MESA ANNUAL MEETING November 22-25, 2008 Marriot Wardman Park, Washington, DC

The following panels feature CMES graduate students, faculty, alumni, visiting fellows, and past affiliates and Harvard graduate students. Names are bolded for easy reference. For information on times and locations of these panels, visit http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/annual/program.htm

Session I Saturday, November 22 5:00pm-7:00pm

(P022) Discourses on Legal Traditions and Practices in Modern Morocco Organized by Etty Terem

Chair/Discussant: Wilfrid J. Rollman, Wellesley College

Wilfrid J. Rollman, Wellesley College–The Ministry of Complaints and the Administration of Justice in Pre-Colonial Morocco Etty Terem, Harvard University–The New Mi’yar of al-Wazzani: Asserting Maliki Legal Tradition in an Age of Reform Jessica Marglin, Princeton University–An Unheeded Discourse: French Ethnography and the Berber Dahir, 1915-1930 Brinkley Messick, Columbia University–The Maghrebi Method in Jurisprudence: Readings in Jacques Berque

(P101) Ottoman Transformations through WWI and the End of Imperial World Order Organized by Halit Akarca and Cemil Aydin

Chair: Yucel Yanikdag, University of Richmond Discussant: Howard Eissenstat, Seton Hall University

Mustafa Aksakal, American University–The Meaning of Jihad in 1914 Halit Akarca, Princeton University–Clash of Legitimacies: Ottoman and Russian Empires in the First World War Cemil Aydin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte–Ottoman Transformations through WWI and the End of Imperial World Order

Session II Sunday, November 23 8:30am-10:30am

(P053) Slaves and Freedmen/Women in Nineteenth Century Egypt Organized by Kenneth M. Cuno

Chair: Arthur Goldschmidt, Penn State University Discussant: Khaled Fahmy, New York University

Emad Helal, Suez Canal University–Mohamed Ali’s First Army: The Trials of Building a Complete Slave Army 1820-1824 Kenneth M. Cuno, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign–African Slaves in Nineteenth Century Rural Egypt: a Preliminary Assessment Terry Walz, American University in Cairo–Habashis, Sudanese, Barabra and Egyptians: Living Patterns in Nineteenth-Century Cairo as Shown in the 1847 Census Liat Kozma, Hebrew University–Black, Kinless and Hungry: Manumitted Female Slaves in Khedival Egypt Eve M. Troutt Powell, University of Pennsylvania–Slaves’ Bodies, Captured on Film: Photographing Sudanese Slaves in Egypt and Sudan

(P129) Informality, Persistence, and Political Change in the Middle East Organized by Wendy Pearlman

Chair: Steven Heydemann, US Institute of Peace Discussant: Tarek Masoud, Yale University

Diane Singerman, American University–Informal Networks Revisited: The Normative Positioning of Informality and Questions of Efficacy in Collective Life Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University–Emigration as an Informal Political Mechanism: The Case of Lebanon Manal A. Jamal, James Madison University–Globalization, Migration and Tiered-Citizenship in the UAE Bassam Haddad, George Mason University–The Role of Informal State-Business Networks in Resilient Authoritarianism in Syria

(P005) SERMEISS in the Field: Heritage and Identity from Casablanca to Cairo Organized by Lisa Pollard

Sponsored by the Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Seminar

Chair: Curtis R. Ryan, Appalachian State University Discussant: Lisa Pollard, University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Robert Hunter, Indiana State University–Marketing Exotica: Edith Wharton and Tourism in French Morocco, 1917-1919 Donald M. Reid, Georgia State University–Hassan and Sami Gabra: The Politics of Egyptian Egyptology in the Semi-Colonial Age, 1922-56 James A. Miller, Clemson University–Being Out There: Directing CEMAT, 2003-2006 Caroline Williams, Independent Scholar–The Historic Cairo Restoration Program (HCRP): Recent Observations

