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Contemporary Review of the Middle East
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ISSN (Print) 2347-7989 - ISSN (Online) 2349-0055
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Sethumadhavan (2017), Aliyah: The Last Jew in the Village; Esther David
(2018), Bombay Brides
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  Authors: Rohit Kumar Sharma
  Pages: 258 - 260
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Volume 9, Issue 2, Page 258-260, June 2022.
  
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-04-07T10:34:55Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221080817
  Issue No: Vol. 9, No. 2 (2022)
Construction of Jewish Women in Ihsan Abdel Quddous’s Fiction
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  Authors: Ebrahim Mohammed Alwuraafi
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  The article examines Ihsan Abdel Quddous’s literary texts that deal with Egyptian Jewish women to explore how Egyptian Jewesses figure in these texts to disrupt, disturb, or offset prevailing historical and fictional discourses and explore his attitude toward Egyptian Jews in general and Jewish women in particular. Deploying post-colonial feminist theory, the article argues that in Quddous’ works, Jewish women represent a highly-educated and liberal community with fluid, transnational identities that serve to foil exclusionary discourses, and that Quddous increasingly has given Egyptian Jewish women, more than any other Arab writer of the period, a voice and an active role in his works. As a result, he has articulated their hopes, fears, and needs in a period dominated by political and social instability. The article aims at identifying and categorizing major tropes and characteristics pertaining to the portrayal of Jewish women in Ihsan Abdel Quddous’ fiction, and how these portrayals adhere to or play on the universal stereotypes of Jews.
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-06-04T04:13:08Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221100616
Iraq’s Religious Minorities: On the Precipice
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  Authors: John Calabrese
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is often described as the cradle of the three Abrahamic faiths and Iraq as a land “where faith was born.” But the past two decades have dealt a severe, possibly fatal blow to religious communities that were once vibrant and integral parts of Iraq’s social fabric—and perhaps to the very idea of pluralism in the region. Ensuring the continued presence of religious minority communities is vital to preserving Iraq’s social diversity and nurturing a culture of pluralism. Iraq’s best hope to save its vanishing minorities from extinction and revive religious pluralism lies in the Iraqi Region of Kurdistan (IRK). Fully incorporating displaced non-Muslim components of Iraqi society into host communities in the IRK while preserving their distinctive collective identity would advance the prospects for the survival of religious minorities and the future of pluralism in the IRK, the country at large, and the wider region.
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-06-02T07:43:37Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221099162
Dynamics of Saudi Arabia–KRG Relations: From 2003 Iraq War to 2017
Referendum and Beyond
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  Authors: Sinem Cengiz
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  Numerous studies have examined the decades-old Saudi-Iranian rivalry, which has played out in various regional arenas, notably Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, and the Gulf. This article explores the place that Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq occupies within this rivalry. As the KRG’s foreign relations have attracted scholarly attention since the late 1990s, the article examines the Saudi Arabia–KRG relations in the post-2003 Iraq War, with a special focus on growing Iranian influence in Iraq. The end of Saddam Hussein’s rule and the subsequent rise of Shiite-dominated governments in Baghdad has shaken the regional balance, bringing out Iran as an influential actor in the Middle East. This laid the foundation for new understandings in the Saudi regional policy as Riyadh emphasized its relations with Iraq and the KRG, which became a crucial factor that can balance and imbalance power in the Middle East. It argues that common concerns for security and relative gains paved the way for a closer relationship between Riyadh and Erbil to counter threats emanating from both Iran and ISIS. Through case-specific information to those interested in Kurdish politics and the Middle East, it not only delves into the driving forces behind Riyadh-Erbil relations but also aims to present the Saudi interpretation of the 2017 Kurdish referendum.
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-05-31T09:26:48Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221099342
How to Survive as an Armed Non-state Actor' An Assessment of the
Syrian Democratic Union Party
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  Authors: Fatih Oğuzhan İpek
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  This article examines the case of the Syrian Democratic Union Party (Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat or PYD) to explain the survival strategies of the non-state armed actor (NSAA). Although the Middle Eastern State System remarkably remained stable after the end of Mandates, the legitimacy of states has been eroded by a combination of colonial legacy, neo-patrimonialism, and authoritarianism, laying the seeds for the rise of non-state challengers to states. At the beginning of the Syrian uprising, the PYD did not fight against the Syrian regime but established its autonomy in northern Syria by taking advantage of the chaos. Using the process-tracing method, the article explains the survival of the PYD until the territorial defeat of the so-called Islamic State and offers parameters of the territorial logic, its organizational structuring, and relations with the states to explain the survival strategies of the PYD. Finally, the study concludes that while the territorial and organizational structuring logics of the NSAA shape its strategies, its complex relationship with states determines its survival.
