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MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION BULLETIN Volume 23 • No. 2 December 1989

Assistant Editor: THEODORA S. MACKAY Reviews Committee Anthropology & Sociology: MICHAEL E. BONINE Modern History & Political Science: PHILIP S. KHOURY & MARY C. WILSON North African Studies: Lis A ANDERSON Language & Literature: FEDWA MALTI-DOUGLAS Religion & Philosophy: JOHN L. ESPOSITO Other: JERE L. BACHARACH Audiovisual Materials: ELLEN-FAIRBANKS D. BODMAN Records: HlROMI L. SAKATA Art & Exhibitions: IRENE A. BlERMAN

COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE EDITOR should be addressed to JERE L. BACHARACH, Department of History, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195. NOTES, REVIEWS, and LETTERS may be sent text-only by electronic mail (with a printed copy to the appropriate editor). We encourage this practice, in order to help ensure accuracy and reduce input time. mesabull@blake. acs. Washington, edu BOOKS AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS FOR REVIEW are to be sent to the Middle East Studies Association, Headquarters and Secretariat, Department of Oriental Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, (602) 621-5850. Books received are listed in the MESA Newsletter. THE MESA BULLETIN is a biannual publication of the Middle East Stud ies Association of North America, Inc., issued in July and December. Views expressed in the Bulletin are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Association.

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DANIEL MARTIN VARISCO, The Arab Gulf States Folklore Centre: A Resource for the Study of Folklore and Traditional Culture 157 EUGENE L. ROGAN, Archival Resources and Research Institutions in Jordan 169 KEMAL H. KARPAT, An Update on Turkish Archives 181 NOTES & TOPICS PRISCILLA H. ROBERTS, The Tangier American Legation Museum Society and the Tangier American Legation Museum 189 The Bruno Kreisky Archive 191 Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies 192 Center for Turkish Music 192 Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche Ottomanes, Morisques, de Documen tation et d'Information (CEROMDI) 193 The International Boundaries Research Unit 194 BOOK REVIEWS Anthropology and Sociology LiLA ABU-LUGHOD, Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society (Sabra Webber) 195 WILLIAM 0. BEEMAN, Language, Status, and Power in Iran (Gemot L. Windfuhr) 196 ROBERT B. CUNNINGHAM, The Bank and the Bureau: Organizational Development in the Middle East (Paul Kingston) 198 DALE F. ElCKELMAN, The Middle East (Stephen E. Tabachnick) 199 RITA GlACAMAN, Life and Health in Three Palestinian Villages (Ylana N. Miller) 200 LISA GlLAD, Ginger and Salt: Yemeni Jewish Women in an Israeli Town (Laurence D. Loeb) 201 SARAH GRAHAM-BROWN, Images of Women: The Portrayal of Women in Photography of the Middle East, 1860-1950 (Nancy Micklewright) 203 YVONNE YAZBECK HADDAD k ADAIR T. LUMMIS, Islamic Values in the United States: A Comparative Study (Ellis Goldberg) 204 MARGARET K. NYDELL, Understanding Arabs (Karin C. Ryding) 205 SAMMY SMOOHA, Arabs and Jews in Israel. Vol. 1, Conflicting and Shared Attitudes in a Divided Society (Donna Robinson Divine) 206

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NEWS OF THE ASSOCIATION: FINANCIAL STATEMENT 282 RECENT CONFERENCES 285 NEWS OF FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS 299 COMMUNICATIONS 311

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SYRIA AND THE FRENCH MANDATE The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945 Philip S. Khoury "... this is an extremely readable book, and in fact one which is often hard to put down, so well written is it, so beautifully produced, and so coherent in its presentation Basing his study on an exhaustive array of sources, from the French, British, and Syrian archives to conversations with virtually every surviving prominent participant in the events described, Philip Khoury has given us what will undoubtedly henceforth be the standard work on the subject." —Rashid I. Khalidi, The Middle East Journal "[Khoury] has produced a formidable piece of scholarship which, as well as analyzing new data on the period, surely cannot fail to stimulate many ideas for future research. The product of years of careful work, this is a book to feast on With the author exercising such an able grasp of his subject, not to mention an obviously deep affection, this work is thoroughly recommended." —Philip Robins, MESA Bulletin Now in Paper: $22.50 ISBN 0-691-00843-4 Not available In the United Kingdom

WORKERS ON THE NILE Nationalism, Communism, Islam, and the Egyptian Working Class, 1882-1954 Joel Belnln and Zachary Lockman "A book that is as likely to be of interest to the growing number of disciples of Marxist labor history pioneered by E. J. Hobsbawm and E. P. Thompson as to students of the history of modern Egypt. The authors are clearly committed to the view that a reexamination of the living conditions and political aspirations of the working class is inseparable from the practice and writing of history. They have written a vigorous and well-documented study of the political and organizational structure of Egyptian trade unionism as an important if not determining aspect of the rise and development of Egyptian nationalism in the first half of the twentieth century." —Choice Princeton Studies on the Near East Now in Paper: $21.95 ISBN 0-691-00845-0 Not available In the United Kingdom

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