Session III Sunday, November 23 11:00am-1:00pm

(NP32) Marriage and the Family: Case Studies

Chair: Angel M. Foster, Ibis Reproductive Health

Sara Pursley, CUNY Graduate Center–Family, Sexuality and the Uses of Time: The Iraqi Personal Status Law of 1959 Martin Latreille, Institute de Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain–What If There Were No Lineages?: FBD and 'Close' Marriage in a Tunisian Peasant Community Heidi Morrison, UC Santa Barbara–The Race to Become an Adult versus the Child Entering the Psychological Family: Changing Notions of Childrearing and National Identity in Egypt, 1900- 1950 Bat-Zion Eraqi-Klorman, Open University of Israel–Jewish Polygamy in Yemen and in Palestine

(P014) Café Riche: Reflections on 100 Years of a Modern Egyptian History Organized by Roger Owen

Chair: Roger Owen, Harvard University

Dina K. Hussein, Georgetown University–Reading Modernity through Café Riche (1908-): Serving Modernity, Catering to the Intellectuals and Closed to the Masses Alia Mossallam, American University in Cairo–Making Sense of the 1960s: Riche as a Space for the Construction of an Alternative National Imagination in Egypt Yassmin Ahmed, American University in Cairo–Post-1990s Riche: A Story of Cultural Heritization Hoda Baraka, American University in Cairo and Mohamed Fahmy Menza, American University in Cairo–Downtown Cairo and Cafe Riche: The Sailing Vessel Lina Attalah, American University in Cairo–Remembering Riche: An Oral History Perspective

(P016-I) Authoritarianism, Opposition and Elections in the Middle East, Part I: Electoral Authoritarianism in the Middle East Organized by Nathan J. Brown and Lisa Blaydes

Chair: Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University Discussant: Samer Shehata, Georgetown University

Lindsay Benstead, Princeton University–Legislative Representation as Bargaining in Multiple Arenas: How Incumbent Preferences Shape Member Behavior Nathan J. Brown, George Washington University–Elections without Democracy: Semiauthoritarianism and Voting in the Arab World Tarek Masoud, Harvard University–Why Do Important Social Movements Seek Representation in Powerless Legislatures? Ellen Lust-Okar, Yale University–The Impact of Elections on Social Organization in the MENA

(P111) Arts of the Book in the Islamic World: Rethinking Categories Organized by Emine Fetvaci, Boston University

Sponsored by the Historians of Islamic Art Association

Chair: Persis Berlekamp, University of Chicago

Christiane J. Gruber, Indiana University at Bloomington–Questioning the “Classical” in Persian Painting: Models and Problems of Definition Aysin Yoltar-Yildirum–Ottoman or Safavid: Examining Qurans Endowed by Selim II and Rustem Pasha Nina Ergin, Koc University–Rock Faces, Opium and Wine: The Consumption of Persian Manuscripts as a Category of Inquiry

Session IV Sunday, November 23 2:00pm-4:00pm

(P008) Creating Justice: Law and Court Procedure in the Ottoman Empire, Part I Organized by Elyse Semerdjian and Bogac Ergene

Chair/Discussant: Kristen Stilt, Northwestern University

Bogac Ergene, University of Vermont–Ottoman Court between History and Anthropology: A Re-Evaluation of Ottoman Legal Practice with Reference to Eighteenth-Century Kastamonu Court Records Najwa Al-Qattan, Loyola Marymount University–Qist: Justice or Installment? The Invention of a Mulberry-Flavored Legal Practice in Nineteenth Century Beirut Elyse Semerdjian, Whitman College–Making a Case: Public Morality and Community Justice in Ottoman Aleppo, Syria Richard Wittmann, Harvard University–Choosing One’s Justice in 17th Century Istanbul: Armenians, Greeks and Jews before Qadi and Grand Vizier Hülya Canbakal, Sabanci University–Between Law and Custom at the Court of Kayseri (~1650-1800): ‘Public’ Will and Opinion Eyal Ginio, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem–Representations and the Use of Violence in Ottoman Courts: The Case of Eighteenth-Century Salonica Yaron Ben-Naeh, The Hebrew University– Jews at the Kadi’s Court