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-05-24T04:57:34Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221100042
Order from Above: The Evolvement of Elections in Qatar
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  Authors: Ariel Admoni
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  Qatar slowly opened up to the democratic system. In 1963, the Qatari Sheikh made some concessions and allowed Municipal Council to be elected by all Qatari males. However, it appears to have faded from view without any noticeable impact. After the independence, Sheikh Khalifa believed that elections were neither necessary nor useful and his son, Sheikh Hamad, began to reform the country in this area. In April 2003, Qatari citizens voted on a constitution that included an election. Until 2021, Doha postponed plans for a partially elected Shura Council. Instead, members of the body, the top advisory body for the government, have been appointed by the Emir. On October 2, 2011, Qataris began voting in the Emirate’s first legislative election. The results were an example of the conservative view of the Qatari population. The conservative atmosphere also appeared in the sessions of another elected advisory council, the Central Municipal Council (CMC) and every reform or change can be initiated only by the leadership, specifically the Emir. The conservative atmosphere and the significant role of the Emir in the change appeared especially in the question of the women in the democratic process. However, during the years, the Al-Thani continued to closely monitor the implementation of the elections and make sure things would not go out of hand. Moreover, political participation limited different factions of the Al-Thani family and prominent families in the Emirate, sometimes connected through marriages to the ruling family.
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-05-20T05:11:50Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221100067
Adis Duderija, Alina Alak, and Kristin Hissong (2020). Islam and Gender:
Major Issues and Debates. Routledge. Hardback, ISBN: 9780815396697. Price:
£120.00. 228 pp.
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  Authors: Farah Shahin
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-05-20T05:09:42Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221098798
Visit to the Jama’at  Mosque during  Ramzan
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  Authors: P. R. Kumaraswamy
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-05-20T04:50:19Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221099989
James Shires (2021). The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East.
Hurst & Co. Hardback. ISBN: 9781787384736. Price: £35.00. 361 pp.
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  Authors: Rohit Kumar Sharma
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-05-20T04:48:59Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221099981
Target Saudi Arabia: To Demonize and Belittle
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  Authors: Joseph A. Kéchichian
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-03-26T03:47:06Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221086382
Flying to Jerusalem over the Years
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  Authors: P. R. Kumaraswamy
  First page: 135
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-03-08T10:01:56Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221082441
The Relationship between the State and the New Media in Egypt: A Dynamic
of Openness, Adaptation, and Narrowing
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  Authors: Limor Lavie, Bosmat Yefet
  First page: 138
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  This article offers a new perspective on the extensive discussion of the role of new media in facilitating the 2011 Egyptian uprising by placing it within the historical context of how the state responded to new media in the previous decades. This article uses an archaeological analysis of state media to reveal how the state coped with the news media (newspapers, radio, television, satellite television) in the past to infer the present relationship between the state and the new media (the internet and social media). We discerned a recurring cyclical pattern characterized by a dynamic of openness–adaptation–narrowing, which sheds light on the media’s ability to challenge state authority and on the state’s ability to contain and limit new media. We suggest that the role of the internet and social media in the Egyptian “Arab Spring” should be viewed as being on this continuum, as an extension of processes of state–media relations that had developed in the preceding decades.
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-02-25T08:46:43Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221080620
Turkey and the United Arab Emirates: From Cooperation to Rivalry
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  Authors: Michael B. Bishku
  First page: 184
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  This article will review Turkey’s political and economic relations with the United Arab Emirates from the establishment of ties upon the latter achieving independence from Britain to the present through the changing regional and international scene of the Cold War and post-Cold War periods. While Turkey did not pay much attention to the Gulf region initially, the situation changed following the establishment of the Gulf Cooperation Council in 1981 and Turgut Özal becoming prime minister two years later. Özal was a devout Muslim and sought to boost ties with Middle Eastern countries while reaping economic benefits, but his efforts were not as extensive as they have become under the Justice and Development Party (AKP), which came to power in 2002. The AKP regards Turkey as a leading force in promoting the interests especially of Sunni Muslims in the Middle East and the rest of the Islamic world. Despite constructive bilateral efforts at political and economic cooperation, the AKP’s connections with the Muslim Brotherhood have complicated Turkey’s relations with the UAE, as the latter has been concerned with its indigenous Islamist group al-Islah. Since the overthrow of Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi, a political rivalry has developed between the two over differing regional perspectives.
