INTELLECTUAL HISTORY IN MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES

Israel Gershoni and Amy Singer

Introduction: Intellectual History in Middle Eastern Studies
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 383-389 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-018 [PDF]  

Betty S. Anderson

Voices of Protest: Arab Nationalism and the Palestinian Revolution at the American University of Beirut
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 390-403 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-019 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christoph Schumann

The "Failure" of Radical Nationalism and the "Silence" of Liberal Thought in the Arab World
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 404-415 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-020 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Götz Nordbruch

Bread, Freedom, Independence: Opposition to Nazi Germany in Lebanon and Syria and the Struggle for a Just Order
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 416-427 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-021 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Orit Bashkin

"Out of Place": Home and Empire in the Works of Mahmud Ahmad al-Sayyid and Dhu Nun Ayyub
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 428-442 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-022 [Abstract] [PDF]  

VARIORUM

David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye

Mirza Kazem-Bek and the Kazan School of Russian Orientology
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 443-458 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-023 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ronen Yitzhak

Fauzi al-Qawuqji and the Arab Liberation Army in the 1948 War toward the Attainment of King `Abdallah's Political Ambitions in Palestine
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 459-466 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-024 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hayat Alvi-Aziz

The (Non)Governance of Divided Territories: A Comparative Study of Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Palestine
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 467-472 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-025 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Meirav Mishali-Ram

Afghanistan: A Legacy of Violence? Internal and External Factors of the Enduring Violent Conflict
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 473-486 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-026 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kamrouz Pirouz

The Truman-Churchill Proposal to Resolve the Iran-U.K. Oil Nationalization Dispute
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 487-494 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-027 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Peyman Vahabzadeh

Where Will I Dwell? A Sociology of Literary Identity within the Iranian Diaspora
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 495-512 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-028 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pedram Partovi

Martyrdom and the "Good Life" in the Iranian Cinema of Sacred Defense
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 513-532 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-029 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rebecca Gould

How Newness Enters the World: The Methodology of Sheldon Pollock
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 533-557 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-030 [Abstract] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS

Nikolay A. Antov

The Ottoman Balkans, 1750-1830
The Ottoman Balkans, 1750-1830
Frederick F. Anscombe, ed. Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener, 2006 186 pp., $68.95 (cloth), $24.95 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 558-560 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-031 [PDF]  

Zahra N. Jamal

The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, a Search for Salvation
The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, a Search for Salvation
Shafique N. Virani Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007 322 pp., $65.00 (cloth)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 560-562 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-032 [PDF]  

Shayoni Mitra

The Colonial Staged: Theatre in Colonial Calcutta
The Colonial Staged: Theatre in Colonial Calcutta
Sudipto Chatterjee London: Seagull Books, 2007 160 pp., $84.95 (cloth), $29.95 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 562-565 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-033 [PDF]  

Neilesh Bose

The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain
The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain
Nicholas B. Dirks Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006 xviii + 389 pp., $27.95 (cloth), $19.95 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 565-567 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-034 [PDF]  

Gavin Brockett

Turkey: From Empire to Revolutionary Republic; The Emergence of the Turkish Nation from 1789 to Present
Turkey: From Empire to Revolutionary Republic; The Emergence of the Turkish Nation from 1789 to Present
Sina Akin New York: New York University Press, 2007 335 pp., $70.00 (cloth), $22.00 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 567-569 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-035 [PDF]  

Ali Akbar Mahdi

Bazaar and State in Iran: The Politics of the Tehran Marketplace
Bazaar and State in Iran: The Politics of the Tehran Marketplace
Arang Keshavarzian Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007 318 pp., $91.00 (cloth)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 570-571 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-036 [PDF]  

John Postill

New Media and the Muslim World: The Emerging Public Sphere, 2nd ed.
New Media and the Muslim World: The Emerging Public Sphere, 2nd ed.
Dale F. Eickelman and Jon W. Anderson, eds. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003 213 pp., $19.95 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 571-573 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-037 [PDF]  

Christopher Gow

Contemporary World Cinema: Europe, Middle East, East Asia, South Asia
Contemporary World Cinema: Europe, Middle East, East Asia, South Asia
Shohini Chaudhuri Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005 vii + 199 pp., $22.00 (paper)
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 573-574 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201x-2008-038 [PDF]  

CONTRIBUTORS

CONTRIBUTORS
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 28(3): 575-576 (2008); DOI:10.1215/1089201X-28-3-575 [PDF]  

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