(P079) New Studies in Palestinian Society and Economy: A Panel in Honor of Rosemary and Yusif Sayigh (Note: this is a two-part panel that will run until 6:00pm) Organized by Rochelle Davis, Georgetown University, Jennifer Olmsted, and Beshara Doumani Sponsored by the Palestinian American Research Center

Part I

Chair: Roger Owen, Harvard University Discussant: Jennifer Olmsted, Drew University

Leila Farsakh, University of Massachusetts, Boston– Revisiting the Palestinian Economy after 40 Years of Occupation: The Legacy of Yusif Sayigh’s Works Basel Saleh, Radford University–An Analysis of the Palestinian Fiscal Situation: Challenges and Consequences Samia Al-Botmeh, Birzeit University–Labour Market Gender-Differentiated Impact of Israeli Movement Restrictions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Part II

Chair: Julie Peteet, University of Louisville Discussant: Beshara Doumani, UC Berkeley

Randa Farah, University of Western Ontario–Refugee Camps and the Shifting Political Landscape Isabelle Humphries, St. Mary’s College, University of Surrey, UK–Homeless in the Homeland: Survival Narratives of Internal Refugees under Military Rule in Nazareth 1948-1966 Diana Allan, Harvard University–“Nar Taht Al-Ramade” [Fire under Ash]: Remembering the Fall of Tel a’Zaatar

(P087) Engendering Equality in the Ahmadinejad Era: The One Million Signatures Campaign Organized Hamideh Sedghi

Chair: Hamideh Sedghi, Harvard University Discussant: Ali Akbar Mahdi, Ohio Wesleyan University

Elham Gheytanchi, Santa Monica College– One Million Signatures Campaign: A New Strategy at the Right Time Ali Akbar Mahdi, Ohio Wesleyan University–Where Does the One Million Signatures Campaign Fit in the Iranian Women’s Movement? Sussan Tahmesbi, Independent Scholar–Building Alliances for Gender Equality in Iran: The Case of the One Million Signatures Campaign Hamideh Sedghi, Harvard University–Cyber-Feminism: The Latest Stage of Women’s Activism in Iran Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, University of Connecticut–The One Million Signatures Campaign and Its Impact on Legislators and Legislative Policy in Iran Fatemeh Sadeghi, Islamic Azad University at Karaj, Iran– From Political to Social Feminism: Women’s Movement in the Post- Reform Era in Iran

(P095) A History of the Real World: Realism and the Visual Arts in Egypt and Lebanon Organized by Raja Adal and Sarah Rogers

Jennifer Pruitt, Harvard University–Reconsidering Realism in Early Fatimid Art: The Fatimid Luster Workshop of Muslim bin al-Dahhan Dina A. Ramadan, Columbia University–Evaluating Real Images: Early Egyptian Art Criticism and the Pursuit of Realism Raja Adal, Harvard University–Reality and Unreality in Egyptian Primary School Drawing Classes during the First Half of the Twentieth Century Stephen Sheehi, University of South Carolina–“It’s Like Really Being There”: al-Nahdah, Ideology and the Photographic Aesthetic Sarah Rogers, MIT–Daoud Corm, Realism, and the Origins of Lebanese Art

(P004) The Forbidden, the Permitted and the Contested: Aspects of Moroccan Culture and Politics Organized by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

Sponsored by the American Institute for Maghreb Studies

Chair: Michael J. Willis, St. Antonys College, Oxford University Discussant: Daniel Zisenwine, Tel Aviv University

Oumelbanine Zhiri, UC San Diego Eccentric Bodies: Leo Africanus and Homosexuality Samir Ben-Layashi, Tel-Aviv University Writing the Moroccan Body in the Colonial Era Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, Tel Aviv University Revisiting Oufkir: The Makhzen, the Moroccan Left, and the Amazigh Movement

Session V Sunday, November 23 4:30pm-6:30pm

(NP04) New Perspectives on the Early Modern

Chair: Colin Paul Mitchell, Dalhousie University

Ali Bakr Hassan, Brown University–A Turning Point in Bridging Intellectual Gaps Between the West and Middle East in Early Modern Europe Emire Cihan Muslu, University of Texas at Dallas–The Road to Peace: Ottoman-Mamluk Treaty in 1491 Nabil I. Matar, Florida Institute of Technology–The Maritime Decline of the Maghrib in the Early Modern Period Stephen Cory, Cleveland State University–Recovering Al-Andalus: A Sixteenth Century Plan for a Joint English-Moroccan Invasion of Spain

