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Vol. 9 No. 021 (2026): Issue 021
Cover of العدد 21, Almuntaqa

Issue 21 of Almuntaqa (2026) includes the following studies and articles: “Editor's Note”; “Two Perspectives on the “Us” and Postmodern Thought” (Azmi Bishara); “Sudanese Peace Agreements (1972-2020): The Legacy of State Formation and the Challenges of Sustainability” (Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk); “Public Right or Economic Commodity? The Evolution of Water Policy in Jordan and Morocco” (Youssef Dahraji); “The Cost of Israeli Settler-Colonial Occupation on the Palestinian People” (Tareq Sadeq, Mahmoud Elkhafif, Raja Khalidi); “Mapping the Israeli Settlement Project in the West Bank: History and Institutions” (Walid Habbas, Anmar Rafeedie); “Individual Motives and Voter Turnout in the Arab World: What Role Does Perceived Regime Democracy Play?” (Abdelkarim Amengay, Yasmine Lahnin); “The Manufacturing of Belonging: A Study of Land Ownership in the Sahrawi Community” (Mohamed Oubella, Mohamed Salmi); “The Conceptual and Technical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence and Its Evolution: From Computational Models to Machine Learning” (Khatri Elayachi).

Published: 2026-09-01

المقالات

  • Two Perspectives on the “Us” and Postmodern Thought

    Author: Azmi Bishara
    8-37

    This study offers a critical reading of the implications of importing postmodern thought into a non-Western context. It argues that postmodern claims on the relativity of truth, the...

  • Sudanese Peace Agreements (1972-2020): The Legacy of State Formation and the Challenges of Sustainability

    Author: Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk
    38-61

    This study examines Sudanese peace agreements from 1972 to 2020, analysing the roots of conflict between the political centre and peripheral regions. The analysis draws on the concept of the...

  • Public Right or Economic Commodity? The Evolution of Water Policy in Jordan and Morocco

    Author: Youssef Dahraji
    62-82

    This study argues that water management policies in Jordan and Morocco have never been neutral. Rather, since independence, they have functioned as strategic instruments, leveraged to impose...

  • The Cost of Israeli Settler-Colonial Occupation on the Palestinian People

    Authors: Tareq Sadeq, Mahmoud Elkhafif, Raja Khalidi
    83-106

    This study reviews the available literature to estimate the economic cost borne by the Palestinian people as a result of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, covering the period...

  • Mapping the Israeli Settlement Project in the West Bank: History and Institutions

    Authors: Walid Habbas, Anmar Rafeedie
    107-134

    This article examines the various components of the Israeli settlement project in the West Bank, as well as the Israeli agencies and institutions that plan, implement, and support it. It also...

Editorial Note

  • Editor's Note

    5-6

    Critical Studies on postmodern critique, state formation, water governance, settler-colonial economy and space, and voter turnout.

Arab Opinion Index Analysis

  • Individual Motives and Voter Turnout in the Arab World: What Role Does Perceived Regime Democracy Play?

    Authors: Abdelkarim Amengay, Yasmine Lahnin
    136-148

    This paper examines how citizens’ assessments of the level of democracy in their political system shape their likelihood of voting. To address this question, we draw on data from the eighth Arab...

Book Reviews

  • The Manufacturing of Belonging: A Study of Land Ownership in the Sahrawi Community

    Authors: Mohamed Oubella, Mohamed Salmi
    150-153

    Salem Ouakari, The Manufacturing of Belonging: A Study of Land Ownership in the Sahrawi Community (the Ait Oussa Tribes 1600- 1958) (Doha/Beirut : ACRPS, 2023), pp. 488.

  • The Conceptual and Technical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence and Its Evolution: From Computational Models to Machine Learning

    Author: Khatri Elayachi
    154-157

    Ghazza Abderrazzak, The Conceptual and Technical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence and Its Evolution: From Computational Models to Machine Learning (Doha/Beirut: ACRPS, 2024), pp. 448.

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