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Review of Middle East Studies, Volume 30 - Issue 2 - December 1996

Language & Literature

Book Reviews

‘Abbās Maḥmūd al-’Aqqād, by Ḥamdī Sakkout. 2 vols. (Leaders of Contemporary Arabic Literature, no. 5.) 1162 pages, bibliography, index. Cairo: Dar al-Kitab al-Masri, 1983. 140 Eg£ (Cloth)

And The Word Became Poem, by Kaisser A. Afif. Translated by Mansour Ajami. Edited by Barbara De Graff Ajami. 137 pages. Princeton, NJ: The Grindstone Press, 1994. (Paper) ISBN 0-9626898-3-1

The Kingdom of Strangers, by Elias Khoury. Translated by Paula Haydar. 103 pages. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1996. $16.00 (Paper) ISBN 1-55728-434-2

Waiting List: An Iraqi Woman’s Tales of Alienation, by Daisy al-Amir. Translated by Barbara Parmenter. Introduction by Mona Mikhail. 100 pages. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995. $8.95 (Paper) ISBN 0-292-79067-8

Suppressed Persian: An Anthology of Forbidden Literature, edited and translated by Paul Sprachman. (Bibliotheca Iranica Literature Series No. 2) 111 pages, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers, 1995. $29.95 (Cloth) ISBN 1-56859-034-2

Art History & Archaeology

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Studies in Arabian Architecture, by Paolo M. Costa. (Collected Studies Series) 142 pages, b&w plates, illustrations, bibliographies, appendices. Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 1994. $140.00 (Cloth) ISBN 0-86078-436-3

The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800, by Sheila S. Blair & Jonathan M. Bloom. (The Pelican History of Art) 348 pages, maps, color plates, drawings, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1994. $65.00 (Cloth) ISBN 0-300-05888-8.

The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture, by Gülru Necipoglu. (Sketchbooks & Albums) 412 pages, color plates, b&w plates, bibliography, index. Santa Monica, CA: J. Paul Getty Trust Publications, 1996. $160.00 (Cloth) ISBN 0-89236-335-5

Reference Works

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Refworld/Refmonde, UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES. 320 Megabytes, CD-ROM for Windows 3.x. Geneva: UNHCR, 1996. $900 for single-users; $2,000 for multi-users. E-mail: [email protected]

Encyclopedia of Computer Terms, English-Arabic, by Alam E. Hammad. 1208 pages, illustrations, appendices, index. Alexandria, VA: American Global Publishing, 1994. $69.00 (Cloth) ISBN 1-881453-70-7

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East, edited by Reeva S. Simon, Philip Mattar & Richard W. Bulliet. 4 volumes, illustrations, references, index. New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1996. $350 (Cloth) ISBN 0-02-8970611-4

Audiovisuals

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The Road to Peace: Israelis and Palestinians [Israel/West Bank] 1995 60 min. VHS Dir: Yaron Shemer. Prod: Elizabeth Fernea. Associate Prod: Martha Diase. First Run/Icarus. 153 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014. Tel: 800-876-1710. Fax: 212-989-7649

Lebanon: Bits and Pieces [Lebanon] 1994 60 min. VHS Dir/Prod: Olga Nakkas for Les Films de l’Odyssee. Distribution: Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, Suite 500C, New York, NY 10013. Tel: 212-925-0606. Fax: 212-925-2052. Arabic with English subtitles.

The Fundamental Question [Middle East] 1994 65 min. VHS Dir/Prod: Ahmed A. Jamal for Channel 4, BBC and Global Designs. Courtesy of Landmark Media, Inc., 3450 Slade Run Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042. Tel: 800-342-2030. Fax: 703-536-9540

Umm Kulthum: A Voice like Egypt [Egypt] 1996 67 min. VHS Dir/Prod: Michael Goldman. Courtesy of Filmmakers Collaborative, 21 Bishop Allen Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139. Tel: 617-441-7878. Fax: 617-441-7819

Building with Mud [Mali, Yemen, Egypt, Morocco] 1994 50 min. VHS Dir: Dirk Dumon. Beatrice De Sweemer/BRTN — Room 7L3, A Reyerslaan 52, B-1043 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: 322-741-5401. Fax: 322-732-3774

Iraqi Women: Voices from Exile [England/Iraq] 1994 51 min. VHS Dir/Prod: Maysoon Pachachi for Oxymoron Films, Channel 4, BBC. Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, Suite 500-D, New York, NY, 10013. Tel: 212-925-0606. Fax: 212-925-2052

Ashura at Skardu [Pakistan] 1996 25 min. VHS Dir/Prod: John R. Perry, Center for Middle East Studies, University of Chicago, 1155 E. 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637-1540. Tel: 312-702-2587. Fax: 312-702-2587

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