Jews of Muslim lands during the last 200 years... This is a book that should be a part of everyone's personal library. Sephardim Today Perhaps no single volume encompasses the history of Jews in the Muslim world with quite the comprehensive sweep and topical richness as The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times. -- Michael Skakun The Jewish Press Well researched and clearly written, the book is a major contribution to the field, and appropriate for academic, public and center libraries as well as for individuals. Jewish Book WorldTable of ContentsPart I: Thematic Section Middle Eastern and Sephardic Jewry: The Historical Background 700-1700, by Jane Gerber Europe in the Middle East, by Reeva S. Simon Economic Life, by Michael M. Laskier and Reeva S. Simon Community Leadership and Structure, by Michael M. Laskier, Sara Reguer and Haim Saadoun Religion: Rabbinic Tradition and the Response to Modernity, by Zvi Zohar Intellectual Life, by Ammiel Alcalay Languages Judezmo and Hakitia (Judeo-Spanish), by David M. Bunis Judeo-Arabic, by Joseph Chetrit Languages of Iran and Afghanistan, by Haideh Sahim Education, by Rachel Simon Zionism, by Rachel Simon Beliefs and Customs, by Issachar Ben-Ami Aspects of Material Culture, by Esther Juhasz Music, by Mark Kligman The World of Women, by Sara Reguer Part II: Country by Country Survey Ottoman Turkey, by Jacob M. Landau Ottoman Balkans, by Aron Rodrigue The Turkish Republic, by George E. Gruen Syria and Lebanon, by Michael M. Laskier Eretz Yisrael / Palestine 1800-1948, by Ruth Kark and Joseph B. Glass Iraq, by Reeva S. Simon Iran and Afghanistan, by Haideh Sahim Yemen, by Bat-Zion Eraqi-Klorman Egypt and the Sudan, by Jean-Marc Ran Oppenheim Libya, by Harvey E. Goldberg Tunisia, by Haim Saadoun Algeria, by David Cohen Morocco, by Michael M. Laskier and Eliezer Bashan

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Book SynopsisAiming to dispel the notion that Britain is exclusively responsible for the formation of the Persian Gulf's modern states, this text puts into perspective the central roles played by the Ottoman empire and explains the reasons behind the Ottoman occupation of the Persian Gulf in 1871.

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Book SynopsisDuring 1947 and 1948, almost half the population of Palestine left their villages and livelihoods. They were never to be compensated for their abandoned property, even though the UN and most other parties acknowledge their rights in this matter. This study explores this issue.Trade Review[Fischbach] presents the most detailed and extensive discussion of the issues related to Palestinian refugee property available to the public to date... The volume is an important guide to primary data and is itself a source of previously unpublished information concerning Palestinian refugee property and the compensation issue. -- Don Peretz Middle East Journal The book will undoubtedly figure in discussions of the Palestinians' 'right of return.' Publishers Weekly definitive work...this is an excellent book which contributes new data and insight into the land question in the early years of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict -- Sally Bland The Jordan Times This meticulously written book is the first of its kind to present a comprehensive description of the Palestinian refugee property issue. It is highly recommended... This book will no doubt form a basis for further research. -- Daphne Tsimhoni, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Digest of Middle East Studies Fischbach's work is a thorough academic research based on ample Israeli, Arab, U.N., and other primary sources. -- Arnon Golan Shofar Fischbach, a professor of history at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, has stepped into this minefield with an important book. The Canadian Jewish News This book is valuable and important in covering ground not investigated... and in offering readers access to materials largely unstudied. -- Ylana N. Miller American Historical Review An important piece of revisionist history. International Journal of Middle East StudiesTable of ContentsRefugee Flight and Israeli Policies Toward Abandoned Property UNCCP's Early Activity on the Refugee Property Question Early Israeli Policies Affecting the Property Question Early Arab and International Policies Toward the Property Question UNCCP Technical Program Follow Up to the Technical Program Refugee Property Question After 1967 Conclusion Appendix One: Comparison of Studies on the Scope and Value of Refugee Property Appendix Two: Chronology of Events Relating to Refugee Property

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn immensely rich resource for persons interested in medieval Islamic civilization. Choice A groundbreaking work in the study of Sufism. -- Laury Silvers International Journal of Middle East Studies A remarkable study of embodiment in a Sufi and Islamic idiom. -- Scott Kugle Journal of Sufi Studies [A] pathbreaking book... I hope that more scholars follow Shahzad Bashir's lead and contribute to this critically important field of inquiry in Islamic studies. History of ReligionsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration Abbreviations Chronology Introduction and Shaking Hands 1 Framing Sufi Ideas and Practices 1. Bodies Inside Out 2. Befriending God Corporeally 3. Saintly Socialites 2 Sufi Bodies in Motion 4. Bonds of Love 5. Engendered Desires 6. Miraculous Food 7. Corpses in Morticians' Hands Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTayeb El-Hibri draws on medieval Islamic chronicles to remap the origins of Islamic political and religious orthodoxy, offering an insightful critique of both early and contemporary Islam and the concerns of legitimacy shadowing various rulers. He also highlights the Islamic reinterpretation of biblical traditions.Trade ReviewAwe-inspiring erudition and a discerning eye for intertextual associations guide Tayeb El-Hibri's brilliant dissection of early Islamic political narratives. Once exposed to this methodology, readers will have difficulty accepting innocent 'factual' readings of even the most straightforward seeming accounts. -- Richard Bulliet, Columbia University, author of Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World HistoryEl-Hibri advances a rich, provocative reading of events following the death of Muhammad and the careers of the first four caliphs. * Choice *An invigorating new reading of the story of the early Islamic succession to the Prophet Muhammad. * Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations *An important, innovative, and particularly rich book, which promises to become a basic reference work for any scholar working on Islam's origins. * Journal of the American Oriental Society *A must-read for all serious students of early Islamic history...a marvelously challenging, provocative, and erudite rereading of this period and its sources. * Der Islam *Table of ContentsPreface1. Introduction2. Abu Bakr: The Moment of Confirmation3. 'Umar b. al-Khattab: A Saga of Law and Conquest4. 'Uthman: The Challenge of Innovation5. The Road to Civil War: Issues and Boundaries6. 'Ali: In the Image of the Prophets7. From Caliphate to Kingship: 'Umar's Reign and Future Changes8. ConclusionAppendix 1. Abu Mikhnaf's Account of the Saqifa of Banu Sa'idaAppendix 2. The Succession to 'UmarAppendix 3. Manushihr's DeclarationNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis beautifully written book tells the story of refugees and immigrants who lived during the twentieth century in a single neighborhood in Haifa (Wadi Salib), enduring victimization as a result of war and long ethnic, national, and social discrimination and transformation. Yfaat Weiss focuses on a pre-1948 Palestinian neighborhood in a predominantly Jewish City, laying out the way the displacement of Palestinians gave way to Jewish migrants, who were themselves refugees enduring social discrimination in Israel and were evicted as a result of Israel's most famous social upheaval (1959), a watershed moment in Israeli ethnic relations between Ashkenazy and Sephardic Jews. This captivating history of a mosaic of exclusion and inclusion of national and immigrant minorities-in addition to its other merits, it is an outstanding urban study--reveals the parallel and separate experiences of repeated displacement. This community of 'diachronic neighbors' illuminates the memory of a place and a sequence of displacements. Weiss brings to life and revives the memory of disappeared cultures displaced by war and the drive to modernization. -- Elazar Barkan, professor of international and public affairs and director of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, and coauthor of No Return, No Refuge: Rites and Rights in Minority Repatriation [T]his study adds to the broader discourse on identity and conflict in Israel. Choice [An] important contribution to the growing literature on collective memory and forgetting. -- Michael Feige, Ben-Gurion University American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Prologue: The Neighbors Who Get Rich on Our Account 1. War: Diachronic Neighbors 2. Commotion: "And I Wanted to Do Something Nice, Like They Have Up in Haddar" 3. Evacuation: City Lights 4. Khirbeh: Altneuland Epilogue: Iphrat Goshen and His Wife Miriam Move Into Said's House in Hallisa Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA revealing investigation into the corporate and strategic interests that have long been at the root of U.S. policy toward Israel and the Palestinians.Trade ReviewBy tying together the strands of oil and strategic interests in Saudi Arabia with the familiar narrative about the American relationship with Zionism, this book is a major contribution to our understanding of crucial events for the future of the Middle East. Gendzier provides revelations and fresh insights throughout. -- Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University Drawing from a rich variety of sources, many previously untapped, Irene L. Gendzier provides a most valuable reinterpretation of the roots of U.S. policy towards Israel and the Palestinians. In particular, she shows convincingly that the crucial choice for planners was not 'oil versus Israel,' as commonly believed, but rather 'oil and Israel,' and demonstrates no less convincingly that the secrets of the past that she uncovers are intimately connected with 'the troubled present.' A very significant contribution. -- Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Present-day U.S. policy in the Middle East consists of contradictions wrapped in illusions propped up by hypocrisies. Gendzier traces those contradictions, illusions, and hypocrisies to a single point of origin: Washington's ill-fated response to the 'Palestine question' during the pivotal years from 1945 to 1949. Dying to Forget is comprehensive, illuminating, and, above all, compelling-revisionism in the best sense of the term. -- Andrew J. Bacevich, author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War In this fascinating, illuminating, and authoritative reconstruction of the complex evolution of U.S. policy toward the emergence of Israel, Gendzier tells a gripping story that displays extraordinary narrative skills as well as exhibiting her mastery of an astonishing range of scholarly materials. Although primarily a brilliant contribution to diplomatic history, this work is relevant to our understanding of the crucial interplay between Israeli diplomacy and oil geopolitics in the Middle East. -- Richard A. Falk, Princeton University A Middle East scholar uncovers the post-World War II history of American policy in Palestine. From the beginning, it's been about oil... compiling an almost bulletproof brief. Vital reading for those looking to understand, 65 years later, the origins of the continuing conflict in the Middle East. Kirkus Reviews Gendzier's thorough but dense account, best suited to the serious student of Middle East policy, is essential to any sophisticated understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Publishers Weekly Making excellent use of the previously overlooked papers of Max Ball, who directed the Oil and Gas Division of the Department of the Interior, Gendzier methodically reveals the significant role that oil played in US calculations about the emerging State of Israel. Middle East Journal [A] thought-provoking read... Highly recommended. CHOICE Gendzier shows an impressive command of far-ranging material. Race and ClassTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface to the Paperback Edition: The U.S. Record on Israel and Palestine, 1948 Introduction: Open Secrets Part I: The Postwar Petroleum Order and the Palestine Question, 1945-1946 1. The Primacy of Oil 2. The Palestine Question: 1945 Part II: The Question of Partition and the Oil Connection, 1947-1948 3. The Critical Year: 1947 4. The Winter of Discontent: 1948 5. The Oil Connection Part III: Beware "Anomalous Situations," 1948 6. The Transformation of Palestine 7. Truce and Trusteeship 8. Recognition and Response Part IV: Rethinking U.S. Policy in Palestine/Israel, 1948 9. Reconsidering U.S. Policy in Palestine 10. The Palestine Refugee Problem 11. The State Department on the Record Part V: The End as the Beginning, 1948-49 12. The PCC, Armistice, Lausanne, and Palestinian Refugees 13. The View from the Pentagon and the National Security Council 14. The Israeli-U.S. Oil Connection and Expanding U.S. Oil Interests Part VI: In Place of a Conclusion Reflections on Discovery, Denial, and Deferral Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe Arab Uprisings Explained offers a fresh rethinking of established theories and presents a new framework through which scholars and general