{"title":"Zayani, Mohamed. Editor. A Fledgling Democracy: Tunisia in the Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings","authors":"Rikke Hostrup Haugbølle","doi":"10.13169/arabstudquar.45.4.0306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13169/arabstudquar.45.4.0306","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44343,"journal":{"name":"Arab Studies Quarterly","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136257297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decolonizing imperialist discourse in Jane Austen’s Persuasion","authors":"M. Abd-Rabbo, Ghadir Zalloum, Ziad Nemrawi","doi":"10.13169/arabstudquar.45.3.0229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13169/arabstudquar.45.3.0229","url":null,"abstract":"In his highly influential work Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said unravels the imperialist undertones in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. Throughout the chapter entitled “Jane Austen and the Empire,” Said demonstrates how this seemingly domestic novel of manners, not normally associated with imperialism, is actually densely saturated with colonialist discourse. For Said, the marginalized representation of the colonized territory of Antigua as simply a “colonial garden” for the British imperial patriarch further accentuates the superior sense of colonialist entitlement. Thus, Said’s approach in decolonizing the imperialist discourse in Mansfield Park may be extended to other canonical works not generally considered imperialist in nature. In this article, the researchers utilize Said’s strategies involved in his reading of Mansfield Park to probe the imperialist nuances in Austen’s Persuasion, a novel usually categorized as a romance/novel of manners which depicts two lovers’ second chance at happiness despite all the social obstacles in their way. The researchers attempt to foreground the imperialist rhetoric in this novel, specifically Austen’s tendency to romanticize and glorify the rising British naval society as the champions of the Empire. Furthermore, this article investigates the absent, peripheral representation of colonial terrains as opposed to the privileged, central position of the British Empire in the narrative.","PeriodicalId":44343,"journal":{"name":"Arab Studies Quarterly","volume":"545 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66270912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Makdisi, Saree. Tolerance Is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture of Denial","authors":"E. Gottreich","doi":"10.13169/arabstudquar.45.3.0244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13169/arabstudquar.45.3.0244","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44343,"journal":{"name":"Arab Studies Quarterly","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66270964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exile Songwriters of the Palestinian Revolution (and the Problem with Sugar Man)","authors":"Louis Brehony","doi":"10.13169/arabstudquar.45.1.0034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13169/arabstudquar.45.1.0034","url":null,"abstract":"Bringing together musical research on three distinct locations of Palestinian displacement, this article explores the contributions of resistance songwriters Zeinab Shaath, George Totari, and George Kirmiz. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, including film-making, the works of the artists are explored through presentations of their lives in music, their social relationships, and journeys traversed by themselves and their music. Their approaches to songwriting and presentations of Palestinian narratives of resistance are discussed in relation to their stated political and social goals, which developed in parallel to an ongoing Palestinian Revolution in the region. The article proceeds from problems associated with the Sugar Man film phenomenon, in “lost” and “discovered” cultures, arguing that the singing and activism of the musicians finds greater relevance in the pursuit of ahdaf (“targets”) by Palestinian revolutionaries. Concepts such as musical genre and social organization are explored through their ability to present arguments on the way forward for exiles and those standing in solidarity with their cause.","PeriodicalId":44343,"journal":{"name":"Arab Studies Quarterly","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66270583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Al-Muhanna, Ibrahim. Oil Leaders: An Insider’s Account of Four Decades of Saudi Arabia and OPEC’s Global Energy Policy","authors":"Hamdullah Baycar","doi":"10.13169/arabstudquar.45.1.0096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13169/arabstudquar.45.1.0096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44343,"journal":{"name":"Arab Studies Quarterly","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66270658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Faught, C. Brad. Cairo 1921: Ten Days that Made the Middle East","authors":"Omar Darwazah","doi":"10.13169/arabstudquar.45.2.0176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13169/arabstudquar.45.2.0176","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44343,"journal":{"name":"Arab Studies Quarterly","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66270824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}