MER Article Editor's Picks (Fall 2015) Abulhawa, Susan. The Blue Between Sky and Water (New York: Bloomsbury, 2015). Agrama, Hussein Ali. Questioning Secularism: Islam, Sovereignty and the Rule of Law in Modern Egypt (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012). Alajaji, Sylvia Angelique. Music and the Armenian Diaspora: Searching for (Author not identified) • 2 min read
MER Article Leadership Gone Awry In representative democracies, elections allow the peaceful replacement of leaders, infuse government with new blood, legitimize both winners and losers, and restore public faith in democracy. More importantly, “the people’s voice” is cast as the ultimate check on national leaders whose power has gr Ümit Cizre • 21 min read
MER Article Water Blues Two quiet but revealing developments related to Middle East water were announced in the spring and summer of 2015. On February 26, Israeli and Jordanian officials signed an agreement to begin implementation of the long-awaited and controversial Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project. And, on June Lizabeth Zack • 12 min read
MER Article The Invisible Alienation of Tunisian Youth The mood in Tunisia was tense after Ramadan, a month after 38 tourists were killed in the beach resort of Sousse at the end of June. Key buildings on the capital’s main boulevard, Habib Bourguiba Avenue, including the Ministry of Interior, were surrounded with barbed wire and conspicuous police prot Benoît Challand • 5 min read
