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Viewpoints Special Edition: The State of the Arts in the Middle East

 

Art unlocks the imagination, compels us to think, and reveals and emphasizes non-negotiable as well as inconvenient truths. The Middle East and North Africa are bursting with artistic production in literature and the visual and performing arts. The 17 short essays comprising this volume are intended as a sampling of the rich and diverse menu of artists and artistic products in the contemporary Middle East.


Viewpoints Special Edition: The Legacy of Camp David, 1979-2009

This edition’s collection of 21 original essays explores the road to the Egyptian-Israeli peace accord and offers various perspectives on the fruits and limitations of this agreement as well as the role of the United States in fostering peace and cooperation between Egypt and Israel. This special edition of MEI's prestigious web-based Viewpoints series also includes primary documents, maps, a chronology, negotiators’ biographies, photos, and a selected bibliography.

Viewpoints Special Edition: The State of the Arts in the Middle East

 

Art unlocks the imagination, compels us to think, and reveals and emphasizes non-negotiable as well as inconvenient truths. The Middle East and North Africa are bursting with artistic production in literature and the visual and performing arts. The 17 short essays comprising this volume are intended as a sampling of the rich and diverse menu of artists and artistic products in the contemporary Middle East.


Viewpoints Special Edition: The Legacy of Camp David, 1979-2009

This edition’s collection of 21 original essays explores the road to the Egyptian-Israeli peace accord and offers various perspectives on the fruits and limitations of this agreement as well as the role of the United States in fostering peace and cooperation between Egypt and Israel. This special edition of MEI's prestigious web-based Viewpoints series also includes primary documents, maps, a chronology, negotiators’ biographies, photos, and a selected bibliography.

 
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Trajectories of Change in Omani Poetry

Mara Revkin

 

Driving down a thoroughfare studded with beauty parlors and cell phone stores, it’s hard to believe that less than 40 years ago... 

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Beneath the Surface in Matmata

Elizabeth Perego


When you are standing in a ten-foot-deep hole in a mountainside, you would not expect to be served a cup of tea rivaling any from a fancy coffee shop. Nor would you imagine finding yourself face to face with a television broadcasting hundreds of channels in every major world language.




Sa'ed: Childhood in Nablus

Chelsey Berlin


Sa’ed has contended with more trauma than most of us face in a lifetime, let alone in our first six years. Daily, he lives with fear and witnesses death.



From Khartoum to Meroe

Andrew Watkins


The drive from Khartoum passes over one of the country’s main east-west roads. Shipping from Port Sudan on the Red Sea moves west over these roads in huge trucking convoys towards the country’s political and economic center.



Shopping for Head Scarves, Jordanian Style

Liana Paris


Curiosity about female attire, especially the hijab (head scarf), and women’s rights in the Arab world were the subject of frequent questions before, during, and after my scholarship year.



 
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The Middle East Journal The Middle East Journal, founded in 1947, is the oldest peer-reviewed scholarly journal of its kind, blending the best academic research with crucial policy analysis. Contributors have included most of the major names in both the scholarly and policy communities.

Viewpoints Viewpoints are a moderated dialogue between experts expressing opposing or differing opinions on a topic of contemporary relevance.

Policy Briefs Policy Briefs are analytical writings from MEI scholars and other leading analysts on a broad range of issues beyond current events.

The Middle East Journal The Middle East Journal, founded in 1947, is the oldest peer-reviewed scholarly journal of its kind, blending the best academic research with crucial policy analysis. Contributors have included most of the major names in both the scholarly and policy communities.

Viewpoints Viewpoints are a moderated dialogue between experts expressing opposing or differing opinions on a topic of contemporary relevance.

Policy Briefs Policy Briefs are analytical writings from MEI scholars and other leading analysts on a broad range of issues beyond current events.

 
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