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Issue 11/September 2003
Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin
Assistant Editors,
Cameron Brown, Elisheva Rosman-Stollman, Joy
Pincus, Ehud Waldoks
Issue 11/September 2003
Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin
Assistant Editors, Cameron Brown, Elisheva Rosman-Stollman, Joy Pincus, Ehud Waldoks
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CONTENTS
3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP
6. SCHOLARS AND AUTHOR'S ALERTS (writers report on their books, articles, and activites)
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
September 16-18, the GLORIA Center hosted an international conference on anti-Americanism. Papers presented were as follows: Fiamma Nirenstein: anti-Americanism and Italy; Judith Colp Rubin: 19th Century European anti-Americanism, Themes and Perceptions; Bret Stephens: European anti-Americanism: Clarity, Conceit, Illusion; Reuven Paz: Islamists and anti-Americanism; Hillel Frisch: Palestinians and anti-Americanism; Guy Bechor: Egypt and anti-Americanism; Adel Darwish: Arab Media and anti-Americanism; Patrick Clawson: Iran and anti-Americanism; Amatzia Baram: Iraq and anti-Americanism; Josh Pollack: Saudi Arabia and anti-Americanism; Cameron Brown: September 11 and Reactions to it; Yossi Klein Halevi: anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism; Barry Rubin: Anti-Americanism as a Tool of Dictatorial Control; Stefani Hoffman: USSR and Russia and anti-Americanism; Mark Falcoff: Latin America and anti-Americanism; Bernard Avishai: anti-Americanism and the American Intellectual Elite; Abdel Mahdi Abdallah: Attitudes of Anti-Americanism in the Arab World, a Socio-Political Perspective; and Robert Lieber: anti-Americanism: Why Do They Hate Us and Why Do They Love Us? Selected papers on anti-Americanism and the Middle East will appear in December 2003 issue of MERIA Journal and the collection will be published as a book. This conference was generously supported by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. IN RESPONSE to Nimrod Raphaeli's article in the September 2003 MERIA Journal, "Saudi Arabia: A Brief Guide to its Politics and Problems," Mr. St. John Armitage wrote saying there were a number of errors concerning names. Here is his list of alleged errors and the author's response. 1. Modern Saudi Arabia was founded by King Abd al-Aziz bin Sa'ud. The author responds: The proper full name of the founder of Saudi Arabia is Abd al-Aziz bin Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Sa'ud. Al-Sa'ud has commonly been accepted as the family name of the king and his successors, and hence Saudi Arabia. In most books he is referred to as ibn saud or bin Sa'ud ((bin or ibn means the same--the son of). See for example, Fouad Ajami, "The Dream Palace of the Arabs" (Pantheon, 1998), p.178, and Bernard Lewis, "The Middle East," (Phonix, 1996), p.344 "head of the house, 'Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud," and p. 350 "Ibn Saud of Arabia." 2. Abd al-Rahmam bin Abd al-Aziz. Deputy Minister of Defense. Response: Abd al-Rahman bin Abd al-Aziz is the deputy minister of defense. This is not an error. 3. Ahmad bin Abd al-Aziz. Deputy [ERROR] Minister of Interior. The author responds: Ahmad bin Abd al-Aziz is the deputy minister of interior. 4. Turki [ERROR] and Badr, serve as the deputies to the commander of The National Guard. Response: Turki and Badr do serve as deputies to the commander of the National Guard. This is not an error. 5. Three of Abdallah's sons, Mut'ib, Turki [ERROR] and Abd al-Aziz[ERROR] serve in various senior capacities in the National Guard Response: Abdallah's three sons, Mut'ib, Turki and Abd al-Aziz do serve in high positions in the National Guard. 6. The minister of foreign affairs, Prince Faisal, [ERROR] is the son of the late King Sa'ud. Response: The minister of foreign affairs Prince Saud al-Faisal is the son of King Faisal as his name indicates and as he appears in the chart. It was an error to say that he was the son of King Saud. I regret the error but the fact remains that he is the son of a king and the nephew of the reigning king. 7. The ambassador to the United Kingdom, Prince Turki, is the son of the late King Faisal, and thus the first cousin of the minister.[WHICH MINISTER - NOT THE FOREIGN MINISTER] Author's response: Saud al-Faisal is the minister of foreign affairs as he was listed in the chart. Unfortunately, it was my error to suggest he was the son of Sa'ud. He is the son of Faisal and hence the brother, not the cousin, of another Turki, Turki al-Faisal, the Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom. 8. Two other princes occupy the two most senior civil service posts in the ministry,[WHICH MINISTRY?] including that of the first secretary-general and the director general of inspection, Abd al-Rahman (Sultan's brother) who serves as deputy [ERROR] minister. A [WHICH?] minister's son, Khaled, serves as assistant minister Response: The text indicates the reference was still to the ministry of foreign affairs. 