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Occasional Papers

Papers constitute an in-depth look at a single issue relevant to the Arab world.

Passing a Flaming Torch: The Middle Eastern Issues Confronting the Obama Administration

  Arab Media
By Rami G. Khouri

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Published 02/26/2009

Education, Human Development, and Arab Women: Progress, Dilemmas, and American Discourse

  Women and Gender
By Fida Adely

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Published 09/19/2008

Is the Maghreb the 'Next Afghanistan'?: Mapping the Radicalization of the Algerian Salafi Jihadist Movement

By Noureddine Jebnoun

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Published 02/21/2008

A View from the Inside: Congressional Decisionmaking and Arab-Israeli Policy

  Palestine
By David Dumke

Download here. Dumke, a former congressional aid, uses congressional letters and memos to explore the in and outs of the debate over the Arab-Israeli conflict within the halls of the Capitol.

Published 12/01/2006

Theater and Radical Politics in Beirut, Cairo, and Alexandria: 1860-1914

By Ilham Makdisi

Download here. Makdisi examines the role of theater in disseminating radical ideas in Beirut, Cairo, and Alexandria at the turn of the century.

Published 10/01/2006

Research Cultures in Local and Global Contexts: The Case of Middle East Gender Studies

  Women and Gender
By Zeinab Abul-Magd, Aurelie Evangeline Perrier

Download here. This paper focuses on the present strengths and weaknesses of gender and women's studies across sub-regions and disciplines with an emphasis on approach and methodology.

Published 03/11/2006

Uncovered: Arab Journalists Scrutinize Their Profession

By Thomas Gorguissian, Rami Khouri, Salameh Nematt, Hafez Al-Mirazi

Download here. Dissects, uncovers and analyzes the state of the Arab media.

Published 09/30/2005

The US And Yemen: A Half-Century of Engagement

By Edward Prados

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Published 01/01/2005

Imperialism, Globalization and Internationalism: Some Reflections on their Twin Impacts on the Arab Middle East in the Beginnings of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

By Roger Owen

Download here. Based on Professor Owen's Kareema Khoury Annual Distinguished Lecture in 2003.

Published 07/30/2004

The Search for Authenticity in Middle East Cultures: Religion, Community and Nation

By Sami Zubaida

Download here. This paper explores the question of cultural authenticity in the contexts of colonial expansion and domination.

Published 03/18/2004

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