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Review of Middle East Studies, Volume 34 - Issue 2 - Winter 2000

Religion and Philosophy

The Historicity of Biblical Israel: Studies in 1 & 2 Samuel, by Kamal Salibi. 288 pages, transliteration tables, maps, bibliography, index. London, UK: NABU Publications, 1998. $25.00 (Paper) ISBN 1-897750-60-9

A Short History of Islam, by W. Montgomery Watt. 156 pages, appendix, select bibliography, index. Oxford, UK: Oneworld Publications, 1996. $8.95 (Paper) ISBN 1-85168-109-4

Islamic Law

Annäherung und Distanz: Schia, Azhar und die Islamische Ökumene im 20. Jahrhundert, by Rainer Brunner. 328 pages, bibliography, index. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1996. ISBN 3-87997-256-7

Islamic Law: Theory and Practice, edited by Robert Gleave and Eugenia Kermeli. 248 pages, endnotes, bibliography, index. London and New York: I. B. Tauris, distributed in the U. S. by St. Martin’s Press, 1997. $75.00 (Cloth) ISBN 1-86064-119-9.

Schari’a und Moderne: Diskussionen über Schwangerschaftsabbruch, Versicherung und Zinsen, by Rüdiger Lohlker. (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes) 156 pages, bibliography. Stuttgart, Germany: Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft, 1996. (Paper) ISBN 3-515065-822

The Spirit of Islamic Law, by Bernard G. Weiss. 211 pages, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1998. $45.00 (Cloth) ISBN 0-8203-1977-5

Literature & Literary Criticism

In the Tavern of Life, by Tawfiq Al-Hakim, translated by William Maynard Hutchins. 232 pages. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998. $38.00 (Cloth) ISBN 0-89410-648-1, $18.95 (Paper) ISBN 0-89410-649-X.

The Book of Strangers: Medieval Arabic Graffiti on the Theme of Nostalgia, translated by Patricia Crone and Shmuel Moreh. (Princeton Series on the Middle East) 182 pages, bibliography, index. Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2000. $16.95 (Paper) ISBN 1-55876-215-9

Conversations with Emperor Jahangir, by “MUTRIBI”Al-Asamm Samarqandi. Translated and with an introduction by Richard C. Foltz. (Bibliotheca Iranica Literature Series No. 4) 98 pages, bibliography, index. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 1998. $12.95 (Paper) ISBN 1-56859-679-5.

The House of Wisdom, by Florence Parry Heide and Judith Heide Gilliland. 37 pages. New York, NY: DK Publishing, Inc., 1999. $16.95 (Cloth) ISBN 0-7894-2562-9

Night & Horses & The Desert: An Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature, by Robert Irwin. 462 pages, bibliography, index. New York, NY: Penguin, 1999. £25.00 (Cloth) ISBN 0-71-399153-4

Arabian Love Poems, by Nizar Kabbani. Translations by Bassam Frangieh and Clementina R. Brown. Full Arabic and English Texts. 225 pages. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999. 16.95 (Paper) ISBN 0-89410-881-6

Anatolia Junction: A Journey Into Hidden Turkey, by Fred Reed. 320 pages, maps, notes, index. Burnaby, B. C: Talonbooks, 1999. $19.95 (Paper) ISBN 0-88922-426-9

In My Childhood: A Study of Arabic Autobiography, by Tetz Rooke. 304 pages, appendix, references, index. Stockholm: Almquist and Wiksell International, 1997. $52.50 (Paper) ISBN 91-22-01766-6

Art, Culture & Society

Grandmother’s Secrets: The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing, by Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi. Translated by Monique Arav. 158 pages, 36 photographs. New York, NY: Interlink Books, 1999. $25.00 (Cloth) ISBN 1-56656-326-7.

Topkapi Palace: An Illustrated Guide to Its Life and Personalities, by Godfrey Goodwin. 223 pages, genealogy, plans, illustrations, bibliography, index. London, UK: Saqi Books, 2000. $29.50 (Cloth) ISBN 0-86356-067-9

Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape, by Predrag Matvejevic. Translated by Michael Henry Heim. 218 pages. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1999. $29.95 (Cloth) ISBN 0-520-20738-6

Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East 1789-1923, by Efraim Karsh and Inari Karsh. 409 pages, maps, index. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. $29.95 (Cloth) ISBN 0-674-25152-0

Pre-Modern Political History

Eunuchs, Caliphs and Sultans: A Study in Power Relations, by David Ayalon. 376 pages, index. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1999. $38.00 (Cloth) ISBN 965-493-017-X

The History of al-Tabarī, Vol. 5: The Sāsānids, the Byzantines, the Lakhmids, and Yemen, translated and annotated by C. E. Bosworth. 458 pages, bibliography, index. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1999. $26.95 (Paper) ISBN 0-7914-4356-6

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Review of Middle East Studies, Volume 34 - Issue 2 - Winter 2000

Religion and Philosophy

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