readers can better grasp the fast-developing events remaking the regionTrade ReviewThis important volume addresses core questions about the origins, dynamics, and consequences of the Arab uprisings in a rigorous way that transcends headlines and quick, opinion-based analyses. -- Melani Cammett, author of Globalization and Business Politics in North Africa: A Comparative Perspective An outstanding volume on the Arab uprisings-one of the very best so far. The articles are thematic, covering key factors and actors at play as the uprisings continue to unfold. A well-informed, theoretically grounded collection. -- Shibley Telhami, author of The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East This extremely useful and timely book directs the reader toward thematic and topical arguments that provide a broader understanding of the Arab uprisings. Expected topics such as diffusion, media, the military, and elections are joined by analyses of less examined themes like labor, political space, and banking systems. The treatments are sophisticated yet accessible. An excellent contribution to the most important questions facing scholars of Middle East politics. -- F. Gregory Gause, III, author of The International Relations of the Persian Gulf This theoretically sound volume is one of the better books about the still unfolding phenomenon of Arab uprisings. Academics, journalists, and policy makers will benefit from the well-informed analyses offered. Library Journal This valuable collection of essays provides a thoughtful treatment of one of the most important turning point in the history of the modern Middle East... an essential book for those who wish to step back and assess what happened to the Middle East. Survival Offering a comparative overview of key structural issues such as the role of the military and the independence of the private sector... [The Arab Uprisings Explained] provides the most useful basis for understanding the differences in post-uprising trajectories and the factors that have limited opportunities for democratic change. -- Jane Kinninmont International Affairs An impressively comprehensive volume that sheds valuable light on this unexpected upsurge of contention and its disappointing outcomes. -- Kurt Weyland Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction, by Marc Lynch 2. Theories of Transition, by Daniel Brumberg Part I: Regional and Cross-National Dimensions 3. Diffusion and Demonstration, by David Patel, Valerie Bunce, and Sharon Wolchik 4. Authoritarian Learning and Counterrevolution, by Steven Heydemann and Reinoud Leenders 5. Media, Old and New, by Marc Lynch 6. Inter-Arab Relations and the Regional System, by Curtis R. Ryan Part II: Key Actors 7. States and Bankers, by Clement M. Henry 8. Arab Militaries, by Robert Springborg 9. Political Geography, by Jillian Schwedler and Ryan King 10. Labor Movements and Organizations, by Vickie Langohr 11. Islamist Movements, by Quinn Mecham 12. Elections, by Ellen Lust Part III: Public Opinion 13. Political System Preferences of Arab Publics, by Mark Tessler and Michael Robbins 14. Political Attitudes of Youth Cohorts, by Michael Hoffmann and Amaney Jamal 15. Constitutional Revolutions and the Public Sphere, by Nathan J. Brown 16. Conclusion, by Marc Lynch List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis well-rounded introduction takes an expansive view of Islamic ideology, culture, and tradition, sourcing a range of historical, sociological, and literary perspectives.Trade Review[A] truly extraordinary book... the very best introduction currently available in English for non-Muslims seeking a sound approach to Islam. -- Murad Wilfried Hofmann Journal of Islamic Studies Muslim Identities is a welcome addition to the list of introductory books on Islamic religion. -- Christine D. Baker H-Mideast-Medieval An excellent corrective to many other introductions... Hughes's text has much to recommend it for introductory classes on Islam at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. And it is certain to lead to much productive conversation and debate among scholars of Islamic Studies about the future of the field itself. -- Khurram Hussain ReligionTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Religious Studies and the Academic Study of Islam Part I. Origins 1. Setting the Stage: Pre-Islamic Arabia 2. The Making of the Last Prophet 3. The Quran: The Base Narrative Part II. Identity Formations 4. Islam Beyond the Arabian Peninsula: A Historical Overview 5. Early Sectarianism and the Formation of Shi'ism 6. Legal Developments and the Rise of Sunni Islam 7. Sufism Part III. Beliefs and Practices 8. Constituting Identities: Beliefs and Schools 9. The Performance of Muslim Identities Part IV. Modern Variations 10. Encounters with Modernity 11. Constructing Muslim Women 12. Islam Post-September 11 Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisJuxtaposes Muslim scholars’ debates over women’s attendance in mosques with historical descriptions of women’s activities within Middle Eastern and North African mosques.Trade ReviewA scholarly milestone. Women in the Mosque is a comprehensive, categorical treatment of the question of women's mosque access in Islamic law and history. Marion Holmes Katz is one of the most widely respected scholars of Islamic law and ritual in the West, and, in its scope and detail, this work is peerless to my knowledge. -- Jonathan Brown, Georgetown University Women in the Mosque will become an essential part of the library of every scholar concerned with Islamic ritual law, women in religion, women in Islam, and even religious architecture. There is something here for students of Islamic law, Ottoman history, Arab social history, and modern Muslim intellectual history. -- Kevin Reinhart, Dartmouth College Marion Holmes Katz brings to light and adds context to the fascinating history of women's access to mosques through a dexterous presentation of a wide range of legal sources, travel accounts, contemporaneous Christian and Jewish accounts, literature, and a unique sixteenth-century manuscript recounting when women contested the ruling authorities' attempt to ban them from Islam's most sacred mosque in Mecca. A must-read for anyone interested in a solid historical account related to issues of women and gender in Islam. -- Intisar A. Rabb, Harvard Law School, and director of the Islamic Legal Studies Program A highly scholarly work on an important but oft-ignored aspect of women in Islam. The Islamic Quarterly The book is of great importance to those interested in Muslim women's status, religious rights, and practice... Highly recommended. Choice Extraordinary... a rich, in-depth, and often amusing analysis of the legal debates and social records of women's mosque attendance from the eighth to the early twenty-first century. Journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World This is an extremely detailed, nuanced and precise account of women's presence in the mosque over the centuries. Journal of Islamic Studies This book is praiseworthy for its extensive use of textual sources, making it an excellent source for the study of intellectual discourse on women's mobility and visibility in Islam. Journal of the American Academy of ReligionTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Women's Mosque Attendance as a Legal Problem 2. Reconstructing Practice 3. Debating Women's Mosque Access in Sixteenth-Century Mecca 4. Modern Developments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisJuxtaposing Muslim scholars' debates over women’s attendance in mosques with historical descriptions of women’s activities within Middle Eastern and North African mosques, Marion Holmes Katz shows how over the centuries legal scholars' arguments have often reacted to rather than dictated Muslim women’s behavior.Trade ReviewA scholarly milestone. Women in the Mosque is a comprehensive, categorical treatment of the question of women's mosque access in Islamic law and history. Marion Holmes Katz is one of the most widely respected scholars of Islamic law and ritual in the West, and, in its scope and detail, this work is peerless to my knowledge. -- Jonathan Brown, Georgetown UniversityWomen in the Mosque will become an essential part of the library of every scholar concerned with Islamic ritual law, women in religion, women in Islam, and even religious architecture. There is something here for students of Islamic law, Ottoman history, Arab social history, and modern Muslim intellectual history. -- Kevin Reinhart, Dartmouth CollegeMarion Holmes Katz brings to light and adds context to the fascinating history of women's access to mosques through a dexterous presentation of a wide range of legal sources, travel accounts, contemporaneous Christian and Jewish accounts, literature, and a unique sixteenth-century manuscript recounting when women contested the ruling authorities' attempt to ban them from Islam's most sacred mosque in Mecca. A must-read for anyone interested in a solid historical account related to issues of women and gender in Islam. -- Intisar A. Rabb, Harvard Law School, and director of the Islamic Legal Studies ProgramThis is an extremely detailed, nuanced and precise account of women's presence in the mosque over the centuries. * Journal of Islamic Studies *This book is praiseworthy for its extensive use of textual sources, making it an excellent source for the study of intellectual discourse on women's mobility and visibility in Islam. * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *One of the most significant contributions to Muslim women's history and to Islamic legal studies in recent decades...pioneering and magisterial. * Der Islam *A highly scholarly work on an important but oft-ignored aspect of women in Islam. * The Islamic Quarterly *Extraordinary... a rich, in-depth, and often amusing analysis of the legal debates and social records of women's mosque attendance from the eighth to the early twenty-first century. * Journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World *[An] extremely valuable book. -- Ruth Roded * Religion & Gender *The book is of great importance to those interested in Muslim women's status, religious rights, and practice.... Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Women's Mosque Attendance as a Legal Problem2. Reconstructing Practice3. Debating Women's Mosque Access in Sixteenth-Century Mecca4. Modern DevelopmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTells the story of leftist political prisoners in Turkey who waged a deadly struggle against the introduction of high security prisons by forging their lives into weapons.Trade ReviewCombining original theorizing with state-of-the-art ethnography, Banu Bargu gives us a rare inside look at political practices that are increasingly salient but little understood. At once a case study of a Turkish prison death fast, and a bold conceptualization of broader phenomena of "necroresistance," her book analyzes the practice of actors who, lacking anything but their bodies, turn themselves into "human weapons." Simultaneously humane and sober, engaged and precise, Starve and Immolate is a riveting read and a tour de force. -- Nancy Fraser. Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics, New School for Social Research, Einstein Fellow, Freie Universitat-Berlin, Global Justice Chair, College d'etudes mondiales, Paris This meticulously researched and beautifully written book immerses readers in two worlds: Turkish prison resistance and the contemporary theory that might illuminate its meanings. Banu Bargu teaches theory as she goes but also presses hard on every theorist and concept in her arsenal, from Marx to Mbembe, from theological politics to biopolitics, to extract what she needs for a compelling argument. With Starve and Immolate, an original, powerful, and fearless new political thinker arrives on the scene. -- Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley Starve and Immolate interweaves a sensitive ethnography of disembodiment and deft political theory to lucidly reconstruct the constitutive antagonisms of Turkish political culture as archived in prison hunger strikes. With trenchant critiques of biopower, sovereignty, and the prison-military-industrial complex, Bargu crafts a materialist theory of constitutive power in stark collision with biologizing and faux humanitarian force. Bargu situates 'necroresistance' within the securocratic drives of a counterinsurgent culture of the state within and beyond Turkey. She expands our comprehension of how such threshold acts can build political literacies and polities able to risk the body for a politics of life beyond biopower. -- Allen Feldman, New York University, author of Formations of Violence: The Narrative of the Body and Political Terror in Northern Ireland This extraordinary book movingly and effectively describes and analyzes the history of the death fast movement in the early years of the twenty-first century in Turkey. It is a treasure trove of material, both empirical and theoretical, making it at once a wonderful (though grim) account and a thoughtful reflection on what prisons do and how they do it, as well as what forms of resistance are effective or even possible when and where. -- Laleh Khalili, SOAS, University of London, author of Time in the Shadows: Confinement in Counterinsurgencies Starve and Immolate is an original and excellent book in the field of political theory. Banu Bargu's attempt to approach the 'death fast' or 'weaponization of body' as politically motivated forms of resistance opens up interesting and innovative spaces for us to rethink the concepts of sovereignty, power, politics, and resistance. -- Fuat Keyman, Sabanci University Starve and Immolate is more than a