Ithaca Press imprint: 28 books
Political Alienation in Libya
Assessing Citizens' Political Attitude and Behaviour
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
In this book, Mabroka al-Werfalli examines the extent and effects of political alienation in Libya. Using a variety of measures, the author highlights links between legitimacy and alienation and underlines certain types of political behaviour commonly associated with political alienation, in an attempt...
by Anoushiravan Ehteshami
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2007
The oil rich monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula are frequently dismissed as having no democratic systems compared to most other regions of the world. Indeed, the United States justified its action in Iraq by proclaiming that democracy and freedom must be adopted both in Iraq and throughout the wider...
by Dalal Mukhlid Al-Harbi
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Women's contributions to Arabic and Islamic society, be they cultural, religious, medical or military, have been recorded by Muslim historians throughout the ages. No biographical dictionary of any worth was considered complete unless it mentioned prominent women, a tradition stemming from the earliest...
Iran's Foreign Policy
From Khatami to Admadinejad
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
This timely collection of papers by leading academics and prominent government officials sheds new light on the foreign policy of Iran under President Khatami and into the period of President Ahmadinejad. The topics covered include the influence of the Iranian constitution on its foreign policy, Iran's...
Caught in Crossfire
Civilians in Conflicts in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
Examining the prolonged Arab-Israeli conflict, Lebanese civil war and the periodic upsurges of inter-state and internal tensions in the Gulf region, this book looks at how civilians are at the forefront of military conflicts and violence in the Middle East. The unsung heroes and real victims of wars...
by Uthman Sayyid Ahmad Al-Bili
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
This book is a collection of papers on aspects of Islam in Africa. The book is part of an effort to establish an independent and indigenous school of African history that sees history through African eyes, and presents it in such a way as to include internal written and oral traditions, without sacrificing...
Boom Amid Gloom
The Spirit of Possibility in the 21st Century Gulf
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
The first decade of the new millennium witnessed wide-ranging transformations in the six countries that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council. They entered unchartered waters by experimenting politically and socially, expanding economically and asserting their influence internationally. These attempts...
Outright Assassination
The Trial and Execution of Antun Sa'adeh, 1949
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
No other political trial in Lebanon and, indeed, the Arab World has been more controversial than the trial and execution of Antun Sa'adeh just before sunrise on July 8, 1949. The case is inescapably a tragedy. It was and still is the shortest and most secretive trial given to a political offender....
Security Arrangements in the Persian Gulf
With Special Reference to Iran's Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
The strategic and economic characteristics of the Persian Gulf have made it of critical importance to all the states bordering its coastline, as well as the entire world's economy and political life. Its significant geopolitical situation, in addition to its dominant position as an energy source and...
by Jamal Wakim
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
In this book, Dr. Jamal Wakim argues that the success or failure of Syria's policies is directly linked to the degree to which these policies accord with those of Iraq, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and that it has been subject throughout its history to competition between the forces occupying the...
Building Arafat's Police
The Politics of International Police Assistance in the Palestinian Territories After the Oslo Agreement
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
This book examines the role of international donors in creating and reforming the Palestinian police and security forces, beginning in the early aftermath of the Oslo Accords to the outbreak of the second Intifada, which brought most police reform efforts to a standstill. The author explores the challenges...
Naming the Persian Gulf
The Roots of a Political Controversy
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Reference to either the Persian Gulf or the Arabian Gulf is a source of heavy controversy and tension between Iranians and Arabs, with diplomatic repercussions. The nomenclature is an important element of strategic uncertainty in the region. Kourosh Ahmadi reviews the issue from an Iranian perspective...
Slavery and Manumission
British Policy in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the First Half of the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
I am a free-born woman, and not a slave of anyone' , Manuy bint Khalfan, Speaking to a British Agency in Sharjah on 24th October 1938. Manuy bint Khalfan was a female slave who was sold and mortgaged several times before she finally escaped from her master. This book is dedicated to her memory, and...
Khojaly Witness of a war crime
Armenia in the Dock
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
It was one of the worst episodes of the Nagorno-Karabakh war. For months, the townspeople of Khojaly, Azerbaijan, had endured nightly shelling by invading Armenian forces, which gradually surrounded the town. By 25 February 1992 all escape routes had been cut off. Armenian tanks, artillery and troops...
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