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Cover illustration: Woking Mosque CONTENTS Founded in 1969, Hurst is an independently owned non-fiction publisher specialising in HISTORY— 1 books on global affairs, particularly politics, SOCIETY & CULTURE — 13 religion, conflict, international relations and ISLAM IN THE WEST— 20 area studies in Europe, Africa, the Middle ISLAMIC STUDIES — 22 East and Asia. Hurst releases approximately CRITICAL MUSLIM— 26 seventy new titles each year and BIOGRAPHY — 28 publishes internationally. POLITICAL ISLAM — 30 POLITICAL ECONOMY — 38 FOREIGN POLICY — 44 ARAB SPRING — 46 SECTARIANISM — 50 ISRAEL-PALESTINE — 55

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HURST PUBLISHERS 41 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3PL Among the Ruins Syria Past and Present Tel: +44 (0)20 7255 2201 @HurstPublishers Christian C. Sahner www.hurstpublishers.com HISTORY The First World War in the Middle East

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

A comprehensive history of the First World War in the Middle East.

February 2014 • £25.00

The First World War in the Middle East is an Praise for Insecure Gulf: accessibly written military and social history of the clash of world empires in the Dardanelles, ‘Kristian Coates Ulrichsen’s absorbing Egypt and Palestine, Mesopotamia, Persia book is rich in detail and profoundly and the Caucasus. Coates Ulrichsen demon- incisive. It is brilliant in its analysis and strates how wartime exigencies shaped the masterful in scope ... This is compul- parameters of the modern Middle East, and sory and highly engaging reading.’ describes and assesses the major campaigns — Steven Wright, Department of against the Ottoman Empire and Germany in- International Affairs, Qatar University volving British and imperial troops from the French and Russian Empires, as well as their Arab and Armenian allies. Also documented are the enormous logisti- cal demands placed on host societies by the Great Powers’ conduct of industrialised warfare in hostile terrain. The resulting deepening of imperial penetration, and the extension of state controls across a heterogeneous sprawl Kristian Coates Ulrichsen is Deputy of territories, generated a powerful backlash Director of the Kuwait Research Pro- both during and immediately after the war, gramme on Development, Governance which played a pivotal role in shaping national and Globalisation in the Gulf States, identities as the Ottoman Empire was dis- based at the London School of Econom- membered. ics and Political Science. His research This is a multidimensional account of the focuses on political and security trends many seemingly discrete yet interlinked cam- in the Arabian Peninsula and the geo- paigns that resulted in one to one and a half politics of regional insecurity in the million casualties. It details not just their mili- Horn of Africa. tary outcome but relates them to intelligence- gathering, industrial organisation, authoritari- February 2014 • 320pp anism and the political economy of empires at war. Hardback • 9781849042741 • £25.00

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HISTORY Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past

Firas Alkhateeb

A lively and eye-opening popular history of Islamic civilisation.

April 2014 £12.99

Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social, and political forces in history. Over the last 1400 years, from origins in Arabia, a succession of Muslim polities and later empires expanded to control territories and peoples that ultimately stretched from southern France, to East Africa to South East Asia. Yet many of the contributions of Muslim thinkers, scientists, and theologians, not to mention rulers, statesmen and soldiers, have been oc- cluded. This book rescues from oblivion and neglect some of these personalities and institutions while offering the reader a new narrative of this lost Islamic history. The Umayyads, Abbasids, and Ottomans feature in the story, as do Muslim Spain, the savannah kingdoms of Firas Alkhateeb is an American West Africa and the Mughal Empire, along with researcher, writer and historian who the later European colonisation of Muslim lands specialises in the Islamic world. and the development of modern nation-states He completed his BA in history from in the Muslim world. Throughout, the impact of the University of Illinois, Chicago, in Islamic belief on scientific advancement, social 2010 and has since been teaching structures, and cultural development is given Islamic history at Universal School in due prominence, and the text is complemented Bridgeview, Illinois. He founded and by portraits of key personalities, inventions and writes the website Lost Islamic History. little known historical nuggets. The history of Is- lam and of the world’s Muslims brings together diverse peoples, geographies, and states, all April 2014 • 256pp interwoven into one narrative that begins with Paperback • 9781849043977 • £12.99 Muhammad and continues to this day. Islam / History

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History April 2014 • 288pp published by Hurst. Afghanistan in Ink: Literature Afghanistan in Ink: Literature Between Diaspora and Nation, and Islamic history at UCLA. His research focuses on the history focuses and research the Indian Ocean. He is the editor of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Hardback • 9781849044288 • £25.00 Hardback literature of the Muslim communities of literature is Professor of South Asian Nile Green is Professor

- - - - - Nile Green Nile April 2014 £25.00 practices and the history of Islam. Terrains of Exchange of Terrains Examines how encounters throughout throughout Examines how encounters Muslim Encounters from India and Iran to America and Japan and America to Iran and Eurasia and beyond transformedEurasia and beyond Muslim presents not only global of Exchange presents Terrains Green draws on a huge range of materials,Green He casts a microhistorian’s eye on the reli He casts a microhistorian’s defended, reformed and promoted in an increas defended, reformed and promoted more muddled human terrains in which Muslimswhich in terrains human muddled more books. Challenging perceptions of an age usu books. Challenging perceptions Pan-Islamism and nationalism, his book reveals Islamic history. ies; from Bibles in Tatar ies; to from Bibles the in firstTatar Arabic printed ally identified with the unifying ideologies of ingly connected world. history the bottom up but global history from as going saints to the diaries of German missionar Muslim Japanology; from Urdu tales of ocean- Urdu Muslim Japanology; from from Indian magazines for African Americans toAmericans for African magazines Indian from competition and exchange. chapter unravels local forces of religious contact, of religious chapter unravels local forces sites of contact. Whether looking at imperial evan each control, masters of breath Muslims and Yogi gious productions that spilled from these many that spilled from gious productions gelicals and Iranian language-workers, or Indian of Detroit. to the Indian princely states and the car factories that range from the Russian Empire’s borderlands the Russian Empire’s that range from century. Nile Green evokes terrains of exchange Nile Green century. Muslim religiosity through the long nineteenth through Muslim religiosity the local sites of globalisation that transformed and Japanese imperialists, this book brings to lifeand Japanese imperialists, this book brings with Christian missionaries, Hindu nationalists Drawing together Indian and Iranian Muslims Among the Ruins

HISTORY Syria Past and Present

Christian C. Sahner

A poignant, affectionate history of the peoples of Syria, their fragile coexistence and how sectarianism is unravelling a once proud country.

January 2014 £20.00

As a civil war shatters a country and consumes its people, historian Christian Sahner offers a poignant account of Syria, where the past profoundly shapes its dreadful present. Among the Ruins blends history, memoir and reportage, drawing on the author’s extensive knowledge of Syria in ancient, medieval, and modern times, as well as his experiences living in the Levant on the eve of the war and in the midst of the ‘Arab Spring’. These plotlines converge in a rich narrative of a country in con- stant flux — a place renewed by the very shifts that, in the near term, are proving so destructive. Sahner focuses on five themes of interest to anyone intrigued and dismayed by Syria’s frag- Christian C. Sahner is an historian of mentation since 2011: the role of Christianity in the Middle East. He graduated from society; the arrival of Islam; the rise of sectarian- Princeton University and the University ism and competing minorities; the emergence of of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes the Ba’ath Party; and the current pitiless civil war. Scholar. He is completing his doctor- Among the Ruins is a brisk and illuminating ate at Princeton, focusing on the role read, an accessible introduction to a country of non-Muslims in Islamic societies. with an enormously rich past and a tragic pre- Sahner’s writing has been published sent. For anyone seeking to understand Syria, in The Times Literary Supplement and this book should be their starting point. The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.

January 2014 • 240pp Hardback • 9781849044004 • £20.00 History

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Loyal Enemies British Converts to Islam, 1850-1950 Jamie Gilham

Loyal Enemies uncovers the history of the earliest British converts to Islam who lived their lives freely as Muslims on British soil, from the 1850s to the 1950s. Through a series of case studies of influential converts and pioneering Muslim communities, Loyal Enemies considers how the culture of Empire and imperialism influenced and affected their conversions and subsequent lives. Jamie Gil- ham shows that, although the overall number of converts was small, conversion to Islam aroused hostile reactions locally and nationally. He therefore also probes the roots of antipathy towards Islam and Muslims, identifies their manifestations and explores what conversion entailed socially and culturally. Loyal Enemies is a book about the January 2014 • 256pp past, but its core themes — faith, belief, identity, Empire, loyalties and discrimination — are still salient today. Hardback • 9781849042758 £20.00

Blood and Faith The Purging of Muslim Spain, 1492-1614 Matthew Carr

‘Well-balanced and comprehensive … Blood and Faith is a splendid work of synthesis. … it is impossible to read this book without sensing its resonance in our own time. In his epilogue, “A Warning From History?” Carr’s message is stark. The current language of outrage in Europe — indulging prophecies of imminent demographic doom brought on by fertile Muslims — is head- ing toward the idea of an “agreeable holocaust”, which is what a seventeenth-century Dominican friar called Spain’s final solution to its insoluble problem. We should know better.’ –– Andrew Wheatcroft, New York Times

2010 • 378pp Hardback • 9781849040273 £20.00

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A History of Libya Politics and Power The Maghreb in the Maghreb Since 1800 REVISED AND UPDATED Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco A Short History EDITION from Independence to the Arab Spring John Wright Michael Willis Knut S. Vikør

‘John Wright’s original This book examines the This short history of the study of Libya was a unique politics of the three states of Maghreb surveys its de- and masterly survey of the the central Maghreb — Al- velopment from the com- country’s history. This up- geria, Tunisia and Morocco ing of Islam to the present dated edition possesses — since their achievement day. It follows the French all the virtues of the origi- of independence from protectorates, Morocco nal, together with an acute European colonial rule in and Tunisia, and how their and perceptive analysis of the 1950s and 1960s. It nationalist movements both the Libyan Jamahari- explains the political dy- forged the independent yah of Colonel Gadafi and namics of the region by states that followed; and Edited by Are Knudsen & Michael Kerr its humiliating end in 2011, looking at the roles played it chronicles the wars of to provide us with the most by various actors such as resistance and liberation complete study of Libya’s the military, political parties in Algeria and Libya, and complex history to date. It and Islamist movements, how these conflicts also is the essential compan- and addresses issues such marked their independ- ion for any scholar, jour- as Berber identity and the ence, with a long-running nalist or interested reader role played by economics, civil war in the former and anxious to understand as well as how the states the recent uprising against this unusual and impor- of the region interact with the Gaddafi regime in the tant Mediterranean state.’ each other and with the latter. — George Joffe, University wider world. of Cambridge

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Interlopers of Empire The Lebanese Diaspora in Colonial French West Africa Andrew Arsan

This work is the first comprehensive history of the Lebanese migrant communities of colonial French West Africa. Where others have concentrated on the com- mercial activities of these migrants, casting them as ar- chetypal middlemen, this work reconstructs not just their economic strategies, but also their social and political lives. It also examines the fraught responses of colonial Frenchmen to the unsettling presence of these interlopers of empire — responses which, with their echoes of metropolitan racism, helped to shape the ways in which November 2013 • 452pp Lebanese migrants represented themselves and justified their place in West Africa. As well as reshaping broader Hardback • 9781849042970 understandings of diasporic life, this book challenges the £30.00 way we think about empires and the relations between their constituent territories and diverse inhabitants.

Lebanon After the Cedar Revolution Edited by Are Knudsen & Michael Kerr

Lebanon is the prisoner of its geography and its history, a prize for invaders since ancient times, a small multi-denominational state still recovering from a bloody civil war in its search for political autonomy and stability. This book examines the country’s recent past since 2005, when a mass movement agitated against Syrian dominance in the wake of the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri. Also detailed are the roles of Hezbollah and other political groups. The authors examine the changes that these events brought to Lebanon, be they lasting or ephemeral, and the challenges they represent for a state which, despite the resilience of its power-sharing system of government, 2012 • 256pp remains hotly contested and unconsolidated. Paperback • 9781849042499 £16.99

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Advice for the Sultan Prophetic Voices and Secular Politics in Medieval Islam Neguin Yavari

In Advice for the Sultan, Neguin Yavari excavates multiple, conflicting strands of Islamic political thought from the medieval past to the present, reassessing these ideas and their impact over the longue durée. Her aim is to revise our understanding of the relationship between modern history and the current master narratives of both Western and Islamic histories of political thought. She does this by re-examining Islamic advice literature, bringing it to life in novel ways. Yavari argues that if read laterally and closely, it promotes secular values January 2014 • 256pp such as reason and moderation as the most effective safeguard against political instability and divine rebuke. Hardback • 9781849042604 £35.00

A Metahistory of the Clash of Civilisations Us and Them Beyond Orientalism Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

This book seeks to dispel the myth that we have ever been embroiled in some ‘clash of civilisations’. Adib-Moghaddam traverses various intellectual disciplines in order to find a pathway through the- con ceptual maze that has habituated us to think in ‘tribal’ categories. Accompanying the reader on this journey from the wars between ancient Persia and Greece, the Crusades, Colonialism and the Enlightenment to the contemporary ‘wars on terror’ are thinkers from ‘East’ and ‘West’: Adorno, Derrida, Farabi, Foucault, 2011 • 288pp Hegel, Khayyam, Marcuse, Marx, Said, Ibn Sina, We- ber. In asking where ideas such as the ‘clash of civilisa- Hardback • 9781849040976 tions’ come from, and by whom they are perpetuated, £30.00 Adib-Moghaddam engages with both western and Is- lamic representations of the ‘other’.

