MER Article Editor's Picks (Fall 2006) Alagha, Joseph. The Shifts in Hizbullah’s Ideology: Religious Ideology, Political Ideology and Political Program (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2006). Cook, Jonathan. Blood and Religion: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State (London: Pluto Press, 2006). Deeb, Lara. An Enchanted (Author not identified) • 1 min read
MER Article Documents: Statement by Workers in the Public Cultural Sphere in Lebanon The month-long war in Lebanon elicited diverse reactions from the Lebanese left. We reproduce here two examples. The first statement, distributed on July 25, 2006, was signed by Ibrahim al-Amin and Joseph Samaha of the new al-Akhbar newspaper, leftist intellectuals Fawwaz Trabulsi and Samah Idriss, al-Safir editor Talal Salman, filmmakers (Author not identified) • 7 min read
MER Article Martha Wenger MERIP mourns the unexpected passing of Martha Wenger (1955–2006), who was the indefatigable assistant editor of Middle East Report from 1982–1993. During her lengthy tenure at MERIP (she started working with the collective in 1980), Martha was the moving force behind new features -- especially short, informational primers (Author not identified) • 5 min read
Current Analysis The Emergence of a “Coptic Question” in Egypt In the early morning of April 14, 2006, Mahmoud Salah al-Din Abd al-Raziq, a Muslim, entered the church of Mar Girgis (Saint George) in Alexandria’s al-Hadra district and stabbed three parishioners who had gathered for a service. Abd al-Raziq then proceeded to attack worshippers at two other churche (Author not identified) • 14 min read
MER Article Letters (Spring 2004) MARTYR’S MONUMENT I was partly responsible for the US Marine battalion that secured the portion of Baghdad containing the Martyr’s Monument. Sinan Antoon (“Monumental Disrespect,” MER 228) portrays the US occupation of the monument as an episode of unthinking American disregard for the sanctity of (Author not identified) • 8 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
MER Article Editor's Picks (Fall 2003) Barzilai, Gad. Communities and Law: Politics and Cultures of Legal Identities (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2003). Cortright, David, et al. Toward a Strategy for Success in Iraq (Goshen, IN: Fourth Freedom Forum, August 2003). Dallal, Marwan. October 2000: Law and Politics Before t (Author not identified) • 1 min read
MER Article Editor's Picks (Summer 2003) Adonis. An Introduction to Arab Poetics (London: Saqi Books, 2003). Ali, Kamran Asdar. Planning the Family in Egypt: New Bodies, New Selves (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2002). American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Report on Hate Crimes and Discrimination Against Arab Americans: T (Author not identified) • 1 min read
MER Article Editor's Picks (Spring 2003) Ahmad, Aisha and Roger Boase. Pashtun Tales: From the Pakistan-Afghan Frontier (London: Saqi Books, 2003). Alem, Raja. Fatma: A Novel of Arabia (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2002). Alnasrawi, Abbas. Iraq’s Burdens: Oil, Sanctions and Underdevelopment (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002). B (Author not identified) • 1 min read
MER Article Letters (Spring 2003) PALESTINIAN DEBATE Lori Allen is to be congratulated for tackling head on the thorny issue of uses and abuses of violence in the Arab-Israeli conflict (“Palestinians Debate ‘Polite’ Resistance to Occupation,” MER 225). But she has missed the mark in crucial areas. (Author not identified) • 7 min read
MER Article Editor's Picks (Winter 2002) An-Na’im, Abdullahi, ed. Islamic Family Law in a Changing World: A Global Resource Book (London: Zed Books, 2002). Bennis, Phyllis. Before and After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11 Crisis (Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press, 2002). B’tselem. Operation Defensive Shield: Soldiers’ Testimoni (Author not identified) • 1 min read