9. A half-brother of King Fahd, Prince Mut'ib, serves as a minister for public works and housing, while his brother, Prince Ahmad,[ERROR] Response: Ahmad bin Abd al-Aziz is the deputy minister of interior. 10. Prince Abdallah bin Faisal is the governor of the investment Authority with the rank of minister. He is the son of the late King Faisal [ERROR] Response: The above statement is in fact correct. 11. All the governors report to the minister of interior, Prince Na'if. The governors are either brothers of the minister of interior or his nephews.[ERROR] Response: I should say "most" rather than all of the governors are brothers and nephews of Prince Na'if. The others are family members. This is really a semantic point. All the governors are princes. 12. The other half-brothers of the minister of interior are the governors Of al-Baha [ERROR], Response: My statement is in fact correct. 13. Prince Mash'al bin Majid bin Abdul al-Aziz.(and the son of Prince Majid, the governor of Meccah) [ERROR - NOT EVEN FORMER GOVERNOR] Response: The statement is in fact correct. 14. The sole exception [ERROR] is Princess Abta bin Hamoud al-Rashid, president of the Women's Council, who is the wife of Prince Muqrin, the governor of Mecca. Author's response: I refer to the sole princess whose name appeared in the papers as occupying an official position. The names of other princesses often appear in connection with individual charitable work. The above criticisms are almost all inaccurate except for the one raised in point six which also affects point seven. The main picture that emerges from the articles is that Saudi Arabia is an oligarchy run by princes who occupy every senior position in the land. The other point that was made was that despite the wealth of the country the vast majority of the Saudis are in worse shape today than they were 10 or 20 years ago and the situation is not improving. One manifestation of this extended family is the inter-family marriages. Sa'ud al-Faisal is the minister of foreign affairs, his brother Turki is the ambassador to the United Kingdom and his cousin Bandar is the ambassador to the United States who is married to Haifa Al-Faisal the sister of the minister and the daughter of the later King Faisal.1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
A. Books
Anthony Arnove (ed.), Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War (Pluto Books, 2003). 264 pp. 12.99 pounds (paper). ISBN: 0-7453-2033-3. For further information and to order: <http://www.plutobooks.com>.
Anne E. Brodsky, With All Our Strength: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (Routledge, May 2003). 320 pp. 17.99 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-415-3492-3. For further information and to order: <http://www.routledgefalmer.com>.
Mary Buckley (ed.), Global Reponses to Terrorism: 09/11, Afghanistan and Beyond (Routledge, August 2003). 320 pp. 18.99 pounds (paper). ISBN: 0-415-31430-5. For further information and to order: <http://www.routledgefalmer.com>.
Yulia Egorova and Tudor Parfitt, Jews, Muslims and the Mass Media: mediating the Other (Routledgecurzon, August 2003). 256 pp. 50.00 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-415-31839-4. For further information and to order: <http://www.routledgefalmer.com>.
Riad El-Ghonemy (ed.), Egypt in the Twenty-First Century (RoutledgeCurzon, June 2003). 240 pp. 55.00 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-415-30348-6. For further information and to order: <http://www.routledgefalmer.com>.
Pauline Green with Ray Collins, Embracing Cyprus: The Path to Unity in the New Europe (IB Tauris, April 2003). 168 pp. 29.50 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 1-86064-840-1. for further information and to order: <http://www.ibtuaris.com>.
Hassan Hakimian and Jeffery Nugent (eds.), Trade Policy and Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa: Economic Boundaries in Flux (RoutledgeCurzon, August 2003). 320 pp. 65.00 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-415-30266-8. For further information and to order: <http://www.routledgefalmer.com>.
Muna Hamzeh and Todd May, Operation Defensive Shield: Witnesses to Israeli War Crimes (Pluto Books, June 2003). 208 pp. 14.99 pounds (paper). ISBN: 0-7453-2063-5. For further information and to order: <http://www.plutobooks.com>.
