MER Article From the Editor (Winter 2006) “Two words,” said a Virginia man asked by the Washington Post to explain his vote for the Democrat in the 2006 Senate race. “‘Neuter Bush.’” On the morrow of the November 7 Congressional elections, there was a palpable sense of a mission accomplished in the blue-tinted precincts of the The Editors • 3 min read
Special Publications The Brotherhood Goes to Parliament Sitting on a comfortable fake leather couch in the lobby of Cairo’s four-star Ma‘adi Hotel on a spring evening, we watch tourists mill around. Asian, European and Sudanese businessmen and holidaymakers casually eat a buffet dinner or browse in the souvenir shop selling knockoff pharaonic trinkets. The Alyssa Bivins • 18 min read
MER Article Editor's Picks (Fall 2006) Alagha, Joseph. The Shifts in Hizbullah’s Ideology: Religious Ideology, Political Ideology and Political Program (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2006). Cook, Jonathan. Blood and Religion: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State (London: Pluto Press, 2006). Deeb, Lara. An Enchanted (Author not identified) • 1 min read
MER Article Cynthia Nelson Cynthia Nelson (1933–2006), professor of anthropology at the American University in Cairo and founding director of its Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies, passed away on Valentine’s Day after a long, severe illness. She was in Sacramento with family. Shahnaz Rouse • 2 min read
MER Article Youssef Darwish Youssef Darwish (1910–2006) was born to a Karaite Jewish family of modest means in the Cairo neighborhood of ‘Abbasiyya. His father was illiterate, but made sure that his children received a first-rate education. In France to study commerce and then law, Darwish met the Communist Party of France in Joel Beinin • 2 min read
MER Article Ahmed Abdalla Rozza MERIP notes with deep sadness the passing of Ahmed Abdalla Rozza on June 6, 2006, at age 56. A former Egyptian student leader, Abdalla was an independent scholar and activist who wrote frequently on Egyptian politics and sociology, authoring several articles for this magazine in the 1990s. He was a Marsha Pripstein Posusney, Michaelle Browers • 3 min read
MER Article Deborah J. "Misty" Gerner Misty Gerner, an editor of this magazine and an inspiration to so many of us, died in the tranquility of her home in Vinland, Kansas on June 19, 2006 after a lengthy struggle with cancer. Misty was a scholar, activist and peacemaker, exemplifying always both reason and passion. She “let her life spe Gwenn Okruhlik • 14 min read
MER Article The Ghetto vs. the Gun Idith Zertal, Israel’s Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood (trans. Chaya Galai) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005). Shira Robinson • 7 min read