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Iraq’s Democratic Inventing Iraq Red Star Over Iraq Moment The Failure of Nation-Building Iraqi Communism and a History Denied Before Saddam Foulath Hadid Toby Dodge Johan Franzén

In 1920, a massive upris- ‘As postwar Iraq struggles Shortlisted for the ing took place against forward, Toby Dodge’s BRISMES 2012 Book Prize the British occupation of book has many lessons. Mesopotamia. This initi- Inventing Iraq is primar- ‘A solidly researched and ated a struggle for democ- ily a cold-eyed analysis of insightful single-volume racy that pitted nationalist Britain’s failures as an oc- history of the Iraqi Com- leaders against the British, cupying power after the munist Party from its in- their local political allies first world war … Dodge’s ception to its annihilation and a newly-installed mon- book is a powerful warning by Saddam. ... The author archy. Iraq’s Democratic to look at countries in their is to be lauded for “taking Moment is the story of that own cultural and histori- the long view” by tracing long and passionate strug- cal context.’ — Jonathan the roots of Iraqi commu- gle of the Iraqi people to Steele, The Guardian nism back to the turbulent achieve the liberal democ- emergency of the Iraqi racy promised them by the ‘A fine, lucid book ... es- state after World War I ... constitution of their newly- sential reading for anyone A highly readable and in- created country. desiring to understand how structive history of secular profoundly history shapes political ideologies in Iraq.’ the current disastrous situ- — BRISMES Book Prize ation in Iraq.’ — Rashid judges’ comments Khalidi, Columbia Uni.

2012 • 288pp 2003 • 324pp 2011 • 264pp Hardback Paperback January 2014 Hardback 9781849042185 • £29.99 9781849040686 • £14.99 9781849041010 • £45.00

9 Insurgency and Revolt on the Tigris Iraq in Fragments Counter-Insurgency in Iraq The Al Sadr Uprising and The Occupation the Governing of Iraq and its Legacy Ahmed S. Hashim Mark Etherington Eric Herring & Glen Rangwala

For years after the U.S. Revolt on the Tigris focus- This book analyses in invasion of Iraq, a loosely es on Wasit, southern Iraq. detail why the Iraqi pol- organised insurgency con- Plagued by poverty and ity fractured after the 2003 tinued to target American beset by social paralysis, invasion, and the conse- and Coalition soldiers, a demoralised and some- quences of this fragmen- as well as Iraqi security times corrupt police force tation. The major reason forces and civilians, with was incapable of imposing advanced by Herring and devastating results. In this the rule of law. Ba’ath party Rangwala rests not with sobering account of this functionaries had been the Iraqi people’s fixed and violence, Ahmed Hashim, purged, local municipal antagonistic ethnic or sec- a specialist on Middle authority was weak, and tarian identities, but with Eastern strategic issues basic services were lack- the absence of meaningful and on irregular warfare, ing. More challenging still state institutions. Instead, reveals the insurgents be- was an escalating armed the struggle for authority hind the widespread revolt, insurgency by the follow- has been played out as a their motives, and their ers of Moqtada al-Sadr. series of turf wars, with ex- tactics. In place of sen- This gritty and compelling ternal or international insti- sational headlines, official firsthand account of post- tutions drawn ever deeper triumphalism, and hand- conflict Iraq describes the into the fissures that char- wringing, this book offers turmoil visited on the coun- acterise the new Iraq. a clear-eyed analysis of try by outside intervention the increasingly complex and the difficulties faced in violence that threatens the fashioning a new political very future of Iraq. and civil apparatus.

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Politics and Society in Saudi Arabia The Crucial Years of Development, 1960-1982 Sarah Yizraeli

‘The reasons Saudi Arabia became the authoritarian US client state we know today ... is the subject of Sarah Yizraeli’s revelatory new study. Yizraeli has managed to penetrate Saudi society from afar in ways that have eluded journalists and scholars with more direct access. Although she is apparently barred from entering Saudi Arabia as an Israeli citizen, she has long had a following among specialists for her mastery of obscure Saudi and international source material. Significantly, she focuses 2012 • 276pp not on the much-studied decades since 1979 but on the largely neglected preceding era. Intricate in its accumu- Hardback • 9781849041706 lation of detail and nuance, the story Yizraeli tells is nev- £55.00 ertheless stark in its conclusions.’ — New York Review of Books

Unmaking North and South Cartographies of the Yemeni Past John M. Willis

Unmaking North and South revisits the Yemeni past by situating the historical construction of Yemen’s north and south as bounded political, social, and moral spaces in the broader context of imperial rule, state formation and religious reform in the Indian Ocean arena. Focusing on the British creation of a series of ‘native states’ on the model of princely India in the Yemeni south and Imam Yahya Hamid al-Dins formation of a hybrid state based on Ottoman state forms and Sunni reformist ideology in the north, the book demonstrates the extent to which Yemen’s modern history was rooted both in the structures of the British Raj and the intellectual debates of the greater 2012 • 276pp Sunni Muslim world. Moving deftly between narratives of the colonial, local, modern, and Islamic, Willis questions Paperback • 9781850659815 the historical inevitability of the post-colonial Yemeni na- £25.00 tion and suggests other modes of narrating Yemen’s contested past.

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From Empathy to Denial Arab Responses to the Holocaust Meir Litvak & Esther Webman

WINNER OF THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE BOOK PRIZE 2010

Based on years of research conducted mostly in Arabic sources, Meir Litvak and Esther Webman track the evolution of post-World War II perceptions of the Holocaust and their parallel emergence in the wake of the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1948. Following the establishment of the State of Israel, Arab attitudes toward the Holocaust became entan- gled with broader anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic sentiments. Litvak and Webman track this discourse through the work of leading intellectuals and turn to representations of the Holocaust in the media and culture of Egypt, Lebanon, 2012 • 416pp Jordan, and among the Palestinian people. Their chrono- Paperback • 9781849041553 logical history, which spans sixty years, provides a remarkable perspective on the origins, development, and tena- £15.99 ciousness of anti-Holocaust belief.

The Ismailis in the Colonial Era Modernity, Empire and Islam, 1839-1969 Marc van Grondelle

From the early nineteenth century onwards the Nizari Ismailis were transformed from a minor and obscure sect surrounded by ill-informed historical legend, into a small but highly organised temporal and religious movement with global political and economic influence. Much of this remarkable change in fortune can be traced to the hitherto little known diplomatic interaction between the British Empire, and later the British Commonwealth, and the Nizari Ismailis, from 1839 to 1969. Marc van Grondelle’s book, based on painstaking archival research, examines the processes and interactions which led to the modernisation and successful co-optation 2009 • 176pp by the British government of this comparatively small Hardback • 9781850659822 branch of Shia Islam. £25.00

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When Religion and Culture Part Ways Olivier Roy

‘Olivier Roy, the outstanding scholar of contemporary religions, has written a book of startling clarity and wisdom. Illu- minating trends, issues and movements, he provides us with tools for the comprehension of matters as diverse as coverage of the war on terror to the common individual confusion over one’s own beliefs and scepticisms’. — Financial Times

Instead of freeing the world from religion, secularisation has encouraged a kind of holy ignorance to take root. The secularisation of society was supposed to free people from religion, yet individuals are converting en masse to fundamentalist faiths, such as Protestant evangelicalism, Islamic 2009 / February 2014 • 288pp Salafism, and Haredi Judaism. Roy explores the options now available to powers that hope to integrate or control Paperback • 9781849044479 these groups; and whether marginalisation or homogenisa- £14.99 tion will further divide believers from their culture. Hardback • 9781850659921 £20.00

Globalized Islam The Search for a New Ummah Olivier Roy

‘[This] new book provides one of the best and most detailed snapshots of “real existing Islam” currently available.’ — The Guardian ‘A new book by Roy [is] something of an event […] Globalized Islam is a highly original, methodologically rigorous […] superb and complex sociological study.’ — The Washington Post ‘High-octane brainwork … a large and highly intelligent contri- bution.’ — The Economist A schism has emerged between mainstream Islamist movements in the Muslim world and the uprooted militants who strive to establish an imaginary Ummah, or Muslim community. Roy provides a detailed comparison of these transnational 2004 • 364pp movements, whether peaceful like Tablighi Jama’at and the Paperback • 9781850655985 Islamic brotherhoods, or violent like al-Qaeda, showing how £20.00 neofundamentalism acknowledges without nostalgia the loss of pristine cultures, constructing instead a universal religious identity that transcends the very notion of culture.

13 Poetry and Politics in the Modern Arab World

James M. Dorsey Atef Alshaer SOCIETY & CULTURE

Alshaer’s book offers a subtle and historically grounded reading of modern Arabic poetry, emphasising the aesthetic integration of politics within poetic form.

January 2014 • £35.00

The representation in poetic form of political events and ideas in the Arab world since the nineteenth century is this book’s principal theme. Atef Alshaer demonstrates an integral connection between poetry and politics, re- flecting the holistic character of Arab culture as well as the longstanding embodiment of poetry in the socio-political life of the Arabs. The shared Arabic language and common cultural heritage that Arabs have encompass and mirror widespread Arab concerns about their societies and their cultural and political devel- Philip Robins opment. Poetry as the essence of language served as an illuminating, and often mobilis- ing, medium of expression which brought the tensions and aspirations of each age to the fore. Beginning with the colonial empires and their colonisation of the Arab world, Alshaer illuminates the perennial concerns of major Arab poets with their societies. He discusses Atef Alshaer grew up and studied the poetic representation of the end of the in Palestine and London and is a Ottoman Empire, the onset of Arab national- post-doctoral and senior teaching ism, French and British colonialism, Palestine fellow at SOAS, University of London. and the struggle against Zionism, as well as He has published numerous articles Arab inter-relationships, the emergence of and reviews on the literature, politics Islamism and Islamist movements, and finally and culture of the Arab World. the Arab Spring. Each chapter highlights the mainstream historical, political and intellec- January 2014 • 240pp tual currents of the time and interprets them alongside poems and poets that evoked and Hardback • 9781849043199 • £35.00 consecrated them.

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The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey introduces the reader to the world of Middle Eastern and North African football — an arena where struggles for political control, protest and resistance, self-respect and gender rights are played out. Poli- tics was the midwife of soccer in the region, with many clubs being formed as pro- or anti-colonial platforms and engines of national identity and social justice. This book uncovers the seldom-told story of a game that evokes deep-seated passions. Football fans are shown to be a major political force and one of the largest civic groups in Egypt after the Muslim Brotherhood. Discontent in Algeria erupts regularly at matches, where fans demand January 2014 • 256pp the ouster of military leaders. In a country that bans phys- ical education for girls, Saudi women have established Paperback • 9781849043311 clandestine football clubs and leagues. The book further £17.99 tells the story of Somali child soldiers turned soccer stars and Iranian women who dress as men to smuggle themselves into stadiums to watch matches.

Middle East Drugs Bazaar Production, Prevention and Consumption Philip Robins

The Middle East is intimately involved in the issue of il- legal drugs which affects all the countries of the region. Yet, until now, there has been precious little research on any of these issues. This book, the first in any language to focus on illicit drugs in the Middle East, will surprise many readers. The consumption of qat in Yemen or cul- tivation of cannabis in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley is hardly news, but the extent of amphetamine use in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States or the international role of Israeli nar- cotics manufactures and traffickers is less well known. Based on extensive research and interaction with law enforcement agencies, the public and private health sec- tors, drug-centric NGOs, and recovering drug abusers, January 2014 • 288pp Middle East Drugs Bazaar focuses on ten of the leading Paperback • 9781849042819 countries of the region, straddling the Arab World, Israel, £20.00 Iran and Turkey. It tells the story of drug-related experiences where they most impinge on the peoples and societies of the region.