(P008-II) Creating Justice: Law and Court Procedure in the Ottoman Empire, Part II Organized by Elyse Semerdjian and Bogac Ergene

Chair/Discussant: Kristen Stilt, Northwestern University

Bogac Ergene, University of Vermont–Ottoman Court between History and Anthropology: A Re-Evaluation of Ottoman Legal Practice with Reference to Eighteenth-Century Kastamonu Court Records Najwa Al-Qattan, Loyola Marymount University–Qist: Justice or Installment? The Invention of a Mulberry-Flavored Legal Practice in Nineteenth Century Beirut Elyse Semerdjian, Whitman College–Making a Case: Public Morality and Community Justice in Ottoman Aleppo, Syria Richard Wittmann, Harvard University–Choosing One’s Justice in 17th Century Istanbul: Armenians, Greeks and Jews before Qadi and Grand Vizier Hülya Canbakal, Sabanci University–Between Law and Custom at the Court of Kayseri (~1650-1800): ‘Public’ Will and Opinion Eyal Ginio, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem–Representations and the Use of Violence in Ottoman Courts: The Case of Eighteenth-Century Salonica Yaron Ben-Naeh, The Hebrew University– Jews at the Kadi’s Court

(P132) Revising Islamic Legal Historiography Organized Lena Salaymeh

Sponsored by Middle East Medievalists

Chair/Discussant: Ahmad Atif Ahmad, UC Santa Barbara

Amr Osman, Princeton University–Was Dawud al-Zahiri a Member of the Ahl al-Ra’y? Behnam Sadeghi, Stanford University–On the Interplay between Laws and Their Reasons in a Legal Tradition Ahmed El Shamsy, Harvard University–The Origins of Crypto-Shafi’ism among Malikis Lena Salaymeh, UC Berkeley–Myths of ‘Islamic Law’ and False Origins

Session VI Monday, November 24 8:30am-10:30am

(P083) Diversity and Dissent in Islamic legal Interpretation Organized by Intisar A. Rabb

Chair: Wolfhart P. Heinrichs, Harvard University

Ahmad Atif Ahmad, UC Santa Barbara–The Method and Juristic Project of Ibn ‘Abidin of Damascus (1784-1836) Najam Haider, Georgetown University–The Specifics of Prayer: A Case Study in the Interplay of Exegesis and Ritual law in Imami Juristic Thought Intisar A. Rabb, Princeton University–Legal Maxims and Hudud Laws: The Islamic Rule of Lenity Kristen Stilt, Northwestern University–Islamic Legal Interpretation and the Case of the Dog

Session VII Monday, November 24 11:00am-1:00pm

(P020) Ottoman Identity: from Osman to the Young Turks Organized by Christine Isom-Verhaaren

Chair/Discussant: Howard Eissenstat, Seton Hall University

Linda T. Darling, University of Arizona–Ottoman Identity in the Formative Period Christine Isom-Verhaaren, Benedictine University–The Ethnic Identity of Ottoman Naval Forces in the 15th and 16th Centuries Karen A. Leal, St. John’s University–Alexander Mavrocordatos and Dimitrie Cantemir: Orthodox Christian Ottomans or Ottoman Orthodox Christians? Kent F. Schull, University of Memphis–Conceptualizing Difference during the late Ottoman Empire: The Committee of Union and Progress and its Annual Prison Population Surveys

(P110) Rethinking ‘Ilm: Science and Society in Egypt and Syria, 1875-1950 Organized by Matthew H. Ellis

Chair/Discussant: Israel Gershoni, Tel Aviv University

Aaron Jakes, New York University–‘The Duud Abides’: Colonial Power, Agricultural Science, and the War against Nature in Egypt Karam S. Nachar, Princeton University–Science and Politics in the Thought of Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar Matthew H. Ellis, Princeton University–Science, Society, and Struggle in the Writings of Ismail Mazhar Leonard Wood, Harvard University–Egyptian Legal Education and the Social Sciences

