Middle and Near Eastern Studies

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Disease and Diplomacy

Weaponizing Medical Aid to Syrian Refugees in Jordan

By Sigrid Marie Lupieri
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Human Rights, Political Economy, Middle and Near Eastern Studies

What happens to refugees when politics come first?

Minority Memory, Identity, and Reconciliation

The Turkish Muslim Minority of Greece and the Greek Orthodox Minority of Türkiye

By Gül M Gür
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Middle and Near Eastern Studies
Series: Ethnic Conflict: Studies in Nationality, Race, and Culture

A personal look at the lives of minority communities

Decentralization, Local Governance, and Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa

Edited by Kristen Kao & Ellen Lust
Subjects: Political Science, Middle and Near Eastern Studies
Series: Emerging Democracies

Examines how decentralization affects local communities

Making Sense of the Arab State

Edited by Steven Heydemann & Marc Lynch
Subjects: Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Political Science, Comparative Politics
Series: Emerging Democracies

Exploring the surprising strengths and weaknesses of the Arab state

Floundering Stability

US Foreign Policy in Egypt

By Amir Magdy Kamel
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, International Relations, Middle and Near Eastern Studies

A cautionary tale

Turkey and the Kurdish Peace Process

Actors, Issues, and Context

By Arin Savran
Subjects: Political Science, Peace and Conflict Studies, International Relations, Middle and Near Eastern Studies

The Kurdish peace process represents a major shift in theoretical and practical approaches to peace studies

Being Human during COVID

By Kristin Ann Hass
Subjects: American Studies, African American Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Theater and Performance, Literary Studies, Middle and Near Eastern Studies

What the humanities can teach us about COVID-19

The Many Faces of Political Islam, Second Edition

Religion and Politics in Muslim Societies

2nd Edition

By Mohammed Ayoob & Danielle Nicole Lussier
Subjects: Islamic Studies, Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Political Science

A comprehensive examination of the true relationship between Islam and global politics

Getting Rich in Late Antique Egypt

By Ryan McConnell
Subjects: Classical Studies, Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Economics, Archaeology, Papyrology
Series: New Texts from Ancient Cultures

A nuanced examination that illuminates the Apion estate’s economic structure and addresses how the family was able to generate such wealth
 

Medieval Jerusalem

Forging an Islamic City in Spaces Sacred to Christians and Jews

By Jacob Lassner
Subjects: Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies

A compelling consideration of Jerusalem during the formative period of Islamic civilization

The Politics of the Trail

Reflexive Mountain Biking along the Frontier of Jerusalem

By Oded Löwenheim
Subjects: Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Memoir

A history of conflict on display through a morning commute through Jerusalem

Identity, Place, and Subversion in Contemporary Mizrahi Cinema in Israel

By Yaron Shemer
Subjects: Jewish Studies, Media Studies, Cinema Studies, Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Cultural Studies

A comprehensive examination of Mizrahi film and its relationship to the formulation of Mizrahi ethnic identity in contemporary Israeli cinema

Effeminism

The Economy of Colonial Desire

By Revathi Krishnaswamy
Subjects: Literary Studies, British and Irish Literatures, Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism and Theory

Establishes the homosocial dynamics of colonial desire as evidenced in Orientalist narrative

The One-State Solution

A Breakthrough for Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Deadlock

By Virginia Tilley
Subjects: Middle and Near Eastern Studies

A piercing analysis of the Israel-PLO impasse and a sensitive proposal for a way out

Understanding Torture

Law, Violence, and Political Identity

By John Parry
Subjects: Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Political Science, International Relations, Human Rights, Philosophy

Legal prohibitions against torture cannot prevent state violence

The U.S. Army Stability Operations Field Manual

U.S. Army Field Manual No. 3-07

The University of Michigan Press Edition

Foreword by William B. Caldwell IV, Michèle Flournoy, and Shawn Brimley
Introduction by Janine Davidson
Subjects: American Studies, Middle and Near Eastern Studies

A milestone in Army doctrine

Sacred Violence

Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty

By Paul W. Kahn
Subjects: Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Human Rights, International Relations
Series: Law, Meaning, and Violence

Is torture the inevitable reaction to terrorism?

Democratic Designs

International Intervention and Electoral Practices in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina

By Kimberley Coles
Subjects: Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Political Science, International Relations

Examines the world of humanitarian aid workers and the processes of democratization that they put into effect in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Defending the Holy Land

A Critical Analysis of Israel's Security and Foreign Policy

By Zeev Maoz
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Middle and Near Eastern Studies, History, Middle Eastern History

A landmark analysis of the entire history of Israel's defense and foreign policies and a fundamental reassessment of its security doctrine

Jerusalem Besieged

From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel

By Eric H. Cline
Subjects: Archaeology, Classical Studies, History, Middle and Near Eastern Studies

A sweeping history of four thousand years of struggle for control of one city

Our Sisters' Promised Land

Women, Politics, and Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence

By Ayala Emmett
Subjects: Gender and Sexuality Studies, Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Anthropology, Political Science, International Relations

A groundbreaking study of the role of women as political actors—and peacemakers—in the Middle East

Terracotta Figurines and Plaques from Dura-Europos

By Susan B. Downey
Subjects: Archaeology, Roman, Art, Architecture, Classical Studies, Middle and Near Eastern Studies

An exhaustive study of the terracotta figurines unearthed at the site of Dura-Europos

Women of Jeme

Lives in a Coptic Town in Late Antique Egypt

By Terry Wilfong
Subjects: Archaeology, Classical Studies, History, Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Papyrology
Series: New Texts from Ancient Cultures

Brings to life the women of Jeme, a thriving Christian community in ancient Egypt

Intersections in Turkish Literature

Essays in Honor of James Stewart-Robinson

Edited by Walter G. Andrews
Subjects: History, Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Medieval and Renaissance Studies

A collection of essays on Turkish literature that provides insights into pivotal issues of Turkish culture

U.S. Orientalisms

Race, Nation, and Gender in Literature, 1790-1890

By Malini Johar Schueller
Subjects: Literary Studies, American Literature, Literary Criticism and Theory, Cultural Studies, Middle and Near Eastern Studies

Uncovers the roots of Americans' construction of the "Orient" by examining the work of nineteenth-century authors

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