MERIA News, Volume 6, Issue 1

Issue 1/January 2004

Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin

Assistant Editors, Cameron Brown, Joy Pincus, Ehud Waldoks

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CONTENTS

IMPORTANT NEWS

1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST

2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE

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:

CHANGE IN STAFF

Elisheva Rosman has left her position as assistant editor of the MERIA Journal and assistant editor of Turkish Studies journal. MERIA extends thanks to Elisheva for years of excellent service and wishes her success in all future endeavors. Joy Pincus will now take over for Elisheva in compiling items for the MERIA News. All contributions for future issues should be sent to her at <jpincus@idc.ac.il>. Ehud Waldoks has taken over for Elisheva in editing the Turkish Studies journal, and all queries and manuscripts can be sent to him at <ehud@aya.yale.edu>.

GLORIA CENTER PUBLICATIONS

Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin, Yasir Arafat: A Political Biography (Oxford University Press, 2003).Released this month in Australia and New Zealand. Price: Aus$55.00 and NZ$65.00. Pay by credit card or check. Orders can be sent to Professional & Reference Dept, Allen & Unwin, 83 Alexander Street, Crows Nest, NSW 2065, fax: (02) 9906 2218, tel: (02) 8425 0100, email: <academic@allenandunwin.com>. For information on the book, and ordering in the U.S.and Europe: <http://gloria.idc.ac.il/publications/books/arafat.html>.

Barry Rubin, "Wem Nützt der Arabische Antiamerikanismus?" (in English: "To Whom is Arab Antiamericanism Useful?) in the new book by editors Thomas Uwer & Thomas von der Osten-Sacken, Amerika Der “War on Terror” und der Aufstand der Alten Welt (in English: America the War on Terror and the Uprise of the Old World) (ça ira-Verlag, 2003). To purchase: <ca-ira@t-online.de>. Tel. 0761 2859506; Fax. 0761 37949. To read the chapter online:<http://meria.idc.ac.il/meria_translation/Amerika_war_on_terror.pdf>.

1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST

A. Books

Ali Ansari, Iran (Routledge, 2004). 192 pp. 17.99 pounds (paper). ISBN: 0-415-28711-1. For further information and to order: <http://www.tandf.co.uk/books> .

Andrew Borowiec, Taming the Sahara: Tunisia Shows a Way While Others Falter (Greenwood, September 2003). 44.00 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-275-97647-5. For further information and to order: <http://harcourteducation.co.uk> .

Stephanie Cronin, The Making of Modern Iran: State and Society Under Riza Shah (RoutledgeCurzon, 2003). 288 pp. 50.00 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-415-30284-6. For further information and to order: <http://www.tandf.co.uk/books> .

Michael Cook, Forbidding Wrong in Islam (Cambridge University Press, August 2003). 200 pp. 42.50 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-521-82913-5. for further information and to order: <http://www.cambridge.org> .

Anthony H. Cordesman, Saudi Arabia Enters the Twenty-First Century (Greenwood, August 2003). 2 volumes, 42.00 pounds each. (hardcover). ISBN: 0-275-97998-9, 0-275-97997-0. For further information and to order: <http://harcourteducation.co.uk> .

Nissim Dana, The Druze in the Middle East: Their Faith, Leadership, Identity and Status (Sussex Academic Press, November 2003). ISBN: 1903900360. $65.00

Brent Glatzer, Afghanistan (Routledge, 2003). 125 pp. 15.99 pounds (paper). ISBN: 0-415-28384-1. For further information and to order: <http://www.tandf.co.uk/books> .

December Green and Laura Luehrmann, Comparative Politics of the Third World: Linking Concepts and Cases (Lynne Reinner, 2003). $33.70. For further information and to order: <http://www.rienner.com> .

Mohammad M. Hafez, Why Muslims Rebel: Repression and Resistance in the Islamic World (Lynne Rienner, 2003). 253 pp. $52 (hardcover). ISBN: 1-58826-124-7. For further information and to order: <http://www.rienner.com> .

Hassan Hakimian and Jeffery Nugent (eds.), Trade Policy and Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa (RoutledgeCurzon, 2003). 320 pp. 65.00 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-415-30266-8. For further information and to order: <http://www.tandf.co.uk/books> .

Fereydoun Hoveyda, The Shah and the Ayatollah: Iranian Mythology and Islamic Revolution, (Greenwood, 2003). 136 pp. 32.25 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-275-97858-3. For further information and to order: <http://harcourteducation.co.uk> .

