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Review of Middle East Studies, Volume 52 - Issue 2 - November 2018

This volume was published under a former title. See this journal's title history.

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Book Review

Zeinab Abul-Magd. Militarizing the Nation: The Army, Business, and Revolution in Egypt (New York: Columbia University Press, 2017). Pp. 336. $60.00 cloth. ISBN 9780231170628.
Joel Gordon
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15 January 2019, pp. 387-389
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Attiya Ahmad. Everyday Conversations: Islam, Domestic Work, and South Asian Migrant Women in Kuwait (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017). Pp. 288. $25.95 paper. ISBN 9780822363446.
K.R. Kamphoefner
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15 January 2019, pp. 390-392
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Marieke Brandt. Tribes and Politics in Yemen: A History of the Houthi Conflict (London: Hurst and Company, 2017). Pp. 472 pages. $45.00 cloth. ISBN 9781849046466.
Daniel Varisco
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15 January 2019, pp. 392-394
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Steven A. Cook. False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017). Pp. 317. $27.95 cloth. ISBN 9780190611415.
Amanda Sloat
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15 January 2019, pp. 394-396
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Joseph R. Farag. Politics and Palestinian Literature in Exile: Gender Aesthetics and Resistance in the Short Story (London: I.B. Tauris, 2016). Pp. 304. $135.00 cloth. ISBN 9781784536558.
Abdalhadi Alijla
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15 January 2019, pp. 396-399
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Will Hanley. Identifying with Nationality: Europeans, Ottomans, and Egyptians in Alexandria (New York: Columbia University Press, 2017). Pp. 416. $65.00 cloth. ISBN 9780231177627.
Nefertiti Takla
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15 January 2019, pp. 399-401
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Raymond Hinnebusch. The International Politics of the Middle East. 2nd ed. (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2015). Pp. 368. $38.95 paper. ISBN 9780719095252.
Deniz Solmaz
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15 January 2019, pp. 401-404
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Marwan M. Kraidy. The Naked Blogger of Cairo: Creative Insurgency in the Arab World. (Cambridge & London: Harvard University Press, 2016). Pp. 304. $19.95 paper. ISBN 9780674980051.
Jon Nordenson
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15 January 2019, pp. 404-406
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Toby Matthiesen. The Other Saudis: Shiism, Dissent and Sectarianism (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015). Pp. 292. $29.99 paper. ISBN 9781107618237.
Laurence Louër
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15 January 2019, pp. 407-409
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Stephen McPhilips and Paul D. Wordsworth, eds. Landscapes of the Islamic Word: Archaeology, History and Ethnography (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016). Pp. 272. $75.00 cloth. ISBN 9780812247640.
Alexei A. Krol
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15 January 2019, pp. 409-412
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Yoram Meital. Revolutionary Justice: Special Courts and the Formation of Republican Egypt (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016). Pp. 296. $78.00 cloth. ISBN 9780190600839.
Sahar F. Aziz
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15 January 2019, pp. 412-415
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Brinkley Messick. Shari‘a Scripts: A Historical Anthropology (New York: Columbia University Press, 2018). Pp. 534. $70.00 cloth. ISBN 9780231541909.
Guy Burak
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15 January 2019, pp. 415-418
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Leslie Peirce. Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire (New York: Basic Books, 2017). Pp. 368. $32.00 cloth. ISBN 9780465032518.
Mary Ann Fay
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15 January 2019, pp. 418-420
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Siavush Randjbar-Daemi. The Quest for Authority in Iran: A History of the Presidency from Revolution to Rouhani (London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2017). Pp. 336. $99.00 paper. ISBN 9781780765266.
Eva Zahiri
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15 January 2019, pp. 420-423
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Steven Salaita. Inter/Nationalism: Decolonizing Native America and Palestine (Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2016). Pp. 207. $22.95 paper. ISBN 9781517901424.
Ashleigh Breske
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15 January 2019, pp. 423-426
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Belgin San-Akca. States in Disguise: Causes of State Support for Rebel Groups (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016). Pp. 320. $36.95 paper. ISBN 9780190250904.
Tolga Sınmazdemir
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15 January 2019, pp. 426-428
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Cyrus Schayegh. The Middle East and the Making of the Modern World (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2017). Pp. 496. $49.95 cloth. ISBN 9780674088337.
Hilary Falb Kalisman
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15 January 2019, pp. 428-431
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Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, ed. The Changing Security Dynamics of the Persian Gulf (London: Hurst, 2017). Pp. 271. $34.95 paper. ISBN 9781849048422.
Matteo Legrenzi
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15 January 2019, pp. 431-433
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Brian Glyn Williams. Counter Jihad: America's Military Experience in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016). Pp. 400. $65.00 cloth. ISBN 9780812248678.
Richard English
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15 January 2019, pp. 433-435
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Eckart Woertz. Oil for Food: The Global Food Crisis and the Middle East (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013). Pp. 352. $99.00 cloth. ISBN 9780199659487.
Laurent A. Lambert
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15 January 2019, pp. 435-437
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Book Review

Zeinab Abul-Magd. Militarizing the Nation: The Army, Business, and Revolution in Egypt (New York: Columbia University Press, 2017). Pp. 336. $60.00 cloth. ISBN 9780231170628.

Attiya Ahmad. Everyday Conversations: Islam, Domestic Work, and South Asian Migrant Women in Kuwait (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2017). Pp. 288. $25.95 paper. ISBN 9780822363446.

Marieke Brandt. Tribes and Politics in Yemen: A History of the Houthi Conflict (London: Hurst and Company, 2017). Pp. 472 pages. $45.00 cloth. ISBN 9781849046466.

Steven A. Cook. False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017). Pp. 317. $27.95 cloth. ISBN 9780190611415.

Joseph R. Farag. Politics and Palestinian Literature in Exile: Gender Aesthetics and Resistance in the Short Story (London: I.B. Tauris, 2016). Pp. 304. $135.00 cloth. ISBN 9781784536558.

Will Hanley. Identifying with Nationality: Europeans, Ottomans, and Egyptians in Alexandria (New York: Columbia University Press, 2017). Pp. 416. $65.00 cloth. ISBN 9780231177627.

Raymond Hinnebusch. The International Politics of the Middle East. 2nd ed. (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2015). Pp. 368. $38.95 paper. ISBN 9780719095252.

Marwan M. Kraidy. The Naked Blogger of Cairo: Creative Insurgency in the Arab World. (Cambridge & London: Harvard University Press, 2016). Pp. 304. $19.95 paper. ISBN 9780674980051.

Toby Matthiesen. The Other Saudis: Shiism, Dissent and Sectarianism (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015). Pp. 292. $29.99 paper. ISBN 9781107618237.

Stephen McPhilips and Paul D. Wordsworth, eds. Landscapes of the Islamic Word: Archaeology, History and Ethnography (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016). Pp. 272. $75.00 cloth. ISBN 9780812247640.

Yoram Meital. Revolutionary Justice: Special Courts and the Formation of Republican Egypt (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016). Pp. 296. $78.00 cloth. ISBN 9780190600839.

Brinkley Messick. Shari‘a Scripts: A Historical Anthropology (New York: Columbia University Press, 2018). Pp. 534. $70.00 cloth. ISBN 9780231541909.

Leslie Peirce. Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire (New York: Basic Books, 2017). Pp. 368. $32.00 cloth. ISBN 9780465032518.

Siavush Randjbar-Daemi. The Quest for Authority in Iran: A History of the Presidency from Revolution to Rouhani (London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2017). Pp. 336. $99.00 paper. ISBN 9781780765266.

Steven Salaita. Inter/Nationalism: Decolonizing Native America and Palestine (Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2016). Pp. 207. $22.95 paper. ISBN 9781517901424.

Belgin San-Akca. States in Disguise: Causes of State Support for Rebel Groups (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016). Pp. 320. $36.95 paper. ISBN 9780190250904.

Cyrus Schayegh. The Middle East and the Making of the Modern World (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2017). Pp. 496. $49.95 cloth. ISBN 9780674088337.

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, ed. The Changing Security Dynamics of the Persian Gulf (London: Hurst, 2017). Pp. 271. $34.95 paper. ISBN 9781849048422.

Brian Glyn Williams. Counter Jihad: America's Military Experience in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016). Pp. 400. $65.00 cloth. ISBN 9780812248678.

Eckart Woertz. Oil for Food: The Global Food Crisis and the Middle East (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013). Pp. 352. $99.00 cloth. ISBN 9780199659487.

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