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A Broken Trust
Sir Herbert Samuel, the first British High Commissioner in Mandatory Palestine (1920-1925) and only the second Jew after Disraeli to have reached such a high position in the …
Modernity and the Stateless
The Kurds are the largest stateless nation in the world. They live under the jurisdiction of four sovereign states - Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria - which deny their national …
Researching Biology and Evolution in the Gulf States
Officials and religious scholars in the Gulf states have repeatedly banned the teaching of the theory of evolution because of its association with atheism. But Jorg Matthias …
The Economy of Iran
This volume identifies the principal issues, social, economic and political, that have shaped and determined Iran's economic performance since the Islamic revolution of 1979.
Beyond Islam
In this magisterial work, Sami Zubaida draws on a distinguished career's worth of experience trying to understand the region to address the fundamental question in Middle East …
Honour Killings
Leyla Pervizat argues that honour killings are a form of extrajudicial execution which can only be challenged by looking at its socio-political and economic contexts. Focusing on …
Workers and Working Class in the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic
This study investigates the growth of the industrial workforce in the Ottoman empire and Turkey in the period from 1840 to 1940, when the Industrial Revolution began to have a …
Water, Peace and the Middle East
Water is a key issue on the agenda of peace between Israel and its Arab neighbours. The circumstances in which Gaza gained its autonomy leaves it in a disadvantageous position with …
Cultural Encounters in the Arab World
In this groundbreaking book, Tarik Sabry is seeking out the terrain for best understanding the experience of being modern in transitional societies. He adopts a dynamic, …
The Makers of Modern Syria
In the aftermath of World War I, Syria paved a path towards democracy. Initially as part of the French Mandate in the Middle East and latterly as an independent republic, Syria put …
Water, Power and Politics in the Middle East
This original analysis of the Middle East water problems highlights questions and issues which have so far only received minimal attention. The author develops a multi-layered …
Rethinking an NGO
Jordan's development must be considered in three broad contexts which have profoundly shaped the process: the country's limited internal resouces, the political instability of the …