Middle East Research and Information Project: Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Spring 2007

Events since the 2003 invasion of Iraq have brought considerable attention to Shiite populations in various Arab countries. Middle East Report 242 looks at their position in Iraq, Lebanon and the Gulf.

MER 242

Table of Contents
From the Editor (Spring 2007)
The Editors

Articles
The Muslim World Is Not Flat
Arang Keshavarzian
Signs of a New Arab Cold War
Andre Bank, Morten Valbjorn
Deconstructing Hizballah and Its Suburb
Mona Harb
Louder Than Bombs
Lara Deeb
The Lebanese Impasse
Elias Khoury, Fawwaz Traboulsi
Basra, the Reluctant Seat of “Shiastan”
Reidar Visser
Saudi Arabia’s Not So New Anti-Shi`ism
Toby Jones
The Battle Over Family Law in Bahrain
Sandy Russell Jones

Special Reports
Comrades and Brothers
Hossam El-Hamalawy

Reviews
Thinner Than Air
Robert Vitalis

Editor’s Picks (Spring 2007)
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