Some papers were originally presented at a conference titled "The New Middle East : Social and Political Change in the Twenty-First Century," sponsored by the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on October 18-20, 2012--Acknowledgments.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Religion, politics, and society in the Middle East -- Religion and politics in the Arab Spring and its aftermath / Valerie J. Hoffman -- The Islamic Republic and the politics of the new Middle East / Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi -- The military, the Islamists, and the battle over Egypt's constitution / Feisal G. Mohamed -- Old and new battles for Turkish national identity / Joshua D. Hendrick -- Security challenges in Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, and Algeria in the wake of the Arab uprisings / Ramazan Erda -- Human rights in the Middle East -- Islam, non-Muslim minorities, and human rights in the Middle East / Valerie J. Hoffman -- Regime ruptures and sectarian eruptions in post-Mubarak Egypt / Mariz Tadros -- The Palestinians : justice denied / Cheryl A. Rubenberg -- Gender dynamics : what has changed? -- Gender norms in the Muslim Middle East / Valerie J. Hoffman -- The politics of gender equality in Turkey / Gül Aldıkaçtı Marshall -- Between a rock and a hard place : the "Arab Spring," women, and lessons from Iran / Haideh Moghissi -- Media and cultural expressions -- State-sponsored media, cultural production, and information wars : the case of Iran / Niki Akhavan -- The power of corruption and the corruption of power : the Arabic historical novel in Morocco (and elsewhere) / Roger Allen -- From Sayed Darwish to MC Sadat : sonic cartographies of the Egyptian uprising / Ted Swedenburg.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book examines politics and social dynamics in the Middle East today from diverse disciplinary perspectives, including religion, economics, gender, human rights, literature, media and music.
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Title
Making the new Middle East.
International Standard Book Number
9780815636069
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mass media-- Middle East-- History-- 21st century.
Religion and politics-- Middle East-- History-- 21st century.
Women-- Middle East-- Social conditions-- 21st century.
Civilization.
HISTORY-- Middle East-- General.
Mass media.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- World-- Middle Eastern.
Politics and government.
Religion and politics.
Women-- Social conditions.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Middle East, Civilization, 21st century.
Middle East, Politics and government, 21st century.