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{"title":"Be Fruitful and Multiply (Israel/USA) 2005. 50 minutes, in English and Hebrew with English subtitles. Director: Shosh Shlam; Distributor: First Run Icarus Films, 32 Court Street, 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11021 (800-876-1710; fax: 718-488-8642; mail@frif.com; www.frif.com).","authors":"Jennie R. Ebeling","doi":"10.1017/S0026318400051245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026318400051245","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88595,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Studies Association bulletin","volume":"41 1","pages":"69 - 70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S0026318400051245","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56783077","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":"Memoriams","authors":"Adam Carey","doi":"10.1017/s0026318400051397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s0026318400051397","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88595,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Studies Association bulletin","volume":"68 1","pages":"110 - 110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/s0026318400051397","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56783954","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":"Mubarak Al-Sabah: Founder of Modern Kuwait 1896-1915, by B.J. Slot. London: Arabian Publishing, 2005. 461 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. US$54.00 (Cloth) ISBN 0-9544792-4-6","authors":"Jack L. Babcock, Justin de Leon","doi":"10.1017/S0026318400051142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026318400051142","url":null,"abstract":"Moving from the general to the specific, the physical to the human, Raymond then deals with the people of these cities. Though North African examples are given—a small chapter on a proposed reconstruction of Algiers on the eve of the French occupation in 1830, and a larger chapter on 18th century Constantine—his focus is on Cairo; ten of the remaining twelve chapters deal with aspects of this Egyptian city. There is conjecture on the population of Cairo and its neighborhoods in the fifteenth century, the eve of Raymond's period. He comes up with the number 200,000 in 1500, but admits it is only a best guess. A useful chapter elucidates his thesis that the Egyptian economy suffered only a little from European competition up to the end of the eighteenth century; it leans on his Artisans et Commercemants au Caire au Will ieme Steele (1974). Raymond is arguably at his best in describing and analyzing city communities. Sufi lodges, guilds, religious sects, each were organized with shaykhs reporting to the government on issues from law and order to taxes and market inspection. How it actually worked is detailed in Chapter 5, \"Urban Networks and Popular Movements,\" a discussion of late eighteenth-early nineteenth century Cairo and Aleppo, supplemented by Chapter 13, \"Quartiers et movements populiare au Caire au XVIII eme siecle\" and \"The Role of the Communities (Tawa'if) in the Administration of Cairo in the Ottoman Period.\" A study of the Christians of Aleppo, a community which grew and prospered in the Ottoman centuries, raises the question of why they did so, while for example the Copts of Egypt stagnated. The entanglement of soldiers (the Janissaries in particular) in merchandising and business is reviewed. That it led by the end of the eighteenth century to an incapacitated army is understood. Precisely how it developed thus is another question, and Raymond works through estate documents supplemented by traditional Egyptian historians to make some interesting observations on this score. He then returns to aspects of the physical structures of Cairo with \"Architecture and Urban Development: Cairo During the Ottoman Period, 1517-1798,\" The Residential Districts of Cairo's Elite [1300-1800],\" and \"The Rab: A Type of Collective Housing in Cairo during the Ottoman Period.\" A piece of traditional historiography on ' AH al-Shadhili, an Egyptian historian useful for understanding the revolt of 1711 (al-Jabarti copied large sections of his work) is appended. Anything by Andre Raymond, with his broad perspective after years of fine research, is useful. This is a must buy for libraries and anyone working in the Ottoman Arab world. At the same time, a small note: the origin of these articles is not always clear. Some are expanded, sometimes original, versions of previously published articles, or unpublished lectures. They are published here in different type fonts, which implies publication somewhere. A note on the origins of each would be useful. Jon Mandavil","PeriodicalId":88595,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Studies Association bulletin","volume":"41 1","pages":"53 - 54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S0026318400051142","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56782562","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":"Israel and the Persian Gulf: Retrospect and Prospect, by Gawdat Bahgat. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006. 155 pages, notes, bibliography, and index. US$59.95 (Cloth) ISBN 0-8130-2908-2","authors":"Daniel Spector","doi":"10.1017/S0026318400051166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026318400051166","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88595,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Studies Association bulletin","volume":"41 1","pages":"57 - 58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S0026318400051166","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56782630","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":"Women of the Holy Kingdom (Saudi Arabia) 2006.50 min. In Arabic and English w/English subtitles. Produced by Sharmeen Obaid, Sharmeen Obaid Films for Discovery Times Network (sharmeen@sharmeednobaidfilms.com; www.sharmeenobaidfilms.com).","authors":"Traci L. Lombré","doi":"10.1017/S0026318400051294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026318400051294","url":null,"abstract":"Another interesting subject, mentioned only briefly, is the topic of passive resistance. The women talk about planting gardens, doing laundry