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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Political Turmoil and Social Transformationin the Levant -- 1 Syria's Civil War and the Reconfiguration of Regional Politics -- 2 Deadly Implications: The Rise of Sectarianism in Syria -- 3 Conflict, Governance, and Decentralized Authority in Syria -- 4 The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Its Impact on Jordan: In Reference to the Regime's Structural Deficits -- 5 The Crisis in Syria, International and Regional Sanctions, and the Transformation of the Political Order in the Levant

Examining modern Muslim identity constructions, the authors introduce a novel analytical framework to Islamic Studies, drawing on theories of successive modernities, sociology of religion, and poststructuralist approaches to modern subjectivity, as well as the results of extensive fieldwork in the Middle East, particularly Egypt and Jordan

Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Gender, Law, and Politics in Jordan -- Introduction -- Women, Colonialism, and the Creation of a Masculine State in Jordan -- The Politics of Gender in the Democratization Process -- Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations -- Alternative Forms of Femininity -- Practices of Femininity in Women's Everyday Life -- Sites, Surroundings, and Research Participants -- Structure of the Book -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Constructing Normative Femininity: The Engagement of Law and Religious Interpretations -- Introduction

Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Determining the Basis for Political Discourse for the Next Generation -- What this Work Seeks to Actually Do -- Islam and Governance-A Brief Overview of Last 20 Years -- Carpe Diem!-Why Now is the Time for Scholars to Offer New Ideas -- Going Back to Get to the Future -- Plato, Aristotle, and Ancient Greek Scholarship -- Case Studies and Application -- References -- Part I Historical Context and Theoretical Framework -- Chapter 2 The Trajectory of the Development of Islamic Thought-A Comparison Between Two Earlier and Two Later Scholars -- Introduction -- Peripateticism Within the Early Islamic Philosophical Discourse -- A Brief Look at Some of the Major Schools Kalām Within the Sunni Discourse -- Al-Fārābī: The Second Teacher -- Ibn Rushd: The Symbiosis of Reason and Faith -- Orthodoxy and the Inward Turn Following 1258 CE -- Ibn Taymiyyah: The Conservative Reformer of the Thirteenth Century -- Mohammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhāb: An Eighteenth-Century Conservative Ḥanbalī Response to bid'ah in the Islamic Discourse -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 The Ontological Framing of this Model of a Contemporary Islamic Governed State -- Introduction -- Why not the Enlightenment or Liberalism? -- A Closer Look at the Applicability of Aristotle in this Model -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Considering Leadership and Laws in a Contemporary Islamic Governed State -- Introduction: A Look at Some Specific Leadership Qualities -- Balancing Power with Restraint -- A Closer Look at Some of the Ideas of Ayatollah Khomeini -- Sharī'ah Versus Fiqh-Two Different Terms with Two Different Meanings -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Considering Bureaucracy and Democracy in a Contemporary Islamic Governed State -- Introduction

Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: Mamluks in Official Memory -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Representations of the Mamluks in School Textbooks (1921-1949) -- Textbooks of the 1920s -- Mamluk Sultanate Periods -- The Ottoman Periods -- Textbooks of the 1930s -- Mamluk Sultanate Periods -- The Ottoman Periods -- Textbooks of the 1940s -- Mamluk Sultanate Periods -- The Ottoman Periods -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Representations of the Mamluks in 'Ābdı̄n Project Historians' Literatures -- Mamluk Sultanate Era (1250-1517) -- Mamluks Under Ottoman Rule (1760-1811)

Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1: Security and Bilateral Issues Between Iran and Its Arab Neighbours -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Iran's Policy Toward the Persian Gulf: Dynamics of Continuity and Change -- Gulf Arab Reaction to the Iranian Revolution -- The Ideological Basis of the Islamic Republic's Foreign Policy -- Impact of the New Ideology on Iran's External Relations -- Continuity Despite Drastic Shit -- Basic Determinants of Iran's Persian Gulf Policy -- Security -- Economic Interests -- National Identity -- Quest for Legitimacy -- The Impact of International Political System -- Iran-Gulf Relations During the Monarchy -- Iran-Gulf Relations in the 1980s -- Iran-Gulf Relations in the Post-Soviet Era -- The Systemic Impact of the Soviet Collapse -- Khatami Presidency and Brief Iran-Gulf Honeymoon -- The Bush Administration, 9/11 and the Ahmadinejad Phenomenon -- Rouhani Presidency and Iran-Gulf Relations -- Iran Nuclear Deal and Worsening Iran-Gulf Relations -- Conclusions and Outlook -- Notes -- Chapter 3: The Gulf in a Wider Context: Outside Nation-States in the Intensifying Iranian-­Arab Security Competition -- American Drift from Realpolitik to Democracy Promotion -- European States Sinking in the Gulf -- Russia Rejuvenating in the Gulf -- China Sailing into the Gulf -- Israel "Siding" with Gulf Arab States -- Washington's Need to Guard the Gulf Balance of Power -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Iran's Relations with Bahrain -- Relations During Iran-Iraq War (September 1980-20 August 1988) -- Relations During the Rafsanjani Presidency (August 1989-August 1997) -- Relations During Khatami Presidency (Aug 1997-Aug 2005) -- Relations During the Ahmadinejad Presidency (Aug 2005-Aug 2013) -- Perspectives on the Rouhani Presidency -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Iran and Iraq -- Between Neighbors