rigorously documented account of a major resistance movement; it is a complex and erudite, yet lucid, theoretical analysis of the politics of life and death that draws upon, but ultimately moves beyond (among others), Foucault's and Agamben's readings of sovereignty and biopolitics to make a major contribution to thinking about relations of power and resistance in contemporary society... A much-discussed literature is made fresh again through Bargu's impressive skill... Radical Philosophy ...a sophisticated and meticulously documented analysis...this book offers an invaluable contribution to the existing literature on power and resistance. -- Basak Can New Perspectives on Turkey In this remarkable book, Bargu frames a political ethnography of hunger strikes in Turkish prisions with debates about Foucault's critique of biopolitical power... Elegantly written and argued, this text is a compelling empirical and theoretical contribution. Choice [A] stunning book about extreme resistance in Turkish prisons. Contemporary Political TheoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: The Death Fast Struggle and the Weaponization of Life 1. Biosovereignty and Necroresistance 2. Crisis of Sovereignty 3. The Biosovereign Assemblage and Its Tactics 4. Prisoners in Revolt 5. Marxism, Martyrdom, and Memory 6. Contentions Within Necroresistance Conclusion: From Chains to Bodies Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTells the story of leftist political prisoners in Turkey who waged a deadly struggle against the introduction of high security prisons by forging their lives into weapons.Trade ReviewCombining original theorizing with state-of-the-art ethnography, Banu Bargu gives us a rare inside look at political practices that are increasingly salient but little understood. At once a case study of a Turkish prison death fast, and a bold conceptualization of broader phenomena of "necroresistance," her book analyzes the practice of actors who, lacking anything but their bodies, turn themselves into "human weapons." Simultaneously humane and sober, engaged and precise, Starve and Immolate is a riveting read and a tour de force. -- Nancy Fraser. Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics, New School for Social Research, Einstein Fellow, Freie Universitat-Berlin, Global Justice Chair, College d'etudes mondiales, Paris This meticulously researched and beautifully written book immerses readers in two worlds: Turkish prison resistance and the contemporary theory that might illuminate its meanings. Banu Bargu teaches theory as she goes but also presses hard on every theorist and concept in her arsenal, from Marx to Mbembe, from theological politics to biopolitics, to extract what she needs for a compelling argument. With Starve and Immolate, an original, powerful, and fearless new political thinker arrives on the scene. -- Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley Starve and Immolate interweaves a sensitive ethnography of disembodiment and deft political theory to lucidly reconstruct the constitutive antagonisms of Turkish political culture as archived in prison hunger strikes. With trenchant critiques of biopower, sovereignty, and the prison-military-industrial complex, Bargu crafts a materialist theory of constitutive power in stark collision with biologizing and faux humanitarian force. Bargu situates 'necroresistance' within the securocratic drives of a counterinsurgent culture of the state within and beyond Turkey. She expands our comprehension of how such threshold acts can build political literacies and polities able to risk the body for a politics of life beyond biopower. -- Allen Feldman, New York University, author of Formations of Violence: The Narrative of the Body and Political Terror in Northern Ireland This extraordinary book movingly and effectively describes and analyzes the history of the death fast movement in the early years of the twenty-first century in Turkey. It is a treasure trove of material, both empirical and theoretical, making it at once a wonderful (though grim) account and a thoughtful reflection on what prisons do and how they do it, as well as what forms of resistance are effective or even possible when and where. -- Laleh Khalili, SOAS, University of London, author of Time in the Shadows: Confinement in Counterinsurgencies Starve and Immolate is an original and excellent book in the field of political theory. Banu Bargu's attempt to approach the 'death fast' or 'weaponization of body' as politically motivated forms of resistance opens up interesting and innovative spaces for us to rethink the concepts of sovereignty, power, politics, and resistance. -- Fuat Keyman, Sabanci University Starve and Immolate is more than a rigorously documented account of a major resistance movement; it is a complex and erudite, yet lucid, theoretical analysis of the politics of life and death that draws upon, but ultimately moves beyond (among others), Foucault's and Agamben's readings of sovereignty and biopolitics to make a major contribution to thinking about relations of power and resistance in contemporary society... A much-discussed literature is made fresh again through Bargu's impressive skill... Radical Philosophy ...a sophisticated and meticulously documented analysis...this book offers an invaluable contribution to the existing literature on power and resistance. -- Basak Can New Perspectives on Turkey In this remarkable book, Bargu frames a political ethnography of hunger strikes in Turkish prisions with debates about Foucault's critique of biopolitical power... Elegantly written and argued, this text is a compelling empirical and theoretical contribution. Choice [A] stunning book about extreme resistance in Turkish prisons. Contemporary Political TheoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: The Death Fast Struggle and the Weaponization of Life 1. Biosovereignty and Necroresistance 2. Crisis of Sovereignty 3. The Biosovereign Assemblage and Its Tactics 4. Prisoners in Revolt 5. Marxism, Martyrdom, and Memory 6. Contentions Within Necroresistance Conclusion: From Chains to Bodies Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBy juxtaposing the deterioration of situations from the Iraq War against Britain’s celebrated legacy of counterinsurgency, this investigation identifies both the contributions and limitations of traditional tactics in such settings, exposing a disconcerting gap between ambitions and resources, intent and commitment.Trade ReviewCritical yet balanced, this book provides the best overall assessment of the British campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan currently in print. -- Theo Farrell, King's College London RUSI Journal A long overdue account of British counterinsurgency efforts during Iraq and Afghanistan... a highly insightful analysis... not only a valuable read for anyone interested in the application of counterinsurgency, but especially for anyone interested in military adaptation and organizational learning. Defence StudiesTable of ContentsForeword by Colin S. Gray Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Rethinking Counterinsurgency 1. Untangling the British Counterinsurgency Legacy 2. The British in Basra: With Heads Held High Into the Abyss 3. Act II: British Counterinsurgency in Helmand 4. "A Horse and Tank Moment" 5. Whither British Counterinsurgency? Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBy juxtaposing the deterioration of situations from the Iraq War against Britain’s celebrated legacy of counterinsurgency, this investigation identifies both the contributions and limitations of traditional tactics in such settings, exposing a disconcerting gap between ambitions and resources, intent and commitment.Trade ReviewCritical yet balanced, this book provides the best overall assessment of the British campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan currently in print. -- Theo Farrell, King's College London RUSI Journal A long overdue account of British counterinsurgency efforts during Iraq and Afghanistan... a highly insightful analysis... not only a valuable read for anyone interested in the application of counterinsurgency, but especially for anyone interested in military adaptation and organizational learning. Defence StudiesTable of ContentsForeword by Colin S. Gray Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Rethinking Counterinsurgency 1. Untangling the British Counterinsurgency Legacy 2. The British in Basra: With Heads Held High Into the Abyss 3. Act II: British Counterinsurgency in Helmand 4. "A Horse and Tank Moment" 5. Whither British Counterinsurgency? Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an excellent book and an important piece of scholarship. Frederic M. Wehrey has written a compelling, thoughtful, and original analysis of the new politics of sectarianism in the Persian Gulf since 2003. He is well positioned to write such a book, having traveled extensively in the region and spent considerable time with the most important political figures in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain. His tone is commanding, the research is impressive, and the result is timely and vital. Wehrey's book is the best study I have seen yet of these pressing matters. -- Toby Jones, Rutgers University Wehrey has written a finely grained, insightful, and carefully researched contemporary study of Sectarian Politics in the Gulf. He offers insights on the broader Arab world and reveals that sectarian identity is no artificial construct but a culturally embedded and historically honed aspect of self. Yet he also demonstrates that sectarianism has been wielded cynically by both powerful rulers (Saudi Arabia) and insecure, easily manipulated monarchs (as in Bahrain) to foment division and divert legitimate accusations of injustice, discrimination, and opprobrious violations of basic human rights. This is the best book on the topic and a must read for policy makers. -- Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University Frederic M. Wehrey has produced a detailed, reliable and readable account of how regional and domestic factors combined to produce the "sectarianization" of politics in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait since the Iraq War of 2003. He skillfully demonstrates the ways different government policies in the three countries toward both Sunni and Shia groups produced different political outcomes in each. A great strength of the book is his careful analysis of factional politics within Shia and Sunni political currents in each country. -- F. Gregory Gause, III, University of Vermont Sectarian Politics in the Gulf represents the most up-to-date and insightful study on the politics of sectarianism in three key Gulf countries: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain. Far from being an intrinsic or innate feature of these societies, Prof. Wehrey shows in careful detail how sectarianism is invoked, produced and instrumentalized, and for very specific goals by governments, clerics as well as members of the Shii opposition. The book's argument situates sectarianism within local and regional political dynamics and contexts, and through this underscores that as a political phenomenon sectarianism cannot be apprehended by historically-rooted religious hatred. Based on a careful reading of primary sources and extensive fieldwork in the region, including in-depth interviews with many of the key activists, this book provides the most comprehensive and readable account of religious politics in the Gulf today. -- Bernard Haykel, Princeton University Offering coherent and lucid analysis of what has become a main feature of Gulf politics since the Arab Spring, this book is a must read for anybody interested in Gulf political dynamics and sectarianism in the Middle East. -- Laurence Louer, author of Transnational Shia Politics in the Gulf and Shiism and Politics in the Middle East One of FP's Best Books on the Middle East for 2013...Wehrey's new book offers a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich overview of the politics of Sunni-Shiite relations across the Gulf. His extensive research on the ground across the Gulf comes through powerfully, as does his balanced analytical sensibility. It should be required reading for anyone interested in Sunni-Shiite relations or in the regional politics of the Gulf. -- Marc Lynch Foreign Policy A model of meticulous scholarship and comprehensive research... An essential academic library acquisition for Middle Eastern Studies reference collections. MidWest Book Review The book is chock-full of insights and a deeply nuanced understanding of regional Shiite-Sunni tensions and is a fine addition to other recent treatments of the subject. Middle East Quarterly In this magisterial account, Fred Wehrey goes a long way in demystifying and dissecting the issue of sectarianism in the Gulf... [His] account is particularly refreshing for bringing scholarly gravitas to a subject that is all too often discussed in glib and superficial terms. Sectarian Politics in the Gulf is a must read that offers a fresh and innovative contribution to the literature in international relations and comparative government. It is extremely well written and laid out. The book belongs on the syllabus of any class dealing with Gulf security and on the desk of policy planners and decision makers around the world. International Journal of Middle East StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction List of Abbreviations Part I. The Roots of Sectarianism 1. Governance 2. The Long Shadow of the Iranian Revolution Part II. Bahrain 3. Debating Participation: The Bahraini Shia and Regional Influences 4. Sectarian Balancing: The Bahraini Sunnis and a Polarized Parliament 5. Into