Recently added articles from Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ):
The Muslim world and the west: patterns of conflict and avenues for convergence.
Jan 01, 2009; Ismael, Jacqueline S. ... THE ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE OF Arab Studies Quarterly were selected from the proceedings of a conference in March 2008 on relations between the West and the Muslim world organized by the University of Victoria and the International Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Revised and updated for ...
American foreign policy and the rise of Islamic politics.
Jan 01, 2009; Davidson, Lawrence ... PUTTING THINGS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE THE UNITED STATES AND ITS FOREIGN policy in the Middle East, including its nearly carte blanche backing for the state of Israel, did not create political Islam or the fundamentalist drive for Islamic states. This basically reformist ...
The PLO and Islamic policy for Jerusalem.(Palestine Liberation Organization)
Jan 01, 2009; Talhami, Ghada H. ... JERUSALEM OCCUPIES A UNIQUE POSITION in the world of Islam, not only as the third holiest city after Mecca and Medina, but also as the first direction of the qiblah. The presence of the Dome of the Rock, the Aqsa Mosque, and the Buraq Wall (Wailing Wall), established Jerusalem eternally in ...
The siege of Nahr Al-Bared and the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.(Company overview)
Jan 01, 2009; Abboud, Samer ... INTRODUCTION THE LEBANESE ARMY'S SIEGE OF THE Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, home to over 31,000 Palestinian refugees, initiated a second experience of displacement and exile within the community. Perhaps as troublesome as the displacement and loss of economic livelihood wrought on ...
Assessing the dialogues of civilizations between the Western and Muslim worlds.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; Selim, Mohammad El-Sayed ... THE CONCEPT OF THE DIALOGUE AMONG civilizations emerged in the post Cold War era in the context of Euro-Arab relations in 1992, not--as widely believed--as a response to Samuel P. Huntington's thesis on the Clash of Civilizations articulated in 1993. The concept first emerged in the ...
Islam and the west: extremists in alliance.
Jan 01, 2009; Shaban, Fuad ... FROM A PURELY PERSONAL VIEWPOINT, based on religious and logical principles, I did not subscribe to the view that a 'war of cultures' between Islam and the West is inevitable. I had been steadfast in this belief until I began researching world events and trends of thought that have risen ...
Possible partners, probable enemies: why the US is losing the Islamic mainstream.
Jan 01, 2009; Baker, Raymond William ... THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT THE UNITED States, in particular, and the West, in general, fails to recognize the Islamic mainstream as a potential partner in world-wide struggles for freedom and democracy. As in the past, the West is missing the reality in the Middle East of the everyday ...
Age of diaspora: Iranian seniors in Toronto.
Jan 01, 2009; Moghissi, Haideh ... OLD AGE IS VALUED AND VARIOUSLY defined in different cultures. Despite socio-economic and cultural advances in liberal democracies, and institutionalized state responsibility in providing care for elderly citizens, old age generally seems associated with negativity. Aging creates many ...
Social citizenship rights of Canadian Muslim youth: youth resiliencies and the claims for social inclusion.
Jan 01, 2009; Moosa-Mitha, Mehmoona ... INTRODUCTION: THE CONCEPT OF "SOCIAL CITIZENSHIP" is increasingly utilized to define governmental as well as grass roots activist organizations' social policy outcomes. This can in part be explained by the fact that in liberal Western democracies social citizenship rights are ...
The Films of Abbas Kiarostami: Framing the Burdens of Contemporary Muslim Identities.(Interview)
Jan 01, 2009; Mitha, Farouk ... "Words cannot describe my feelings about his films." Akira Kurosawa "We are living in the age of Kiarostami, but don't yet know it." Werner Herzog "Kiarostami represents the highest level of artistry in the cinema." Martin Scorsese ...
