MER Article Imagined Youths Youth -- what is it? The notion tends to be taken for granted, as a natural stage in human development. But, in fact, “youth” is a socially and culturally determined category, a transitional phase between childhood and adulthood that, in its contemporary form, is a product of modernity. In the pre- Ted Swedenburg • 15 min read
MER Article From the Editors (Winter 2007) Some good news, for a change: The excruciating ordeal of the Los Angeles Eight is finally over. On October 30, federal prosecutors gave up on their efforts to deport Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh, the last of the seven Palestinians and one Kenyan arrested in 1987 on patently silly anti-terrorism The Editors • 4 min read
MER Article Rogue Libya's Long Road On May 15, 2006, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that the United States would soon open an embassy in Libya, long classified by Washington as an inveterate “rogue state.” This move came, she said, “in recognition of...the excellent cooperation Libya has provided to the United States... (Author not identified) • 16 min read
MER Article Editor's Picks (Fall 2007) Al-Ali, Nadje Sadig. Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present (London: Zed Books, 2007). Antoon, Sinan. I‘jaam (San Francisco: City Lights, 2007). Asad, Talal. On Suicide Bombing (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007). Atabaki, Touraj, ed. The State and the Subaltern: Modernizati (Author not identified) • 1 min read
MER Article Geoff Hartman MERIP grieves the loss of Geoff Hartman, 42, a former editor of this magazine and our great friend. Geoff died on June 7, 2007 of complications resulting from cancer. Bruce Dunne • 2 min read