George Joffe, Algeria: The Failed Revolution (Routledge, 2003). 192 pp. 50.00 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-415-27427-3. For further information and to order: <http://www.tandf.co.uk/books> .

Maye Kassem, Egyptian Politics: The Dynamics of Authoritarian Rule (Lynne Rienner, 2004). 210 pp. $19.95 (paper). ISBN: 1-58826-247-2. For further information and to order: <http://www.rienner.com> .

Ali Akbar Mahdi (ed.), Teen Life in the Middle East (Greenwood, April 2003). 35.50 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-313-31893-X. For further information and to order: <http://harcourteducation.co.uk> .

Christin Marschall-Jones, Iran’s Persian Gulf Policy (RoutledgeCurzon, 2003). 280 pp. 55.00 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-415-29789-X. For further information and to order: <http://www.tandf.co.uk/books> .

Spencer Mawby, British Policy in Southwest Arabia, 1959-1967 (Frank Cass, 2004. 256 pp. $64.50 (cloth). ISBN: 0-7146-5459-0. For further information and to order: <http://www.frankcass.com> .

Hannah Naveh, ed., Israeli Women and Community: Women's Time (Vallentine Mitchell, December 2003). 199 pages. ISBN: 0-85303-505-9 PB 18.99 pounds / $26.95. ISBN: 0-85303-506-7 HB 45.00 pounds / $69.50. For further information and to order: <http://www.vmbooks.com>

Fred A. Reed, Shattered Images (Talonbooks, 2003). 258 pp. $15.95. ISBN 0-88922-4854. for further information and to order: <http://www.talonbooks.com/> .

Jeffery Roberts, The Origins of Conflict in Afghanistan (Praeger, May 2003). 42.00 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-275-97878-8. For further information and to order: <http://harcourteducation.co.uk> .

Cheryl A. Rubenberg, The Palestinians: In Search of a Just Peace (Lynne Rienner, 2003). 485 pp. $24.50 (paper). ISBN: 1-58826-225-1. For further information and to order: <http://www.rienner.com> .

Abdel Sidahmed and Alsir Sidahmed, Sudan: A Study of the Evolution and Propects of its Contemporary Politics (Routledge, 2003). 192 pp. 50.00 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 0-415-27417-6. For further information and to order: <http://www.tandf.co.uk/books> .

Leslie Stein, The Hope Fulfilled: The Rise of Modern Israel (Greenwood, April 2003). 312 pp. 16.10 pounds (paper). ISBN: 0-275-97815-X. For further information and to order: <http://harcourteducation.co.uk> .

Richard Tapper and Keith McLachlan, ed., Technology, Tradition and Survival: Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia (Frank Cass, December 2003). 256 pages, illus., HB 60.00 pounds / $84.95. ISBN: 0714649279. 256 pages, illus., PB 17.99 pounds / $26.95. ISBN: 0714649279. For more information, contact Siobhan Daly <sdaly@frankcass.com> +44 (0) 20 8920 2160

B. Journals, Newsletters. Papers

The Washington Quarterly articles on Middle East topics online at: <http://www.twq.com/info/archives.cfm#mideast>.

Ayca Ariyoruk, Turkish Water to Israel? Policywatch, No. 782 (August 14, 2003): <http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/watch/Policywatch/policywatch2003/782.htm> .

Simon Henderson, The New Pillar: Conservative Arab Gulf States and U.S. Strategy (Washington Institute Policy Paper 58, October 2003), 104 pp., $19.95. ISBN 0-944029-86-8. For further information and to order: 1-800-275-1447, <http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubs>.

Anders Jagerskog, Why states cooperate over shared water: The water negotiations in the Jordan River Basin" (PhD thesis). Full text (PDF) online at: <http://www.ep.liu.se/diss/arts_science/2003/281/digest.pdf>.

Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions (1 January Through 30 June 2003): <http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/721_reports/jan_jun2003.htm>.

