Vol. 2 No. 004 (2019): Issue 004

Cover of العدد 4, Almuntaqa

Issue 4 of Almuntaqa (2019) includes the following studies and articles: “On the Precedence of Understanding Over Method” (Azmi Bishara); “The New Arab Urban: Test Beds, Work-arounds, and the Limits of Enacted Cities” (Harvey Molotch, Davide Ponzini); “Iraqi Shi'is and the Pressure of Religious Identity: An Attempt to Determine the Meaning of Shi'i Identity” (Haider Saeed); “The Historian and Quantitative Approaches: Demographic Studies of Islamic Cities” (Tariq Madani); “The Kurdish Movement in the Arab World: The Syrian Kurds as a Case Study” (Mohannad Al-Kati); “An Arab Assessment of Iranian Foreign Policy” (Dana El Kurd); “Review: History of Minorities in the Far Maghreb: The Case of Christians during the Middle Ages” (Rabhi Radwan); “Reviewed Work: The Virtual and the Revolution: The Place of the Internet in the Emergence of an Arab Civil Society by Jawhar al-Jamusi” (Nadim Mansouri).

Published: 2019-01-01

المقالات

  • On the Precedence of Understanding Over Method

    Author: Azmi Bishara (Author)
    89-105

    This is the complete text of an address delivered in an abbreviated form as the keynote opening the Social Sciences and Humanities Conference on Research Methodologies, held at the Arab Center...

  • The New Arab Urban: Test Beds, Work-arounds, and the Limits of Enacted Cities

    Author: Harvey Molotch, Davide Ponzini (Author)
    9-23

    Cities of the Arabian Peninsula have been depicted stereotypically as exceptional and futuristic: the world's tallest building in Dubai; Saudi Arabia's hyper cities being built from scratch;...

  • Iraqi Shi'is and the Pressure of Religious Identity: An Attempt to Determine the Meaning of Shi'i Identity

    Author: Haider Saeed (Author)
    62-80

    The concept of a “Shi’i identity” seems like a given that many take for granted; Shi’i s are one of the two major sects of the modern Islamic era, and much of the literature defines Islam as a...

  • The Historian and Quantitative Approaches: Demographic Studies of Islamic Cities

    Author: Tariq Madani (Author)
    24-44

    This study introduces the stages of the development of quantitative history through its main scholars and schools, then presents some statistical innovations and methods to estimate the...

  • The Kurdish Movement in the Arab World: The Syrian Kurds as a Case Study

    Author: Mohannad Al-Kati (Author)
    45-66

    This study examines Kurdish discourse within the Arab World through the lens of the discourse of the Kurdish movement in Syria. This group was selected due to its organic relationship with the...

Arab Opinion Index Analysis

  • An Arab Assessment of Iranian Foreign Policy

    Author: Dana El Kurd (Author)
    82-87

    The Arab Opinion Index data provides a look at a number of important issues, including assessments of foreign policy. Every year, the Index asks respondents across the Arab world their opinions...

Book Reviews

  • Review: History of Minorities in the Far Maghreb: The Case of Christians during the Middle Ages

    Author: Rabhi Radwan (Author)
    106-111

    Book Title: The Modern Structure of Iraq: The Intellectual and Political Influence 1869-1914 Author: El Hasan Laghraib Place of publication: Rabat Date of publication: 2015 Publisher: Maṭābiʿ...

  • Reviewed Work: The Virtual and the Revolution: The Place of the Internet in the Emergence of an Arab Civil Society by Jawhar al-Jamusi

    Author: Nadim Mansouri (Author)
    112-116

    Author: Jawhar al-Jamusi Place of publication: Beirut, Lebanon Date of publication: 2016 Publisher: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies No. of pages: 224 The term “civil society” has...