Bustan: The Middle East Book Review

ISSN : 1878-5301
E-ISSN : 1878-5328

Bustan: The Middle East Book Review contains article-length review essays and traditional book reviews. Articles will deal with a host of topics related to the Middle East and Islamic Studies. Subjects include (but are not limited to) political science, economics, history, language, geography and cultural issues of the region. Articles review works in a multitude of languages; however, articles are exclusively written in English.

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Victimhood in Israeli and Palestinian National Narratives
- Author: Neil Caplan
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 1, pp 1 –19
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Remembering Palestine before 1948
- Author: Benny Morris
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 1, pp 20 –35
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Adonis, the Syrian Crisis, and the Question of Pluralism in the Levant
- Author: Franck Salameh
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 1, pp 36 –61
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Palestinians in Israel: the Arab Minority and [the Struggle with] the Jewish State
- Author: Elie Rekhess
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 1, pp 63 –67
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The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty: The Husaynis, 1700–1948
- Author: Meir Litvak
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 1, pp 68 –74
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Peace in the Making: The Menachem Begin-Anwar El-Sadat Personal Correspondence
- Author: Laurie Zittrain Eisenberg
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 1, pp 75 –79
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Bombshell: The Many Faces of Women Terrorists
- Author: Yoram Schweitzer
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 1, pp 80 –83
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Security Arrangements in the Persian Gulf: With Special Reference to Iran's Foreign Policy
- Author: Uzi Rabi
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 1, pp 84 –86
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The Baha'is of Iran: Socio-Historical Studies
- Author: Soli Shahvar
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 1, pp 87 –90
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The “Arab Spring”: Competing Analytical Paradigms
- Author: Asher Susser
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 109 –130
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Confronting the Intelligence Fiasco of the Yom KippurWar
- Author: Uri Bar-Joseph
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 131 –149
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Book Reviews: Elise G. Young, Gender and Nation Building in the Middle East: The Political Economy of Health fromMandate Palestine to Refugee Camps in Jordan (London: I.B. Tauris, 2012), 224 pp. ISBN 978-18-48-85481-9
- Author: Nikki Keddie
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 151 –156
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King Abdullah II of Jordan, Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril (New York: Viking, 2011), 346 pp. ISBN 978-0-6700-2171-0
- Author: Shimon Shamir
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 157 –162
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Oded Haklai, Palestinian Ethnonationalism in Israel (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011), 243 pp. ISBN 978-08-12-24347-5
- Author: Marcella Simoni
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 163 –169
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Yaron Friedman, The Nu.sayr¯ı-'Alaw¯ıs: An Introduction to the Religion, History and Identity of the Leading Minority in Syria (Leiden: Brill, 2009), 325 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-17892-2
- Author: Aryeh Kofsky
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 170 –175
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Larbi Sadiki, Rethinking Arab Democratization: Elections without Democracy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 352 pp. ISBN 978-01-99-69924-7
- Author: Mark Tessler
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 176 –178
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David Powers, The Development of Islamic Law and Society in the Maghrib: Qadis,Muftis and Family Law (Burlington: Ashgate, 2011), xii + 342 pp. ISBN 978-14-09-40370-8
- Author: Muhammad Al-Atawneh
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 179 –180
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Alon Tal and Alfred Abed Rabbo, eds., Water Wisdom: Preparing the Groundwork for Cooperative and Sustainable Water Management in the Middle East (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2010), 332 pp. ISBN 978-08-13-54770-1
- Author: Jeffrey K. Sosland
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 181 –184
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James Barr, A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914–1948 (New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2012), 450 pp. ISBN 978-03-93-07065-1
- Author: Meir Zamir
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 185 –189
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Franck Salameh, Language, Memory, and Identity in the Middle East: The Case for Lebanon (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2010), 291 pp. ISBN 978-07-39-13738-3
- Author: Norman A. Stillman
- Source: Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 190 –193
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Bustan: The Middle East Book Review

Volumes & issues:

Volume 3 (2012)

Volume 2 (2011)

Volume 1 (2010)

Victimhood in Israeli and Palestinian National Narratives

Remembering Palestine before 1948

Adonis, the Syrian Crisis, and the Question of Pluralism in the Levant

Palestinians in Israel: the Arab Minority and [the Struggle with] the Jewish State

The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty: The Husaynis, 1700–1948

Peace in the Making: The Menachem Begin-Anwar El-Sadat Personal Correspondence

Bombshell: The Many Faces of Women Terrorists

Security Arrangements in the Persian Gulf: With Special Reference to Iran's Foreign Policy

The Baha'is of Iran: Socio-Historical Studies

The “Arab Spring”: Competing Analytical Paradigms

Confronting the Intelligence Fiasco of the Yom KippurWar

Book Reviews: Elise G. Young, Gender and Nation Building in the Middle East: The Political Economy of Health fromMandate Palestine to Refugee Camps in Jordan (London: I.B. Tauris, 2012), 224 pp. ISBN 978-18-48-85481-9

King Abdullah II of Jordan, Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril (New York: Viking, 2011), 346 pp. ISBN 978-0-6700-2171-0

Oded Haklai, Palestinian Ethnonationalism in Israel (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011), 243 pp. ISBN 978-08-12-24347-5

Yaron Friedman, The Nu.sayr¯ı-'Alaw¯ıs: An Introduction to the Religion, History and Identity of the Leading Minority in Syria (Leiden: Brill, 2009), 325 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-17892-2

Larbi Sadiki, Rethinking Arab Democratization: Elections without Democracy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 352 pp. ISBN 978-01-99-69924-7

David Powers, The Development of Islamic Law and Society in the Maghrib: Qadis,Muftis and Family Law (Burlington: Ashgate, 2011), xii + 342 pp. ISBN 978-14-09-40370-8

Alon Tal and Alfred Abed Rabbo, eds., Water Wisdom: Preparing the Groundwork for Cooperative and Sustainable Water Management in the Middle East (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2010), 332 pp. ISBN 978-08-13-54770-1

James Barr, A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914–1948 (New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2012), 450 pp. ISBN 978-03-93-07065-1

Franck Salameh, Language, Memory, and Identity in the Middle East: The Case for Lebanon (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2010), 291 pp. ISBN 978-07-39-13738-3

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