Middle East Studies Networks Winter 1997 Winter 1997Middle East Report 205 checks up on the politics of the field of Middle East studies in the US and elsewhere. Table of Contents Starter From the Editor (Winter 1997) (Author not identified) Articles (Re)Made in the USA Lisa Hajjar and Steve Niva Articles Following the Flag irene gendzier Articles What is Political Islam? Charles Hirschkind Articles Middle East Studies in the Arab World Salim Nasr Articles The Privatization of Russian Middle East Studies Garay Menicucci Articles No Debate Eugene Rogan Articles From One East to the Other Modjtaba Sadria Articles Women and Gender in Middle East Studies Simona Sharoni Articles Women and Gender in Middle East Studies: A Roundtable Discussion Ellen Fleischmann Special Reports Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Tunisia Christopher Alexander Special Reports Poetry Mohja Kahf Reviews The Israeli Peace Movement Joel Beinin Special Reports Modernization and Family Planning in Egypt Kamran Asdar Ali Reviews Letter (Author not identified) Reviews Editor's Picks (Winter 1997) (Author not identified) Articles The End of the Counterrevolution? Yahya Sadowski