"The Rulers Are Afraid of Their Own People" “Isa” grew up in Bahrain and lived there until recently. He spoke with several MERIP editors in April 1985. He asked to remain anonymous in order to protect friends and family still living there. What sort of distinctions and divisions are there among expatriates? You’ve got the Europeans and Amer (Author not identified) • 7 min read
MER Article Kramer, Minderheit, Millet, Nation? Gudrun Kramer, Minderheit, Millet, Nation? Die Juden in Agypten, 1914-1952 (Minority, Millet, Nation? The Jews in Egypt, 1914-1952) (Wiesbaden, 1982). Up to now, the history of the Jewish community in Egypt has been known only to a few specialists. Some periods have been analyzed quite well -- for (Author not identified) • 3 min read
MER Article "We Are Rebuilding Our Organization" “Ahmad” is a representative of the Socialist Labor Party in the Arabian Peninsula. MERIP interviewed him in February 1984. What were the origins of your party? (Author not identified) • 6 min read
MER Article "We Must Be Realistic About Our Goals" “Al-Hamdani” is the nom de guerre of a representative of the Yemeni People's Unity Party. MERIP spoke with him in February 1984. (Author not identified) • 8 min read
MER Article Brenner, Zionism in the Age of the Dictators Lenni Brenner, Zionism in the Age of the Dictators (Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill, 1983). Lenni Brenner has written a singular book about “the interaction between Zionism and Fascism and Nazism.” It is one of the many ironies of history that Zionism, a movement that claims to be dedicated to assuring (Author not identified) • 4 min read
Peck, The Reagan Adminstration and the Palestine Question Juliana S. Peck, The Reagan Administration and the Palestine Question: The First Thousand Days (Washington, DC: Institute of Palestine Studies, 1984). (Author not identified) • 1 min read
MER Article Armenian Genocide To The Editors: Thanks for your outstanding and timely issue, “State Terror in Turkey,” (MERIP Reports, #121, February 1984). We would like to clarify a few issues about Armenians that were raised in the article, “The Kurds in Turkey.” Martin van Bruinessen states there that “fears that the Armenia (Author not identified) • 5 min read
Rafsanjani Discusses Timing of Next Iranian Offensive Excerpts from the Friday prayer speech of Hojjat-ol-Islam Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, the Imam’s representative to the Supreme Defense Council, and Speaker of the Majles, broadcast on Tehran radio, July 6, 1984. (Author not identified) • 5 min read
Oil and the Outcome of the Iran-Iraq War Excerpts from a report by Thomas McNaugher and William Quandt of the Brookings Institution, published on May 14, 1984 by Cambridge Energy Research Associates. These excerpts appeared in Arab Oil and Gas (Paris), June 1, 1984. (Author not identified) • 5 min read
Treatment of Prisoners of War in the Iran-Iraq Conflict Excerpts from International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) press release, May 11, 1983: Geneva — Since the outbreak of the conflict between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Iraq the highest authorities of both those states have several times confirmed their intention to honor the (Author not identified) • 2 min read
Chronicle of the Gulf War The war between Iran and Iraq is approaching its fourth anniversary. In its duration, large numbers of casualties and physical damage, this war already ranks as one of the most serious armed conflicts since World War II. Several Iranian cities and numerous towns have been destroyed, and the city of (Author not identified) • 33 min read
MER Article The Immigrant Experience in Sweden Mahmut Baksi was born twice. The first time, in Kozluk, a village in Turkish Kurdistan, in 1944. His left-wing and nationalist activities brought him into conflict with his landowning family and with the Turkish authorities. Mahmut chose to leave, and he sought political asylum in Sweden in 1971, wh (Author not identified) • 10 min read