The Journal of Libyan Studies (JLS): academic journal published twice a year by the Centre for Libyan Studies and dedicated to the survey, analysis, and assessment of a wide range of issues and themes related to Libya. Introductory offer: Annual Subscriptions (2 issues): Institutions: 40.00 pounds / $60.00; Individuals: 20.00 pounds / $30.00. <http://www.libyancentre.org/journal_of_libyan.htm>

Insight Turkey, due to be published in January 2004. The issue will focus on "Turkey and the Middle East" with articles dealing with "Turkish-Israeli relations," "The Domestic Factor in Turkey's Middle East Policy," "The Synagogue Bombings in Istanbul," "The AKP's Foreign Policy Approach" and more. Subscriptions: <http://www.insightturkey.com> or by contacting <subscriptions@insightturkey.com>.

The World Institute of International Affairs' The World Today is available online by subscription. To sign up, and to see the summaries of the current issue, including an article on Economic Reform in Iraq: <http://www.riia.org/index.php?id=51>

2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE

A.General:

Albrecht Hofheinz’s review of the Macintosh version of the EI's electronic edition: <http://www.zmo.de/hofheinz/EI_CDROM_Mac_Review.html>.

Albrecht Hofheinz’s Islamic World “quick and dirty guide” detailed list of links: <http://195.37.93.199/hofheinz/CybIslamLinks.html>.

Niazi, Salah and Assultani, Fadhil: Two long-exiled Iraqi poets, after reading their poetry at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts, discuss with the audience the legacy of a long dictatorship: <http://www.mafhoum.com/press5/156C40.htm>

Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy announces a new website. It is still under construction, but will soon contain articles in Arabic on the issue of "Islam & Democracy". <http://www.islam-democracy.org/ar/>

News Library for the Middle East and Israel: A site containing articles from the AP, Reuters, J-Post, Ha'aretz and more. Archives date from 1998 and may be accessed for free. <http://www.gsnonweb.com/>

A new and still developing site, currently covering UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, with other nations to follow. Lists government personnel and press in each country. <http://www.arabdecision.com/index.php?lang_id=3>

Lebanon Wire: Contains opeds published over the last two years in English in Israel, the UK, the US, and the Arab world, regarding the Middle East. <http://www.lebanonwire.com/earlier/opeds.asp>.

Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S): unique information about terrorism, in English and Hebrew. A large percentage of the information is based on original Palestinian documents captured by security forces. <http://www.intelligence.org.il/eng/default.htm>. For regular email updates: <mlm@intelligence.org.il>

B. Iraq:

"Iraqi Kurds Should Get Their Own State" from the Dallas News - By Bakh Dargali. Posted on KurdishMedia.com at <http://www.kurdmedia.com/reports.asp?id=1760>

Congressional Research Report: Audrey Kurth Cronin, "Al Quaeda After the Iraq Conflict," available in pdf. <http://www.thememoryhole.org/crs/more-reports/RS21529.pdf>. Other reports: <http://www.thememoryhole.org/crs/more-reports/>

The Library of Congress and the Cultural Property Office of the US Department of State Mission to Baghdad: Report on the National Library and the House of Manuscripts October 27-November 3, 2003. Full text available at:
<http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/mela/LCIraqReport.html>

"Transforming for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations," Edited by Hans Binnendijk and Stuart Johnson. This paper examines the various elements of the stabilization and reconstruction by U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan. <http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/S&R.htm> <http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/SR%20Ops.pdf>

C. Israel:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History offers the online: "Jewish Resource Center," containing a wide variety of links relating to Israel today. <http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/dinur/Internetresources/modern/T.htm>

Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides a series of maps online: Overall maps from the Kingdom of David and Solomon to March 2000: <http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dtc0>. Detailed maps of territories under PA and Israeli jurisdiction: <http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dtq0> and <http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAJ01v30>. Complete annexed map list: <http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dta0>

D. Lebanon:

Politics in Lebanon: A History of the Political Parties. <http://www.rimbaud.freeserve.co.uk/lebanon_pol.htm>

E. Libya:

Centre for Libyan Studies: an independent nonprofit research institution in Oxford, United Kingdom. Seeks to gather, pool, analyze and document all information pertinent to Libya and make it accessible to organizations and specialists regardless of their political persuasions or interests. <http://www.libyancentre.org/>

F. Western Sahara:

ARSO - Association de soutien a un referendum libre et regulier au Sahara Occidental: with links to news about Western Sahara and Polisario Front, and with updated bibliographies. Mostly written in French and Spanish, with some English. <http://www.arso.org/index.htm>