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-02-15T06:16:08Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221078492
Business as Usual' The Post-Brexit Impacts on UK and UAE Relations
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  Authors: Justin Gibbins
  First page: 200
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  Since the formal leaving of the United Kingdom from the European Union on January 31, 2020, much discussion has focused on the consequences for British foreign policy. Predictions broadly fit into two outcomes: internationalism, echoed in the “global Britain” mantra, and isolationism, with a Britain struggling to be heard on the world stage. As British foreign and trade policies are being shaped by a desire to seek out new friends, and reaffirm contacts with old ones, the United Arab Emirates, a Gulf Cooperation Council country with a palpable set of linkages to the UK, will be impacted. Military, diplomatic and economic ties are robust, but the UAE’s position, particularly in light of its rising-power regional status, requires investigation. With some believing British influence will be stymied by its non-EU status, and with a UAE that has reversed its traditional nonintervention status to become more regionally resurgent, what would this mean for future UK–UAE relations' This article seeks to provide an early snapshot of the post-Brexit relationship between the two.
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-03-01T03:37:19Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221080641
China’s Conflict Management in the Middle East: Involvement without
Impact'
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  Authors: İrem Aşkar Karakır
  First page: 240
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  China’s foreign policy toward the Middle East has traditionally been shaped by its national interests based on energy security, arms exports, and technology transfers. To complement its interest-driven regional policies, China has expanded its diplomatic contacts and promoted cultural ties. Over the last two decades, China has also engaged in conflict management in several regional issues, despite its declared commitment to nonintervention in other countries’ domestic affairs. This article aims to analyze China’s conflict management policies in the region, focusing on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Iran’s nuclear program and the Syrian conflict. Compared with other major external powers, prospects for China’s conflict management seem high given two significant advantages. First, unlike Western powers or Russia, China has not left any bitter taste in the region associated with colonialism, religious or historical engagement. Secondly, China has been careful not to take clear-cut sides in regional conflicts, making itself an ideal candidate to act as an honest broker. It is argued that despite these advantages, Chinese conflict management in the region has remained considerably modest and lacked any practical solutions to the critical problems.
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2022-03-01T04:05:43Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989221080632
Use of Social Media in Teaching High School Students: A Case of United
Arab Emirates
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  Authors: Badreya Al Jenaibi, Alyazi Al Mansoori
  First page: 158
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  The use of social media platforms by the education sector has grown significantly in the past decade. The advancement in information and technology has prompted the integration of social media use in education. Social media use has revolutionized the learning processes from what was traditionally teacher-centered to the current student-centered approach. People between 16 and 24 years of age are considered among the active users of social media; hence, by incorporating an important part of their lives in school activities, learning may become more amusing and improve performance. Despite the United Arab Emirates being considered the technological hub of the Middle East, it has made minimal steps toward integrating social media in the learning system for high school students. This article explores the type of social media used by students and teachers in the Emirati high school system and examines the favorable social media tools used in learning in high schools by teachers and students and responds to questions like the purposes of using social media in learning and does social media use in learning affect student and teacher satisfaction and attitude' Further, it asks what the impacts of using social media on learning are. Finally, it discusses the challenges students and teachers come across when using social media for learning.
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2021-11-11T03:14:08Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989211017567
China–Turkey Relations from the Perspective of Neoclassical Realism
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  Authors: Mustafa Cüneyt Özşahin, Federico Donelli, Riccardo Gasco
  First page: 218
  Abstract: Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Ahead of Print.
  There is plenty of studies focusing on China’s global outreach through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In tandem with this, the extensive literature on China depicts it as the next hegemon to succeed in the USA. Along this line, flourishing ties with various Asian nations, including the Middle Eastern countries, as a result of China’s recent foreign policy activism has been addressed extensively. While most research has been stressing the rising assertiveness of China in world politics, only a limited number of studies have touched upon the responses from middle or small powers against China’s ascent. Drawing from neoclassical realism, this article contends two levels of analysis for delineating the interaction between Turkey, a middle power, and China, a rising great power. First, the exchange between Turkey and the USA is vital in determining the cordial relations between Turkey and China. Alteration in the American policy vis-à-vis Turkey in the wake of the Arab Spring is relevant to Turkey’s growing relations with China. Second, is the rising anti-Westernism of foreign policy elites as part of the alteration in the strategic culture of Turkish politics, which makes Turkey’s rapprochement with China possible. Nevertheless, it should be noted that these two levels are intertwined and feed each other. Consequently, employing a neoclassical realist approach, the article argues that the middle powers’ stance against a rising hegemon is conditional upon the bilateral relations with the current hegemon and peculiarities of domestic politics.
  Citation: Contemporary Review of the Middle East
  PubDate: 2021-12-16T04:01:30Z
  DOI: 10.1177/23477989211062659