MER Article Islam and Human Rights Kevin Dwyer, Arab Voices: The Human Rights Debate in the Middle East (Routledge, 1991). Ann Elizabeth Mayer, Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics (Westview, 1991). Naseer Aruri • 5 min read
MER Article Disaster Area The recent history of the struggle for human rights in the Arab world is marked by some modest success, but the task remains enormous. The region is a disaster area in terms of human rights. Irrespective of the type of government, ideological coloration or foreign policy orientation, whether pro-Wes Naseer Aruri • 25 min read
The PLO and the Jordan Option The PLO stands at a crossroads. The battle of Beirut revealed the valiant and tenacious character of Palestinian nationalism and the corresponding paralysis of the Arab state system, but the forced withdrawal of the PLO from Lebanon presented the organization with the most serious challenge to its c Naseer Aruri • 21 min read
