By
Brian Ulrich, on November 22nd, 2009
Greetings from the 2009 annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, where I’ve had the pleasure of attending four panels so far, all of which were interesting. One which probably has some interest for readers was Islamist Parties and the Political Process, which examined Islamist political movements in Morocco, Kuwait, and Algeria with [...]
By
Brian Ulrich, on August 16th, 2009
I’m finally reading Juan Cole’s Engaging the Muslim World, and because of the competing demands on my time and the book’s range of topics, I’ve decided to respond to it chapter by chapter. The first chapter, “The Struggle for Islamic Oil: The Truth about Energy Independence,” hits what I suspect will be a common [...]
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