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations Used in Citations -- American, British, and Iranian Actors -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Between Idealism and Realism: Carter's Foreign Policy -- 2 A Failed Atatürk: The Shah and Iran in 1977 -- 3 Human Rights and Arms Exports -- 4 Weeping and Toasting -- 5 Khomeini's Shadow -- 6 The Match and the Wood: The Road to Revolution -- 7 The Revolution -- 8 Losing the Initiative: The Paralysis in Washington and Tehran -- 9 Thinking the Unthinkable

The divisive and malleable nature of history is at its most palpable in situations of intractable conflict between nations or peoples. This book explores the significance of history in informing the relationship between warring parties through the concept of thick recognition and by exploring its relevance specifically in relation to Israel.

Improving America's relations with the Muslim World requires a confident new strategy that exercises cultural awareness and post-secular communication. Beyond Cairo turns the page by recommending the establishment of a U.S. Human Communication Specialist Corps trained to conduct nuanced outreach worldwide

This book explores educational and cultural experiences of "part-time unveilers" during their degree programs in public institutions in Turkey. The term "part-time unveiler" is coined to refer to undergraduate female students who cover their hair in their private lives, but who remove the headscarf while at a Turkish university as a result of the higher education headscarf ban policy. The book is based on a qualitative study that involved one-on-one interviews with thirty participants. The book highlights how part-time unveilers understand and negotiate the policy, the challenges and opportuni

Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Arab Awakening and Involvement of Civil Society -- Promising Activism, Innovative Methods, But No Sustainable Change -- Note -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: "Dogs of Wall Street, Let Us Alone": Graffiti in Cold War Baghdad, 1953 -- Introduction -- Cairo 2011 -- Suburban Development in 1950s Baghdad, I -- Suburban Development in 1950s Baghdad, II -- Iraq Between Capitalist West and Socialist East -- Political Resistance in Cold War Baghdad -- Washington's Shifting Policy Toward Iraq -- "They Did Not Hide Their Many Doubts" -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: When Pundits Fail: "We Are All Khalid Said" and the Challenge of Democratizing Egypt -- A Besieged People -- Remembering a Murder -- A Network of Democracy Activists Prepares the Ground -- The Human Rights Activists -- April 6 -- The Bloggers -- Framing: Circles of Guilt -- Step One: Admin Wins the Trust of His Network by Aligning Himself with Khalid Said and Making the Network Feel Valued -- Step Two: Admin Introduces Political Figures as "Good" -- Step Three: Admin Identifies Political Figures as "Bad" and Shows How They Are Connected with Each Other in Widening Circles of Guilt -- Mobilization -- Mobilization By Standing in Silence -- Mobilization Through External Shock -- What Went Wrong? -- Flawed Expectations in the West -- The Liberal Inability to Negotiate and Deliver -- Strong Actors with Illiberal Values -- The Outlook Is Bleak -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Civil Society and Political Change in Contemporary Egypt -- Mubarak and the Post-Revolutionary Upheavals -- A Typology of Egyptian Civil Society -- The Egyptian Regulatory Framework -- The Youth Movement -- The Women's Movements -- Human Rights Organizations -- The Trade Union Movement -- Conclusions -- Notes

Over the last two decades Iran has gone through major industrial transformation, in spite of major obstacles in the path of the country's development. This comprehensive book examines the Iranian government's mobilization of resources to develop science and technology, presenting an overview of the structure, dynamics, and outcomes of the government's science and technology policies. It evaluates sectors at the systems level and emphasizes the prominence of government, rather than of the market, in the innovation system of the Iranian economy. Written by authors who are in positions of leaders

Starting with the historical development of constitutional government in Turkey, the author analyzes the basic characteristics of the present Turkish Constitution (that of 1982), the fundamental structure of the state (the legislature, executive, and the judiciary), the special role of the Constitutional Court, and the recent efforts at democratizing constitutional reforms