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JanE Bristol-rhys Emirati Women Emirati Generations of Change Women Jane Bristol-Rhys Edited by Khaled Hroub Generations of ChanGe

The discovery of oil in the late 1960s catapulted the people of Abu Dhabi out of the isolating poverty into which it had plunged in the 1930s and onto the global stage. Emirati Women offers a rare view into the lives of Emirati women and how they perceive the changes that have made poverty a dim and almost forgotten memory. Bristol-Rhys weaves together eight years of conversa- tions and interviews with three generations of women, her observations of Emirati society in Abu Dhabi, the un- flattering stereotypes commonly heard in the extensive expatriate communities, and discussions with her Emirati university students on topics ranging from marriage, in- 2010 • 208pp dependence, freedom, and the future. Hardback • 9781849040983 £20.00

Oman Politics and Society in the Qaboos State Marc Valeri

This book seeks to understand the mechanisms of social and political perpetuation of authoritarianism in post-colonial states such as Oman. It shows how one monarchi- cal power has built and constantly renewed its basis to meet the internal and external challenges threatening its stability. Yet this book also raises the question of what happens when one part of this model, namely an oil-rent economy, falters, with half the population under fifteen years of age and when the privileges enjoyed till recently may no longer be tenable. Valeri also sheds light on the strategies adopted and challenges faced by other Arab monarchies in the Persian Gulf, Morocco and Jordan. 2009 • 176pp Hardback • 9781850659334 £40.00

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Religious Broadcasting in the Middle East Edited by Khaled Hroub

In the decade prior to the Arab Spring dozens of Muslim, Christian and Jewish religious channels were established across the Middle East. Most of these channels avoided direct engagement in politics to the extent that many of them would offer no daily news bulletin; only a few were highly politicised before the Arab Spring, amongst them Hamas’s Al-Aqsa channel, Hizbullah’s Al-Manar TV and Sunni/Shia channels in Iraq. Meanwhile, the rising influence and popularity of religious broadcasting was visible on mainstream news channels such as Al Jazeera, Al-Arabiya and others; all have broadcast popular religious shows since their inception. Based on monitoring and content-analysis of some of the region’s most influen- 2012 • 288pp tial religious channels and programmes, the contributors Paperback • 9781849041331 to this book offer pioneering insights into this uncharted Hardback • 9781849041324 terrain, exploring the themes, discourses, appearances and the ‘celebrities’ of this still-expanding phenomenon of £20.00 • £45.00 religious broadcasting in the Middle East.

Policing and Prisons in the Middle East Formations of Coercion Edited by Laleh Khalili & Jillian Schwedler

The emergence of the modern Middle East has been ac- companied by a concentration of coercive power in the state. Although the region has encompassed numerous Mukhabarat (secret police) states, extensive policing and carceral regimes, widespread use of torture and spec- tacular punishments, and although its prisons and policing practices are regularly condemned by human rights organisations, surprisingly few analyses explore the emergence of these grim institutions. This volume is the first to examine systematically prac- 2010 • 352pp tices of policing and incarceration in the modern Middle Paperback • 9781849040587 East, the emergence of modern policing and prisons £20.00 and their continued predominance. It offers a useful lens through which the complexity of state power and the con- tours of popular contentious politics can be read.

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Food Security in the Middle East Edited by Zahra Babar & Suzi Mirgani Gary R. Bunt

This volume comprises original, empirically-grounded chapters that collectively offer the most comprehensive study available to date on food security in the Middle East. The book starts with a theoretical framing of the phenomena of food security and food sovereignty and presents empirical case studies of Lebanon, Jordan, Pal- estine, Egypt, Yemen, the Persian Gulf states and Iran. Amongst the themes examined are the ascent and de- cline of various food regimes, urban agriculture, overseas agricultural land purchases, national food self-sufficiency strategies, distribution networks and food consumption patterns, and nutrition transitions and healthcare. Collec- January 2014 • 320pp tively, the chapters represent highly original contributions Paperback • 9781849043021 to the disciplines of political science, economics, agricul- £25.00 tural studies, and healthcare policy.

Tribes and States in a Changing Middle East Edited by Uzi Rabi

At the outset of the twenty-first century and in the midst of the Arab Spring, tribe-state relations are a useful frame of reference through which to analyse the Middle East on a state-by-state basis. Tribes and States in a Changing Middle East looks beyond the dichotomy between tribe and state. Its central theme is the role of tribes and trib- alism in state politics, society, and identity, as demonstrated in case studies from the Arab East (mashriq). The book is a comparative endeavour that seeks to address questions related to the interplay between tribal organisations and state institutions, tribal solidarity and nationalism, and tribal power and the centralised government. February 2014 • 288pp It further discusses the impact and role of tribal polities Hardback • 9781849043458 in modern states in times of regional and national turmoil. £45.00

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iMuslims Rewiring the House of Islam Gary R. Bunt

The internet has profoundly shaped how Muslims perceive Islam, and how Islamic societies and networks are evolving and shifting within the twenty-first century. While these electronic interfaces appear new and innovative in terms of how the media is applied, much of their content has a basis in classical Islamic concepts, with an historical resonance that can be traced back to the time of the Prophet Muhammad. iMuslims explores how these transformations and influences play out in diverse cyber Islamic environments, and how they are responding to shifts in technology and society. This book discusses how, in some contexts, the application of the internet has had an overarching transformational effect on how 2009 • 320pp Muslims practice Islam, how forms of Islam are repre- Paperback • 9781850659501 sented to the wider world, and how Muslim societies per- £12.99 ceive themselves and their peers.

The Kingdom Saudi Arabia and the Challenge of the 21st Century Edited by Joshua Craze & Mark Huband

The prominence of Saudi Arabia in international relations today is undisputed. Bringing together contributors from the worlds of business, politics, journalism and aca- demia, The Kingdom provides a much-needed context to the role that Saudi Arabia plays today. In so doing, it unravels the contradictions and complexities of the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the West. The chapters range widely in their subject matter, from reformism under King Abdullah to Saudi Arabia’s role as a regional power broker, thereby revealing the great breadth of issues preoccupying Saudis and others as they seek to 2009 • 256pp build a modern state without compromising their pow- Paperback • 9781850658979 erful attachment to the religious, cultural and historical traditions which are the bedrock of Saudi society. £20.00

19 ISLAM IN THE WEST

Medina in Birmingham, Najaf in Brent Inside British Islam Innes Bowen

Just as most churches in Britain are affiliated to one of the main Christian denominations, the vast majority of Britain’s 1600 mosques are linked to wider sectarian networks: the Deobandi and Tablighi Jamaat movements; Salafi groups inspired by an austere form of Islam prac- ticed in Saudi Arabia; Islamist movements with links to religious political parties in the Middle East and South Asia; Sufi movements that tend to emphasise spiritual- ity over religious and political militancy; and diverse Shiite sects ranging from the orthodox disciples of Grand January 2014 • 288pp Ayatollah Sistani to the Ismaili followers of Aga Khan. Paperback • 9781849043014 These affiliations are often fiercely guarded by religious leaders. This book, of which no equivalent volume yet ex- £16.99 ists, is a definitive guide to the ideological differences, or- ganisational structures and international links of the main Islamic groups active in Britain today.

Apart Alienated and Engaged Muslims in the West Justin Gest

Muslim minorities comprise an ever-increasing propor- tion of Europe’s population, but are official strategies to thwart home-grown terrorism forcing Muslims further to the fringe of our societies? For every terror suspect we see handcuffed in a televised trial, thousands of young Muslims outside the courtroom live an alienated existence in the boroughs and barrios of the Western world. Apart explores the nature of their disaffection and attrac- tion to groups that undermine the system that remains their primary means of inclusion in society. Based on research conducted in London’s East End and Madrid’s Lavapies district, and drawing on over one hundred in- 2010 • 256pp terviews with extremists, gangsters, imams, elders, politicians, and those just trying to get by, Justin Gest explores Paperback • 9781849040754 young Muslims’ daily realities. £15.99

20 Thinking Through The Borders Al-Andalus Islamophobia of Islam Rediscovered Exploring Samuel Huntington’s Global Perspectives Faultlines, From Al-Andalus to Iberia’s New Muslims the Virtual Ummah Edited by Edited by Stig Jarle Marvine Howe S. Sayyid Hansen, Atle Mesøy & AbdoolKarim Vakil & Tuncay Karadas

Use of the term Islamopho- In his seminal work The Iberia is a special place bia is today both inexo- Clash of Civilisations, of colliding myths over rable and controversial. Samuel P. Huntington its Islamic past and the Thinking Through Islamo- claimed that conflict be- Christian reconquista, the phobia offers a series of tween cultural blocs, or Inquisition and massive critical engagements with civilisations, will dominate expulsion of Muslims and the concept, its history the future. This specially Jews some five centuries and deployment, and the commissioned set of es- ago. Long a land of emi- phenomena that it seeks to says sets out to critically grants and explorers, it has marshal. In an original and examine the border zones now become home to Eu- pioneering collection of of Islamic civilisation, be rope’s latest, rapidly grow- essays, twenty-eight con- they geographical, cultural ing Muslim communities. tributors hailing from di- or virtual. The contributors Al-Andalus Rediscovered verse disciplinary and ge- explore the local dynam- focuses on Iberia’s new ographical backgrounds ics in these zones to test Muslims, and their lives in draw on their expertise to whether or not they sup- a largely Roman Catholic map out the tensions be- port or contradict Hunting- region. Also featured are tween the concept and the don’s thesis of an emerg- the Spanish and Portu- phenomena as they are ing global confrontation guese officials, academ- played out across different between Islamic civilisa- ics, NGOs and citizens contexts and continents. tion and its neighbours, be who are trying to find better they Christian, Hindu, Bud- ways to integrate Muslims dhist or godless. and other immigrants.

2011 • 288pp 2009 • 352pp 2012 • 240pp Paperback Paperback Paperback 9781850659907 • £15.99 9781850659730 • £18.99 9781849041614 • £18.99

21 22 ISLAMIC STUDIES Organizations. ofVoluntaryJournal andNon-Profit andVoluntas:Quarterly International of MiddleEastStudies,Third World Journal ment inPractice,International includingDevelop- scientific journals, and herworkhasappeared inseveral extensively onreligion, aid andNGOs, Rights. Shehasresearched andwritten at theDanishInstituteforHuman Marie JuulPetersenisaresearcher Development /Aid Hardback •9781849044325£40.00 May 2014•356pp with thoseinvolvedinsuchorganisations and Bangladesh,more than100interviews Britain, Kuwait,SaudiArabia,Lebanon, Jordan NGOs, anddrawsonextensive research in ies offour the biggest transnationalMuslim political Islam. ‘public Islam’ as somethingmore and other than it provision; aid of also contributesmore broadly tounderstanding field global the in NGO of Her booknotonlyoffers insights intoanewkind provision ofaidandtherole Islamplaysinthis. plores howMuslimNGOs conceptualisetheir these organisations,MarieJuulPetersenex lar NGOsintheWest. sometimes differ substantiallyfrom thatofsecu the world’s poor, although theirassistance may NGOs. Mostare legitimateproviders ofaidto Yet clearlythere ismore totransnationalMuslim groups inPalestine,Afghanistanandelsewhere. and resistance ers ofnationalpoliticalparties militant networks such as al-Qaeda orasback- been perceived asillegitimatefronts forglobal Terror’, on ‘War the and transnational MuslimNGOshavetoooften 9/11 of wake the In May 2014£40.00 development. and theirglobalimpactindisasterrelief and A discussionofhowMuslimNGOsfunction Marie Juul Petersen NGOs Muslim Aid and Islam in Transnational Umma? For Humanity or for the The bookisbasedonempiricalcasestud Seeking tobroaden our understanding of - - -

ISLAMIC STUDIES 23 May 2014 • 224pp Middle East / Politics Islam, also published by Hurst. Studies (SOAS), an MA in Arabic has a PhD in the Study of Religions cate in Southeast Asian Studies. He Language and Culture and a CertifiLanguage and Culture - worked for many years in the Middle Cosmopolitans and Heretics: New of Cosmopolitans and Heretics: Muslim Intellectuals and the Study of religions in Thailand. He is the author religions is Lecturer in Islamic Carool Kersten is Lecturer Studies at King’s College London. He Studies at King’s East and has taught Asian history and Paperback • 9781849044370 • £25.00 from the School of Oriental and African from

------May 2014 £25.00 Ideas and Values and Ideas Carool Kersten soul of Indonesian Islam. The Contest for Society, Society, for Contest The Islam in Indonesia Islam With a hesitant government dominated by Conceived as a contemporary history of ide- A compelling account of the struggle for the A compelling account respect for human rights, they insist that this de this that insist they human rights, for respect society based on democratic principles andsociety based on democratic principles pursuing their Islamisation agendas with re pursuing their Islamisation agendas with and radi deviant Muslim minorities. Extremist Calling for a true transformation of Indonesian largest Muslim country. a clear stance, supporters of the decision are and what they consider other religions towards internationalmedia coverage and scholarly at are defiantly challenging thisreactionary trend. minded intellectuals and activists in the world’s servative religious scholars condemned secu scholars condemned religious servative larism, pluralism and liberalism as un-Islamic. eternal take political elites failing to Indonesia’s intolerance displaying growing vigour, newed more Islamist bloc receive cal exponents of this opponents who tention than their progressive toleration, andpends on secularisation, religious freethinking. as, this book aims to tell the story of these open- further up after a fatwa issued by con heated underlying principles of democratisation haveunderlying principles of democratisation the place of Islam in society. Debates over the the place of Islam in society. violence marring the transition towards demo violence marring the transition towards antagonistic views oncamps with increasingly of religion in public life. Although the religiousthe Although life. public in religion of has polarised into reactionary and progressive Indonesia’s Muslims are still pondering the role Muslims are Indonesia’s cratic reform has ebbed, the Muslim community ISLAMIC STUDIES

Demystifying the Caliphate Edited by Madawi Al-Rasheed, Ziauddin Sardar Carool Kersten & Marat Shterin

The Caliphate today is a contested concept among many actors in the Muslim world, Europe and beyond, the re- invention and imagining of which may appear puzzling to most of us. Demystifying the Caliphate sheds light on both the historical debates following the demise of the last Ottoman Caliphate and controversies surrounding recent calls to resurrect it, transcending alarmist agendas to answer fundamental questions about why the memory of the Caliphate lingers on among diverse Mus- lims. From London to the Caucasus, to Jakarta, Istanbul, and Baghdad, the contributors explore the concept of the Caliphate and the re-imagining of the Muslim ummah January 2013 • 356pp as a diverse multi-ethnic community. Paperback • 9781849042284 £25.00

The Inevitable Caliphate? A History of the Struggle for Global Islamic Union, 1924 to the Present Reza Pankhurst

While in the West ‘the Caliphate’ evokes overwhelmingly negative images, throughout Islamic history it has been regarded as the ideal Islamic polity. In the wake of the ‘Arab Spring’ and the removal of long-standing dictators in the Middle East, in which the dominant discourse appears to be one of the compatibility of Islam and democracy, reviving the Caliphate has continued to exercise the minds of its opponents and advocates. Reza Pankhurst’s book contributes to our understanding of Islam in politics, the path of Islamic revival across the last century June 2013 • 256pp and how the popularity of the Caliphate in Muslim discourse waned and later re-emerged. Beginning with the Paperback • 9781849042512 abolition of the Caliphate, the ideas and discourse of the £18.99 Muslim Brotherhood, Hizb ut-Tahrir, al-Qaeda and other smaller groups are then examined.

