Shimon Peres
Erik Skare, University of Oslo, Norway
Avi Gil, The Jewish People Policy Institute, Israel
Islamist Writings on Resistance and Religion Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is one of the most important yet least understood Palestinian armed factions, both in terms of its history and ideology. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive account of the ideology of PIJ in the movement’s own words. Based on the author’s extensive fieldwork and archival research in the occupied Palestinian territories and Lebanon, the book comprises the PIJ’s written texts produced since 1979, translated into English for the first time. In addition to the primary texts, the book includes expert commentary by the author, Erik Skare, for specialists and students. UK June 2021 • US June 2021 • 272 pages HB 9780755635924 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755635948 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9780755635931 • £76.50 / $94.85 Series: SOAS Palestine Studies • I.B. Tauris
Visual Evidence and the Gaza Flotilla Raid Extraterritoriality and the Image
Maayan Amir, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Here, Maayan Amir explores the lasting political and cultural significance of Israel's storming of the Turkish activists' vessels in international waters - the Gaza 'Freedom Flotilla' incident - which resulted in the deaths of 9 participants, and the confiscation of all video recordings by the Israeli authorities. Using the concept of extraterritoriality and the work of theorists such as Emmanuel Levinas, Derek Gregory, Lisa Parks and others, she argues that the seizure of the vessels outside of state jurisdiction and the withholding of much of the video evidence of the incident exemplify the way that visual material has been weaponised in the Israeli state's ongoing domination of Gaza. UK June 2021 • US June 2021 • 208 pages HB 9780755627271 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755627295 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9780755627288 • £76.50 / $94.85 I.B. Tauris
Cross-dressing in Turkish Cinema Politics, Gender and National Trauma Burcu Dabak, Yasar University, Turkey As in western cinema, cross-dressing is a recurrent theme in Turkish film. But what do these films, whose characters typically cross-dress in order to escape enemies or other threats, tell us about the modern history of the Turkish Republic? This book examines cross-dressing in Turkish films in the context of formative events in modern Turkish political history, arguing that this trope coincides with trauma induced by Turkey's multiple coup d'etats, periods of authoritarianism, enforced secularism and 'modernization'. It examines five case study films and the concept of cross-dressing in modern Turkey by examining what the author argues is a formative trauma worked through in the films examined: the westernization policies of the Kemalist regime whose most immediate symbolic presence was worn - the enforced adoption of western dress by citizens. UK June 2021 • US June 2021 • 192 pages HB 9780755634224 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755634248 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9780755634231 • £76.50 / $94.85 I.B. Tauris
An Insider’s Account of the Man and the Struggle for a New Middle East What drove the hawkish statesman behind Israel’s nuclear deterrence and the early settlement policy to stake his reputation on peace negotiations with the PLO, Israel’s sworn enemy? In this insider’s account, written by Shimon Peres’s closest confidant and adviser, we gain unique insight into the thought processes, conversations and decisions of Peres. We witness his colleagues and adversaries initiate, process and react to events in real time, shedding new light on the historic Oslo period in Israeli and Middle Eastern History. Of unique value to all those interested in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, the book is also an insightful meditation on the inner-workings of all high-level government and diplomatic negotiations. UK November 2020 • US November 2020 • 264 pages • 13 bw illus PB 9780755617029 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9780755617012 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9780755617043 • £17.99 / $22.16 ePdf 9780755617036 • £17.99 / $22.16 I.B. Tauris
Iranian Romance in the Digital Age From Arranged Marriage to White Marriage
Edited by Janet Afary, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA & Jesilyn Faust, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Edited by Janet Afary and Jesilyn Faust, this interdisciplinary volume responds to the growing interest and need for literature on gender, marriage and family relations in the Islamic context. The book examines how the institution of marriage transformed in Iran, paying close attention to the country's culture and politics. Part One examines marital changes in the rural and tribal sectors of society through the works of anthropologists Erika Friedl and Mary Hegland. Part Two turns its eye to look at changes in urban marriages to new forms of cohabitation. In Part Three, the contributors explore the way technology and social media has impacted and altered the institution of family. With several contributors who are established scholars and highly regarded in their respective fields, as well as new voices, this book provides an up-to-date study of an important and intensely politicized subject. UK February 2021 • US February 2021 • 272 pages • 5 bw illus HB 9780755618279 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755618286 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9780755618293 • £76.50 / $94.85 Series: Sex, Family and Culture in the Middle East • I.B. Tauris World All Languages (except Persian)
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The Egyptian Coffeehouse Culture, Politics and Urban Space
Dalia Mostafa, University of Manchester, UK & Amina Elbendary, American University in Cairo, Egypt This book explores the crucial role played by the coffeehouse in facilitating political mobilisation during historical events, as well as in recent years during the 2011 revolution and its aftermath. Using historical, cultural and empirical analysis in the form of extended interviews with residents of Cairo, the book provides an interdisciplinary account of the central place that the coffeehouse holds and has held in Egyptian society. UK November 2020 • US November 2020 • 192 pages • 11 bw illus HB 9780755635245 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755635283 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9780755635290 • £76.50 / $94.85 I.B. Tauris
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