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“The Long Wait for Homecoming”: Looking at the Lives of Oil Field Wives in COVID-19 Times “回家的漫长等待”：看新冠肺炎时代油田妻子的生活

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Contemporary Review of the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-08-24 DOI: 10.1177/23477989221116478

Anindita Chatterjee

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The Status and Limits to Aspirations of Minorities in the South Caucasus States 南高加索国家少数民族的地位和愿望的限制

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Contemporary Review of the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-08-23 DOI: 10.1177/23477989221115917

Michael B. Bishku

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Gerasimos Tsourapas (2021). Migration Diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa: Power, Mobility, and the State. Manchester, United Kingdom: Manchester University Press. Price: £85.00. 192 pp., ISBN: 978-1-5261-3209-3 (Hardback). Gerasimos Tsourapas（2021）。中东和北非的移民外交：权力、流动性和国家。英国曼彻斯特：曼彻斯特大学出版社。价格：85.00英镑。192页，ISBN:978-1-5261-3209-3（精装本）。

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Contemporary Review of the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-08-15 DOI: 10.1177/23477989221116446

Irfan Nazir

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Nazli Kamvari (ed.) (2022), In the Middle, On the Edge: Essays on Iran’s Middle Class Poor. Amsterdam: Zamaneh Media, 254 pp. ISBN: 9789082919608 (e-Book). Nazli Kamvari（编辑）（2022），《在中间，在边缘：关于伊朗中产阶级穷人的文章》。阿姆斯特丹：Zamaneh Media，254页，ISBN:9789082919608（电子书）。

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Contemporary Review of the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-08-12 DOI: 10.1177/23477989221115915

Javad Heiran‐Nia

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Looking at Israel beyond Political Instability 从政治不稳定的角度来看以色列

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Contemporary Review of the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-08-12 DOI: 10.1177/23477989221118406

P. Kumaraswamy

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Joseph Zeira (2021), The Israeli Economy: A Story of Success and Costs. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Price: $35.00, 408 pp., ISBN: 9780691199450 (Hardcover). 约瑟夫·泽拉(2021)，《以色列经济:一个成功与成本的故事》。新泽西州:普林斯顿大学出版社。价格:$35.00,408页，ISBN: 9780691199450(精装)。

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Contemporary Review of the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-08-12 DOI: 10.1177/23477989221115916

Prabhat Jawla

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Haredi Anti-Zionist Ideology as the Driving Force Behind the Ultraorthodox Protests in Israel 哈雷迪反犹太复国主义意识形态是以色列极端正统抗议背后的驱动力

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Contemporary Review of the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-08-12 DOI: 10.1177/23477989221115293

G. Hitman

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Michael Christopher Low (2020). Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj. Columbia University Press. Paperback. ISBN: 9780231190770, Price: US$35.00, 392 pp. 迈克尔·克里斯托弗·洛(2020)。帝国麦加:奥斯曼阿拉伯和印度洋朝觐。哥伦比亚大学出版社。平装书。ISBN: 9780231190770，价格:35.00美元，392页。

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Contemporary Review of the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-07-26 DOI: 10.1177/23477989221098213

M. Quamar

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Construction of Jewish Women in Ihsan Abdel Quddous’s Fiction 伊赫桑·阿卜杜勒·库杜斯小说中犹太妇女的建构

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Contemporary Review of the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-06-03 DOI: 10.1177/23477989221100616

E. Alwuraafi

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Iraq’s Religious Minorities: On the Precipice 伊拉克的宗教少数群体：悬崖上

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Contemporary Review of the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-06-02 DOI: 10.1177/23477989221099162

J. Calabrese

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