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Reading the Qur’an Ziauddin Sardar

‘In today’s climate, few books are more deserving of study [than the Qur’an]. As Harold Bloom, the veteran literary critic, has remarked, “ignorance of the Qur’an is foolish and increasingly dangerous”. For people wise enough to heed Bloom’s warning, Sardar’s book — an extended meditation built around the Qur’an’s first two chapters — is a good place to start. … Divine revelation demands that “we constantly think outside the box of our earthly concerns by keeping in mind the intersection of time and timelessness”. Writing as “Every Muslim” with a deep love of a text he learned at his mother’s knee, Sardar rises to this challenge, wrestling with problematic passages that would seem to run counter to his generally progressive and enlightened outlook.’ — The Guardian 2011 • 320pp Hardback • 9781849041072 Paperback • 9781849043670 £20.00 • £12.99

Recalling the Caliphate Decolonisation and World Order S. Sayyid

Recalling the Caliphate engages critically with the interaction between Islam and the political in the context of a post-colonial world that continues to resist profound decolonisation. In the first part of this book, Sayyid focuses on how demands for Muslim autonomy are de- bated in terms such as democracy, cultural relativism, secularism, and liberalism. Each chapter analyses the displacements and evasions by which the decolonisation of the Muslim world continues to be deflected and deferred, while the latter part of the book builds on this critique and attempts to accelerate the decolonisation of the Muslim Ummah. February 2014 • 288pp Paperback • 9781849040037 Hardback • 9781849040020 £18.99 • £50.00

25 CRITICAL EDITORS: ZIAUDDIN SARDAR MUSLIM ROBIN YASSIN-KASSAB

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Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism John Calvert

Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) was an influential Egyptian ideologue credited with establishing the theoretical basis for radical Islamism in the post-colonial Sunni Muslim world. Lacking a pure understanding of the leader’s life and work, the popular media has conflated Qutb’s moral purpose with the aims of bin Laden and al-Qaeda. He is often portrayed as a terrorist, Islamo-Fascist, and advocate of murder. This book rescues Qutb from mis- representation, tracing the evolution of his thought within the context of his time. An expert on social protest and political resistance in the modern Middle East, as well as Egyptian nationalism, John Calvert recounts Qutb’s life 2010 • 288pp from the small village in which he was raised to his ex- Hardback • 9781849040068 ecution at the behest of Abd al-Nasser’s regime. £25.00 ‘This rich and carefully researched biography sets Qutb for the first time in his Egyptian context, rescuing him from caricature without whitewashing his radicalism. It is no small achievement.’ — The Economist

Cosmopolitans and Heretics New Muslim Intellectuals and the Study of Islam Carool Kersten

Cosmopolitans and Heretics examines three new Muslim intellectuals who combine a solid grounding in the Islamic tradition with an equally intimate familiarity with the latest achievements of Western scholarship in religion. This cosmopolitan attitude challenges existing stereotypes and makes these thinkers difficult to catego- rise. Underscoring the global dimensions of new Muslim intellectualism, Kersten analyses contributions to contemporary Islamic thought of the late Nurcholish Madjid, Indonesia’s most prominent public intellectual of recent decades; Hasan Hanafi, one of the leading philosophers 2011 • 288pp in Egypt; and the influential French-Algerian historian of Paperback • 9781849041294 Islam, Mohammed Arkoun. This is the first book of its kind and a welcome addition to the intellectual history of the £25.00 modern Muslim world.

28 The Phenomenon of Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Bettina Gräf and Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen (eds)

Architect of Global Mufti A System of Life Global Jihad The Life of Al-Qaida Strategist The Phenomenon of Yusuf Mawdudi and the Abu Mus’ab al-Suri Al-Qaradawi Ideologisation of Islam

Brynjar Lia Edited by Bettina Jan-Peter Hartung Graf & Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen

‘Architect of Global Jihad ‘This is an essential book While much current re- is a compelling and me- for anyone interested in search on political Islam ticulously researched understanding contem- revolves around militant Is- biography of one of the porary Islam and the lamism, the genesis of this most influential strategists Muslim world. And while ideology remains little un- and thinkers in Islamist cir- the book may downplay derstood. A System of Life cles. Abu Mus’ab al-Suri some of the most con- is a pioneering examina- may not be a household troversial of Qaradawis tion of the earliest attempt name in the West, but his views, these are too often at a systematic outline of importance as a theorist, the only aspects of his Islamist ideology, namely organiser and ideologue thought that are discussed that proposed in the 1930s is difficult to overstate. For in the West. The editors and early 1940s by the those seeking to under- have therefore done a renowned Indo-Muslim stand Al-Qaeda and its great service in bringing intellectual Sayyid Abu’l affiliates, author Brynjar other, less discussed, yet A’la Mawdudi. Hartung re- Lia’s work is critical read- probably more impor- constructs his thinking in ing and highly illuminating.’ tant issues into focus.’ the light of the competing — Craig Whitlock, The — New Republic ideologies at play at the Washington Post time, especially his claim to recast Islam as a comprehensive, self-contained and inner-worldly system of life.

2009 • 510pp 2009 • 280pp November 2013 • 320pp Paperback Paperback Hardback 9781850659914 • £15.99 9781850659396 • £16.99 9781849042482 • £55.00

29 Islamist Terrorism in Europe

A History

Petter Nesser POLITICAL ISLAM

This rigorous account is the first overview of the Islamist terrorist campaign in Europe since 9/11.

March 2014 £20.00

The 2012 Toulouse and Montauban shootings and the grisly murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich in 2013 are stark reminders of the terrorist threat posed by militant Islamist extremism in Europe. Whereas the death of Osama bin Laden and the advent of the ‘Arab Spring’ fed expectations that international jihadism was a spent force, Europe has faced an increase in terrorist plots over the past few years. In addition, there are growing security concerns over the fallout of the Syrian conflict, and its sizeable contingents of battle- hardened European fighters. This book provides a comprehensive account of the rise of jihadist militancy in Europe and offers a detailed background for understanding the current and future threat. Based on Petter Nesser is a senior research fellow a wide range of new primary sources, it traces with the Norwegian Defence Research the phenomenon back to the late 1980s, and the Establishment (FFI). Trained in Social formation of jihadist support networks in Europe Science, Middle Eastern Studies and in the early 1990s. Combining analytical rigour Arabic, Nesser has conducted exten- with empirical richness, the book offers a com- sive research on jihadism in Europe for prehensive account of patterns of terrorist cell more than a decade, while focusing on formation and plots between 1995 and 2012. motivational drivers, recruitment and In contrast to existing research which has em- radicalisation processes. phasised social explanations, failed immigration and homegrown radicalism, this book highlights the entrepreneurial role of former Arab-Afghan March 2014 • 240pp veterans and their associated organisations and Hardback • 9781849044059 • £20.00 ideological agendas. Politics / History

30 POLITICAL ISLAM Hizb ut-Tahrir

The Untold History of the Liberation Party

Reza Pankhurst

The inside history of a durable pan-Islamist movement focusing on those who built the organisation.

April 2014 £24.99

Although Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international pan- Islamic political party, regularly holds conferenc- es from Jakarta to Ramallah attended by tens of thousands of people, little is known about the organisation, which was founded in 1953, beyond generalities and conjecture. Its members are repeatedly arrested in Russia, Central Asia, Turkey and across the Middle East, and since the Arab uprisings it has emerged as an influential political actor in Tunisia, has a growing profile in Egypt, and is making a visible impact in the Syrian revolution. It is also paradoxically often dismissed as inconsequential despite its call for the implementation of Islam and the establishment of a universal caliphate across the Muslim Reza Pankhurst is a political scientist world. Hizb ut-Tahrir: The Untold History of the and historian, specialising in the Middle Liberation Party uncovers the history of the glob- East and Islamic movements. He has al Islamic political party, based upon a diverse a doctorate from the London School of array of archival research, internal documents, Economics, where he previously com- multiple interviews and other sources to build an pleted his master’s degree in the history authoritative account of the party as told from of international relations. He is the author inside and out. From coup attempts in Jordan, of The Inevitable Caliphate? A History sending delegations to meet Sadat, al-Gaddafi of the Struggle for Global Islamic Union, and Khomeini, and the execution of hundreds 1924 to the Present. of its members in Libya and Iraq, Pankhurst’s book blends political, intellectual and personal history, moving from global, regional and local perspectives. April 2014 • 240pp Hardback • 9781849044035 • £24.99 Middle East / Islamic Studies

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Hezbollah The Global Footprint of Lebanon’s Party of God Matthew Levitt Raphaël Lefèvre

‘Matthew Levitt is a recognised authority on Hezbollah and its activities, both in the Levant and globally. … This book fills a vital gap in understanding the international dimensions of Hezbollah, its reach, and its capacities for terrorism worldwide.’ — Charles Allen, former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Collection, CIA

‘A meticulously detailed examination of Hezbollah’s origins as an Iranian proxy in Lebanon and its forays into terrorism ... The book sheds new light on the targeting of Western October 2013 • 416pp and Israeli interests in Lebanon and abroad, and the con- Hardback • 9781849043335 solidation of its power among Lebanon’s Shiite population and the country’s political system – all of which are now big £20.00 threatened by its controversial involvement in Syria’s civil war.’ – Washington Times

The Hizbullah Phenomenon Politics and Communication Lina Khatib, Dina Matar & Atef Alshaer

Hizbullah is not only a leading political actor in Lebanon and a dynamic force in the Middle East, but it is also distinguished by a sophisticated communication strategy. From relatively humble beginnings in the 1980s, Hizbullah’s political clout and its public perception have followed an upward trajectory, thanks to a political programme that blends military, social, economic and religious elements and adapts to changes in its environment. Its communication strategy is similarly adaptive, supporting the group’s political objectives. The authors of this book address how Hizbullah uses image, lan- December 2013 • 256pp guage and its charismatic leader, Hassan Nasrallah, to legitimise its political aims and ideology and appeal to Paperback • 9781849043359 different target groups. £19.99

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Ashes of Hama The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria

Raphaël Lefèvre

‘No book could be more timely than Lefèvre’s on the Muslim Brotherhood. Islamic groups are poised to take power in Syria — and the Brotherhood is foremost among them. Westerners and Syrians alike who fail to appreci- ate the importance and centrality of the Brotherhood to Syria’s modern history are foolish.’ — Joshua M. Landis, Director, Center for Middle East Studies, University of Oklahoma, and author Syria Comment ‘This is a truly excellent book, not only because it provides the first detailed account of the Syrian Muslim 2013 • 320pp Brotherhood from its inception to 2012, but also becaue it situates the movement within the twentieth-century his- Hardback • 9781849042857 tory of Syria. ... It deserves a place on the bookshelves £30.00 of every scholar of the contemporary Middle East.’ — George Joffé, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge

The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe Edited by Roel Meijer & Edwin Bakker

The Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle East has always attracted widely divergent attention. Scholars have regarded it both as the source of terrorism and, more recently, as the potential harbinger of democratisation. The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe has attracted far less attention, but its ambiguous reputation in the Middle East has led to widespread speculation about its character. Its critics regard the European organisations as part of a suspicious, secretive, centrally-led world-wide organisation that enhances the alienation of Muslims in Europe. Its sympathisers, on the other hand, regard the Brotherhood as a moderate movement that has been Europeanised and promotes integration. This volume brings together 2012 • 336pp experts on the European Muslim Brotherhood who address some of the main issues on which the discussion Paperback • 9781849042703 has concentrated. Hardback • 9781849041683 £17.99 • £30.00

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Landscapes of The Jihadis’ Path to Contextualising the Jihad Self-Destruction Jihadi Thought Militancy, Morality, Modernity Edited by Jeevan Deol Faisal Devji Nelly Lahoud & Zaheer Kazmi

‘One of the most intelligent Are violent jihadis an en- Contextualising Jihadi analyses of the world-view during feature of modern Thought aims to transcend of the militant Islamist.’ international affairs, or do the dominance of security- — New Statesman they hold in their own doc- studies approaches in the trines the seeds of self- study of militant groups by The militant Islam repre- destruction? Jihadi ideo- creating a broader frame- sented by al-Qaeda is of- logues have formulated an work for understanding the ten described as a global individualist-centred Islam varied intellectual histories, movement. Apart from the to mobilise Muslims to join political engagements and geographical range of its a global jihad. However, geographies of jihadi ide- operations and support, the duty to jihad constitutes as. Challenging prevailing little else is held to define it just one side of this do-it- policy understandings of as ‘global’. Landscapes of yourself Islam; the other is a single jihadi ideological the Jihad explores the fea- the duty to protect the pu- narrative, the book’s chap- tures that al-Qaeda and rity of doctrinal beliefs. This ters study militant currents other strands of militant book explores the religious of thought and the respons- Islam have in common with philosophy underlying ji- es to them in Afghanistan, global movements such as hadism, as set against the Yemen, Somalia, India, Pa- environmentalists and anti- background of the Khari- kistan, Egypt, South-East globalisation protesters. jites, whose idealistic and Asia and Europe as well as individualistic practice of the global contexts within Islam inevitably led them to which transnational jihad- deploy takfir against each ism has been developed other and thereby to self- and propagated. destruct.