the Abyss: The Pearl Roundabout Uprising and Its Aftermath Part III. Saudi Arabia 6. Loyalties Under Fire: The Saudi Shia in the Shadow of Iraq 7. Under Siege: The Salafi and Regime Countermobilization 8. Waving Uthman's Shirt: Saudi Arabia's Sectarian Spring Part IV. Kuwait 9. Renegotiating a Ruling Bargain: The Kuwaiti Shia 10. Tilting Toward Repression: The Sunni Opposition and the Kuwaiti Regime 11. A Balancing Act Goes Awry: Sectarianism and Kuwait's Mass Protests Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an excellent book and an important piece of scholarship. Frederic M. Wehrey has written a compelling, thoughtful, and original analysis of the new politics of sectarianism in the Persian Gulf since 2003. He is well positioned to write such a book, having traveled extensively in the region and spent considerable time with the most important political figures in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain. His tone is commanding, the research is impressive, and the result is timely and vital. Wehrey's book is the best study I have seen yet of these pressing matters. -- Toby Jones, Rutgers University Wehrey has written a finely grained, insightful, and carefully researched contemporary study of Sectarian Politics in the Gulf. He offers insights on the broader Arab world and reveals that sectarian identity is no artificial construct but a culturally embedded and historically honed aspect of self. Yet he also demonstrates that sectarianism has been wielded cynically by both powerful rulers (Saudi Arabia) and insecure, easily manipulated monarchs (as in Bahrain) to foment division and divert legitimate accusations of injustice, discrimination, and opprobrious violations of basic human rights. This is the best book on the topic and a must read for policy makers. -- Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University Frederic M. Wehrey has produced a detailed, reliable and readable account of how regional and domestic factors combined to produce the "sectarianization" of politics in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait since the Iraq War of 2003. He skillfully demonstrates the ways different government policies in the three countries toward both Sunni and Shia groups produced different political outcomes in each. A great strength of the book is his careful analysis of factional politics within Shia and Sunni political currents in each country. -- F. Gregory Gause, III, University of Vermont Sectarian Politics in the Gulf represents the most up-to-date and insightful study on the politics of sectarianism in three key Gulf countries: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain. Far from being an intrinsic or innate feature of these societies, Prof. Wehrey shows in careful detail how sectarianism is invoked, produced and instrumentalized, and for very specific goals by governments, clerics as well as members of the Shii opposition. The book's argument situates sectarianism within local and regional political dynamics and contexts, and through this underscores that as a political phenomenon sectarianism cannot be apprehended by historically-rooted religious hatred. Based on a careful reading of primary sources and extensive fieldwork in the region, including in-depth interviews with many of the key activists, this book provides the most comprehensive and readable account of religious politics in the Gulf today. -- Bernard Haykel, Princeton University Offering coherent and lucid analysis of what has become a main feature of Gulf politics since the Arab Spring, this book is a must read for anybody interested in Gulf political dynamics and sectarianism in the Middle East. -- Laurence Louer, author of Transnational Shia Politics in the Gulf and Shiism and Politics in the Middle East One of FP's Best Books on the Middle East for 2013...Wehrey's new book offers a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich overview of the politics of Sunni-Shiite relations across the Gulf. His extensive research on the ground across the Gulf comes through powerfully, as does his balanced analytical sensibility. It should be required reading for anyone interested in Sunni-Shiite relations or in the regional politics of the Gulf. -- Marc Lynch Foreign Policy A model of meticulous scholarship and comprehensive research... An essential academic library acquisition for Middle Eastern Studies reference collections. MidWest Book Review The book is chock-full of insights and a deeply nuanced understanding of regional Shiite-Sunni tensions and is a fine addition to other recent treatments of the subject. Middle East Quarterly In this magisterial account, Fred Wehrey goes a long way in demystifying and dissecting the issue of sectarianism in the Gulf... [His] account is particularly refreshing for bringing scholarly gravitas to a subject that is all too often discussed in glib and superficial terms. Sectarian Politics in the Gulf is a must read that offers a fresh and innovative contribution to the literature in international relations and comparative government. It is extremely well written and laid out. The book belongs on the syllabus of any class dealing with Gulf security and on the desk of policy planners and decision makers around the world. International Journal of Middle East StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction List of Abbreviations Part I. The Roots of Sectarianism 1. Governance 2. The Long Shadow of the Iranian Revolution Part II. Bahrain 3. Debating Participation: The Bahraini Shia and Regional Influences 4. Sectarian Balancing: The Bahraini Sunnis and a Polarized Parliament 5. Into the Abyss: The Pearl Roundabout Uprising and Its Aftermath Part III. Saudi Arabia 6. Loyalties Under Fire: The Saudi Shia in the Shadow of Iraq 7. Under Siege: The Salafi and Regime Countermobilization 8. Waving Uthman's Shirt: Saudi Arabia's Sectarian Spring Part IV. Kuwait 9. Renegotiating a Ruling Bargain: The Kuwaiti Shia 10. Tilting Toward Repression: The Sunni Opposition and the Kuwaiti Regime 11. A Balancing Act Goes Awry: Sectarianism and Kuwait's Mass Protests Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDana Burde shows how aid to education in Afghanistan bolstered conflict both deliberately in the 1980s through violence-infused, anti-Soviet curricula and inadvertently in the 2000s through misguided stabilization programsTrade ReviewThis masterly book offers the first comprehensive fieldwork-based research on education in contemporary Afghanistan. Dana Burde makes the convincing case that NGOs have generally been neglecting education and that jihadist programs in the 1980s implied a huge exposure of children to the message of violence and intolerance. Post-2001, Burde points to the general failure of the counterinsurgency strategy to provide adequate support to education. -- Gilles Dorronsoro, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Public education in conflict-ridden societies should be a force for peace and stability, if done well. But Dana Burde shows that international aid to education in Afghanistan sowed conflict when its political goals prioritized jihad against the Soviet occupation or favored some ethnic groups over others. Impeccably researched, this book has global implications for thinking about politics, education policy, and foreign aid. -- Jack Snyder, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and Department of Political Science, Columbia University Dana Burde provides rare insights into the potential for Afghanistan's educational system to advance either political violence or peace... [Schools for Conflict or for Peace in Afghanistan] could serve as a foundational text for those who want to understand the issues surrounding education and conflict. -- Paul Clemans H-War Schools for Conflict or for Peace in Afghanistan lays out a detailed history of education in the Afghan context, its importance, and how educational funds can be effectively used to avoid conflict... This book is a welcome contribution to the field of both international and comparative education as well as conflict studies. -- Mujtaba Hedayet Comparative Education Review [Schools for Conflict or for Peace in Afghanistan] provides an excellent overview and diverse analysis of the historical emergence of, and currently existing relationship between, education, peace and conflict within and beyond Afghanistan. South Asia: Journal of South Asian StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Time Line: Education in Modern Afghan History 1. Introduction 2. Humanitarian Action and the Neglect of Education 3. Jihad Literacy 4. Education for Stability 5. Education for the World 6. Conclusion: Education as Hope Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisNew personal and professional writings amplify the incisive, passionate, and often prophetic analyses of a major thinker of the twentieth century.Trade ReviewThis book is full of remarkable original primary material on the life and writings of an intellectual and activist well deserving of a biography. -- Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University Eqbal Ahmad was a brilliant and penetrating critic and analyst, a courageous fighter for justice and freedom in much of the world, steeped in humanistic understanding, warm and compassionate, a dear friend. His accomplishments ranged from demolishing self-serving dogmas about the Cold War to such constructive work as bringing Indians and Pakistanis together in a search for an amicable settlement of a tragic conflict, and far too much more even to try to mention. His life, achievements, and legacy are vividly portrayed by his close friend Stuart Schaar in this outstanding study, a fine tribute to one of the most remarkable people I've been fortunate enough to know, or even to know about. -- Noam Chomsky Eqbal Ahmad was a remarkable human being as well as a seminal progressive political thinker. In this illuminating intellectual biography, Stuart Schaar, brings his subject to life, drawing on their long, intimate friendship and shared scholarly engagement with the politics of the Middle East and the Islamic world. Above all, Ahmad grasped the toxic interplay between the maladies of postcolonialism and the persistent imperial ambitions of the West better than any of his contemporaries. -- Richard A. Falk By taking readers across the entire fascinating range of Ahmad's preoccupations and passions, Schaar has made his subject accessible to all those who never had the privilege of knowing him. In a fairly short, fluently written work, Schaar has done his old friend proud, and shed light on a thinker, an engaged activist and a wonderful man. -- Irfan Husain Dawn Schaar has done us a service in providing an introductory overview of Eqbal Ahmad's life and thought, unveiling the man's humanity, frustrations, foibles, brilliance, and even his culinary talents (an appendix provides a recipe for a "Chicken Tikka Masala Marinade"). Friday Times Short but poignant... Schaar does a wonderful job capturing the special relationship and bond metween Ahmad and Said. Journal of Palestine StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Eqbal's Life 2. Reflections on Eqbal's Life 3. Polemics 4. Islam and Islamic History 5. Imperialism, Nationalism, Revolutionary Warfare, Insurgency, and the Need for Democracy 6. The Middle East and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict 7. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: The Problem of Nuclear Proliferation and Views on Partitioning States 8. Critique of U.S. Foreign Policy, the Cold War, and Terrorism Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEqbal Ahmad was a bold and original activist, journalist, and theorist who brought uncommon perspective to the rise of militant Islam and the geopolitics of the Cold War. A long-time friend and intellectual collaborator of Ahmad, Stuart Schaar connects Ahmad's experiences to the major currents of modern history.Trade ReviewThis book is full of remarkable original primary material on the life and writings of an intellectual and activist well deserving of a biography. -- Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University Eqbal Ahmad was a brilliant and penetrating critic and analyst, a courageous fighter for justice and freedom in much of the world, steeped in humanistic understanding, warm and compassionate, a dear friend. His accomplishments ranged from demolishing self-serving dogmas about the Cold War to such constructive work as bringing Indians and Pakistanis together in a search for an amicable settlement of a tragic conflict, and far too much more even to try to mention. His life, achievements, and legacy are vividly portrayed by his close friend Stuart Schaar in this outstanding study, a fine tribute to one of the most remarkable people I've been fortunate enough to know, or even to know about. -- Noam Chomsky Eqbal Ahmad was a remarkable human being as well as a seminal progressive political thinker. In this illuminating intellectual biography, Stuart Schaar, brings his subject to life, drawing on their long, intimate friendship and shared scholarly engagement with the politics of the Middle East and the Islamic world. Above all, Ahmad grasped the toxic interplay between the maladies of postcolonialism and the persistent imperial ambitions of the West better than any of his contemporaries. -- Richard A. Falk By taking readers across the entire fascinating range of Ahmad's preoccupations and passions, Schaar has made his subject accessible to all those who never had the privilege of knowing him. In a fairly short, fluently written work, Schaar has done his old friend proud, and shed light on a thinker, an engaged activist and a wonderful man. -- Irfan Husain Dawn Schaar has done us a service in providing an introductory overview of Eqbal Ahmad's life and thought, unveiling the man's humanity, frustrations, foibles, brilliance, and even his culinary talents (an appendix provides a recipe for a "Chicken Tikka Masala Marinade"). Friday Times Short but poignant... Schaar does a wonderful job capturing the special relationship and bond metween Ahmad and Said. Journal of Palestine StudiesTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Eqbal's Life2. Reflections on Eqbal's Life3. Polemics4. Islam and Islamic History5. Imperialism, Nationalism, Revolutionary Warfare, Insurgency, and the Need for Democracy6. The Middle East and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict7. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: The Problem of Nuclear Proliferation and Views on Partitioning States8. Critique of U.S. Foreign Policy, the Cold War, and TerrorismConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis volume is a comprehensive sourcebook of newly translated texts from the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires of the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries, accompanied by scholarly essays, that aims to provide a new model for the study and teaching of the early modern history of the Near East and India.Trade ReviewThe Empires of the Near East and India provides, really for the first time, a body of early modern primary sources from the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal contexts in translation. A variety of types of text are provided, from poetry to judicial rulings, and the translations are readable while maintaining the flavor of the original Arabic, Persian, or Ottoman Turkish. This will prove a valuable resource for those of us who teach any or all of these imperial histories. -- Michael Talbot, University of GreenwichThis is the first accessible, high quality, English language sourcebook on medieval and post-classical Islamic empires. Thirty-three original commentaries and translations enrich our understanding of life under the most powerful global empires of the day: The Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals. The book tells the story of diverse peoples: poets and painters, kings and conquerors, scientists and Sufis, and more. For students of world literature and history, this is an indispensable resource. -- Emran El-Badawi, University of HoustonThe Empires of the Near East and India is a treasure trove of carefully selected, freshly translated, and accurately contextualized primary sources from the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal worlds. Covering a rich array of themes that range from political culture and religiosities to scientific writing and artistic production, this one-of-a-kind collection will become standard reading for students of early modern (Muslim) empires. -- A. Tunç Şen, Columbia UniversityThis volume is a laudable effort to compile a handy and well-edited volume with expert contributions on a wide range of topics of interest to historians studying and teaching the pasts of these three empires, their global histories and their encounters with other political and social protagonists of the early modern period. * H-Soz-Kult *This is an invaluable book for anyone studying, teaching, and/or researching the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires and will definitely find its way onto many university reading lists as a core text. * H-History and Theory *Table of ContentsEditor’s Note Editor’s Acknowledgments Introduction, by Hani Khafipour Part I. The Religious Landscape 1. Converts, Apostates, and PolytheistsI. Confessions of an Armenian Convert: The I‘tirafnama of Abkar (‘Ali Akbar) Armani, by Rudi Matthee II. Conversion, Apostasy, and Relations Between Muslims and Non-Muslims: Fatwas of the Ottoman Shaykh al-Islams, by Nikolay Antov III. The Night Debates at Jahangir’s Court’Abd al-Sattar’s Majalis-i Jahangiri, by Corinne Lefèvre 2. Heretics, Polytheists, and the Path of the RighteousI. The Shi’a Path of the Righteous: The Strength of Akhbarism in Safavid Iran, by Maryam MoazzenII. Ottoman Religious Rulings Concerning The Safavids: Ebussuud Efendi’s Fatwas, by Abdurrahman AtçılIII. A Mughal Debate About Jain Asceticism, by Audrey Truschke3. The Zealot, the Sufi, and the Quest for Spiritual TranscendenceI. Opposition to Sufism in Safavid Iran: A Debate Between Mulla Muhammad-Tahir Qummi and Mulla Muhammad-Taqi Majlisi, by Ata AnzaliII. The Worldview of a Sufi in the Ottoman Realm: Hakiki and His Book of Guidance, by F. Betul YavuzIII. Sufism and the Divine Law: Ahmad Sirhindi’s Ruminations, by Arthur F. Buehler Part II. Political Culture4. Conceptions of Sovereignty: The Poet, the Scholar, and the Court SufiI. The Safavid Claim to Sovereignty According to a Court Bureaucrat, by Hani KhafipourII. Kingship and Legitimacy in the Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Empire, by Huseyin YılmazIII. The Millennial and Saintly Sovereignty of Emperor Shah Jahan According to a Court Sufi, by A. Azfar Moin5. The King’s Deathbed: Coronation, Execution, and FratricideI. In the Shadow of Shah ‘Abbas: The Succession of Shah Safi (r. 1629–1642), by Sholeh A. QuinnII. The Ottoman Conception of Sovereignty and Succession: Mustafa Ali’s Essence of History (Kunh al-Akhbar), by Zahit AtçılIII. The Way of Tradition and the Path of Innovation: Aurangzeb and Dara Shukuh’s Struggle for the Mughal Throne, by Jane Mikkelson6. A Tale of Three Cities: Diplomacy and ConquestI. Imperial Geopolitics and the Otiose Quest for Qandahar, by Hani KhafipourII. The Ottoman Conquest of Buda(pest): Sultan Suleiman’s Imperial Letter of Victory, by Zahit AtçılIII. The Mughal Conquest of Chittor: Study of Akbar’s Letter of Victory, Taymiya R. Zaman Part III. Philosophical Inquiries7. Philosophy as a Way of LifeI. The Many Faces of Philosophy in the Safavid Age, by Sajjad RizviII. Philosophia Ottomanica: Jalal al-Din Davani on Establishing the Existence of the Necessary Being, by Ahab BdaiwiIII. Philosophy and Legal Theory: The Musallam al-thubut of Muhibballah al-Bihari and Its Commentary by ‘Abd al-’Ali Bahr al-’Ulum, by Asad Q. Ahmad8. Lettrists, Alchemists, and Astrologers: The Occult SciencesI. The Occult Sciences in Safavid Iran, by Matthew Melvin-KoushkiII. A Commentary on The Secret of Ta-Ha by the Pseudo-Eşrefoǧlu Rumi, by Tuna ArtunIII. The Occult Sciences at the Mughal Court During the Sixteenth Century, by Eva Orthmann Part IV. Literature and the Arts9. Three Poets and the Three Literary ClimesI. Selections from the Poetry of Muhtasham Kashani, by Paul LosenskyII. The Poet ‘Azmizade Haleti and the Transformation of Ottoman Literature in the Seventeenth Century, by Berat AcilIII. Mughal Sanskrit Literature: The Book of War and the Treasury of Compassion, by Audrey Truschke10. Royal Patronage: A College, Poets, and the Making of an Imperial SecretaryI. The Leading Religious College in Early Modern Iran: Madrasa-yi Sultani and Its Endowment, by Maryam MoazzenII. Imperial Patronage of Literature in the Ottoman World, 1400–1600, by Murat Umut InanIII. A Letter of Advice from a Mughal Gentleman to His Son, by Rajeev Kinra11. Painters, Calligraphers, and CollectorsI. Reading a Painting: Sultan-Muhammad’s The Court of Gayumars, by Sheila BlairII. The Making of a Legendary Calligrapher: Textual Portraits of Sheikh Hamdullah, by Esra Akın-KıvançIII. Deccani Seals and Scribal Notations: Sources for the Study of Indo-Persian Book Arts and Collecting (c. 1400–1680), by Keelan Overton and Jake BensonBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Naqab Bedouins represents the first attempt to chronicle Bedouin history and politics across the last century, including the Ottoman era, the British Mandate, Israeli military rule, and the contemporary schema, and document its broader relevance to understanding state-minority relations in the region and beyond.Trade ReviewIn The Naqab Bedouins, Nasasra uncovers marvelous material that illuminates the history of the Bedouins of southern Palestine and challenges prevailing understandings of their politics and social experiences. The long historical perspective that takes us from Ottoman times to the present relies on Nasasra's prodigious original research and superb documentation to present a comprehensive and detailed picture of this Bedouin community struggling against state power. -- Lila Abu-Lughod, Joseph L. Buttenweiser Professor of Social Science, Columbia University What makes Nasasra's study of the Bedouins in Israel especially interesting is the close parallel with the experience of Bedouin communities throughout the Middle East. Refreshingly, he avoids romanticizing the Bedouins while focusing on their resistance as an indigenous people to policies that are, in effect, if not always in design, anti-nomadic. His comparative, historicized approach, moreover, offers an intriguing entry to wider debates about different forms of nationalism and identity in Arab societies. -- Yezid Sayigh, senior fellow, Carnegie Middle East Center A book like no other. Nasasra tells the riveting story of the Palestinian Bedouins of the Naqab and Bi?r al-Saba? from the late Ottoman era until today, opening up a new vista for understanding the place of indigeneity in the Middle East and highlighting resistance and power relations that shadow the lives of the Naqab Bedouins. Particularly strong is his discussion on indigeneity scholarship in reference to international law. Nasasra has not just written a book on Bedouins-he has given a voice to the most marginalized among the Palestinians in Israel. -- Larbi Sadiki, Qatar UniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Notes on Transliteration Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Understanding the State Project: Power, Resistance, and Indigeneity 2. Ruling the Desert: Ottoman Policies Toward the Frontiers 3. British Colonial Policies for the Southern Palestine and Transjordan Bedouin, 1917-1948 4. Envisioning the Jewish State Project 5. The Emergence of Military Rule, 1949-1950 6. Reshaping the Tribes' Historical Order, 1950-1952: Border Issues, Land Rights, IDPs, and UN Intervention 7. Traditional Leadership, Border Economy, Resistance, and Survival, 1952-1956 8. The Second Phase of Military Rule, 1956-1963 9. The End of Military Rule and Resistance to Urbanization Plans, 1962-1967 10. Postmilitary Rule, the Oslo Era, and the Contemporary Prawer Debate 11. The Ongoing Denial of Bedouin Rights and Their Nonviolent Resistance Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Naqab Bedouins represents the first attempt to chronicle Bedouin history and politics across the last century, including the Ottoman era, the British Mandate, Israeli military rule, and the contemporary schema, and document its broader relevance to understanding state-minority relations in the region and beyond.Trade ReviewIn The Naqab Bedouins, Nasasra uncovers marvelous material that illuminates the history of the Bedouins of southern Palestine and challenges prevailing understandings of their politics and social experiences. The long historical perspective that takes us from Ottoman times to the present relies on Nasasra's prodigious original research and superb documentation to present a comprehensive and detailed picture of this Bedouin community struggling against state power. -- Lila Abu-Lughod, Joseph L. Buttenweiser Professor of Social Science, Columbia UniversityWhat makes Nasasra's study of the Bedouins in Israel especially interesting is the close parallel with the experience of Bedouin communities throughout the Middle East. Refreshingly, he avoids romanticizing the Bedouins while focusing on their resistance as an indigenous people to policies that are, in effect, if not always in design, anti-nomadic. His comparative, historicized approach, moreover, offers an intriguing entry to wider debates about different forms of nationalism and identity in Arab societies. -- Yezid Sayigh, senior fellow, Carnegie Middle East CenterA book like no other. Nasasra tells the riveting story of the Palestinian Bedouins of the Naqab and Bi?r al-Saba? from the late Ottoman era until today, opening up a new vista for understanding the place of indigeneity in the Middle East and highlighting resistance and power relations that shadow the lives of the Naqab Bedouins. Particularly strong is his discussion on indigeneity scholarship in reference to international law. Nasasra has not just written a book on Bedouins—he has given a voice to the most marginalized among the Palestinians in Israel. -- Larbi Sadiki, Qatar UniversityHistorically and analytically rich. . . . Adds considerably to scholarly understanding of the Bedouin both in Mandate-era Palestine and the state of Israel. -- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen * International Affairs *An important contribution [that] provide[s] a comprehensive account, temporally and thematically, of the Bedouin communities of the Naqab area. . . . I strongly recommend this book. -- Ahmad Amara * International Journal of Middle East Studies *Readable and well-sourced. . . . Nasasra shows that the Bedouin community has constantly challenged power. -- Dina Matar * LSE Middle East Centre Blog *This is the most comprehensive existing survey of the Bedouin Arab tribes of the Naqab desert in southern Palestine over the last century...