MER Article Editor's Picks (Summer 2013) Abrahamian, Ervand. The Coup: 1953, the CIA and the Roots of Modern US-Iranian Relations (New York: New Press, 2012). Allen, Lori. The Rise and Fall of Human Rights: Cynicism and Politics in Palestine (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2013). Boroujerdi, Mehrzad, ed., Mirror for the Muslim (Author not identified) • 1 min read
MER Article Jordan's Military-Industrial Complex and the Middle East's New Model Army Raise the subject of Arab military-industrial production and the country that springs to mind is Egypt. A historian might recall Iraq’s early arms industry; a Gulf analyst might think of the weapons development projects being financed by the United Arab Emirates. Few would think of Jordan. But accor Shana Marshall • 12 min read
Featured Between Grievances and State Violence On June 16, 2012, female students at the University of Khartoum mounted a demonstration that released a wave of protest on campuses and major towns across Sudan. The young women exited the university gates chanting “Freedom, freedom,” demanding the “liberation” of their campus from the grip of the N Khalid Mustafa Medani • 20 min read