2005 • 176pp 2009 • 274pp 2012 • 288pp Hardback Hardback Paperback 9781850657750 • £15.00 9781849040624 • £45.00 9781849041300 • £22.00

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Political Islam Global Salafism Salafism in Yemen Observed Islam’s New Religious Transnationalism and Movement Religious Identity Frédéric Volpi Edited by Roel Meijer Laurent Bonnefoy

This book offers a frame- ‘Salafism’ and ‘jihadi- Over the last decade work for understanding Salafism’ have become Salafism has become one the interaction between significant doctrinal trends of the West’s new political the academic disciplines in contemporary Islamic bogey-men. Many regard ‘observing’ contemporary thought, yet the West has the movement as the ante- political Islam and the in- largely failed to offer a so- chamber of violent groups dividuals and communi- phisticated and discerning such as al-Qaeda and the ties being ‘observed’. Volpi definition of these -move by-product of a centralised investigates how different ments. The contributors to foreign policy platform disciplinary approaches Global Salafism carefully shaped by so-called Saudi in the social sciences ex- outline not only the differ- interests. Based on exten- plain and understand their ences in the Salafi schools sive research conducted ‘Islamic’ subject matter, re- but the broader currents of throughout Yemen be- vealing how political Islam Islamic thought that consti- tween 2001 and 2009, and is a phenomenon that each tute this trend as well. Em- particularly in the southern academic discipline analy- phasising the subtle ten- province of Yâfi‘, this book ses using its own dominant sions between local and offers an original approach paradigms. His book out- glocal aspirations within to Salafism and draws a lines the areas of conver- the ‘Salafi method’, Global necessary counter-narra- gence and the synergies Salafism investigates the tive that takes into account between these approach- movement like no other the dynamics of the Salafi es and highlights the gaps study currently available. movement as well as its and misunderstanding that relationship to its evolving still exist between parallel environment, either local, narratives on Islamism. regional and international.

2010 • 244pp 2009 • 480pp 2012 • 240pp Paperback Paperback Paperback 9781849040617 • £22.00 9781850659808 • £20.00 9781849041317 • £25.00

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Whatever Happened to the Islamists? Salafis, Heavy Metal Muslims and the Lure of Consumerist Islam Edited by Amel Boubekeur & Olivier Roy

Widespread confusion over the use of the terms Islamism or Political Islam often obscures the fact that these are not new phenomena and can be traced back more than a century. But like all utopian beliefs, such as Commu- nism, Islamism cannot entirely resist the broader currents of political and social change that confront it today, especially globalisation. Through meticulous on the ground and theoretical research into the trajectories of current and former Islamists, the contributors to this book seek 2012 • 256pp to understand what has become of political Islam. While Paperback • 9781850659419 many scholars have focused on the drift to violence of Hardback • 9781850659402 historical Islamism, they look at the other side of the coin £20.00 • £55.00 to describe the continuities and not the ruptures of Islam- ism with its own ideology.

The Muslim Revolt A Journey Through Political Islam Roger Hardy

‘We fail to understand Islam’, writes Roger Hardy in the introduction to this book, ‘and we are paying a high price for our failure’. The Muslim Revolt explains, in layman’s language, a phenomenon that still seems to madden and perplex both the public and the policy-makers. In setting out to demystify Islamism and the forces that drive it, Har- dy suggests that for the last two hundred years Muslims have been in revolt against Western domination – and against the failures and disappointments of modernisation. The book takes the form of a journey. Drawing on his travels and encounters as a journalist over the last 2010 • 208pp thirty years, the author explains the political role of Islam in particular countries and regions—Egypt, Iran, Paki- Paperback • 9781849040327 stan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, south-east Asia, Eu- £12.99 rope—while at the same time telling the story of Islamism from its origins in the era of European colonialism to the emergence of al-Qaeda and the global jihadists of today.

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The Politics of The Terrorist in Transnational Chaos in the Search of Humanity Shia Politics Middle East Militant Islam and Religious and Political Global Politics Networks in the Gulf Olivier Roy Faisal Devji Laurence Louër

Olivier Roy argues that the A global society has come CHOICE OUTSTANDING unintended and unfore- into being, but possesses ACADEMIC TITLE FOR 2009 seen consequences of the as yet no political institu- This timely book illuminates ‘war on terror’ have artifi- tions of its own. In his new the historical origins and cially conflated conflicts in book, Faisal Devji argues present situation of mili- the Middle East such that that new forms of militan- tant Shia transnational net- they appear to be the ex- cy, like that of al-Qaeda, works by focusing on three pression of a widespread achieve meaning in this key countries in the Gulf — ‘Muslim anger’ against the institutional vacuum, while Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi West. In this new book he representing in their vari- Arabia — whose Shia Is- seeks to restore the indi- ous ways the search for a lamic groups are the off- vidual logic and dynamics global politics. From envi- spring of Iraqi movements. of each of these conflicts, ronmentalism to pacifism The reshaping of the area’s the better to understand and beyond, such a poli- geopolitics after the Gulf the widespread political tics can only be one that War and the fall of Saddam discontent that sustains takes humanity itself as Hussein in April 2003 have them. Instead of two op- its object, hence militant had a profound impact on posed sides, an ‘us’ and practices are informed transnational Shiite net- a ‘them’, he warns that the by the same search that works, pushing them to West faces an array of ‘re- animates humanitarianism, focus on national issues in verse alliances’. which from human rights to the context of new political humanitarian intervention opportunities. has become the global aim and signature of all contemporary politics.

2008 • 160pp 2009 • 224pp 2012 • 256pp Paperback Paperback Paperback 9781850658948 • £12.99 9781850659464 • £15.99 9781849042147 • £16.99

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Power and Politics in the Persian Gulf Monarchies Edited by Christopher Davidson

Christopher Davidson, an acclaimed expert on the fast-moving politics and economics of the Gulf, together with five other leading authorities on the region, has brought together a unique collection of comprehensive yet highly accessible analyses of these six states. Following a succinct theoretical overview of the various achievements, opportunities, and collective challenges faced by the monarchies, each chapter discusses their individual historical backgrounds, political structures, economic diversification efforts, and future prospects. Drawing on the latest research in the field, the most up- to-date statistics, and written in a frank and critical man- 2012 • 256pp ner, this textbook is a valuable addition to university read- Paperback • 9781849041218 ing lists on Middle Eastern studies or political science, while also appealing to the general interest reader. £17.99

Insecure Gulf The End of Certainty and the Transition to the Post-Oil Era Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

Insecure Gulf explores the relationship between ‘traditional’ and ‘new’ security challenges and situates them within the changing political economy of the GCC states as they move toward post-oil structures of governance. It describes how regimes are anticipating and reacting to the shifting security paradigm, and contextualises these changes within the broader political, economic, social and demographic framework. It also argues that a holistic approach to security is necessary for regimes to renew their sources of legitimacy in a globalising world. 2011 • 224pp ‘Insecure Gulf provides the first detailed assessment of Paperback • 9781849041270 the developments in the Persian Gulf sub-region in the £25.00 post-oil era. ... This is a must read.’ — Anoush Ehteshami, Professor of International Relations, Durham University

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christopher davidson

From indifference to interdependence

Abu Dhabi Dubai The Persian Gulf Oil and Beyond The Vulnerability of Success and Pacific Asia Christopher Christopher Christopher Davidson Davidson Davidson

The principal emirate of ‘Mr Davidson nicely lays A plethora of economic, the United Arab Emirates out this flashy emirate’s diplomatic, cultural, and federation commands astonishing ascent from other highly pragmatic over 8 per cent of global tiny fishing and pearl- linkages are making the oil reserves, has nearly $1 ing village to global hub.’ ‘Asianisation’ of Asia a trillion in sovereign wealth — New York Times reality. Davidson demon- funds to invest and is bus- strates in this book how the ily implementing a thought- Dubai is a remarkable powerful connections that ful economic master plan. success story. Following are being forged by the It has also pumped huge a detailed historical back- very eastern and western amounts of money into ground, Davidson’s in- extremities of the continent culture, sport and infra- depth study demonstrates are poised to become a structural development in how Dubai’s pioneering central pillar of this pro- an attempt to eclipse even post-oil development strat- cess. Most notably, an im- its ubiquitous UAE partner egies were implemented portant new relationship — Dubai — as an inter- against a carefully man- is developing between national household name. aged backdrop of near the six monarchies of the Gulf expert Christopher complete political stability, Persian Gulf and the three Davidson’s book charts despite the lack of democ- most industrialised Asian the emirates remarkable ratisation and genuine civil economies. trajectory from its origins society. as an eighteenth-century sheikhdom to its present position on the cusp of preeminence.

2009 • 280pp 2009 • 296pp 2010 • 208pp Paperback Paperback Hardback 9781849041539 • £15.99 9781850659860 • £12.99 9781849040990 • £45.00

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The Nuclear Question in the Middle East Edited by Mehran Kamrava Edited by Mehran Kamrava

The nuclear age is coming to the Middle East. Under- standing the scope and motivations for this development and its implications for global security is essential. The last decade has witnessed an explosion of popular and scholarly attention focussed on nuclear issues around the globe and especially in the Middle East. These studies fall into one of four general categories. They tend to focus either on the security and military aspects of nuclear weapons, or on the sources and mechanisms for proliferation and means of reversing it, or nuclear energy, or the logics driving state policymakers toward adopting the nuclear option. The Nuclear Question in the Middle 2012 • 276pp East is the first book of its kind to combine thematic and Paperback • 9781849042116 theoretical discussions regarding nuclear weapons and nuclear energy with case studies from across the region. £25.00

Migrant Labour in the Persian Gulf Edited by Mehran Kamrava & Zahra Babar

In some countries of the Persian Gulf as much as 85 to 90 per cent of the population is made up of expatriate workers. Unsurprisingly, all of the concerned states spend inordinate amounts of their political energies managing the armies of migrant labourers employed in their countries, and there are equally fundamental social, cultural, and economic consequences involved as well. Migrant Labour in the Persian Gulf is a multi-disciplinary examination of the manifold causes, nature, processes, and consequences of labour migration into the Persian Gulf. 2012 • 276pp Paperback • 9781849042109 £25.00

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Political Economy of the Persian Gulf Edited by Mehran Kamrava

Change occurs rapidly in the Persian Gulf. While some states have capitalised on the fast-paced nature of glo- balised fiscal transactions and have become important markets for foreign investment, others have fallen victim to such speculations. The ‘Dubai Model’ of economic diversification is being re-evaluated as the GCC states continue to seek the best means of organising their economies and competing within the global order. This book evaluates the changes that have occurred, especially in light of the ongoing global economic crisis. Mutually beneficial rentier arrangements have guided the GCC countries formation of oil-based economies and labour relations in the past, but will this necessarily be the 2012 • 276pp case in the future? This book addresses key issues includ- Paperback • 9781849042093 ing discussion on the future demographic aspects of the £25.00 GCC; the feasibility of establishing a GCC monetary union; the effects of rentierism on state autonomy; and analysis of sovereign wealth funds and Islamic banking models.

The Gulf Monarchies and Climate Change Abu Dhabi and Qatar in an Era of Natural Unsustainability Mari Luomi

At the heart of Mari Luomi’s salutary book is whether oil- and gas-dependent authoritarian monarchies can keep their natural resource use and the environment in balance. She argues that the Gulf monarchies have al- ready reached their limits of ‘natural sustainability’, given that several of them are dependent on natural gas im- ports. Water resources are dwindling, and food import dependence is high and rising. Luomi reveals how Abu Dhabi and Qatar have responded to these new natural resource-related pressures, particularly climate change, 2012 • 288pp and how their responses are inextricably linked with elite Paperback • 9781849042673 legitimacy strategies and the ‘natural unsustainability’ of £25.00 their political economies.