[A] must read for anyone eager to look beyond the usual stereotypes and socio-political assumptions concerning the medium of colonial and post-colonial resistance. -- Abdullah Drury * The Muslim World Book Review *A welcome challenge to the conventional wisdom that the Bedouin in southern Palestine were passive victims under Israeli military rule. . . . Recommended. * Choice *The Naqab Bedouins is a well-documented ethnohistory that provides an overview of the past events and people that have come to define popular Bedouin history in the twenty-first century. -- Emilie Le Febvre * Anthropos *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and TablesNotes on TransliterationAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Understanding the State Project: Power, Resistance, and Indigeneity2. Ruling the Desert: Ottoman Policies Toward the Frontiers3. British Colonial Policies for the Southern Palestine and Transjordan Bedouin, 1917–19484. Envisioning the Jewish State Project5. The Emergence of Military Rule, 1949–19506. Reshaping the Tribes' Historical Order, 1950–1952: Border Issues, Land Rights, IDPs, and UN Intervention7. Traditional Leadership, Border Economy, Resistance, and Survival, 1952–19568. The Second Phase of Military Rule, 1956–19639. The End of Military Rule and Resistance to Urbanization Plans, 1962–196710. Postmilitary Rule, the Oslo Era, and the Contemporary Prawer Debate11. The Ongoing Denial of Bedouin Rights and Their Nonviolent ResistanceNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisSees the Salafi movement as a recent conception of Islam projected back onto the past and its purist evolution as a direct result of decolonizationTrade ReviewThis book brings much needed clarity to the history of Salafism and revises common accounts of a little known yet much talked about Islamic intellectual trend. Henri Lauziere has skillfully fleshed out the genealogy of Salafism, and his work will have an important impact on the field of the history of ideas in the modern Muslim world. -- Malika Zeghal, Harvard University An essential resource for those trying to understand Salafis and Salafism, confusing terms with very contested histories. Henri Lauziere brings sense and order to a debate that reaches back to medieval times yet still flashes across screens today. The Making of Salafism illuminates a crucial aspect of the intellectual history of the Middle East and North Africa in the twentieth century. -- Jonathan Brown, Georgetown University This book fills a crucial gap in modern Islamic intellectual history: it untangles the now ubiquitous term Salafism, showing how the concept was invented, used, and contested through the twentieth century as both an analytical tool and a self-identifier. This conceptual history is paired with rich biographical material, which locates the shifting meanings of Salafism in the context of the wider historical processes of colonialism and independence. -- Ahmed El Shamsy, University of Chicago As a scholar of Islam, Lauziere remains unmatched. Washington Book Review [Lauziere] takes readers on a journey through the influences of political and social movements, their collaborators, and media pundits on a theological term-salafi... Highly recommended. Choice An excellent book that provides a brilliant historical analysis of the emergence and trajectory of the concept of Salafism... a major contribution to the field. Middle East Journal While Lauziere's impressive exposition of the term's slippery semantic history is primarily of interest to specialists, his analysis is of crucial importance in demonstrating Salafism's commitment to textual literalism. New York Review of Books A masterpiece of original scholarship and very highly recommended. Midwest Book Review Timely and important contribution... excellently crafted. [The Making of Salafism] serves as an invaluable tool for a continuous interrogation of the concept of Salafism. Islamic Africa 7 This engaging and brilliantly researched book offers the reader the first comprehensive study of the process by which the conceptualization of Salafism developed... It is an excellent book that should receive serious consideration from all historians interested in modern Islam. -- Etty Terem American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Being Salafi in the Early Twentieth Century 2. Rashid Rida's Rehabilitation of the Wahhabis and Its Consequences 3. Purist Salafism in the Age of Islamic Nationalism 4. The Ironies of Modernity and the Advent of Modernist Salafism 5. Searching for a Raison d'Etre in the Postindependence Era 6. The Triumph and Ideologization of Purist Salafism Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA valuable work that makes a strong contribution to the study of Middle Eastern politics. -- Michael Herb, Georgia State University This outstanding work of comparative political history shows the complex interaction between the global and the local and the enduring effects of choices made during constitutive moments in state formation. Washington Post - 15 Best Middle East Books [A] richly theoretical analysis, elegantly written and supported by the most recent comparative political literature... This is a compelling study not just for Middle Eastern studies but also for comparative politics in general. Choice A very good book. It is well written, researched, and argued, and it provides a compelling explanation of outcomes that remain highly salient to both political theorists and practitioners. Middle East Journal Impressive... Yom's nuanced transnational account broadens our understanding of regime durability in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Journal of Politics Sean L. Yom has written a brilliant yet easily digestible monograph that explains the essential problem facing regimes in the Middle East today. Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsA Note on Transliteration and Interviews Acknowledgments 1. The Argument and the Cases 2. Coalitions, State-Building, and Geopolitical Mediation 3. Conflict and Compromise in Kuwait 4. Inclusion and Stability in a Populist Autocracy 5. Cliency and Coercion in Iran 6. Exclusionary Politics and the Revolutionary End 7. A Conflict Interrupted in Jordan 8. Recurrent Tensions and Tenuous Survival Under Hashemite Rule 9. The Geopolitical Origins of Durable Political Order Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisShari?a Scripts is a work of historical anthropology focused on Yemen in the early twentieth century. Brinkley Messick uses the writings of the Yemeni past to offer a comprehensive view of the shari?a as a localized and lived phenomenon in a groundbreaking examination of the interpretative range and insights offered by the anthropologist as reader.Trade ReviewThis book explores debates within an Islamic legal tradition about the status of writing and thus of recorded truth. This is an impressive piece of work that draws upon the author's four decades of thought and reading. No one else can move among these Yemeni texts with such assurance, and classic works such as those of Kitab al-Azhar, Sharh al-Azhar and Sayl al-Jarrar are read more closely than any Western academic has attempted previously. ?A formative and distinguished book. -- Paul Dresch, St John's College, OxfordTable of ContentsMap of Western YemenIntroductionPart I. Library1. Books2. Pre-text: Five Sciences3. Commentaries: “Write It Down”4. Opinions5. “Practice with Writing”Part II. Archive6. Intermission7. Judgments8. Minutes9. Moral Stipulations10. ContractsPostscriptNotesManuscripts and Archival MaterialsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Limits of Westernization analyzes the complex local uses of "the West" to explain how the United States could become both the best and the worst in the Turkish political imagination. Gürel traces how ideas about westernization and America have influenced national history writing and policy making, as well as everyday affects and identities.Trade ReviewWith sophistication and mastery, Gurel offers an original perspective on how the Turkish elite and public have been refashioning images of America for their own political and social purposes for more than a century. The result is an extraordinarily well-written account of the role of culture in the international relations of both Turkey and the United States, allowing us to better grasp and critique the roots of contemporary Turkish and American narratives about identity and politics. -- Cemil Aydin, author of The Politics of Anti-Westernism in Asia: Visions of World Order in Pan-Islamic and Pan-Asian Thought In The Limits of Westernization, Perin Gurel offers a multifaceted approach to interpreting the complex ways in which the United States has figured in a rapidly changing Turkey, using four key lenses through which to tell this story: political history, literary analysis, a discussion of language and humor, and gender and sexuality studies. Taken as a whole, the book illuminates how during the American century, Turkey and the United States were intertwined in ways much greater and more sophisticated than we knew. -- Brian T. Edwards, author of After the American Century: The Ends of U.S. Culture in the Middle East Gurel's book is a savvy and nuanced account of the multiple meanings of America and the West in Turkish culture and politics. This is groundbreaking scholarship that uses culture-from novels to jokes to signs held up at protests-to explore how issues such as Westernization, the decline of the Ottoman empire, and US-Turkish relations were imagined in Turkey. Gurel goes beyond showing the love-hate relationship that Turks had had with the United States; she examines how cultural flows across borders created "vernacular transculturation"-spaces of interchange and transformation. The book is at once humorous and erudite, a pleasure to read and to learn from. An outstanding piece of scholarship. -- Melani McAlister, author of Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and US. Interests in the Middle East since 1945Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Good West, Bad West, Wild WestOver-Westernization1. Narrating the Mandate: Selective Westernization and Official History2. Allegorizing America: Over-Westernization in the Turkish NovelUnder-Westernization3. Humoring English: Wild Westernization and Anti-American Folklore4. Figuring Sexualities: Inadequate Westernization and Rights ActivismPostscript: Refiguring Culture in U.S.–Middle East RelationsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a new account of how the Great War unmade and then remade the political order of the Middle East. Ranging from Morocco to Iran and spanning the eve of the war into the 1930s, it demonstrates that the modern Middle East was shaped through complex and violent power struggles among local and international actors.Trade ReviewThis masterful book completely rethinks the origins of the modern Middle East. Wyrtzen challenges top-down political analyses that privilege the Great Powers at the expense of local forces. Instead, he offers a methodological and empirical focus on spaces of violence to illuminate not only resistance and conflict but also the success and failure of varied political projects. A must-read for all social science and humanities scholars interested in the role of history and violence in explaining modern social and political change in general and the Middle East in particular. -- Fatma Müge Göçek, author of Denial of Violence: Ottoman Past, Turkish Present, and Collective Violence Against the Armenians, 1789–2009Covering the entirety of the region, from North Africa to Arabia, and carrying the story through into the 1930s, this book shows convincingly how the post-Ottoman Middle East, rather than being simply an arbitrary creation of imperial mapmaking, was profoundly shaped by the decisions and struggles of its peoples. -- Erez Manela, author of The Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial NationalismIn the Middle East, World War I did not end in 1918—it continued into the early 1930s. Jonathan Wyrtzen’s Worldmaking in the Long Great War offers a concise, well-written account of these state-building conflicts, which drew the map of the region as we know it today. -- Charles Kurzman, author of Democracy Denied, 1905–1915: Intellectuals and the Fate of DemocracyThis is the postcolonial correction of WWI history we have been waiting for. Jonathan Wyrtzen has written an epic reinterpretation of how the Great War transformed the region stretching from Morocco to Iran. The voices and actions of Arabs, Turks, Berbers, Kurds, Persians, Armenians, Jews, and others ring loud and clear. A must-read for all teachers and scholars of modern world history and Middle Eastern politics. -- Elizabeth F. Thompson, author of How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs: The Syrian Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of Its Historic Liberal-Islamic AllianceWyrtzen turns what might have been an overwhelming and dizzying array of subfields into a decisive argument for an updated perspective on a region and a war so often bogged down in Eurocentric, superficial, and dismissive cliches. * Developing Economies *Especially and unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university library 20th Century Middle East History & Politics collections and supplemental curriculum studies syllabus. * Midwest Book Review *An ambitious, and rather admirably compact, survey of history between 1911 and 1934...a very approachable volume capable of introducing students and scholars to the history of the early twentieth century...succinct and convincing. * Middle East Journal *A major feature of Worldmaking in the long great war is the need to move decisively away from the ‘standard narrative’ that the Sykes–Picot Agreement, alongside other wartime agreements and postwar peace treaties, settled or imposed modern polities and boundaries across the Middle East. * International Affairs *A thought-provoking history and will be of interest to readers with an interest in Middle Eastern and North African history and politics as well as modern European history. * Muslim World Book Review *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Unmaking the Greater Ottoman Order1. Geostrategic Questions, Colonial Scrambles, and the Road to the Great War2. The Many Fronts of the Ottomans’ Great War, 1914–1918Part II: Reimagining the Post-Ottoman Middle East3. The Middle East’s So-Called Wilsonian Moment, 1918–19204. Emerging Polities in the Early 1920sPart III: Remaking the Modern Middle East5. Kurdish Uprisings, the Rif War, and the Great Syrian Revolt, 1924–19276. Endgame Struggles in Kurdistan, Cyrenaica, and Arabia, 1927–1934ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisVictor McFarland challenges the view that the U.S.