Challenges to democracy in the Middle East /

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The Arab revolutions in context : civil society and democracy in a changing Middle East / by PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction; The Arab Spring and the coming fall of Orientalism's Tower of Babel; Is it the end of state feminism?; Reinventing wor(l)ds; Social media, social movements and the diffusion of ideas in the Arab Revolutions; The 2011 Bahrain uprising; Syria: Post-Assad?…”
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The Great War and the remaking of Palestine / by Tamārī, Salīm, JSTOR

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Rafiq Bey's public spectacles -- Arabs, Turks, and monkeys : the ethnography and cartography of Ottoman Syria -- The sweet smell of holy sewage : urban planning and the new public sphere in Palestine -- A scientific expedition to Gallipoli : the Syrian-Palestinian intelligentsia divided -- Two faces of Palestinian orthodoxy : Hellenism, Arabness, and the Osmenlilik -- The farcical moment : narratives of revolution and counter-revolution in Nablus -- Adele Azar's notebook : charity and feminism in WWI -- Ottoman modernity and the biblical gaze : the war photography of Khalil Raad.…”
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A shadow over Palestine : the imperial life of race in America / by Feldman, Keith P.

Table of Contents: “…Moving toward Home: Women of Color Feminisms and the Lebanon Conjuncture -- Epilogue: America's Last Taboo.…”
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On the Arab-Jew, Palestine, and Other Displacements : Selected Writings of Ella Shohat. by Shohat, Ella

Table of Contents: “…Breaking the Silence; 4. Mizrahi Feminism: The Politics of Gender, Race, and Multiculturalism; 5. …”
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Dispatches from Pakistan /

Table of Contents: “…-Pakistan Alliance -- Junaid Rana -- I'll be Your Mirror: The Politics of Pakistan's Populism -- Madiha Tahir -- Feminism and 'Fundamentalism' in Pakistan -- Amina Jamal -- Punjab in Play -- Humeira Iqtidar -- Blood on the Path of Love: Faisalabad, Punjab -- Qalandar Bux Memon -- Balochistan Betrayed -- Mahvish Ahmad -- A Tempest in My Harbour: Gwadar, Balochistan -- Hafees Jamali -- Swat in Transition -- Sultan-i-Rome -- Inside Militancy in Waziristan -- Iqbal Khattak -- Poetic Reflection and Activism in Gilgit-Baltistan -- Nosheen Ali -- The Nature of Conservation: Conflict and Articulation in Northern Pakistan -- Shafqat Hussain -- An Art of Extremes -- Hammad Nasar -- Kya Tum Poora Chaand Na Dekhoge (Will You Not See the Full Moon) -- Fehmida Riyaz -- Contributors -- Index.…”
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Orientalism : a reader / by JSTOR

Table of Contents: “…Orientalism, hinduism and feminism / Richard King -- 35. Orientalism reconsidered / Edward Said -- 36. …”
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