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Saudi Arabia in the Balance Political Economy, Society, Foreign Affairs Edited by Paul Aarts & Gerd Nonneman

‘Contains many illuminating essays.’ — The Economist

‘A seminal volume. ... Any educated reader will find this volume precious in understanding a country that is too often either criticised a priori or praised sycophantically.’ — International Affairs

‘Saudi Arabia in the Balance is far and away the best book on the politics of contemporary Saudi Arabia. ... In all, it is the perfect antidote to the rash of shallow and sensational- ist books on Saudi Arabia in recent years. It should be in the library of everyone interested in Saudi Arabia; it will 2005 • 468pp certainly be in mine.’ — F. Gregory Gause, University of Paperback • 9781850658030 Vermont £25.00

Kingdom Without Borders Saudi Arabia’s Political, Religious and Media Frontiers Edited by Madawi Al-Rasheed

Kingdom Without Borders is the first volume to shed light on this growing regional and international power and its ambitions to project its influence beyond its frontiers in three interrelated spheres of activity. This volume brings together established scholars from Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia to map the historical roots and contemporary manifestations of Saudi expansionism. Combining both top-down and grass roots analysis, contributors interrogate the reality and impact of Saudi transnational connections on local politics, religious affiliation 2008 • 320pp and media genres. This exploration leads to a reassess- ment of the changing nature of state and society in Saudi Paperback • 9781850659426 Arabia in an age of globalisation. £20.00

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Business Politics in Political Liberalization The Violence of the Middle East in the Persian Gulf Petro-Dollar Regimes Edited by Steffen Algeria, Iraq and Libya Hertog, Giacomo Joshua Teitelbaum Luciani & Marc Valeri Luis Martinez

Although most Arab coun- The Persian Gulf coun- During the 1970s, owing to tries remain authoritarian, tries produce about 30 per their oil ‘rents’, Algeria, Iraq many have undergone a cent of the planet’s oil, and and Libya all seemed en- restructuring of state-soci- keep in the ground around gaged in a swift moderni- ety relations in which big 55 per cent of its crude oil sation process. A few dec- business has benefited reserves, and so the sta- ades later, the disillusion in terms of its integration bility of the region’s auto- is a cruel one. A sense of into policy-making and the cratic regimes is vital to the wealth led these countries opening of economic sec- world’s economic and po- to undertake political, eco- tors that used to be state- litical future. Yet paradoxi- nomic and military experi- dominated. Arab busi- cally, despite its reputation ments that would lead to nesses have also started as the most traditional of impasses with disastrous taking on aspects of public regions, the Persian Gulf consequences which they service provision in health, holds out great promise are still trying to overcome. media and education that to those who support po- How did it all happen? Can used to be the domain of litical liberalisation. But is these countries dispense the state; they have also this part of an inexorable with far-reaching reforms? become increasingly ac- drive toward democratisa- Can the EU export its tive in philanthropy. The tion — or simply a means norms and values and pro- contributors to this volume for autocratic regimes to tect its gas supply? This address a range of issues consolidate and legitimise book offers the first global pertaining to the role of their rule? approach to the subject. business in contemporary Middle East politics.

2013 • 288pp 2009 • 288pp 2012 • 224pp Paperback Hardback Hardback 9781849042352 • £25.00 9781850659280 • £50.00 9781849041744 • £35.00

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Qatar The Wisdom of Putin’s New Order Syria’s Waiting Game in the Middle East Securing the Global Foreign Policy Under Ambitions of a City-State the Assads David B. Roberts Bente Scheller Talal Nizameddin

Rarely has a state changed Syrian foreign policy, al- Vladimir Putin has trans- its character so completely ways opaque, has become formed himself into an his- in so short a period of time. an even greater puzzle toric Russian figure. Since Previously content to play a during the Syrian revolt. 1999 Putin’s growing pow- role befitting its small size, Scheller’s timely book anal- er transposed itself in for- Qatar now projects itself yses Syrian foreign policy eign affairs and nowhere globally through massive after the global upheavals did Russia’s re-emergence investments and strong of 1989, which was at the on the world stage have engagement with foreign time a glorious new begin- more impact than in the affairs. Qatar’s prominent ning for the regime. She Middle East. Putin has role in the Arab Spring fol- shows how Bashar Assad, subtly deflated the balloon lows a similar pattern, yet by ignoring change both of US power by manipulat- the gamble it is taking in inside Syria and in the re- ing developments in the supporting Islamists and gion, has sacrificed his Middle East, including ousting dictators is poten- father’s focus on national Iraq, Lebanon, the Pales- tially dangerous: not only is security in favour of a pol- tinian–Israeli conflict, and it at risk from ‘blowback’ in icy of regime survival and the Syrian revolution. This dealing with such actors, offers a candid analysis of book charts the remark- but a lack of transparency the successes and short- able conversion in Russian means that clichés and as- comings of Syrian foreign Middle East policy that de- sumptions threaten to de- policy in recent years. veloped after the turning rail ‘brand Qatar’. point in 2005, which mir- rored Putin’s turn to unbri- dled authoritarianism.

January 2014 • 356pp October 2013 • 244pp November 2013 • 288pp Hardback Hardback Hardback 9781849043250 • £30.00 9781849042864 • £30.00 9781849042598 • £45.00

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Iran in Confronting Iran The Islamic World World Politics The Failure of American in the New Century The Question of the Foreign Policy and the The Organization of the Islamic Republic Roots of Mistrust Islamic Conference Arshin Adib-Moghaddam Ali M. Ansari Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu

Why is Iran continuously Iran’s ongoing nuclear The Organization of the in the news? How has the programme has provoked Islamic Conference (OIC) Islamic Republic devel- a major crisis in its rela- is the Muslim world’s inter- oped ideologically since tions with the US and governmental body — the the 1979 revolution? What other Western powers. largest such organisa- are the best ways of com- Ali M. Ansari argues that tion outside of the United prehending the country the crisis is a symptom of Nations system and is at this critical juncture in broader, long-term fissures based in Jeddah, Saudi its history? In exposing in US-Iranian relations. In Arabia. In 2005, OIC coun- the limitations of main- Confronting Iran he seeks tries elected Ekmeleddin stream representations of to disentangle the myths Ihsanoglu of Turkey with a the country and the wider that are at the bottom of mandate to transform the Muslim world, Iran in World this gulf in understand- forty-year-old organisation. Politics makes a powerful ing which is compounded This book tells the OIC case for ‘critical Iranian by the nature of the two story; how and why it was studies’, for a new system states, their foreign policy formed; its achievements, of thought that pluralises establishments and the successes and failures; both the way we see Iran, fraught history of their rela- and why modernisation is and the international poli- tions since the 1979 revo- needed. tics enveloping the coun- lution. This account of a try. potential flashpoint in relations between the Muslim world and the West could not be more timely.

2008 • 228pp 2006 • 288pp 2010 • 288pp Paperback Hardback Hardback 9781850659037 • £18.99 9781850658092 • £16.95 9781849040631 • £45.00

45 After the Sheikhs

The Coming Collapse of

ARAB SPRING the Gulf Monarchies Christopher M. Davidson

The collapse of the kings, emirs and sultans of the Persian Gulf monarchies is going to happen and was always going to.

2012 • £29.99

‘An unsentimental story of hard-nosed The Gulf monarchies have long been gov- political calculation, conspicuous erned by highly autocratic and seemingly consumption, opaque budgets and anachronistic regimes. Yet despite bloody sovereign wealth funds ... an impor- conflicts on their doorsteps, fast-growing tant account of prospects for the Gulf populations, and powerful modernising and region.’ — The Guardian globalising forces, they have demonstrated remarkable resilience. The obituaries of the ‘What is the secret of the Gulf mon- traditional monarchies have frequently been archies’ survival? There are numer- penned, but even now these absolutist, al- ous reasons. The support of Western most medieval, entities still appear to pose the powers, oil wealth and an effective same conundrum as before. In the wake of secret police are among them. But the 2011 ‘Arab Spring’, the apparently stead- in this exceptionally argued book, fast Gulf monarchies have, at first glance, re- Edited by Mehran Kamrava Christopher Davidson concentrates on affirmed their status as the Middle East’s only the prime reason: the Gulf monarchies real bastions of stability. enjoy considerable legitimacy from In this book, noted Gulf expert Christopher their populations.’ — Ziauddin Sardar, Davidson contends that the collapse of these The Independent kings, emirs, and sultans is going to happen, and was always going to. While the revolutionary movements in North Africa, Syria, and Yemen will undeniably serve as important, if indirect, catalysts for the coming upheaval, Christopher Davidson is reader in many of the pressures that were building in Middle East politics at the School of the Arab republics are now also very much Government and International Affairs, present in the Gulf monarchies. It is no longer Durham University and author of sev- a matter of if but when these steadfast allies of eral books on the gulf including Dubai the West fall. This is a bold claim to make but and Abu Dhabi, all published by Hurst. Davidson, who accurately forecast the economic turmoil that afflicted Dubai in 2009, has 2012 • 304pp an enviable record in diagnosing social and Hardback • 9781849041898 • £29.99 political changes afoot in the region.

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Why Occupy a Square? People, Protests and Movements in the Egyptian Revolution Jeroen Gunning & Ilan Zvi Baron

On 25 January 2011, tens of thousands of Egyptians came out onto the streets to protest against emergency rule and police brutality. Eighteen days later, Mubarak, one of the longest sitting dictators in the region, had gone. How are we to make sense of these events? Was this a revolution, a revolutionary moment? How did the protests come about? How were they able to outmanoeu- vre the police? Was this really a ‘leaderless revolution’, as so many pundits claimed, or were the protests an out- growth of the protest networks that had developed over the past decade? Why did so many people with no his- December 2013 • 256pp tory of activism participate? What role did economic and systemic crises play in creating the conditions for these Paperback • 9781849042659 protests to occur? Why Occupy a Square? is a dynamic £20.00 exploration of the shape and timing of these extraordi- nary events, the players behind them, and the tactics and protest frames they developed.

Beyond the Arab Spring The Evolving Ruling Bargain in the Middle East Edited by Mehran Kamrava

Across the Arab world and the Middle East, ‘authority’ and ‘political legitimacy’ are in flux. Where power will ultimately reside depends largely on the shape, vorac- ity, and staying power of these new, emerging concep- tions of authority. The contributors to this book examine the nature and evolution of ruling bargains, the political systems to which they gave rise, the steady unravelling of the old systems and the structural consequences thereof, and the uprisings that have engulfed much of the Middle East since December 2010. January 2014 • 288pp Paperback • 9781849043472 £20.00

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The Libyan Revolution The Arab Revolt in Syria and its Aftermath Revolution Ten Lessons from the Eye-Witness to the Democratic Uprising Uprising Edited by Peter Cole & Brian McQuinn Jean-Pierre Filiu Stephen Starr

This book offers a novel, ‘... a bold and timely por- ‘This searching inquiry is incisive and wide-ranging trait of the complexities of painful reading, but urgent account of Libya’s ‘17 the Arab world. ... History for those who hope to un- February Revolution’ by is rapidly unfolding and derstand what lies behind tracing how critical towns, Filiu’s bold attempt to cap- the shocking events in communities and political ture the moment makes Syria, what the prospects groups helped to shape its for a stimulating read.’ might be, and what outsid- course. — Daily Telegraph ers can — and cannot — The Libyan Revolution do to mitigate the immense and its Aftermath brings to- ‘Filiu has distilled a great suffering as a country so gether leading journalists, deal of knowledge and rich in history and promise academics, and special- well-written analysis into careens towards disaster.’ ists, each with extensive this first take on the — Noam Chomsky field experience amidst the new Arab awakening.’ constituencies they depict, — Financial Times ‘Vivid, thought-provoking drawing on interviews with and sometimes shock- fighters, politicians and ‘Filiu’s timely, concise and ing … has great value … civil society leaders who authoritative book makes Starr captures the pain of have contributed their own the complexities of the a deeply torn society in the account of events to this rapid political changes throes of a bitter struggle.’ volume. sweeping the region com- — The Economist prehensible, even for the most casual observer.’ — The National

February 2014 • 320pp 2011 • 160pp 2012 • 176pp Hardback Paperback Paperback 9781849043090 • £30.00 9781849041591 • £12.99 9781849041973 • £14.99

48 ISLAMIC STUDIES Qatar and the Arab Spring

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

An account of how Qatar has punched above its weight in international affairs by dint of its enormous wealth and ambitions in the Middle East, and how this has condi- tioned its response to the Arab Spring.

