Middle East Studies Paperbacks

New and Published Books – Page 4

31. The Jewish-Arab City

    Spatio-politics in a mixed community

    By Haim Yacobi

    Series: Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

    Mixed city is a term widely used in Israel to describe areas occupied by both Jewish and Arab communities. In a critical examination of such cities, the author shows how a clear spatial and mental division exists between Arabs and Jews in Israel, and how the occurrence of such communities is both...

    Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
32. Iranian Media

    The Paradox of Modernity

    By Gholam Khiabany

    Series: Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies

    The post-revolutionary state in Iran has tried to amalgamate ‘Sharia with electricity’ and modernity with what it considers as ‘Islam’. While sympathetic to private capital, through quasi anti-capitalist politics, the state began to restrict market-relations, confiscate major assets of sections of...

    Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
33. Intra-Jewish Conflict in Israel

    White Jews, Black Jews

    By Sami Shalom Chetrit

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

    This is the first book in English to examine the Mizrahi Jews (Jews from the Muslim world) in Israel, focussing in particular on social and political movements such as the Black Panthers and SHAS. The book analyses the ongoing cultural encounter between Zionism and Israel on one side and Mizrahi...

    Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
34. Islam in the Nordic and Baltic Countries

    Edited by Göran Larsson

    Series: Islamic Studies Series

    Although Muslims are now an important presence in Europe, little is known about the Muslim communities that exist in the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe. This is the first comprehensive and detailed study of the history, context and development of Islamic institutions and Muslim groups in...

    Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
35. Iran Under the Ayatollahs (Routledge Revivals)

    By Dilip Hiro

    First published in 1985, this is a comprehensive study off the Middle East's most strategic country, set against the background of the Islamic heritage of Iran and the rise and fall of the Pahlavi dynasty. The author describes the various phases through which the Islamic revolution has passed,...

    Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
36. Information Structure in Spoken Arabic

    Edited by Jonathan Owens, Alaa Elgibali

    Series: Routledge Arabic Linguistics Series

    This book explores speakers’ intentions, and the structural and pragmatic resources they employ, in spoken Arabic – which is different in many essential respects from literary Arabic. Based on new empirical findings from across the Arabic world this book elucidates the many ways in which context...

    Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
37. Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt

    Literature, culture, and empire

    By Deborah Starr

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

    Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt examines the link between cosmopolitanism in Egypt, from the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, and colonialism. While it has been widely noted that such a relationship exists, the nature and impact of this dynamic is often overlooked. Taking a...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
38. Islamic Entrepreneurship

    By Rasem N. Kayed, M. Kabir Hassan

    Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

    This book discusses the idea that there is a specific Islamic form of entrepreneurship. Based on extensive original research amongst small and medium sized enterprises in Saudi Arabia, it shows how businesses are started and how they grow in the context of an Islamic economy and society. It argues...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
39. Israeli Statecraft

    National Security Challenges and Responses

    By Yehezkel Dror

    Series: BESA Studies in International Security

    This book offers a systematic examination, analysis and evaluation of Israeli national security statecraft in terms of challenges and responses. Providing an in-depth analysis of Israeli statecraft challenges and responses, this interdisciplinary book integrates social science and security studies...

    Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
40. Child Protection in Development

    Edited by Michael Bourdillon, William Myers

    Series: Development in Practice Books

    Every day millions of children in developing countries face adversities of many kinds, yet there is a shortage of sound evidence concerning their plight and an urgent need to identify the most appropriate and effective policy responses from among the multiple approaches that exist. This collection...

    Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge