Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies
About the Book Series
This series includes the latest research on a broad range of topics from the social sciences and humanities. It aims to provide a comprehensive forum for cutting edge monographs and edited volumes on this vital region and religion.
Chaos in Yemen: Societal Collapse and the New Authoritarianism
1st Edition
By Isa Blumi
April 10, 2012
Chaos in Yemen challenges recent interpretations of Yemen’s complex social, political and economic transformations since unification in 1990. By offering a new perspective to the violence afflicting the larger region, it explains why the ‘Abdullah ‘Ali Salih regime has become the principal ...
Beyond the Arab Disease: New Perspectives in Politics and Culture
1st Edition
By Riad Nourallah
December 20, 2011
Presenting bold and original insights, this book examines the policies and diplomacies pursued by Arab and Western governments, while discussing both the political and cultural roles played by the modern Arab World. It explores the various facets of the malaise affecting the Arab world, stressing ...
Trajectories of Education in the Arab World: Legacies and Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Osama Abi-Mershed
April 14, 2011
Trajectories of Education in the Arab World gives a broad yet detailed historical and geographical overview of education in Arab countries. Drawing on pre-modern and modern educational concepts, systems, and practices in the Arab world, this book examines the impact of Western cultural influence, ...
Egypt's Culture Wars: Politics and Practice
1st Edition
By Samia Mehrez
March 17, 2011
This ground-breaking work presents original research on cultural politics and battles in Egypt at the turn of the twenty first century. It deconstructs the boundaries between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture drawing on conceptual tools in cultural studies, translation studies and gender studies to analyze ...
Syria's Kurds: History, Politics and Society
1st Edition
By Jordi Tejel
February 04, 2011
This book is a decisive contribution to the study of Kurdish history in Syria since the mandatory period (1920-1946) up to nowadays. Avoiding an essentialist approach, Jordi Tejel provides fine, complex and sometimes paradoxical analysis about the articulation between tribal, local, regional, and...
Family in the Middle East: Ideational Change in Egypt, Iran and Tunisia
1st Edition
Edited
By Kathryn M. Yount, Hoda Rashad
January 27, 2011
Explores, from a historical comparative perspective, the globalization of dominant myths of ‘modern’ family and society, and their effects on families in Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia uniquely contributing to sociological debates about globalization....
Nietzsche and Islam
1st Edition
By Roy Jackson
January 27, 2011
In the light of current events, particularly the ‘post September 11th’ debates with much focus on aspects of the ‘clash of civilisation’ thesis, the issue of Islamic identity is a crucial one. Whilst Friedrich Nietzsche was addressing an audience of a different culture and age, his own originality,...
Political Thought in Islam: A Study in Intellectual Boundaries
1st Edition
By Nelly Lahoud
January 06, 2011
This book is a study of political thought in Islam from the viewpoint of the history of ideas and the relevance of these ideas to contemporary Arabic political discourse. The author examines the use of the classical Islamic tradition (turath) and its religious and philosophical components by the ...
Egypt in the Twenty First Century: Challenges for Development
1st Edition
Edited
By M. Riad El-Ghonemy
December 13, 2010
The book focuses on three main themes: overpopulation associated with low productivity, unemployment, persistent poverty and weak savings and investment capacity the post-1950 development strategies and their outcomes the institutional structures that are constraining economic and political ...
Iraqi Kurdistan: Political Development and Emergent Democracy
1st Edition
By Gareth R. V. Stansfield
December 13, 2010
The Iraqi Kurds have enjoyed de facto statehood in the north of Iraq for over a decade but Intra-Kurdish fighting, military incursions by Turkey and Iran and the constant threat posed by Saddam Hussein have plagued this 'democratic experiment'. In this book, Stansfield explores the development of ...
Islam and Human Rights in Practice: Perspectives Across the Ummah
1st Edition
Edited
By Shahram Akbarzadeh, Benjamin MacQueen
December 13, 2010
Questions over the compatibility of Islam and Human Rights have become a key area of debate in the perceived tensions between ‘Islam and the West’. In many ways, discussion over the stance of Islam in relation to such factors as gender rights, religious freedom, social and political freedoms, and ...
The Arab Diaspora: Voices of an Anguished Scream
1st Edition
Edited
By Zahia Smail Salhi, Ian Richard Netton
December 13, 2010
The Arab Diaspora examines the range of roles the Arab world has played to various audiences on the modern and postmodern stage and the issues which have arisen as a result. The variety of roles explored reflects the diversity of Arab culture. With particular focus placed on political, ...