Abdel-Latif, Omayma. In the Shadow of the Brothers: The Women of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, October 2008).

Al-Ali, Nadje and Nicola Pratt. What Kind of Liberation? Women and the Occupation of Iraq (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2009).

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. 2003-2007 Report on Hate Crimes and Discrimination Against Arab Americans (Washington, DC, December 2008).

Ayoob, Mohammed and Hasan Kosebalaban, eds. Religion and Politics in Saudi Arabia: Wahhabism and the State (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2009).

Behrendt, Sven. When Money Talks: Arab Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Global Public Policy Discourse (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, October 2008).

Chalcraft, John. The Invisible Cage: Syrian Migrant Workers in Lebanon (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2009).

Chatterjee, Pratap. Halliburton’s Army: The Long, Strange Tale of a Private, Profitable and Out of Control Texas Oil Company (New York: Nation Books, 2009).

Conetta, Carl. Forceful Engagement: Rethinking the Role of Military Power in US Global Policy (Cambridge, MA: Project on Defense Alternatives, December 2008).

Crawford, David. Moroccan Households in the World Economy: Labor and Inequality in a Berber Village (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2008).

Faroqhi, Suraiya. The Ottoman Empire: A Short History (trans. Shelley Frisch) (Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener, 2008).

Haj, Samira. Reconfiguring Islamic Tradition: Reform, Rationality and Modernity (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008).

Hazbun, Waleed. Beaches, Ruins, Resorts: The Politics of Tourism in the Arab World (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008).

Hoffman, Adina. My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet’s Life in the Palestinian Century (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009).

Human Rights Watch. The Quality of Justice: Failings of Iraq’s Central Criminal Court (New York, December 2008).

Human Rights Watch. “So Much to Fear”: War Crimes and the Devastation of Somalia (New York, December 2008).

Kamrava, Mehran. Iran’s Intellectual Revolution (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).

Kanaaneh, Rhoda Ann. Surrounded: Palestinian Soldiers in the Israeli Military (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008).

Krause, Wanda. Women in Civil Society: The State, Islamism and Networks in the UAE (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).

Phillips, Sarah. Yemen’s Democracy Experiment in Regional Perspective: Patronage and Pluralized Authoritarianism (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).

Rutherford, Bruce K. Egypt After Mubarak: Liberalism, Islam and Democracy in the Arab World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008).

Ryan, Curtis R. Inter-Arab Alliances: Regime Security and Jordanian Foreign Policy (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2009).

Tehranian, John. Whitewashed: America’s Invisible Middle Eastern Minority (New York: New York University Press, 2008).

Zeghal, Malika. Islamism in Morocco: Religion, Authoritarianism and Electoral Politics (trans. George Holoch) (Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener, 2008).

How to cite this article:

The Editors "Editor’s Picks (Spring 2009)," Middle East Report 250 (Spring 2009).

For 50 years, MERIP has published critical analysis of Middle Eastern politics, history, and social justice not available in other publications. Our articles have debunked pernicious myths, exposed the human costs of war and conflict, and highlighted the suppression of basic human rights. After many years behind a paywall, our content is now open-access and free to anyone, anywhere in the world. Your donation ensures that MERIP can continue to remain an invaluable resource for everyone.

Donate
Cancel

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This