Our current understanding of Egypt's relations with the Sinai and Asia (1550-525 B.C.) relies heavily upon the extant textual-pictorial record, and has mostly neglected the full potential of the archaeological record, even during periods of relatively few or no contemporary hist…
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This study examines Hebrew legal and exegetical texts from third-fourth century C.E. Palestine in order to understand assistance to the poor in early rabbinic Judaism. It seeks to elucidate how the redactors of early rabbinic literature envisioned the process of giving, the give…
In 1978, Edward Said, a Palestinian-American literary theorist, published his famous book, Orientalism. The book was an attack on the concepts of "Orient" and "Occident". Said described orientalism as a discourse that helped the West colonize the East. Recent events such as the …
The phenomenon of 'Political Islam' has increased in both scope and importance over the past two decades. Beginning with the revolution in Iran, its impact in the Middle East and the international theatre have made it potentially the most destabilizing development in the region.…
The conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians represents one of the most intractable conflicts of the 20th and now the 21st century. The duration of this conflict is particularly surprising given the zero sum nature of conflict, and the theoretical ability to achieve a …
During the second half of the twentieth century, radio was arguably the Middle East's most popular media, yet its development in and impact on the region is almost totally un-studied. This dissertation, "A little radio is a dangerous thing: state broadcasting in Mandate Palestin…
This thesis analyses the phenomenon of suicide bombings as manifested in the Palestinian landscape of conflict and attempts to construct a theoretical framework of analysis to study the phenomenon. It investigates Hamas, and most specifically its resort to suicide bombings, from…
This dissertation offers a historical narrative and postcolonial assessment of the Pentecostal mission in Palestine. Its methodology is informed by Edward Said's Orientalism. The Pentecostal mission in Palestine is a virtually unknown episode in the history of Pentecostalism. Th…
The imbroglio of Jerusalem is arguably at the center of the Arab-Israeli conflict and presents an impasse to establishing peace. Its capacity to evoke powerful emotions is the key to understanding the connection between politics and sacred.1 The intent of this work is to closely…
This work is an attempt to explore the role of religion, particularly Islam, in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a factor both motivating the conflict and as a potential resource for its resolution. It examines whether religious beliefs, commitments, traditions shape or influ…
Re-veiling has been a medium for women to express their commitment to so-called "traditional" and Islamic values while simultaneously expressing their discontent with Westernization. In this paper I will argue that the re-veiling movements which began in the last quarter of the …
When we think of nonviolent struggles of the twentieth century, we tend to reflect on Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. We honor these figures because they were exceptional: radical theologians who changed the world through their faith-based insistence on absolute nonv…
Yusuf ibn Isma`il al-Nabhani (d. 1932) completed his Jami` karamat al-awliya' , a compilation of miracle tales (manakib ), in 1906 and first published it in 1911. A modern work, al-Nabhani's collection of miracle stories represents the culmination of a tradition that spans one t…
My dissertation, a study of the civil service in Gaza during the British Mandate and the Egyptian Administration, investigates processes through which people and places are constituted, controlled, and governed. Conceiving of 'government' as a process of legal, social, and moral…
An important nexus in the emergence of several of the trends of nationalism that began in Palestine in the pre-World War I period and continued to be important in the years that followed was the close linkage between Arabism, Palestinian identity, and opposition to Zionism. For …
Hussein al-Barghuthi (1954-2001) was a giant literary figure in the modern Palestinian cultural scene. He was a controversial writer and his works include critique, poetry, fiction, plays, screenwriting, and lyrics. Much of his writing, beyond literary and cultural criticism, is…
This dissertation is an examination of Palestinian nationalism as it is developed through the practices and idioms of suffering, violence and human rights. I argue that the increased importance of human rights in international political discourse has transformed the way Palestin…
The bulk of literature on 'suicide terrorism' focuses on the political goals and the instrumentalities of the application of this form of violence. However, the most careful political analysis does not necessarily provide a full understanding of this form of violence, particular…
This thesis develops an Islamic legislative drafting methodology that is meant to serve a basis for bringing the family law of Islamic countries into line with current conceptions of gender equality found not only in the West but in Islamic law (the shari'a ) as well. Contrary t…