Bøger i Contemporary Issues in the Middle East serien

Provides a new perspective on Muslim youth, presenting them as agents of creative social change and as active participants in cultural and community organisations where resistance leads to negotiated change. In a series of case studies, contributors capture the experiences of being young and Muslim in ten countries.

During the decade that preceded Syria's 2011 uprising and descent into violence, the country was in the midst of another crisis: the mass arrival of Iraqi migrants and a flood of humanitarian aid to handle the refugee emergency. Drawing on firsthand observations and interviews, Hoffmann provides a nuanced portrait of the conditions of daily life for Iraqis living in Syria.

Heralding a new period of creativity, In the Wake of the Poetic explores the aesthetics and politics of Palestinian cultural expression in the last two decades. Through an examination of selected works by key artists Rahman articulates an aesthetic founded on loss, dispersion, dispossession, and transformation.

This study on the current gentrification and historic preservation of the Old City of Damascus illustrates how local discourses on civilization, social hierarchies, and politics of heritage are renegotiated.

In one of the few anthropological works focusing on a contemporary Middle Eastern city, Colonial Jerusalem explores a vibrant urban centre at the core of the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This book shows how colonialism, far from being simply a fixture of the past as is often suggested, remains a crucial component of Palestinian and Israeli realities today.

This work examines reformations of Islam and culture in Turkey and the successful Islamic modernist Fethullah Gulen movement.

women's employment and issues related to poverty in Iran

The Rural Social Centres of the German-educated Ahmed Hussein were the cornerstones of his project initiatives, encouraging integrated social services through complete community participation. Amy J. Johnson analyses his career and the development of ideas of social reform in Egypt.

These essays provide insightful reflection on both the experience and the condition of experiencing another culture experiencing another culture. The author offers a palpable picture of a place little known to the West while raising questions about the stereotyping of people and places.

Drawing upon the teachings and writings of the Sudanese reformer, Mahmoud Mohamed Taha, this study aims to provide the intellectual foundations for a total reinterpretation of the nature and meaning of Islamic public law.

These essays are based on contemporary fieldwork in Iran by scholars of Iranian culture. The contributors cover topics such as civil society, foreign relations, Islamism, religious-secular debates and women's issues. These essays challenge stereotypes that have developed about modern-day Iran.

A portrait of the intimate way in which violence pulls lives apart, of an American family caught on the stage of Middle East politics, and of the moral choices required in seeking justice.

Identifies 91 fundamentalist groups now active in the Arab world, as well as large organisations such as the Muslim Brotherhood. This edition seeks to explain the increase in violence within the Islamic world and reflects developments in the area over the past nine years.