"This book offers the first critical engagement with the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa. Challenging conventional wisdom on the origins and contemporary dynamics of capitalism in the region, these cutting-edge essays demonstrate how critical political econ…
"To be sure, all soldiers, on all fronts, in all armies, suffered hardships during the First World War. British and Dominion soldiers on the Western Front were faced with their own set of harsh environmental and combat conditions. Water-logged, muddy trenches in Flanders, most n…
Cultural wars and the politics of diplomacy -- "An artist who cannot speak English is no artist" -- The dissonance of dissent : art and artists after 1990 -- Intermezzo -- Beirut : the rise and rise of postwar art -- Amman : uneasy lie the arts -- Ramallah : the paintbrush is mi…
Introduction : Polyculturalism, Transnationalism, and Diaspora -- Major Middle Eastern American Companies -- Return to the Homeland Plays -- Persecution Plays -- Diaspora Plays -- Plays Set in the Homeland -- Conflict Plays -- The Current State of Middle Eastern American Theatre…
Offers an in-depth discussion of fundamentals and performance of monarchies in the Middle East. Focuses on the roots and characteristics of these monarchies, and examines causes of the collapse of some and the longevity of others. Looks at performance of present-day monarchies a…
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Synopsis: Ethnic Groups of Africa and the Middle East contains encyclopedic entries arranged alphabetically within ethno-linguistic classifications. Each entry has four main sections: an introduction identifying the language group, where they are found, and their numbers; a brie…
Power and the play of music / Laudan Nooshin -- "The artist of the people in the battle" : Umm Kulthūm's concerts for Egypt in political context / Laura Lohman -- "Abd al-Halim's microphone" / Martin Stokes -- Mediated Qur'anic recitation and the contestation of Islam in contemp…
Mapping out Middle Eastern law from its earliest records to the latest decisions of Middle Eastern high courts, Mallat focuses on the way legislators and courts conceive of law and apply it and introduces its main sources and legal concepts in a manner accessible to the non-spec…
