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The Middle East Institute has published The Middle East Journal quarterly since 1947. The Journal provides original and objective research and analysis, as well as source material, on the area from Morocco to Pakistan. The Journal provides the background necessary for an understanding and appreciation of the region's political and economic development, cultural heritage, ethnic and religious diversity.
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Volume 70, Number 1, Winter 2016Editorial Board
Editor
Michael Collins Dunn
Managing Editor
Jacob Passel
Book Review Editor
John Calabrese
Assistant Editors
Peter Boal
Carly Puzniak
Interns
Daniel Jandreus
Michael Kinzer
Matt Mainuli
Lindsey Palmer
Emily Perzanoski
Stephen Reimer
Dylan Runde
Joshua Ward
Francis Wilson
Board of Advisory Editors
Madawi Al-Rasheed
Omar Ashour
Henri Barkey
Anouar Boukhars
Sheila Carapico
Jean-Pierre Filiu
F. Gregory Gause, III
Steven Heydemann
J.N.C. Hill
Frederic C. Hof
Leila Hudson
Michael Hudson
Marc Lynch
Phebe Marr
Sari Nusseibeh
J.E. Peterson
Shira Robinson
Michael W. S. Ryan
Paul Salem
Anita Shapira
Samer S. Shehata
Robert Springborg
Gareth Stansfield
Gönül Tol
Dirk Vanderwalle
Marvin G. Weinbaum
R.K. Ramazani (emeritus)