3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS

4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

The Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations (CJCR) in Cambridge, England is calling for applications for an M.A. scholarship and announcing the CJCR Summer School. The M.A. scholarship is offered for an Israeli student in humanities. Apply by mail before March 15, 2004 to: Tamar Alon, Interfaith Encounter Association, P.O.Box 3814, Jerusalem 91037. For further details: <tami_alon@yahoo.com>

Call for participants in a summer course: Rewriting of the History: Emerging Identities and Nationalism in Central Asia, to be held July 19-30, 2004. The course will use interdisciplinary perspective to examine the phenomenon of Revising and Rewriting of the History in Central Asia. For further information and to register: <http://www.ceu.hu/sun/SUN_2004/Detailed_Descriptions/rewriting_of_the_history.htm#Rewriting>.

York University in Toronto, Canada is calling for papers from academic and non-governmental organizations which approach Palestinian and Israeli environmental issues using narrative analysis. The conference is under the research umbrella of the Middle East Environmental Futures Project <http://www.watsoninstitute.org/meef/>. Respond with abstracts by February 23, 2004 to Professor Stuart Schoenfeld, Sociology, Glendon, York University, 2275 Bayview Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M6, <Schoenfeld@glendon.yorku.ca>.

Brandeis University will host a Summer Institute for Israel from Sunday, June 20, 2004 to Friday, July 2, 2004 in Waltham, Massachusetts. The seminar is designed to assist faculty in colleges and universities in North America in the design of new courses in Israel Studies. Applications in by March 1, 2004. For further information: Ilan Troen, Director, Brandeis University Summer Institute for Israel Studies, Brandeis University, MS 075, Waltham, MA 02454. Email: <troen@brandeis.edu>. Website: <www.brandeis.edu/institutes/tauber/events_upcoming.html>.

The Israeli Sociological Society is calling for Papers for their 35th Conference. The topic is "Globalization, Anti-Globalization and Israel." Abstracts may be sent to the Conference Coordinator: Gili Baruch: gilib@urim.org.il or to the Conference Chair: Uri Ram: uriram@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

The Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin's Working Group Modernity and Islam, Center for Modern Oriental Studies Berlin, Free University Berlin and Institute of the German Oriental Society in Istanbul invite scholars to apply for five postdoctoral fellowships in 2004/5 for: New Approaches to the History of Merchant Cities in the Ottoman Empire and its Successor States. Applicant's doctorate should have been completed no earlier than 1997. Applications must be received by February 15 2004. For further information: <khalil@wiko-berlin.de> or visit website: <http://www.wiko-berlin.de/kolleg/projekte/AKMI?hpl=2>

The Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin's Working Group Modernity and Islam invites scholars to apply for three postdoctoral fellowships for the project: Cultural Mobility in Near Eastern Literatures. Project examines the diverse reception and exchange relationships between the literatures of the Near East and other regions. Thematic emphasis: "Literature as an archive of knowledge." May be done in connection with the Berlin project. Applicant's doctorate should have been completed no earlier than 1997. Applications must be received by February 15 2004. For further information: <khalil@wiko-berlin.de> or visit the website at: <http://www.wiko-berlin.de/kolleg/projekte/AKMI?hpl=2>

RSCAS Mediterranean Programme is holding its Sixth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting in Florence, Italy on March 16-20, 2005. Scholars are invited to apply to run a workshop there; up to fifteen proposals will be selected. Prospective applicants should read in advance the essential information on the following webpage: <http://www.iue.it/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mspr2005/> The focus will be on the Middle East and North Africa and their interactions with Europe.

5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP

B. Scettri, a university student in anthropology from Italy, is writing a thesis about Palestinian refugees' identity, in particular refugees in Syria. She is asking for recommendations of material to aid in her research. Please write to <b.scettri@libero.it>

6. SCHOLAR'S AND AUTHOR'S ALERTS (writers report on their books, articles, and activities)

Soner Cagaptay, "Citizenship Policies in Interwar Turkey," Nations and Nationalism, Volume 9, Part 4, October 2003.
Arthur Goldschmidt and Robert Johnston, Historical Dictionary of Egypt (3rd ed.), (Lanham, MD, and Oxford, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2003), includes maps, a chronology of events, a brief historical introduction, the dictionary with entries ranging from "Abbas Bridge Incident" to "Ziwar" and from "Beverages" to "Vanguard Organization," appendixes (one of which lists all heads of state and of government since 1878), and a detailed bibliography of works about Egypt in English, French, and Arabic. For further information and to order: <http://www.scarecrowpress.com/> .

