Vol. 7 No. 016 (2024): Issue 016

Cover of العدد 16, Almuntaqa

Issue 16 of Almuntaqa (2024) includes the following studies and articles: “Editor's Note”; “Between Empires and Nation: Memories of the Great War and Iraqi National Identity” (Dina Khoury); “An Unstable Transitional Period: Transformations of the Hybrid Coalition in Sudan” (Hassan Elhag Ali Ahmad); “Iraq’s Judiciary: Problems of Unrestricted Independence” (Firas Mekkiya); “Struggling to Fit: The Case of Saudi-Born Millennial Returnees of Palestinian Origin to Jordan” (Abdallah S. Abolouz); “Colonial Paternalism under Israeli Military Rule (1967-1977): “Social Welfare” as a Tool of Control” (Ashraf Othman Bader, Asem Khalil); “Israel’s War on Gaza: Views from Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon” (Yara Nassar); “New Women’s Migrations in Africa: Determinants and Dynamics” (Yassine Haggan).

Published: 2024-01-01

المقالات

  • Between Empires and Nation: Memories of the Great War and Iraqi National Identity

    Author: Dina Khoury (Author)
    7-26

    This article discusses the relationship of World War I (WWI) memory to Iraqi national identity. It argues that from the establishment of the monarchy until the fall of the Hashemite dynasty in...

  • An Unstable Transitional Period: Transformations of the Hybrid Coalition in Sudan

    Author: Hassan Elhag Ali Ahmad (Author)
    27-44

    This study analyses the transitional period in Sudan after the December 2018 uprising, focusing on shifts within the hybrid coalition that was formed to oversee the transitional period. This...

  • Iraq’s Judiciary: Problems of Unrestricted Independence

    Author: Firas Mekkiya (Author)
    45-65

    This paper provides a historical assessment of the Iraqi judiciary's independence since 1921, focusing on the deviations and challenges that have been encountered since Iraq’s 2003 democratic...

  • Struggling to Fit: The Case of Saudi-Born Millennial Returnees of Palestinian Origin to Jordan

    Author: Abdallah S. Abolouz (Author)
    66-89

    This paper examines the ramifications of the Expat Dependent Levy Taxes (EDLT), implemented by the Saudi government in July 2017, on the Palestinian community in Saudi Arabia. It focuses on...

  • Colonial Paternalism under Israeli Military Rule (1967-1977): “Social Welfare” as a Tool of Control

    Author: Ashraf Othman Bader, Asem Khalil (Author)
    90-109

    This study examines the system of colonial paternalism that Israel imposed during the first decade of its post-1967 military rule over the Occupied Palestinian Territories. It interrogates the...

Editorial Note

  • Editor's Note

    5-5

    Iraqi National Identity, Hybrid Coalition in Sudan, Iraqi Judiciary, Palestinians in Saudi Arabia, and Israeli Colonial Paternalism, Topics for Issue 16 of Al-Muntaqa.

Arab Opinion Index Analysis

  • Israel’s War on Gaza: Views from Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon

    Author: Yara Nassar (Author)
    111-123

    Following Hamas’ surprise attack on 7 October 2023, the initial celebratory mood among the Arab public turned into one of despair and anger as Israel declared war and its subsequent ground...

Book Reviews

  • New Women’s Migrations in Africa: Determinants and Dynamics

    Author: Yassine Haggan (Author)
    125-128

    Rachid Benbih, New Women’s Migrations in Africa: Determinants and Dynamics (Doha/ Beirut: ACRPS, 2021), pp. 440