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Minorities and the State in the Arab World

Ofra Bengio and Gabriel Ben-Dor (eds.)

Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.

1999

Bibliographic Data

Book Summary and Reviews

 

Preface

1. Minorities in the Middle East: Theory and Practice
   Gabriel Ben-Dor

Part 1      Arab Africa

2. The Berber Question in Algeria: Nationalism in the Making?
   Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

3. Egypt’s Coptic Pandora’s Box
   Ami Ayalon

4. Religion and Conflict in Sudan: A Non-Muslim Minority in a Muslim State
   Yehudit Ronen

Part 2      The Levant

5. The Palestinians in Jordan: Demographic Majority, Political Minority
   Asher Susser

6. From Hegemony to Marginalism: The Maronites of Lebanon
   Meir Zamir

7. The ‘Alawis, Lords of Syria: From Ethnic Minority to Ruling Sect
   Eyal Zisser

Part 3      The Gulf

8. Nation Building in Multiethnic Societies: The Case of Iraq
   Ofra Bengio

9. The Shi‘is in Bahrain: Class and Religious Protest
   Uzi Rabi and Joseph Kostiner

Part 4      Conclusion

10. The State and Minorities Toward the Twenty-first Century: An Overview
    Gabriel Ben-Dor and Ofra Bengio

Selected Bibliography

The Contributors

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