Session VIII Monday, November 24 2:30pm-4:30pm

(NP31) Conflict, Diversity and Inclusion in Education

Chair: Minoo Derayeh, York University

Dan Walsh, Georgetown University–Exploring the Formative History of Political Zionism (1897-1947) through Poster Art: A Curriculum Model Angel M. Foster, Ibis Reproductive Health–Reproductive Health and Nursing Education in Palestine: Identifying and Addressing Curricular Gaps miriam cooke, Duke University and Shai Ginsburg, Duke University–Teaching the Literature and Cinema of the Palestine-Israel Conflict: A Report Nurten Kilic-Schubel, Kenyon College–Finding Their Voices: Women’s Writing and Culture in 19th Century Central Asia Maya Rosenfeld, Truman Research Institute, Hebrew University–The Expansion of Higher Education in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the Face of Protracted Economic Social and Political Crisis

(P059) Medicine, Disease, and Public Health in Colonial North Africa: Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt Organized by Jennifer Johnson

Chair: James McDougall, SOAS, University of London

Brock Cutler, UC Irvine–Disease, Surveillance, and Insurrection in Algeria, 1866-1871 Jennifer Johnson, Princeton University–War and Medicine: Health Policy, Health Care Services, and the Red Cross in the Algerian War for Independence, 1954-1962 Hannah-Louise Clark, Princeton University– La Syphilis Arabe of Georges Lacapére: A Medical Model and the Colonial Campaign against Syphilis in Morocco, 1916-1919 Daniel Stolz, Princeton University–“All Civilized Countries”: The Politics of Rabies Treatment in Egypt, 1885-1918

(P077) After Arab-Jews: New Historical and Theoretical Perspectives Organized by Moshe Behar

Chair: Moshe Behar, University of Manchester Discussant: Joel Beinin, American University in Cairo

Moshe Behar, University of Manchester–What’s in a Name? Terminological Formations and the Case for ‘Arabized Jews’ Zvi Ben-Dor, New York University–An Arab-Jew in Rome: A History in Three Acts Emily Gottreich, UC Berkeley–The Arabness of Maghribi Jews Lital Levy, Princeton University–The Creation of Arab Jewish Identity in the Mashriq, 1880- 1950

Session IX Monday, November 24 5:00pm-7:00pm

No participating CMES or Harvard affiliates

Session X Tuesday, November 25 8:30am-10:30am

(P037) Memories and Narratives of Cosmopolitan North Africa Organized by Mario Ruiz

Chair: Shaun T. Lopez, University of Washington

Shaun T. Lopez, University of Washington–Sport and the City: Cosmopolitan Leisure in Colonial Egypt Mario Ruiz, Hofstra University–Between Memory and Desire: Cosmopolitan Egypt and the Traffic in Women and Children Katarzyna Pieprzak, Williams College–Lost Cosmopolitanism: Literary Recollections of Casablanca and Contemporary Migration Politics Elizabeth Crouch, University of Washington–In Search of Lost Algiers: The Pieds-Noirs and Anti-Cosmopolitanism in Colonialist Memory

Session XI Tuesday, November 25 11:00am-1:00pm

(NP16) Religious Authority Contested (II)

Chair: Armando Salvatore, University of Naples - L’Orientale

Timothy J. Fitzgerald, Rice University–To Kill a Judge: The Struggle to Make Mamluk Justice Ottoman in 16th-Century Aleppo Onder Kucukural, Sabanci University–Religion a la Turca: A Dynamic Approach to Religion in Turkey Rachel M. Scott, Virginia Tech–What Would the Islamists Do with Al-Azhar?: Religious Authority in an Islamic State Zack Heern, University of Utah–Laying Foundations for Orthodoxy: The Transformation of Shi’i Islam during the Time of Vahid Buhbihani (1704-1791) Maryam Moazzen, University of Toronto–Dissemination of Knowledge as Religious Duty: Modes of Transmission of Relgious Knowledge in Safavid Educational Institutions

