Vol. 1 No. 001 (2018): Issue 001

Cover of العدد 1, Almuntaqa

Issue 1 of Almuntaqa (2018) includes the following studies and articles: “The Army and Political Power in the Arab Context: Theoretical Issues” (Azmi Bishara); “The Restructuring of the Yemeni Army” (Adel Al-Shargabi); “The Ottoman Tanzimat and the Constitution” (Wajih Kawtharani); “The Welfare State in Egypt, 1995- 2005: A Comparative Approach” (Ahmed Ezz Eldin Mohamed); “Criminals or Martyrs? Let the Courts Decide!-British Colonial Legacy in Palestine and the Criminalization of Resistance” (Rana Barakat); “Creating a State Capacity Index Using the Arab Opinion Index” (Dana El Kurd); “The Revival of Japan in the Meiji Period from an Arab-Islamic Perspective” (Aziz Al Arabawi); “The Formation of Modern Iraq: Society, Culture and Domestic and Foreign Influence” (Samir Abdul Rasoul al-Obaidy).

Published: 2018-01-01

المقالات

  • The Army and Political Power in the Arab Context: Theoretical Issues

    Author: Azmi Bishara (Author)
    11-37

    This study is concerned with the relationship between the army and politics, not as an ailment specific to Arab societies but as the byproduct of historical development, the nature of the Arab...

  • The Restructuring of the Yemeni Army

    Author: Adel Al-Shargabi (Author)
    38-49

    On March 21, 2011, 40 days after the outbreak of the youth revolution in Yemen, General Ali Muhsin Saleh al-Ahmar, commander of the Northeastern region and the First Armored Division, Brigadier...

  • The Ottoman Tanzimat and the Constitution

    Author: Wajih Kawtharani (Author)
    50-64

    This study is rooted in the various contexts in which the Ottomans adopted the Tanzimat , a series of reforms in the 19th century, which later gave rise to a constitution. These reforms came...

  • The Welfare State in Egypt, 1995- 2005: A Comparative Approach

    Author: Ahmed Ezz Eldin Mohamed (Author)
    65-82

    This article applies the typology of welfare state regimes developed by Esping-Andersen in 1990 to the welfare state in Egypt as an example of developing countries. The study surveys the...

  • Criminals or Martyrs? Let the Courts Decide!-British Colonial Legacy in Palestine and the Criminalization of Resistance

    Author: Rana Barakat (Author)
    83-96

    This article takes an example from the volatile history from the Mandate period in Palestine (1919–1948) to show how the political legacy of the colonization of Palestine has formed the basis,...

Arab Opinion Index Analysis

  • Creating a State Capacity Index Using the Arab Opinion Index

    Author: Dana El Kurd (Author)
    99-104

    State capacity is an ambiguous concept; the literature is often at odds as to what constitutes state capacity, how to operationalize it, and how to measure it. Nevertheless, it is important for...

Book Reviews

  • The Revival of Japan in the Meiji Period from an Arab-Islamic Perspective

    Author: Aziz Al Arabawi (Author)
    106-110

    Book Title: The Restoration of Japan in the Meiji Period from an Arab-Islamic Perspective Author: Ahmed Al-Makkawi Place of publication: Morocco Date of publication: 2013 Publisher: Dar Mafatih...

  • The Formation of Modern Iraq: Society, Culture and Domestic and Foreign Influence

    Author: Samir Abdul Rasoul al-Obaidy (Author)
    111-115

    Book Title: The Modern Structure of Iraq: The Intellectual and Political Influence 1869-1914 Author: Mohamed Jabbar Ibrahim al-Jammal Place of publication: Baghdad Date of publication: 2010...