MER Article Aida Dabbas MERIP mourns the passing of Aida Hashim al-Dabbas, who died of cancer on November 1, 2003. A dedicated grassroots activist, Aida gave the last seven years of her life to advocacy for peace and justice in Palestine, the welfare of the Iraqi people, and political and civil freedoms in her home country Jillian Schwedler • 3 min read
MER Article From the Editors (Spring 2004) "An educated wife and mother is a better wife and mother. No husband is better off because she is chained by ignorance. No son is better off because his mother cannot read." Students of Middle East history might guess that these are the words of Qasim Amin, the Egyptian lawyer whose writings at the The Editors • 7 min read
MER Article Editor's Picks (Winter 2003) Buck-Morss, Susan. Thinking Past Terror: Islamism and Critical Theory on the Left (London: Verso, 2003). Center for Public Integrity. Windfalls of War: US Contractors Reap the Windfalls of Post-War Reconstruction (Washington, DC, October 2003). Dodge, Toby. Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation-Bu (Author not identified) • 1 min read