-Saudi alliance is the inevitable consequence of American energy demand and Saudi Arabia's huge oil reserves. Oil Powers traces the growth of the alliance through a dense web of political, economic, and social connections that bolstered royal and executive power and the national-security state.Trade ReviewThe extraordinary relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has influenced both countries, often for the worse. There is no better guide to the origins of this complex alliance than McFarland’s new book. Anyone with an interest in the U.S. role in the Middle East should read it. -- Odd Arne Westad, author of The Cold War: A World HistoryA lot of nonsense has been written since 9/11 about the history of United States-Saudi relations. Oil Powers gets it right. -- Robert Vitalis, author of Oilcraft: The Myths of Scarcity and Security That Haunt U.S. Energy PolicyMcFarland’s superb, deeply researched book convincingly shows just how crucial the U.S.–Saudi alliance was in reorienting America’s foreign policy and the global economy in the 1970s. The legacies of these policies—wars in the Middle East, the rise of finance, and others—continue to shape global affairs today. -- Vanessa Ogle, author of The Global Transformation of Time: 1870–1950Erudite and eloquent, Oil Powers is required reading for all those interested in U.S.-Saudi relations, oil politics, and the international political economy. McFarland makes a stirring argument for Saudi influence on the financialization and militarization of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East in the 1970s. -- Christopher R. W. Dietrich, author of Oil Revolution: Anticolonial Elites, Sovereign Rights, and the Economic Culture of DecolonizationMcFarland charts the growth of deep connections between the Saudi government and American big business, lobbyists and other corporate interests in the Washington DC “swamp”, and shows how these have entrenched executive power in the US, and royal power in Saudi Arabia, with the result that both governments have become less responsive to their people. * Times Literary Supplement *Suitable as a secondary text for a contemporary Middle East studies or international relations course or seminar. * Choice *Erudite and eloquent, Oil Powers is required reading for all those who are interested in the history of U.S.-Saudi relations, oil politics, and the international political economy. -- Christopher Dietrich * H-Diplo *McFarland’s compelling narrative is laced with the panic of oil market experts who warn that America’s oil intensive economy rendered the country vulnerable to market manipulation that soon comes to pass. * Middle East Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on Arabic Transliteration Introduction: Jeddah, 19741. Wheels of Empire2. Roads to Profit3. Ignition4. Machines in Motion5. The Cutoff6. Unmoored7. Turning Right8. AscentConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisVictor McFarland challenges the view that the U.S.-Saudi alliance is the inevitable consequence of American energy demand and Saudi Arabia’s huge oil reserves. Oil Powers traces the growth of the alliance through a dense web of political, economic, and social connections that bolstered royal and executive power and the national-security state.Trade ReviewThe extraordinary relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has influenced both countries, often for the worse. There is no better guide to the origins of this complex alliance than McFarland’s new book. Anyone with an interest in the U.S. role in the Middle East should read it. -- Odd Arne Westad, author of The Cold War: A World HistoryA lot of nonsense has been written since 9/11 about the history of United States-Saudi relations. Oil Powers gets it right. -- Robert Vitalis, author of Oilcraft: The Myths of Scarcity and Security That Haunt U.S. Energy PolicyMcFarland’s superb, deeply researched book convincingly shows just how crucial the U.S.–Saudi alliance was in reorienting America’s foreign policy and the global economy in the 1970s. The legacies of these policies—wars in the Middle East, the rise of finance, and others—continue to shape global affairs today. -- Vanessa Ogle, author of The Global Transformation of Time: 1870–1950Erudite and eloquent, Oil Powers is required reading for all those interested in U.S.-Saudi relations, oil politics, and the international political economy. McFarland makes a stirring argument for Saudi influence on the financialization and militarization of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East in the 1970s. -- Christopher R. W. Dietrich, author of Oil Revolution: Anticolonial Elites, Sovereign Rights, and the Economic Culture of DecolonizationMcFarland charts the growth of deep connections between the Saudi government and American big business, lobbyists and other corporate interests in the Washington DC “swamp”, and shows how these have entrenched executive power in the US, and royal power in Saudi Arabia, with the result that both governments have become less responsive to their people. * Times Literary Supplement *Suitable as a secondary text for a contemporary Middle East studies or international relations course or seminar. * Choice *Erudite and eloquent, Oil Powers is required reading for all those who are interested in the history of U.S.-Saudi relations, oil politics, and the international political economy. -- Christopher Dietrich * H-Diplo *McFarland’s compelling narrative is laced with the panic of oil market experts who warn that America’s oil intensive economy rendered the country vulnerable to market manipulation that soon comes to pass. * Middle East Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on Arabic Transliteration Introduction: Jeddah, 19741. Wheels of Empire2. Roads to Profit3. Ignition4. Machines in Motion5. The Cutoff6. Unmoored7. Turning Right8. AscentConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book is a groundbreaking international history of Palestinian refugee politics. Anne Irfan demonstrates that refugee groups are important actors in global politics, not simply aid recipients, and recasts modern Palestinian history through the lens of refugee camps and communities.Trade ReviewThis book constitutes an original and thoroughly researched contribution to the study of both the interaction of international bodies, notably UNRWA, with the Palestine question, and of the agency of Palestinians, whether camp dwellers or the PLO, in relation to these bodies. It is one of the most fine-grained studies extant of UNRWA’s work and of its role as a quasi-state. -- Rashid Khalidi, author of The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017With exemplary clarity and care, Irfan tells the story of how the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees became a significant locus for Palestinian national politics—for articulating what it means to be a Palestinian refugee and what it means to be a Palestinian. This is an excellent and original book. -- Benjamin Thomas White, author of The Emergence of Minorities in the Middle East: The Politics of Community in French Mandate SyriaAnne Irfan’s study of UNRWA from its inception to the 1970s is both very timely and an important contribution to fields such as refugee studies, Palestinian history, and the history ofinternational institutions...I strongly recommend the book. -- Jørgen Jensehaugen * Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) *Regrettably timely...a riveting historical overview of the lives and experiences of Palestinians in the UNRWA camps. -- Marc Lynch * Abu Aardvark *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsNote on Transliteration and TranslationAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I. Remaking Refugeehood1. Becoming Refugees2. From Refuge to Revolution3. An International RegimePart II. Resisting the Regime4. Palestinian Perceptions5. Agents of the Nation6. Palestine at the UNEpilogue: Resistance After RevolutionAppendix A: Palestinian Refugee FiguresAppendix B: Palestinian Refugee CampsGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisShouting in a Cage offers new ways to understand co-optation’s power and its limits by examining two co-opted parties, the Wafd Party in Egypt and the Istiqlal Party in Morocco.Trade ReviewThis is the book on co-optation that we never knew we needed. Fenner’s book does something that only the very best books in the social sciences do: it takes a concept that readers think they already understand and forces them to rethink what it means, why it occurs, and how it works. This book offers a new way to understand why political parties become co-opted and how they survive it. -- Adria K. Lawrence, author of Imperial Rule and the Politics of Nationalism: Anti-Colonial Protest in the French EmpireThe officially recognized opposition parties of the Arab world’s authoritarian regimes are often viewed as mere handmaidens to dictatorship. In this remarkable study, based on years of rich archival and ethnographic research in Egypt and Morocco, Sofia Fenner offers an alternative and wholly convincing perspective, describing how the rigors of life under dictatorship force once-independent political parties to invest in survival at the expense of trying to garner mass support. Though this renders them unable to claim a share of power, it endows them with a capacity for resilience and even ferocity that speaks to their independent origins and their future potential. This is the work of a gifted scholar that is necessary reading for all scholars of authoritarian regimes, democratization, and political parties. -- Tarek Masoud, Harvard UniversityHistorically rich and intellectually compelling, Shouting in a Cage challenges conventional thinking about opposition co-optation and reconceptualizes it as practice and process while elegantly centering narrative as a central political force. -- Sarah E. Parkinson, author of Beyond the Lines: Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime LebanonCo-optation is one of political science’s strangest concepts—always invoked yet seldom examined. Sofia Fenner meticulously gives form to this amorphous idea with a creative pairing of neutralized parties in Egypt and Morocco. This is an illuminating analysis of the terrible options facing political parties under authoritarianism. -- Mona El-Ghobashy, author of Bread and Freedom: Egypt’s Revolutionary SituationTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliterations, Names, and TitlesIntroductionPart I. Co-optation in History and Theory1. The Wafd and the Istiqlal2. Conceptualizing Co-optationPart II. A Changed Life: How Co-optation Neutralizes Opposition3. Co-optation as Interpretative Dilemma: Istiqlal’s Democratic Journey4. Co-optation as Interpretive Dilemma: The Wafd at WarPart III. Life Goes On: How Co-opted Opposition Survives5. Party-as-Family6. Generation After Generation: Making Sense of Confrontational TurnsConclusion: Authoritarianism as TragedyNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisShouting in a Cage offers new ways to understand co-optation’s power and its limits by examining two co-opted parties, the Wafd Party in Egypt and the Istiqlal Party in Morocco.Trade ReviewThis is the book on co-optation that we never knew we needed. Fenner’s book does something that only the very best books in the social sciences do: it takes a concept that readers think they already understand and forces them to rethink what it means, why it occurs, and how it works. This book offers a new way to understand why political parties become co-opted and how they survive it. -- Adria K. Lawrence, author of Imperial Rule and the Politics of Nationalism: Anti-Colonial Protest in the French EmpireThe officially recognized opposition parties of the Arab world’s authoritarian regimes are often viewed as mere handmaidens to dictatorship. In this remarkable study, based on years of rich archival and ethnographic research in Egypt and Morocco, Sofia Fenner offers an alternative and wholly convincing perspective, describing how the rigors of life under dictatorship force once-independent political parties to invest in survival at the expense of trying to garner mass support. Though this renders them unable to claim a share of power, it endows them with a capacity for resilience and even ferocity that speaks to their independent origins and their future potential. This is the work of a gifted scholar that is necessary reading for all scholars of authoritarian regimes, democratization, and political parties. -- Tarek Masoud, Harvard UniversityHistorically rich and intellectually compelling, Shouting in a Cage challenges conventional thinking about opposition co-optation and reconceptualizes it as practice and process while elegantly centering narrative as a central political force. -- Sarah E. Parkinson, author of Beyond the Lines: Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime LebanonCo-optation is one of political science’s strangest concepts—always invoked yet seldom examined. Sofia Fenner meticulously gives form to this amorphous idea with a creative pairing of neutralized parties