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Comparing Three Muslims Brotherhoods: Syria,Jordan,Egypt

By June 8, 2020
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The banner of the Islamist revolution in the Middle East today has largely passed to groups sponsored by or derived from the Muslim Brotherhood. This article develops an introductory examination of three key Muslim Brotherhood groups and compares their politics, interrelations, and methods. Each, of course, is adapted to the conditions of a particular country. The banner of the Islamist revolution in the Middle East today has largely passed to groups sponsored by or derived from the Muslim … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Egypt, Jordan, MERIA Journal Volume 11, Number 02 (Jun 2007), Radical Movements, Syria

Promises and Perils of Weblogistan: Online Personal Journals and the Islamic Republic of Iran

By June 6, 2020

Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 11, No. 2, Article 6/8 - June 2007Total Circulation 23,500 PROMISES AND PERILS OF WEBLOGISTAN: ONLINE PERSONAL JOURNALS AND THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRANLiora Hendelman-Baavur* Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979, Iranian printed and broadcast media has been strongly controlled by the state. However, the state's authority has been compromised due to online … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Iran, Media Coverage of the Middle East, MERIA Journal Volume 11, Number 02 (Jun 2007)

How the Reagan Administration Taught Iran the Wrong Lessons

By June 5, 2020

  The prospect of peacefully preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons looks bleaker by the day. Iran appears more emboldened than it has in decades, and support for the Bush administration's foreign policy is at an all-time low. As a presidential election year approaches, conservatives are seeking to distance themselves from Bush by eulogizing Reagan. Yet they forget or ignore that the present predicament is in large part Reagan's legacy. This article examines how the Regan … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Iran, MERIA Journal Volume 11, Number 02 (Jun 2007), Regional Security, U.S. Policy on the Middle East

Syria’s Fragile Economy

By June 4, 2020

Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 11, No. 2, Article 4/8 - June 2007Total Circulation 23,500 SYRIA'S FRAGILE ECONOMYNimrod Raphaeli* INTRODUCTION Syria's economy, which is predominantly state-controlled, has been characterized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a 'stable but stagnant economy.'[1] This characterization reflects, on the one hand, political stability and the absence of major external shocks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, MERIA Journal Volume 11, Number 02 (Jun 2007), Syria

Faraj Fawda, or the Cost of Freedom of Expression

By June 3, 2020

Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 11, No. 2, Article 3/8 - June 2007Total Circulation 23,500 FARAJ FAWDA, OR THE COST OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSIONAna Bel�n Soage* Secular activist and author Faraj Fawda was assassinated by Islamist militants in 1992 after al-Azhar accused him of blasphemy. His writings, in which he criticized the viability of the Islamist project and urged Muslims to reconsider their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MERIA Journal Volume 11, Number 02 (Jun 2007), Radical Movements, Regional

Lagging Far Behind: Women in the Middle East

By June 2, 2020

The following article is an extract from the author's book Women in the Middle East (Sharpe, forthcoming). This article reviews the political and social situation of women in the Islamic Middle East over the past decade. It concludes that while these women have been guaranteed equal rights under their own constitutions and international laws adopted by the government, in practice, they have not enjoyed these rights in politics, marriage, divorce, freedom of movement, education, or work. Two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MERIA Journal Volume 11, Number 02 (Jun 2007), Women in the Middle East

Israel’s Decision to Go to War, June 2, 2020

By June 1, 2020

Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 11, No. 2, Article 1/8 - June 2007Total Circulation 23,500 ISRAEL'S DECISION TO GO TO WAR, JUNE 2, 1967Ami Gluska* This article is adapted slightly from Ami Gluska, The Israeli Military and the Origins of the 1967 War, (Taylor and Francis, 2006). It appears in the series on military and strategic issues edited by Barry Rubin. Reprinted with permission. To order this book, click … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Israel, MERIA Journal Volume 11, Number 02 (Jun 2007), Regional Security