(NP17) Classical Texts

Chair: Ghada Jayyusi-Lehn, American University of Sharjah

John Walbridge, Indiana University, Bloomington–Bookish Medicine: Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi’s Commentary on Ibn Sina’s Canon Gurdofarid Miskinzoda, Institute of Ismaili Studies–On the Margins of Sira: Introducing the al- Zahr al-Basim of Mughulta’i (d.762/1361) Terence J. Kleven, Central Col–Averroës’ Defense of Religion in Kitab al-Kashf ‘an Manahij al- Adilla fi ‘Aqa’id al-Milla (The Book of the Exposition of the Methods of Proofs in the Teachings of Religion) A. David K. Owen, Harvard University–An Overview of Logic in the Maghreb: With Special Attention to Al-Akhdhari’s (d. 1546) Al-Sullam Al-Murawniq fi ‘l-mantiq (The Splendid Ladder of Logic) Ghada Jayyusi-Lehn, American University of Sharjah–A Critique of Medieval Arabic Sources: The Case of Harun al-Rashid (170-193/786-809) and His Son al-Mu’tasim (218-227/833-842)

(P142) A Portfolio of Informed ASL Practices Organized by Lisa White

Chair: Lisa White, American University in Cairo

Lisa White, American University in Cairo The Derivational System: A Strategic Element of Vocabulary Building in Elementary Modern Standard Arabic Iman Aziz Soliman, American University in Cairo–The Use of Technology in ASL Practice: Teaching & Learning Vocabulary at the Novice and Intermediate Levels Laila Al-Sawi, American University in Cairo–Error Identification, Analysis, and Remedy in ASL Writing Classrooms Kamal AlEkhanawy, American University in Cairo–Best Practices of Using Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) to Enhance Linguistic Skills in ASL Teaching Siham Serry, American University in Cairo–Teaching Culture in the Second Language Classroom: Integrating Culture into the Curriculum

(TC003) Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law in Egypt and Iran Organized by Mirjam Künkler, Princeton University

Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Syracuse University Samer Shehata, Georgetown University Farideh Farhi, University of Hawaii at Manoa Atef Said, University of Michigan Mehrangiz Kar, Harvard University

Session XII Tuesday, November 25 1:30pm-3:30pm

(NP41) Authoritarianism and Opposition

Chair: Lizabeth Zack, University of South Carolina Upstate

Radwan Ziadeh, Harvard University–Democratization and Political Division in the Middle East Sarah E. Yerkes, Georgetown University–The Little Engine that Couldn’t?: The Influence of Civil Society on Elections in the Arab Middle East Mohamed Daadaoui, Oklahoma City University–The Authoritarian State in Morocco: Rituals of Power and the Islamist Challenge Hesham Sallam, Georgetown University–Political Opposition Cohesion and Internal Party Accountability in the Arab World Cory S. Julie, Georgetown University–Upgrading and Downgrading Arab Civil Society: Problematizing Pro-Democracy Opposition Politics with Insights from Egypt and Syria

(P001) The Kurdish Question and Its Perception by Turkish Nationalists Organized by Hakan Yavuz

Chair/Discussant: Hakan Özoglu, University of Central Florida

Michael M. Gunter, Tennessee Technological University–Turgut Ozal and the Kurdish Question Hakan Yavuz, University of Utah–Re-Framing of the Kurdish Question Umut Uzer, Harvard University–Nihal Atsiz on Kurds and Islam

(P044) The Other Nasser Years: Local Recollections of an Un-mastered Past Organized by Mohammad Salama

Chair: Mohammad Salama, San Francisco State University Discussant: Jessica Winegar, Temple University

Mohammad Salama, San Francisco State University–Public Voices: The Role of Radio in Nasser’s Egypt Kristin S. Tassin, University of Texas at Austin–Enter the Peasant: Local and Statist Historiographies of Modern Egypt Lucia Volk, San Francisco University–Other Memories of 1958: Nasserite Arabism and the Druzes in a Martyrs Cemetery in Lebanon