Maye Kassem, Egyptian Politics: The Dynamics of Authoritarian Rule (Lynne Rienner, January 2004). 210 pp. $49.95 (hardcover), ISBN: 1-58826-222-7. for further information and to order: Tel. (303)444-6684, Fax (303)444-0824, <http://www.rienner.com>.
Rita Liljestrom (ed.), Autonomy and Dependence in the Family: Turkey and Sweden in Critical Perspective (RoutledgeCuzon, October 2002). 300 pp. 18.99 pounds (paper). ISBN: 0-415-30635-3. For further information and to order: <http://www.routledgefalmer.com>.
Steven Morewood, The British Defence of Egypt, 195-1940: Conflict and Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean, (Frank Cass, 2003). 352 pp. $57.50 (cloth). ISBN: 0-7146-4943-9. For further information and to order: <http://www.frankcass.com>.
Tom Pierre Najem, Lebanon: The Politics of a Penetrated Society (RoutledgeCurzon, August 2003). 192 pp. 50.00 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-415-27428-1. For further information and to order: <http://www.routledgefalmer.com>.
John Andreas Olsen, Strategic Air Power and the Gulf War (Frank Cass, 2003). 256 pp. $26.50 (paper). ISBN: 0-7146-5195-4. For further information and to order: <http://www.frankcass.com>.
Timothy J. Paris, Britain, the Hashimites and Arab Rule 1920-1925: The Serifian Solution (Frank Cass, June 2003). 39.50 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-7146-5451-5. for further information and to order: <http://www.frankcass.com>.
Nigel Craig Parsons, From Oslo to Al-Aqsa: The Politics of the Palestinian Authority (Routledge, May 2003). 272 pp. 50.00 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-415-94440-6. For further information and to order: <http://www.routledgefalmer.com>.Lawrence Pintak, Seeds of Hate: How America’s Flawed Lebanon Policy Ignited the Jihad (Pluto Books, August 2003). 352 pp. 13.99 pounds (paper). ISBN: 0-7453-2043-0. For further information and to order: <http://www.plutobooks.com>.
Helena Lindholm Schultz, The Palestinian Diaspora (Routledge, May 2003). 256 pp. 17.99 pounds (paper). ISBN: 0-415-26821-4. For further information and to order: <http://www.routledgefalmer.com>.
Andrew Silke and Gaetano Ilardi, Terrorism Research: Trends, Achievements and Failures (Frank Cass, 2003). 256 pp. $26.50 (paper). ISBN: 0-7146-5195-4. For further information and to order: <http://www.frankcass.com>.
Gareth Stansfield, Iraqi Kurdistan: Political Development and Emergent Democracy (RoutledgeCurzon, May 2003). 224 pp. 50.00 pounds (hard). ISBN: 0-415-30278-1. For further information and to order: <http://www.routledgefalmer.com>.David Tal (ed.), The 1956 War: Collusion and Rivalry in the Middle East (Frank Cass, 2001). 160 pp. $64.50 (cloth). ISBN: 0-7146-5311-X. For further information and to order: <http://www.frankcass.com>.
Richard Thackrah, Dictionary of Terrorism (Routledge, July 2003). 288 pp. 16.99 pounds (paper). ISBN: 0-41529821-0. For further information and to order: <http://www.routledgefalmer.com>.Fredric Volpi, Islam and Democracy: The Failure of Dialogue in Algeria (Pluto Books, January 2003). 184 pp. 14.99 pounds (paper). ISBN: 0-7453-1976-9. For further information and to order: <http://www.plutobooks.com>.
Leonard Weinberg and Ami Pedahzur, Political Parties and Terrorist Groups (Routledge, August 2003). 320 pp. 21.99 pounds (paper). ISBN: 0-415-28815-0. For further information and to order: <http://www.routledgefalmer.com>. B. Journals, Newsletters, Papers, CD-ROM, Audio, VideoAlternatives, Turkish Journal of International Relations has published a special issue (Vol.2 No.2) on the Middle East in the 21st Century. For full text: <http://www.alternativesjournal.net>.
The Autumn 2003 Issue of The Washington Quarterly is now available online at: <http://www.twq.com>.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Proliferation News: special edition of Proliferation News on the IAEA's meetings in Vienna on Iran's nuclear program, 8 September 2003: <http://www.ProliferationNews.org>.
Congressional Research Service, Report on Iranian Nuclear Program (August 2003): <http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/24050.pdf>.
