MER Article Islamist Notions of Democracy Most observers, in attempting to explain why the movement toward pluralism, liberalism and democracy has been relatively weak in the Arab world, have concluded that it must have something to do with culture, and more particularly with Islam. Growing interest and research in the subject have not shak Gudrun Kramer • 19 min read
MER Article From the Editors (July/August 1993) The board and editorial committee of MERIP met over the first weekend of June. The main item on our agenda was structural adjustment -- not a detached analysis of Egypt and the World Bank, but a wrenching confrontation with our need to bring the costs of this organization and magazine in line with t The Editors • 2 min read