March 2014 £35.00

Qatar and the Arab Spring offers a frank examination of Qatar’s startling rise to regional and international prominence, describing how its distinctive policy stance toward the Arab Spring emerged. In only a decade, Qatari policy-makers — led by the Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and his prime minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani — catapulted Qatar from a sleepy backwater to a regional power with truly international reach. In addition to pursuing an aggressive state-branding strategy with its successful bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar forged a reputation for diplomatic mediation that combined intensely-personalised engagement with financial backing and favourable media coverage through the Al-Jazeera. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen is a These factors converged in early 2011 with research fellow at the James A. Baker the outbreak of the Arab Spring revolts in North III Institute for Public Policy at Rice Uni- Africa, Syria, and Yemen, which Qatari leaders versity and an Associate Fellow on the saw as an opportunity to seal their regional and Middle East North Africa Programme international influence, rather than as a - chal at Chatham House. He is the author lenge to their authority, and this guided their of Insecure Gulf: The End of Certainty support of the rebellions against the Gaddafi and the Transition to the Post-Oil Era and Assad regimes in Libya and Syria. and The First World War in the Middle From the high watermark of Qatari influence East, both published by Hurst. after the toppling of Gaddafi in 2011, that rapidly gave way to policy overreach in Syria in 2012, Coates Ulrichsen analyses Qatari ambition and March 2014 • 176pp capabilities as the tiny emirate sought to shape Hardback • 9781849044332 • £35.00 the transitions in the Arab world. Politics / Middle East

49 Shi‘ism in South East Asia ‘Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions

SECTARIANISM Edited by Chiara Formichi & Michael Feener

Notions of Shia piety are the principal subject of this fine work of scholarship.

June 2014 £40.00

This is the first work available in any language to extensively document and critically discuss traditions of ‘Alid piety and their modern con- testations in the region. The concept of ‘Alid piety allows for a reframing of our views on the widespread reverence for ‘Ali, Fatima and their progeny that emphasises how such sentiments and associated practices are seen as part of broad traditions shared by many Muslims, which might or might not have their origins in a specifically Shi’a identity. In doing so, it facilitates the movement of academic discussions out from under the shadow of polemical sectarian discourses on ‘Shi’ism’ in Southeast Asia. The chapters include presentations of new material from previously unpublished early manuscript sources from Muslim vernacular Chiara Formichi is Assistant literatures in the Malay, Javanese, Sundanese, Professor in Asian History, Department Acehnese and Bugis languages, as well as of Asian and International Studies, City rich new ethnography from across the region. University of Hong Kong. These studies engage with cultural, intellectual, and performative traditions, as well as the ways Michael Feener is Associate Professor in which ‘Alid piety has been transformed in re- of History at the National University of lation to more strictly sectarian identifications Singapore. since the Iranian revolution in 1979.

June 2014 • 368pp Hardback • 9781849044363 • £40.00 Middle East / Politics

50 SECTARIANISM The Dynamics of Sunni-Shia Relationships Doctrine, Transnationalism, Intellectuals and the Media Edited by Brigitte Maréchal & Sami Zemni

A thorough examination of the political, sociological and ideological processes that are affecting the dynamics within and between the Sunni and Shia worlds.

2013 • £39.99

The growing tensions and occasional clashes ‘Maréchal and Zemni’s collection sets between believers in the two main strands of a new standard by carefully situating Islam have been major concerns. Upheavals contemporary sectarianism in rela- within the Shia sphere of influence had altered tion to the simultaneous push and the relationship: the Iranian revolution of 1979 pull of local and transnational factors. changed the politics of Iranian Shiism, and im- A must-read for anyone seeking to pacted on Shia communities regionally, while understanding Sunni-Shia dynamics in the 2003 Anglo-American invasion of Iraq initi- the wake of the Arab Uprisings.’ ated a new phase of tension in Sunni-Shia re- — Peter Mandaville, George lations. The spectre of a sectarian war in Iraq, Mason University a diplomatic and military offensive against the Lebanese Hezbollah and a potentially nuclear armed Iran (along with Tehran’s support for Hamas) prompted King Abdullah II of Jordan to warn of an emerging ‘Shia crescent’. How- ever, away from such grand geopolitical ges- tures, Sunni-Shia relations are being rearticu- lated through an array of local, regional and Brigitte Maréchal is Professor in the global connections. Socio-Anthropology of Religion, This book presents wide-ranging and up- Catholic University of Leuven. to-date research that sheds light on the political, sociological and ideological processes Sami Zemni is Professor of Political that are affecting the dynamics within, as well and Social Sciences at the Centre for as the relationships between, the Shia and Third World Studies, Ghent University Sunni worlds. Among the themes discussed (Belgium) where he leads the are the ideological and doctrinal evolutions Middle East and North Africa that are taking place, the contextualisation Research Group. of the main protagonists’ political practices, transnational networks, and the role of intellec- 2013 • 320pp tuals, religious scholars and the media in shaping and informing this dynamic relationship. Hardback • 9781849042178 • £39.99

51 52 SECTARIANISM Middle East/Politics Hardback •9781849043991£29.99 June 2014•288pp College London. Politics oftheMiddleEast,King’s Craig LarkinisLecturer inComparative at King’s CollegeLondon. and MediterraneanStudiesprogramme, Studies andDirector ofthe MiddleEast Michael KerrisProfessor ofConflict tions withHizballahamidthecurrent crisis. munity ofJabalMohseninTripoli andstaterela- non withafocusontheembattled ‘Alawicom apparatus. TheanalysisalsoextendstoLeba Ba’ath party, theSyrian stateandthemilitary practice, socialidentities,andrelations tothe Among thethemesaddressed are religious sions are scrutinisedand fresh insightsoffered. the ‘AlawiandSyrianstate,current ten the historic,politicalandsocialdynamicsof upon wide-rangingresearch thatexamines to outspoken critics of the regime. Drawing communities —from loyalist gangs(Shabiha) plex andnuancedreading ofSyria’s ‘Alawi quent devastatingcivilwar. the onsetofSyrianuprisingandsubse claims thathavegainedgreater tractionsince plicity intheexcessesofAssadregime, with thebrushofpoliticalseparatismandcom heresy. More recently theyhavebeentarred animosity, includingaccusationsofreligious Muslim sect—havearoused suspicionand the ‘Alawis—asecretive, resilient andancient Throughout of the Levant the turbulent history June 2014£29.99 minority. historical hinterlandofSyria’s Shia powerful A wide-rangingexplorationoftheculturaland Larkin & Craig Edited byMichael Kerr War, Faith and Politics in the Levant The ‘Alawis of Syria The contributorstothisbookprovide acom------Out of Nowhere The Kurds of Syria in Peace and War Michael M. Gunter

In mid-2012 the Syrian Kurds suddenly emerged as a potential game-changer in the country’s civil war when, in an attempt to consolidate its increasingly desperate position, the Assad government abruptly withdrew its troops from the major Kurdish areas in Syria. The Kurds in Syria had suddenly won autonomy, a situation that has huge implications for neighbouring Turkey and the near independent Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq. These important events and what they portend for the future are scrutinised by the renowned scholar of the Kurds, Michael Gunter. He also analyses the sudden rise of Salih Muslim and his Democratic Union Party (PYD)—which was created by the Kurd- istan Workers’ Party (PKK) and remains affiliated to April 2014 • 176pp it—and the extremely complex and deadly fighting be- Hardback • 9781849044356 tween factions of the Syrian Opposition affiliated with al-Qaeda such as the Jabhat al-Nusra jihadists and the £30.00 PYD, among others.

The Death of the Mehdi Army Insurgency and Civil Society in Occupied Baghdad Nicholas Krohley

The Mehdi Army militia was a towering force in Iraq during the early years of the post-Saddam era. As an aggressive opponent of foreign occupation and one of the principal antagonists in Iraq’s brutal sectarian civil war, the militia was central to the violence that ravaged the country and a pivotal political actor. Drawing from extensive field experience in one of Baghdad’s most volatile militia-held districts, Krohley exposes how, and why, the militia suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed in the midst of the Americans’ ‘Surge’ of forces during 2008. Krohley shows how the Mehdi Army’s demise was ultimately a self-inflicted ‘death’ as opposed to a triumph of its foes. April 2014 • 256pp In so doing, he not only challenges prevailing orthodox- Hardback • 9781849044349 ies of counterinsurgency doctrine and the mythology of £35.00 the Surge, but also offers penetrating insights into the battered state of Iraqi society after decades of dictator- ship, privation and war.

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Sectarian Politics in Sectarianism An Iraq of the Persian Gulf in Iraq Its Regions Antagonistic Visions Cornerstones of a Federal of Unity Democracy? Edited by Edited by Reidar Visser Lawrence G. Potter Fanar Haddad & Gareth Stansfield

Sectarian conflict in the Shortlisted for the The fall of Saddam Hus- Middle East is on the rise. BRISMES 2012 Book Prize sein’s regime may have The contributors to this marked a watershed in book examine sectarian Viewing Iraq from the out- Iraqi history, but for the politics in the Persian Gulf, side is made easier by majority of Iraq’s eighteen including the GCC states, compartmentalising its governorates the most dra- Yemen, Iran and Iraq, and people (at least the Arabs matic challenges may lie consider the origins and among them) into Shi’as ahead. With the formation consequences of sectari- and Sunnis. But can such of federal entities south of anism broadly construed, broad terms, inherently Kurdistan enabled from as it affects ethnic, tribal resistant to accurate quan- 2008, fundamental chang- and religious groups. They tification, description and es to Iraq’s state structure also present a theoretical definition, ever be a useful can be expected over the and comparative frame- reflection of any society? coming decade. The pa- work for understanding Fanar Haddad provides rameters of this open-end- sectarianism, as well as the first comprehensive ed process are poorly un- country-specific chapters examination of sectar- derstood in the West. This based on recent research ian relations and sectarian volume is the first to offer in the area. identities in Iraq. Rather a comprehensive overview than treating the subject by of regionalism as a politi- recourse to broad-based cal force in contemporary categorisation, his analy- Iraq. sis recognises the inherent ambiguity of group identity.

November 2013 • 320pp 2011 • 288pp 2011 • 264pp Paperback Paperback Paperback 9781849043380 • £20.00 9781849041287 • £25.00 9781850658757 • £19.99

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The October 1973 War Politics, Diplomacy, Legacy Edited by Asaf Siniver

The October War of 1973 (also known as the ‘Yom Kippur War’) was a watershed moment in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the modern Middle East more broadly. It marked the beginning of a US- led peace process between Israel and her Arab neighbours; it introduced oil diplomacy as a new means of leverage in international politics; and it affected irre- versibly the development of the European Community and the Palestinian struggle for independence. More- over, the regional order which emerged at the end of the war remained largely unchallenged for nearly four decades, until the recent wave of democratic revolu- tions in the Arab world. The fortieth anniversary of the October War provides a timely opportunity to reassess September 2013 • 320pp the major themes that emerged during the war and in Paperback • 9781849042963 its aftermath, and the contributors to this book provide the first comprehensive account of the domestic and £30.00 international factors which informed the policies of Israel, Egypt, Syria and Jordan, as well as external actors before, during and after the war.

Israel’s Clandestine Diplomacies Edited by Clive Jones & Tore T. Petersen

For over sixty years the state of Israel has proved adept at practising clandestine diplomacy — about which little is known, as one might expect. These hitherto un- disclosed episodes in Israel’s diplomatic history are revealed for the first time by the contributors to this volume, who explore how relations based upon patron- age and personal friendships, as well as ties born from kinship and realpolitik both informed the creation of the state and later defined Israel’s relations with a host of actors, both state and non-state. The authors focus on the extent to which Israel’s clandestine diplomacies have indeed been regarded as purely functional and subordinate to a realist quest for security amid the perceived hostility of a predominantly Muslim-Arab world, 2013 • 320pp or have in fact proved to be manifestations of a wider acceptance — political, social and cultural — of a Hardback • 9781849042338 Jewish sovereign state as an intrinsic part of the Middle £35.00 East.

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A History

Jean-Pierre Filiu ISRAEL-PALESTINE

The story of the struggle to control Gaza, from the mid-19th century to the present.