The Future of Syrian-American Relations, A Saban Center Luncheon Discussion with Buthaina Shaaban, Syrian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman (June 18, 2003). Information on event and first page: <http://www.brook.edu/comm/events/20030618.htm>. Full transcript in PDF: <http://www.brook.edu/comm/events/20030618.pdf>.
Clyde R. Mark, Israeli-United States Relations (Congressional Research Service, Updated October 17, 2002): <http://www.policyalmanac.org/world/archive/crs_israeli-us_relations.shtml>.
Electronic edition of the Encyclopedia of Islam (EI) is now available. Users will be able to access the data set online, although the browser will be installed locally. This is the first step in the move towards an online edition of the Encyclopedia of Islam. Further updates will soon be available online only. For further information: <http://www.brill.nl/eicd/>.
Insight Media, The Middle East and Central Asia: The People (Insight Media, 2002). 23 min. $229. #64AE06 (NTSC). PAL available. For further information and to order: <cs@insight-media.com>, <http://insight-media.com>.2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE
Saban Center for Middle East Policy. Includes events, resources, publications: <http://www.brookings.edu/sabancenter>.
AlJazeera satellite channel is now in English at: <http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage>.National Security Archives Posts Declassified Documents covering the rise to power of Osama bin Laden's former hosts in Afghanistan, the Taliban. There are 32 sets of documents in pdf, obtained via the Freedom of Information Act at: <http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB97/index.htm#docs>.
3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
Iraq Revenue Watch monitors Iraq's oil industry and public finances to ensure that they are managed with the highest standards of transparency so that the benefits of national oil wealth flow to the people of Iraq. To receive notification of new reports, subscribe on the IRW site: <http://www.iraqrevenuewatch.org>.
4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
The Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of
State, is calling for papers for its conference on the Arab-Israeli Crisis and
War of 1967, within the broader context of U.S. relations with the Middle East
during the Johnson administration, to held January 7-8, 2004, in Washington, DC.
Original paper proposals on topics relating to the pre-war regional crises, the
war itself, and the immediate post-war impact should concentrate on the time
period under consideration. Deadline for proposals: October 15, 2003. Paper
proposals (abstract and c.v.) should be sent, preferably via e-mail or fax, to:
Laurie West Van Hook, Conference Coordinator, Office of the Historian, U.S.
Department of State, 2401 E Street, NW, Room L-409, Washington, DC 20522; <vanhooklw@state.gov>;
Fax: 202-663-1289.
The Eurasia Program of the Social Science Research Council Fellowship
Program for research and training on the New Independent States, the Soviet
Union, and the Russian Empire, funded by the U.S. Department of State under the
Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States
of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII) is offering fellowships in the following
categories: Predissertation Training Fellowships for students in their first or
second year of a doctoral program, Dissertation Write-up Fellowships for
graduate students who expect to complete writing the dissertation during the
2004-2005 academic year, Postdoctoral Fellowships for recent PhD recipients and
junior faculty wishing to undertake research, and Teaching Fellowships for
faculty members wishing to create and implement significantly revised or wholly
new university courses. All applicants must be US citizens or permanent
residents, and all fellowships awarded under this program are contingent upon
receipt of funding from the U.S. Department of State. Deadline:
November 3, 2003. for applications and further information: <http://www.ssrc.org/fellowhips/eurasia>
or Eurasia Fellowship Program, Social Science Research Council, 810 Seventh
Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10019, USA. Tel: 212-377-2700; <eurasia@ssrc.org>.
Turkish Studies (GLORIA/Frank Cass) is calling for papers for a themed issue on Turkish culture. Articles should be up to 7,500 words. Deadline: 1 January, 2004. Turkish Studies is a refereed journal. For further information or to submit an article: <http://www.frankcass.com/jnls>; <profbarryrubin@yahoo.com>.
Call for Panels and Papers for the AIS 20th Annual Conference: “Israel: The Prospects for Reinvigoration” to be held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, June 14-16, 2004. Electronic submissions of proposals for organized panels, individual papers, round table discussions, and “meet the author” sessions relating to the main theme, as well as other topics within the general field of Israel studies, are welcome. Proposals should include a title and a short abstract. Deadline for panel submissions: November 15, 2003; Deadline for individual paper proposals: January 15, 2004. for further information: <mkeren@ucalgary.ca>; <http://www.aisisraelstudies.org/ais.htm>.
