Books Received

Some of the books listed below may be reviewed in future issues.

Kathleen Abu-Saad, Tamar Horowitz and Ismael Abu-Saad (eds.), Weaving Tradition and Modernity: Bedouin Women in Higher Education (Beersheba: The Centre for Bedouin Studies and Development, Ben-Gurion University, 2007). Pp. 225. Paperback.

Shabbir Akhtar, The Quran and the Secular Mind: A Philosophy of Islam (London and New York: Routledge, 2008). Pp. 400. Paperback.

Ümit Cizre (ed.), Secular and Islamic Politics in Turkey: The Making of the Justice and Development Party (London and New York: Routledge, 2008). Pp. 238. Hardback.

Jonathan Cook, Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East (London: Pluto, 2008). Pp. 204. Paperback.

Stephanie Cronin (ed.), Subalterns and Social Protest: History from Below in the Middle East and North Africa (London and New York: Routledge, 2008). Pp. 320. Paperback.

Roxane Farmanfarmaian (ed.), War & Peace in Qajar Persia: Implications Past and Present (London and New York: Routledge, 2008). Pp. 234. Hardback.

Aslam Farouk-Alli (ed.), The Future of Palestine and Israel: From Colonial Roots to Post Colonial Realities (Midrand, South Africa: Institute of Global Dialogue, 2007). Pp. 415. Paperback.

Ronak Husni and Daniel L. Newman, Muslim Women in Law and Society (London and New York: Routledge, 2007). Pp. 215. Hardback.

Homa Katouzian & Hossein Shahidi (eds.), Iran in the 21 St. Century: Politics, Economics and Conflict (London and New York: Routledge, 2008). Pp. 300. Paperback.

Joel Kovel, The Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of theWorld? (London and New York: Zed Books, 2007). Pp. 329. Paperback.

Judy Kuriansky (ed.), Beyond Bullets and Bombs: Grassroots Peacebuilding between Israelis and Palestinians (Westport, Connecticut, and London: Praeger, 2007). Pp. 382. Hardback.

Charles G. MacDonald and Carole A. O'Leary (eds.), Kurdish Identity: Human Rights and Political Status (Gainesville, Fl: University Press of Florida, 2007). Pp. 336. Hardback.

Benny Morris (ed.), Making Israel (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press). Pp. 369. Paperback.

Ian Richard Netton (ed.), Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilisation and Religion (London and New York: Routledge, 2008). Pp. 846. Hardback.

Tim Niblock, with Mona Malik, The Political Economy of Saudi Arabia (London and New York: Routledge). Pp. 254. Paperback.

Ilan Pappé, The Israel/Palestine Question: A Reader (London and New York: Routledge, Second Edition, 2007). Pp. 292. Paperback .

Gabriel Said Reynolds (ed.), The Qur'an Historical Context (London and New York: Routledge, 2008). Pp. 294. Hardback.

D. S. Richards (trans.), The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period from al-Kamil fil-tarikh, part 2 (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007). Pp. 437. Hardback.

Rosemary Sayigh, The Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries (with a New Foreword by Noam Chomsky) (London and New York: Zed Books, 2007). Pp. 228. Paperback.

Katarina Sehm-Patomäki and Marko Ulvila (eds.), Global Political Parties (London and New York: Zed Books, 2007). Pp. 176. Paperback.

Mohamed Haj Yousef, Ibn 'Arabi-Time and Cosmology (London and New York: Routledge, 2008). Pp. 223. Hardback.

Shan Zefi, Islamization of Albanians Through Centuries (translated from Albanian) (Drita-Prizren: Sprint, 2006). Pp. 316. Paperback.

Yahia H. Zoubir and Haizam Amirah-Fernández, North Africa: Politics, Religion and the Limits of Transformation (London and New York: Routledge, 2008). Pp. 394. Paperback .