Anders Jagerskog's PhD thesis on the water negotiations in the Jordan River Basin can be found here: <http://www.ep.liu.se/diss/arts_science/2003/281/digest.pdf>

Talip Kucukcan, “State, Islam and Religious Liberty in Modern Turkey: Reconfiguration of Religion in the Public Sphere, “ Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2003, No. 2, pp. 475-507; “Modes of Belonging: Articulation of Turkish Youth in Diaspora” in Ayse Lahur Kirtunc, A. Silku, K. W. Rose and M. Erdem (eds.), Selves at Home, Selves in Exile (Proceedings of the Seventh Cultural Symposium, Ege University American Studies Association, ASAT, Ege University, Publication of The Faulty of Letters, Izmir, 2003), pp. 39-48.

Dr. Alon Liel has published Demo Islam, (Publishers of the United Kibbutz, the Workers' Library, 2003) an academic attempt to assess the meaning of Turkey’s recent political upheaval as it is seen from outside the country by an experienced Middle Eastern observer. To order: <http://www.kibutz-poalim.co.il/>

Richard C. Martin, ed., Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World (Hardcover, October 2003). Eight entries by Majid Mohammadi of SUNY-Stony Brook. For list of articles: <http://www.gale.com/pdf/samples/toc56032.pdf>

Isabella Ginor announces that her research, and in particular her latest paper in MERIA Journal: "The Cold War's Longest Cover-Up: How and Why the USSR Instigated the 1967 War," has been awarded the Aharon Yariv Memorial Fellowship for research on intelligence, media, disinformation and psychological warfare, granted by the Israeli Center for Intelligence Heritage. Presentation to be held on January 18; Dr. Ginor will be in Washington to present the paper at a conference convened by the State Department Historian. To read the paper: <http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2003/issue3/jv7n3a3.html>

Lee Smith, "Egypt's Islamist Dilemma," The Nation, December 1, 2003.

Kenneth W. Stein, "US and EU Disagreements about Managing the Middle East," in Bianca Kuhnel (ed.),Troubled Waters Europe and its Relations with the United States and Israel, The Helmut Kohl Institute for European Studies, Conference and Lecture Series, 1, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 2003, pp. 41-52.

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.]

January 7, 2004. Haifa, Israel. Ibn Khaldun Center, The Arab Association for Research and Development, conference: "The Or Commission Report: Does It Have Any Impact at the State Policy Towards the Arabs?" Speakers include Mr. Moshe Arens, Former Minister of Defense and Exterior Affairs and MK Avraham Bourg, Former Head of Knesset. University of Haifa, Ashkol Building, 30^th Floor, 12:45 start with assembly and light refreshments. For more information, write to: <ahlamasad@yahoo.com>

Jan. 13, 2004. London. The London Middle East Institute at School of Oriental and African Studies announces a lecture: "The Contemporary Middle East." State formation in Palestine: governance, viability and prospects for the future: Dr Mushtaq Khan, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Law and Social Science. Lecture held in association with the SOAS Palestine Society. 17:30: Tea and biscuits. 18:00: Lecture in Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS. Admission free. For more information: Tel: 0207-898 4442 <http://www.lmei.soas.ac.uk/>

January 16, 2004. London. The London Academy of Iranian Studies in association with The London Middle East Institute, Outreach Programme announces: "Iranian Identity" with Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Dr Seyed G Safavi. Location: The Khalili Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies; 17:00 – 19:00. Tickets: 10 pounds. For more information: Tel: 0207-898 4330 and Email: <lmei@soas.ac.uk>.

Jan. 20, 2004. London. The London Middle East Institute at School of Oriental and African Studies announces a lecture: "Reaction and Reform in Contemporary Iran: the forthcoming elections." Dr Ali Ansari, Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. 17:30: Tea and biscuits. 18:00: Lecture in Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS. Admission free. For more information: Tel: 0207-898 4442 <http://www.lmei.soas.ac.uk/>
Jan. 27, 2004. London. The London Middle East Institute at School of Oriental and African Studies announces a lecture: "Misunderstanding Turkey." Dr Andrew Mango, LMEI Research Associate. 17:30: Tea and biscuits. 18:00: Lecture in Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS. Admission free. For more information: Tel: 0207-898 4442 <http://www.lmei.soas.ac.uk/>

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