in Egypt and Morocco. This is an illuminating analysis of the terrible options facing political parties under authoritarianism. -- Mona El-Ghobashy, author of Bread and Freedom: Egypt’s Revolutionary SituationTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliterations, Names, and TitlesIntroductionPart I. Co-optation in History and Theory1. The Wafd and the Istiqlal2. Conceptualizing Co-optationPart II. A Changed Life: How Co-optation Neutralizes Opposition3. Co-optation as Interpretative Dilemma: Istiqlal’s Democratic Journey4. Co-optation as Interpretive Dilemma: The Wafd at WarPart III. Life Goes On: How Co-opted Opposition Survives5. Party-as-Family6. Generation After Generation: Making Sense of Confrontational TurnsConclusion: Authoritarianism as TragedyNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisHayrettin Yücesoy offers a groundbreaking new account of political discourse in Islamic history by examining Abbasid imperial practice, illuminating the emergence and influence of a vibrant secular tradition.Trade ReviewDisenchanting the Caliphate breaks ground for radically new conversations in world history, political theory, empire studies, and Middle Eastern and Global South Studies. At once erudite, astutely conceived, and sparkling with insight, this book is a must read for anyone seeking to de-eurocentrize public and scholarly assumptions about the world's interconnected past and present. -- Laura Doyle, author of Inter-imperiality: Vying Empires, Gendered Labor, and the Literary Arts of AllianceGibbon’s flourish about ‘Mahomet, sword in one hand, Koran in the other’ long served as metonym for the diachronic Caliphate. Yücesoy provocatively but convincingly disputes whether ‘Islamic political thought’ was inflexibly Islamic. Αlongside religious scholars he highlights Umayyad and Abbasid bureaucrat-literati, who propounded ethical and managerial principles of governance. -- Garth Fowden, author of Before and After Muḥammad: The First Millennium RefocusedA revision of revisionist scholarship, Yücesoy’s book is theoretically engaged and philologically endowed. It unravels the contentions between what he calls the “secular ethos of adab-siyasa” and “scholastic” political knowledge during the eighth century. This work is a contribution to understanding the early background within which the former was to be absorbed by the latter. -- Wael Hallaq, Columbia UniversityIn Disenchanting the Caliphate, Yücesoy pierces the wall of biased binaries erected by Western colonial scholarship. Behind the wall, we are treated to the creative, open-ended process—unfolding during the High Caliphate—that bundled relational practices of power-knowledge into a secular discipline of political civility. -- Armando Salvatore, author of The Sociology of Islam: Knowledge, Power and CivilityYucesoy has produced a valuable work which scholars of political thought in the Muslim world and on secularism will benefit greatly from. * Middle East Monitor *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Early, Umayyad, and Abbasid Caliphs, 632–861Introduction: Critical Reflections on “Islamic Political Thought”1. Caliphal Practice2. The Language of Imamate3. Political Prose Revolution4. The Disruptive Language of Siyasa5. Deconfessionalizing the Caliph6. A Theory of Imperial Law7. Territorial Consciousness8. Reimagining the People of the EmpireConclusion: Releasing Siyasa from the ImamateConventions and SpellingNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisRobert B. Rakove sheds new light on the little-known and often surprising history of U.S. engagement in Afghanistan from the 1920s to the 1979 Soviet invasion, tracing its evolution and exploring its lasting consequences.Trade ReviewThrough expansive multinational archival research, Robert B. Rakove weaves together local, national, and international threads that shaped the history of modern Afghanistan and its engagement with the world. Days of Opportunity is a compelling account of how the nation came to be embroiled in U.S.-Soviet Cold War conflict and the terrible costs to the Afghan people. -- Mary L. Dudziak, author of War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its ConsequencesIn a narrative built on rich detail about individual diplomatic actors and their alliances, rivalries, and networks, Rakove offers tremendous insight on the extent, complexities, and contingencies of the Afghan-American bilateral relationship during the interwar and Cold War eras. -- Shah Mahmoud Hanifi, author of Connecting Histories in AfghanistanIn Days of Opportunity, Rakove uncovers the largely overlooked history of U.S.-Afghanistan relations across the twentieth century. Through expert storytelling and meticulous archival research, he details the two countries’ long, promising, yet frustrating relationship during the decades preceding the Soviet invasion. Rakove gives Afghanistan the attention it deserves as a critical player in twentieth-century international politics. -- Elisabeth Leake, author of Afghan Crucible: The Soviet Invasion and the Making of Modern AfghanistanThis outstanding study offers the most comprehensive exposition and analysis to date of the Afghan-American relationship through the end of the 1970s. Based on extensive archival research, it provides essential context for anyone who seeks to understand the complex historical roots of America's failures in Afghanistan. -- Robert McMahon, author of Dean Acheson and the Creation of an American World OrderTable of ContentsNotes for the ReaderIntroduction: “A Day of Opportunity”1. A Game of Hide-and-Seek: The Afghan Pursuit of Diplomatic Relations, 1921–19382. “We Have a Rare Opportunity”: U.S.-Afghan Relations Amid the World Crisis, 1938–19453. Preeminence and Peril: The American Influx and the Coming of the Afghan Cold War, 1945–19524. “We Might Be Willing to Take a Chance”: The Choice to Contest Afghanistan, 1953–19565. Anxious Coexistence: The Aid Contest, 1956–19596. The Crisis Era, 1959–19637. Reform and Retrenchment, 1963–19688. The Fall of the Monarchy, 1968–19739. Return to Engagement, 1973–197610. The End of Diplomacy, 1977–1979Conclusion: “Into the Jaws of Catastrophe”AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsNotesList of ArchivesIndex

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Book SynopsisAn impressive collection of Jewish signet rings and seals from the Sasanian EmpireTrade Review"This book should be in any research library for ancient Near Eastern, Iranian, or Jewish history. It will be a useful reference for archaeologists and historians of society, art, religion and commercial practice in those fields."--Michael L. Bates, curator emeritus of Islamic coins, American Numismatic Society"Friedenberg sets out to catalogue the Jewish seals of the Sasanian Empire, providing some introductory material by way of background and orientation. The access to primary sources, especially recondite ones, is a foundational service of publication. This kind of scholarship holds a special place in our work."--Joshua Holo, director of the Louchheim School of Judaic Studies and associate professor of Jewish history, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los AngelesTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi GENERAL NOTES xiii INTRODUCTION Observations on the Jews of the Sasanian Empire i NORMAN GOLB 1 A Brief Historical Review 5 2 The Jewish Academies 11 3 Jewish Names on Sasanian Seals 13 4 The Nature and Function of Sasanian Seals 17 5 Old Testament Themes 23 6 Description of Seals 27Seals of the Lulab and Etrog 1. Seal of Mari Son of Samuel (Jewish) 27 2. Seal of Isaac Son of Papa (Jewish) 28 3. Seal of Judah - Son of Abba (Jewish) 28 4. Seal of Abbua (Jewish) 29 5. Seal of Ahawa Son of Zachary (Jewish) 29 6. Seal of Joseph (Jewish) 30 7. Seal Without Inscription (Jewish) 31 8. Seal of Hilkiah Son of Samuel (Jewish) 31 9. Seal of Huna Son of Nathan (Jewish) 31 10. Seal of Samuel 32 11. Seal of Levi Son of Simon (Jewish) 32Seals of Abraham's Binding of Isaac and Related Scenes 12. Seal of Hillel Son of Menasseh (Jewish) 33 13. Seal of Jacob Son of Judah (Jewish) 34 14. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham's Binding of Isaac (Probably Christian) 35 15. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham's Binding of Isaac (Probably Christian) 35 16. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham with Cross on Altar (Christian) 36 17. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham with Cross over Altar (Christian) 36 18. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham with Cross over Altar (Christian) 37 19. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham Holding Isaac (Probably Christian) 37 20. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham with Crosses (Christian) 38 21. Seal with Latin Inscription: Abraham's Binding of Isaac (Christian) 38 22. Seal Without Inscription: Fire Altar and Priest (Zoroastrian) 39 23. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham's Binding of Isaac(?) (Unidentifiable) 39 24. Seal Without Inscription: Abraham's Binding of Isaac(?) (Unidentifiable) 40 25. Seal Without Inscription: Zoroastrian Worship (Zoroastrian) 40 26. Seal Without Inscription: Scene of Worship (Probably Zoroastrian) 41Seals of the Human Figure 27. Seal of Joseph Son of Nata (Jewish) 41 28. Seal of Isaac Son of Adda (Jewish) 42 29. Seal of Ityonah Yoniya (or Ye'udia) (Jewish) 43Seals of Animals and Other Life Forms 30. Seal of Hunay (Jewish) 44 31. Seal Without Inscription: Two Standing Rams (Probably Zoroastrian) 44 32. Seal of Isaac Son of Judah (Jewish) 45 33. Seal of Huna Son of Samuel (Jewish) 45 34. Seal of Hada Son of Hiyya (Jewish) 46 35. Seal of Jonah (Jewish) 46 36. Seal of Ibrami(?) (Jewish) 47 37. Seal of Abba (Jewish) 48 38. Seal of Shem Son of Hunar (Jewish) 48 39. Seal of `Uqba Son of Papa (Jewish) 49 40. Seal of Samuel Son of Yosha Tov(?) (Jewish) 49 41. Seal of Vashish(?) (Jewish) 50Seals of Family Devices 42. Seal of Abba Son of Malka(?) (Jewish) 51 43. Seal of Aha Son of Sumaqa (Jewish) 52Miscellaneous and Dubious Seals 44. Seal of John (Jewish) 53 45. Seal of Yoash the Dayyan Son of Judah(?) (Jewish) 53 46. Seal of Isaac Son of Moses (Jewish) 54 47. Seal of Yosine Arcohen [Chief Priest] Son of Iyf ... Shalom (Jewish) 54 48. Seal of Samuel Son of Isaac Rabba (Jewish) 55Fantasy Seals on the Theme of the Binding of Isaac 49. Fantasy Seal on the Theme of the Binding of Isaac 56 50. A Second Fantasy Seal on the Aqedah Theme (Jewish) 56 51. A Third Fantasy Seal on the Aqedah Theme (Jewish) 57Seals of Daniel in the Lions' Den 52. Seal Showing Daniel in the Lions' Den (Christian or Probably Christian) 58 53. Seal Showing Daniel in the Lions' Den (Christian or Probably Christian) 58 54. Seal Showing Daniel in the Lions' Den (Christian or Probably Christian) 59 55. Seal Showing Daniel in the Lions' Den (Christian or Probably Christian) 59 56. Seal Showing Daniel in the Lions' Den (Christian or Probably Christian) 60 57. Seal Showing Daniel in the Lions' Den (Christian or Probably Christian) 60 7 Specific Character of the Known Sasanian Jewish Seals 61 NOTES 63 BIBLIOGRAPHY 67 INDEX 71

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey since the early 2000s and its overseeing of a growing economy and a forceful foreign policy have been one of the key forces shaping the Middle East in a turbulent decade bookended by the September 11 attacks and the Arab Uprisings. In Media in New Turkey , Yesil explores and explains the growth of Turkish media, its travails with the government, and its forays in the Middle East and Central Asia. Deftly eschewing media determinism, Yesil approaches Turkish media as a site of struggle between various strands of democratic and authoritarian politics, Islamism and neoliberalism. Both in its approach to the topic and in the important insights it provides, this book will be an original and lasting contribution to the literature on media, culture, and politics within and beyond the Middle East."--Marwan Kraidy, author of Reality Television and Arab Politics: Contention in Public Life"A very timely and enlightening book… Yesil uses considerable informal interview content as well as reference to abundant published sources to provide an excellent review of the processes that have undermined the rule of law in turkey, whether through state terrorism or political-economic collusion and corruption… Highly recommended."—Choice "From a historical point of view, the book successfully underlines the centralized authoritarian character of the state. . . . It serves as an essential guide for scholars and students investigating recent concerns and/or the rooted tensions in the media-politics-culture triangle."--International Journal of Communication"It is a real treat to read a work on the Middle Eastern media that shows the sociological sophistication employed by Bilge Yesil. This book is packed with stimulating ideas on Turkish media, state, and society that cut through the familiar mind-numbing clichés. Not only categories that have served Middle East experts for so long, but also the myth of Turkish Model dissolves under her scrutiny. This is a timely book and a must-read for students of international communications and any students interested in the contemporary Middle East."--Gholam Khiabany, author of Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity"Bilge Yesil's book is a fantastic introduction for those wanting to develop an understanding of the complex relationship between politics, economics, and the media in contemporary Turkey." --H-Net Reviews"A very well-researched book. Everyone interested in contemporary Turkey’s grim media landscape should read it."--Hurriyet Daily News

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