outside and lining it to dry, turning their dilemma into jokes, and even the man who delivers bread on bicycle, all under the watchful and hostile eyes of the Israeli military and under the threat and risk of being shot. They insist on presenting themselves in public space, refusing to disappear. Finally, the film is full of contradictions that would be exciting to investigate. For instance, the Palestinians blame the English for creating the Palestinian Curse while they sip and drink English tea; they express total hatred for the Israelis while discussing possible avenues to bring about an acceptable resolution; they also recognized that while their occupation is extremely humiliating and unjust, curfews help to bring them closer to their children and unite their people. What will happen when this unfortunate uniting factor is no longer there? We already see a glimpse of this in the internal unraveling of the Palestinian political system! Mima Lattouf Arizona State University","PeriodicalId":88595,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Studies Association bulletin","volume":"41 1","pages":"75 - 76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S0026318400051294","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56783457","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":"Stanford J. Shaw (1930-2006)","authors":"Justin Mccarthy","doi":"10.1017/S0026318400051336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026318400051336","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88595,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Studies Association bulletin","volume":"41 1","pages":"83 - 84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S0026318400051336","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56783584","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":"Music by Artist","authors":"Adam Carey","doi":"10.1017/S0026318400051385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026318400051385","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88595,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Studies Association bulletin","volume":"41 1","pages":"109 - 109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S0026318400051385","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56783825","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":"Thematic Conversation: Publics in Crisis: Academia and the Media in Middle East Studies","authors":"S. Shami","doi":"10.1017/S002631840005793X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S002631840005793X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88595,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Studies Association bulletin","volume":"10 1","pages":"36 - 36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S002631840005793X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56810321","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":"Arab Cities in the Ottoman Period: Cairo, Syria and the Maghreb, by André Raymond. Burlington: Ashgate Variorum Collected Studies Series, 2002. 288 pages, maps, footnotes, index. US$99.95 (Cloth) ISBN 0-86078-874-1","authors":"Jon E. Mandaville","doi":"10.1017/S0026318400051130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026318400051130","url":null,"abstract":"infrastructure are followed by existent and desired economic reforms. This section is a concrete demonstration of economic deficiency, but would benefit from an analysis of demographic factors, such as age, sex distribution, population size, and mortality and fertility trends that have an effect on the structure and size of the workforce and are crucial in analyzing the trends in population growth and participation in the workforce. In addition, the author's measurements of wealth distribution and class analysis are helpful in understanding production and market relations and their effects on economic environment. The concluding section of this work focuses on Saudi politics and foreign policy. It complements the first chapter, touching upon the issues of security, and reiterates the importance of oil reserves to the international community. Niblock examines challenges of international terrorism and the bittersweet alliance with the United States, Throughout the last fifty-five years the US conveniently overlooked factors contradicting the core of its democratic values. However, the events of 9/11 forced both countries to accept their irreconcilable ideologies. The author concludes that to ensure a regime's survival the Saudi government has to strengthen its democratic legitimacy. Niblock's book is complex and provocative, yet captivating and easy to read in its analysis of the political system in Saudi Arabia. It deserves attention from both sophisticated scholars as well as the average reader. The layout of the book acquaints the readers with two maps of Saudi Arabia, one highlighting the administrative divisions and the other focusing on the towns and communications within the country. Two other helpful features in the beginning of the book are the historical time line, as well as the abbreviations readers will encounter throughout the book. This book is certainly worth reading. Yuliana Chernyayeva and Michelle Whalen University of Central Florida","PeriodicalId":88595,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Studies Association bulletin","volume":"41 1","pages":"52 - 53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S0026318400051130","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56782998","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":"Playing the News (USA) 2005.20 min. In English. Directors: Jeff Plunkett, Jigar Metah; Distributor: First Run Icarus Films, 32 Court Street, 21st Floor, Brooklyn NY 11201 (800-876-1710; fax: 718-488-8642; mail@frif.com; www.frif.com).","authors":"C. Simons","doi":"10.1017/S0026318400051270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026318400051270","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88595,"journal":{"name":"Middle East Studies Association bulletin","volume":"41 1","pages":"73 - 74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S0026318400051270","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56783202","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}