{"title":"The Mo’talefeh (Islamic Coalition Society): From Revolutionary Allies to Challengers of Ayatollah Khomeini’s Policies, 1979–1989","authors":"Meir Javedanfar","doi":"10.3751/76.4.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.4.13","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The Islamic Coalition Society (or the Mo’talefeh) was an important ally and a source of political and financial support for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s campaign against the Iranian monarchy. However, by the mid-1980s, Ayatollah Khomeini started to view the policies backed by the Mo’talefeh and its allies, the Combatant Clergy Association, as an impediment to his agenda. This article charts this transformation and shows how a combination of economic and political differences between the Mo’talefeh and Khomeini led to the former’s marginalization.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":"76 1","pages":"487 - 506"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41402928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Israel: Searching for Peace: A Memoir of Israel, by Ehud Olmert. Translated by David Hazony (book review)","authors":"Neil Caplan","doi":"10.3751/76.3.302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.3.302","url":null,"abstract":"Searching for Peace:A Memoir of Israel, by Ehud Olmert. Translated by David Hazony. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2022. 352 pages. $27.99.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44740536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Philosophy, Religion, And Science: Islam, Revival, and Reform: Redefining Tradition for the Twenty-First Century, edited by Natana J. DeLong-Bas (book review)","authors":"E. Moosa","doi":"10.3751/76.3.310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.3.310","url":null,"abstract":"Islam, Revival, and Reform: Redefining Tradition for the Twenty-First Century, edited by Natana J. DeLong-Bas. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2022. 333 pages. $80 cloth, $34.95 paper, e-book.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42844508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Levant Affairs: Reaching for the Heights: The Inside Story of a Secret Attempt to Reach a Syrian-Israeli Peace, by Frederic C. Hof (book review)","authors":"Daniel C. Kurtzer","doi":"10.3751/76.3.306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.3.306","url":null,"abstract":"Reaching for the Heights: The Inside Story of a Secret Attempt to Reach a Syrian-Israeli Peace, by Frederic C. Hof. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2022. 216 pages. $24.95.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45849365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gulf Affairs: The Gulf States and the Horn of Africa: Interests, Influences and Instability, edited by Robert Mason and Simon Mabon (book review)","authors":"Michael Woldemariam","doi":"10.3751/76.3.305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.3.305","url":null,"abstract":"The Gulf States and the Horn of Africa: Interests, Influences and Instability, edited by Robert Mason and Simon Mabon. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2022. 320 pages. $130.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42054774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Police, Protests, and State Power: Confronting Order and Disorder in Jordan","authors":"L. Brand","doi":"10.3751/76.3.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.3.30","url":null,"abstract":"Protesting Jordan: Geographies of Power and Dissent, by Jillian Schwedler. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2022. 372 pages. $90 cloth, $30 paper, e-book. Creating Consent in an Illiberal Order: Policing Disputes in Jordan, by Jessica Watkins.\u0000 New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 230 pages. $99.99 cloth, $80 e-book.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":"76 1","pages":"405 - 408"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42733273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Were They Not Radicalized? Young Members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Aftermath of Egypt's 2013 Military Coup","authors":"Doha Abdelgawad","doi":"10.3751/76.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:While many young members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood became politically disengaged in the wake of the 2013 military coup, others resorted to violence. Drawing upon fieldwork conducted in 2016/17, this article investigates the forces of radicalization among younger Brotherhood members after the coup. Rather than there being a positive correlation between repression and radicalization, I argue that the majority of rank-and-file movement members remained inclined against radicalism due to the effects of state repression, organizational schism, and transformative personal experiences.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":"76 1","pages":"360 - 382"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44922448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modern History and Politics: Entrepreneurs of Identity: The Islamic State's Symbolic Repertoire, by Christoph Günther (book review)","authors":"Craig Whiteside","doi":"10.3751/76.3.309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.3.309","url":null,"abstract":"Entrepreneurs of Identity: The Islamic State's Symbolic Repertoire, by Christoph Günther. New York: Berghahn Books, 2022. 220 pages. $135.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46275428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modern History and Politics: Saudi Arabia and Iraq as Friends and Enemies: Borders, Tribes and a History Shared, by Joshua Yaphe (book review)","authors":"Christian Koch","doi":"10.3751/76.3.308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3751/76.3.308","url":null,"abstract":"Saudi Arabia and Iraq as Friends and Enemies: Borders, Tribes and a History Shared, by Joshua Yaphe. Brighton, UK: Sussex Academic Press, 2022. 256 pages. $89.95.","PeriodicalId":18627,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43797751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}