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CCAS Hosts Summer Intern from Bethlehem University

CCAS is fortunate to have the opportunity to host summer interns from around the world. This summer we had the pleasure of working with Ms. Leyla AbuAyyash from Bethlehem…

August 9, 2017

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Davis, Rochelle A. and Mimi Kirk (ed.). Palestine and the Palestinians in the 21st Century. (Indiana University Press, 2013)

Palestine and the Palestinians in the 21st Century (Indiana University Press, 2013) is a volume edited by CCAS Associate Professor Rochelle Davis and former CCAS editor Mimi,…

August 8, 2017

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Sassoon, Joseph. Saddam Hussein’s Ba’th Party: Inside an Authoritarian Regime. (Cambridge University Press, 2012)

The Ba'th Party came to power in 1968 and remained for thirty-five years, until the 2003 U.S. invasion. Under the leadership of Saddam Hussein, who became president of Iraq in…

August 7, 2017

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Neep, Daniel. Occupying Syria under the French Mandate. (Cambridge University Press, 2012)

What role does military force play during a colonial occupation? The answer seems obvious: coercion crushes local resistance, quashes political dissent, and consolidates the…

August 6, 2017

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Adely, Fida J. Gendered Paradoxes: Educating Jordanian Women in Nation, Faith, and Progress. (University of Chicago, 2012)

In Gendered Paradoxes: Educating Jordanian Women in Nation, Faith, and Progress, Fida Adely takes readers into the halls of a Jordanian public school—the al-Khatwa High…

August 5, 2017

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Davis, Rochelle. Palestinian Village Histories. (Stanford University Press, 2011)

Through a close examination of these books and other commemorative activities, Rochelle Davis's Palestinian Village Histories reveals how history is written, recorded, and…

August 4, 2017

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Abi-Mershed, Osama. Apostles of Modernity: Saint-Simonians and the Civilizing Mission in Algeria. (Stanford University, 2010)

Between 1830 and 1870, French army officers serving in the colonial offices of Arab affairs profoundly altered the course of political decision-making in Algeria. Guided by the…

August 3, 2017

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Tucker, Judith E. Women, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law. (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

In what ways has Islamic law discriminated against women and privileged men? What rights and power have been accorded to Muslim women, and how have they used the legal system to…

August 2, 2017

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Daoudy, Marwa. The Water Divide Between Syria, Turkey, and Iraq: Negotiation, Security, and Power Asymmetry. (CNRS Editions, 2005)

In this volume, Dr. Daoudy addresses these questions from the perspective of negotiation theories and in so doing provides a critical examination of the negotiating sessions…

August 1, 2017

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CCAS Collaborates with State Department on Student Leaders Program

After twelve years of bringing students from the Middle East to the U.S., the Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Student Leaders program has begun…

July 30, 2017