June 2014 £25.00

Through its millennium–long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed while simulta- neously and paradoxically enduring prolonged

COMPARATIVE POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL neglect. Jean-Pierre Filiu’s book is the first com- STUDIES SERIES, CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT prehensive history of Gaza in any language. (EDITOR) Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai deserts on the one hand and the Mediterranean Translated by John King Sea on the other, Gaza was contested by the Pharaohs, the Persians, the Greeks, the Ro- mans, the Byzantines, the Arabs, the Fatimids, the Mamluks, the Crusaders and the Ottomans. Napoleon had to secure it in 1799 to launch his failed campaign on Palestine. In 1917, the Brit- ish Empire fought for months to conquer Gaza, before establishing its mandate on Palestine. In 1948, 200,000 Palestinians sought refuge in Gaza, a marginal area neither Israel nor Egypt wanted. Palestinian nationalism grew there, Jean-Pierre Filiu is Professor of and Gaza has since found itself at the heart of Middle East Studies at Sciences Po in Palestinian history. It is in Gaza that the fedayeen Paris, and has held visiting professor- movement arose from the ruins of Arab national- ships at both Columbia University and ism. It is in Gaza that the 1967 Israeli occupation Georgetown University. His latest book was repeatedly challenged, until the outbreak of The Arab Revolution: Ten Lessons from the 1987 intifada. And it is in Gaza, in 2007, that the Democratic Uprising was the dream of Palestinian statehood appeared to published by Hurst in 2011. have been shattered by the split between Fatah and Hamas. The endurance of Gaza and the June 2014 • 384pp Palestinians make the publication of this history both timely and significant. Hardback • 9781849044011 • £25.00 Israel / Palestine

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Israel / Palestine June 2014 • 240pp Departmentof Political Science, Menachem Klein teaches in the Conflict, also published by Hurst. both the Israeli government and the Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and was a University, Bar-Ilan University and a visiting professor at University and a visiting professor Israeli delegation for peace talks with team member of the Geneva Initiative Negotiations in 2003. He has advised Hardback • 9781849044196 • £20.00 Hardback the PLO (2000), was a fellow at Oxford the PLO (2000), was a fellow at Oxford MIT. He is the author of The Shift: Israel- MIT. Palestine from Border Struggle to Ethnic Border Palestine from

- - - June 2014 £20.00 Jaffa and Hebron and Jaffa Menachem Klein Menachem Lives in Common Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, in Jews and Arabs co-existence between Arab and Jews. co-existence between Lives in Common brings together the voices Klein portrays a society in the late Ottoman Challenging the received wisdom, this can- Challenging the received did portrait of three cities reveals a history reveals of did portrait cities of three 150 years. personalities that shaped them over the last stories, of lived experiences and of the major of Jews and Arabs in a mosaic of fascinatingof mosaic a in Arabs and Jews of diaries, biographies and testimonies. and cruelties, as set out in dozens of memoirs,of in dozens out set as cruelties, and including marriages and squabbles, kindnesses hidden private world of Jewish-Arab encounters, occurred in the Mandate era. The unequal pow occurred not on the record butofficial rather on a hitherto places, while Jaffa till 1948 was Palestine’s places, prin while till Jaffa 1948 was Palestine’s and separation graduallyonset of segregation Klein bases his writingscrutinised. Throughout is a mixed city. Jerusalem and Hebron are holy are Hebron and Jerusalem city. mixed a is the and meaningful, before intense, frequent, Jews and Arabs from 1948 onwards are also tury to the present. Each of them was and stilltury Each of them was and to the present. cipal city and main port of entry. wereperiod in which Jewish-Arab interactions violence between and increasing er relations Christian inhabitants, from the nineteenth cen Christian inhabitants, from — and their intermingledand their — andMuslim Jewish, of three cities — Jerusalem, Jaffa, and Hebron cities — Jerusalem, Jaffa, of three intertwined histories, from street level upwards, intertwined street from histories, offers an illuminating alternative theoffers by telling makers, generals or diplomats. Menachem Kleinmakers, generals or diplomats. Menachem conflict see events through the eyes of policy- Most books dealing with the Israeli–Palestinian ISRAEL-PALESTINE

Global Palestine John Collins

Global Palestine offers a unique perspective on one of the world’s most enduring political controversies by exploring a deceptively simple question: what does Palestine mean for the globe? Approaching Palestine in this way enables us to take a fresh look at the world’s politics of violence, resistance, and solidarity from the perspective of what Walter Benjamin called ‘the tradition of the oppressed.’

‘Global Palestine is compellingly and clearly written. The fluidity is wonderful. ... Theoretically sophisticated and very thoughtful.’ — Laleh Khalili, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

2011 • 208pp Paperback • 9781849041812 Hardback • 9781849041829 £15.99 • £35.00

Hamas in Politics Democracy, Religion, Violence Jeroen Gunning

‘An exemplary political primer on the Islamist party’s evolution, structure and thought.’ –– New York Review of Books In January 2006, Hamas, an organisation classified by Western governments as terrorist, was democratically elected to govern the Palestinian territories. The inherent contradictions in this situation have left many analysts at a loss. Hamas uses terror tactics against Israel, yet runs on a law and order ticket in Palestinian elections; it pursues an Islamic state, yet holds internal elections; it campaigns for shar’iah law, yet its leaders are predominantly secular professionals; it calls for the destruction of Israel, yet has 2010 • 310pp reluctantly agreed to honour previous peace agreements. Paperback • 9781849040297 The book explores what Hamas’ political practice says £15.99 about its attitude towards democracy, religion and violence, providing a unique examination of the movement’s internal organisation, how its leaders are selected and how decisions are made.

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RoR y MilleR INGLORIOUS To Be An Arab In Israel DISARRAY LAURENCE LOUËR EuropE, IsraEl and thE palEstInIans sIncE 1967

The Shift To Be an Arab Inglorious Disarray in Israel Israel-Palestine from Border Europe, Israel and the Struggle to Ethnic Conflict Palestinians since 1967

Menachem Klein Laurence Louër Rory Miller

‘This dense little book, ‘Behind the increasing ‘A fine work of scholarship a fact-filled account of shrillness of Jewish-Arab ... the definitive account Israel and the Palestinians relations within Israel lie of the often strained re- since the June 1967 war, deep ambiguities, and it is lationships between the treats not peace-process these which render Louër’s main players.’ –— Sunday politics but actual devel- imaginative and elegantly Business Post opments on the ground. written book so important.’ Inglorious Disarray tells … Klein likens Israeli con- — Times Literary Supplement the story of Europe’s trol of the Palestinians to evolving, albeit stilted and colonialism, with striking This book treats an enig- often frustrating, involve- comparisons to Algeria matic, little known but high- ment in the Israel-Pales- under French rule. He ly important people: Israel’s tine conflict over the last hits another hot button in Arab citizens. As she points half century. In doing so arguing cogently that the out, their political influence it sets out how Europe’s system amounts to apart- appears destined to grow, role has affected its re- heid, but a softer apartheid heightening tension with lationship with Israelis, than prevailed in South those Jewish Israelis who Palestinians and the wider Africa.’ — Foreign Affairs question their right to full citizenship. Arab world, not to mention Europe’s Muslim population, and how it has influenced Europe’s political development in the decades since it became an economic powerhouse.

2010 • 144pp 2006 • 236pp 2011 • 244pp Paperback Hardback Hardback 9781849040853 • £12.95 9781850657989 • £29.50 9781849041164 • £25.00

59 60 INDEX iMuslims Ihsanoglu, Ekmeleddin Huband, Mark Hroub, Khaled Howe, Marvine Holy Ignorance Hizbullah Phenomenon,The Hizb ut-Tahrir ofLibya,A History Hezbollah SteffenHertog, Herring, Eric Hashim, AhmedS. Jan-Peter Hartung, Hardy, Roger Hamas inPolitics Hadid, Foulath Haddad, Fanar Gunter, MichaelM. Gunning, Jeroen Change, The Gulf Monarchies andClimate Green, Nile Graf, Bettina Globalized Islam Global Salafism Global Palestine Global Mufti Gilham, Jamie Gest, Justin Gaza For HumanityorfortheUmma? From EmpathytoDenial Franzén, Johan Chiara Formichi, Food SecurityintheMiddleEast East, The First World War intheMiddle Filiu, Jean-Pierre Feener, Michael Etherington, Mark Emirati Women ships, The Dynamics ofSunni-ShiaRelation- Dubai Dorsey, JamesM. Dodge, Toby Devji, Faisal Deol, Jeevan Demystifying theCaliphate Death oftheMehdiArmy, The Davidson, ChristopherM. Critical Muslim Craze, Joshua Cosmopolitans andHeretics Contextualising JihadiThought Confronting Iran Collins, John Cole, Peter Coates Ulrichsen,Kristian Carr, Matthew John Calvert, Business PoliticsintheMiddleEast R. Bunt, Gary Bristol-Rhys, Jane Bowen, Innes Boubekeur, Amel Borders ofIslam,The Bonnefoy, Laurent Blood andFaith Beyond theArabSpring Bakker, Edwin Babar, Zahra Ashes ofHama Arsan, Andrew Architect ofGlobalJihad Arab Revolution,The Apart Among theRuins Ansari, AliM. An IraqofitsRegions Alshaer, Atef Alkhateeb, Firas Al-Rasheed, Madawi Al-Andalus Rediscovered After theSheikhs Advice fortheSultan Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin Abu Dhabi Paul Aarts, Alawis ofSyria,The 38, 39,46 1, 38,49 26, 27 18, 40 14, 32 24, 42 47, 58 48, 56 34, 37 8, 45 24 53 19 28 34 45 58 48 28 43 19 16 20 36 21 35 47 33 33 29 48 20 45 54 21 46 39 42 52 19 45 19 17 21 13 32 31 32 43 10 10 29 36 58 54 53 41 29 13 35 58 29 20 56 22 12 50 18 50 10 16 51 39 15 34 5 5 7 4 2 8 6 9 3 5 9 1 9 Revolt inSyria Religious Broadcasting intheMiddleEast Red StarOverIraq Recalling theCaliphate Reading theQur’an Rangwala, Glen Rabi, Uzi Qatar andtheArabSpring Qatar Putin’s NewOrder intheMiddleEast Monarchies Power andPoliticsinthePersianGulf Potter, Lawrence G. Politics ofChaosintheMiddleEast Politics andSocietyinSaudiArabia Politics andPowerintheMaghreb Political LiberalizationinthePersianGulf Political IslamObserved Political EconomyofthePersianGulf Policing andPrisonsintheMiddleEast ArabWorld andPoliticsintheModern Poetry Petersen, Tore T. Persian GulfandPacificAsia,The Pankhurst, Reza Out ofNowhere Oman October 1973War, The Nuclear QuestionintheMiddleEast,The Nonneman, Gerd Nizameddin, Talal Nesser, Petter Muslim Revolt,The Muslim Brotherhood inEurope, The Mirgani, Suzi Miller, Rory Migrant LabourinthePersianGulf Middle EastDrugsBazaar oftheClashCivilisations Metahistory Mesøy, Atle Meijer, Roel NajafinBrentMedina inBirmingham, McQuinn, Brian Matar, Dina Luis Martinez, Maréchal, Brigitte Maghreb Since1800,The Luomi, Mari Luciani, Giacomo Loyal Enemies Louër, Laurence Lost IslamicHistory Lives inCommon Litvak, Meir The Libyan RevolutionanditsAftermath, Lia, Brynjar Levitt, Matthew Lefèvre, Raphaël Lebanon Larkin, Craig Landscapes ofJihad Lahoud, Nelly Krohley, Nicholas Klein, Menachem Knudsen, Are Kingdom WithoutBorders Kingdom, The Khatib, Lina Khalili, Laleh Kersten, Carool Kerr, Michael Kazmi, Zaheer Karadas, Tuncay Kamrava, Mehran Juul Petersen,Marie Jones, Clive Jihadis’ PathtoSelf-Destruction,The Jarle Hansen,Stig Israel’s ClandestineDiplomacies Ismailis intheColonialEra,The Islamist Terrorism inEurope Islamic World intheNewCentury, The Islam inIndonesia Iraq inFragments Iraq’s DemocraticMoment Iran inWorld Politics Inventing Iraq Interlopers ofEmpire Insurgency andCounter-Insurgency inIraq Insecure Gulf Inglorious Disarray Inevitable Caliphate?,The 23, 24,28 40, 41,47 24, 31 33, 35 37, 59 57, 59 7, 52 48 17 25 25 10 18 49 44 44 38 54 37 11 43 35 41 17 14 55 39 53 16 55 40 42 44 30 36 33 18 59 40 15 21 20 48 32 43 51 41 43 57 12 48 29 32 33 52 34 34 53 42 19 32 17 34 21 22 55 34 21 55 12 30 45 23 10 45 10 38 59 24 9 6 8 6 5 2 7 7 9 9 7 Zvi Baron, Ilan Zemni, Sami Yizraeli, Sarah Yavari, Neguin Yassin-Kassab, Robin Wright, John Wisdom ofSyria’s Waiting Game,The Willis, Michael Willis, JohnM. Why OccupyaSquare? Whatever HappenedtotheIslamists? Webman, Esther Visser, Reidar Volpi, Frédéric Violence ofPetro-Dollar Regimes,The Vikør, KnutS. Vakil, AbdoolKarim Van Grondelle, Mark Valeri, Marc andSouth Unmaking North Turbulent World ofMiddleEastSoccer, The Tribes andStatesinaChangingMiddleEast Transnational ShiaPolitics To BeanArabinIsrael Thinking Through Islamophobia Terrorist inSearch ofHumanity, The Terrains ofExchange Teitelbaum, Joshua System ofLife,A Starr, Stephen Stansfield, Gareth Skovgaard-Petersen, Jakob Siniver, Asaf Shterin, Marat Shift, The Shi’ism inSouthEastAsia Sectarianism inIraq Sectarian PoliticsinthePersianGulf Schwedler, Jillian Scheller, Bente Islamism Sayyid QutbandtheOriginsofRadical Sayyid, S. Saudi ArabiaintheBalance Sardar, Ziauddin Salafism in Yemen Sahner, Christian Roy, Olivier Robins, Philip DavidB. Roberts, Revolt ontheTigris 13, 36,37 16, 43 21, 25 25, 26 47 51 11 26 44 11 47 36 12 54 35 43 21 12 11 15 18 37 59 21 37 43 29 48 54 29 55 24 59 50 54 54 17 44 28 42 35 15 44 10 8 6 6 6 3 4 HOW TO ORDER HURST BOOKS Individuals: Please visit our website www.hurstpublishers.com

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