5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP
Bobbe Colburn is looking for Arabic/ English speakers who will be willing to assist with research by translating and interpreting parts of a textbook chapters, and using a rubric to grade it. A few surveys will be within the packet. For further information: B.L. Cummins-Colburn, Ed.S. <bcummins@waldenu.edu>.
6. SCHOLAR'S AND AUTHOR'S ALERTS (writers report on their books, articles, and activities)
Tarek Heggy, Culture, Civilization and Humanity (Frank Cass, October 2003). 391 pp. (paper). $26.00. ISBN: 0-7146-8434-1. Tarek Heggy is considered one of the prime advocates in the Arab world of the values of modernity, progress, democracy, civil society, cultural tolerance and humanity. Between 1978 and 2001, he published 12 successful books in Arabic and Culture, Civilization and Humanity is the result of his efforts to bring his work to the English-speaking world for the first time. The author argues that it can transcend any clash of civilizations and cultures. He suggests that “dialogue is possible if the vision exists and serious efforts are made to transform it into a reality.” However, understanding does not come at the expense of standardizing world cultures, rather the author promotes and emphasizes “unity through diversity” and “expanding a culture of respecting otherness”. He discusses the central importance of progress and debates the characteristics that can bring development to Egypt and the Middle East. For review copies or further press information: Siobhán Daly, <sdaly@frankcass.com>; Tel.: +44(0)20-8920-2160.
Shai Feldman, After the War in Iraq: Defining the New Strategic Balance (Sussex Academic Press and the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, 2003). The book, a joint effort by members of the Jaffee Center's research staff, presents concise and penetrating analyses of the war's implications on the international arena, the Middle East, and Israel. For a table of contents and the book's opening chapter: <http://www.sussex-academic.co.uk/titles/middleeast/grundmanfeldman.asp>.
B. A. Roberson (ed.), Shaping the Current Islamic Reformation (London,
Portland: Frank Cass, 2003). 262 pp. 17.50 pounds (paper).ISBN 0-7146-8280-2.
The idea for this collection is to go beyond the media presentation of the impact of a politicized notion of Islam in the region and to consider the reality that lies behind current issues in the region and the role that an embedded Islam has played or may play. The focus is a sort of stocktaking of the state of our understanding of the phenomena of the Islamic Revival, the development of Islamic politics or Islamism and attempts of some Islamic intellectuals to construct models for the modernization of Islamic society without resorting to westernization models. For further information and to order: <http://www.frankcass.com>.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES [This only lists new entries. For additional items, see MERIA News past issues on our homepage. We welcome submissions of events.]
September 29, 2003. Maryland, U.S. The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and the Middle East Studies Department and the Dialogue Project of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies are sponsoring a forum on Syria entitled "Syria: A Voice for the Future or a Voice of the Past?" It will be held at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
October 9-11, 2003. Bursa, Turkey. IV IFLAC: Pave Peace International Ataturk Peace Culture Conference, entitled: "Building Bridges through Conflict Resolution, Communication, Literature and Culture". Participation should be conformed by mail, fax or email. Registration includes participation in all lectures, roundtables and workshops, a Tour of Bursa, and Iflac membership for 2003. Donations for promoting IFLAC, subsidizing students and needy third world participants are most welcome. Fee: $100 per person (until September 20), $120 per peson (after September 20). Checks should be payable to IFLAC, and sent to: AKBANK 043 BURSA SUBESI: 0180597-7 036 EURO AKBANK 043 BURSA SUBESI: 0180596-9 001 $. Please send copy of bank receipt to: IFLAC c/o Prof. Ada Aharoni and Dr. Husamettin Olgun, P.O.Box 9934, 34341, Israel; or by Fax: +972-4-8261288, or by Email: <ada33@bezeqint.net>. For further information: <http://iflac.up.co.il>.
June 14-16, 2004. Jerusalem, Israel. AIS 20th Annual Conference: “Israel: The Prospects for Reinvigoration” to be held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For further information: <http://www.aisisraelstudies.org/ais.htm>.
MERIA is indexed in Cambridge University's Index Islamicus.
Staff: Publisher and Editor: Barry Rubin; Assistant Editors: Cameron Brown, Elisheva Rosman-Stollman, Joy Pincus, Ehud Waldoks. London representative: Lawrence Joffe. Canadian representative: Brent Sasley. Turkish representative: Ozgul Erdemli.
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