Making the new Middle East : politics, culture, and human rights / edited by Valerie J. Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoffman, Valerie J. (Valerie Jon), 1954- editor.

Series:

Contemporary issues in the Middle East.

Contemporary issues in the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics--Middle East--History--21st century.

Religion and politics.

Women--Middle East--Social conditions--21st century.

Women.

Mass media--Middle East--History--21st century.

Mass media.

Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.

Middle East.

Middle East--Civilization--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (503 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2019.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8156-5457-X