Vol. 6 No. 014 (2023): Issue 014

Cover of العدد 14, Almuntaqa

Issue 14 of Almuntaqa (2023) includes the following studies and articles: “Editor's Note”; “Political Culture and Democratic Transition: A Reassessment” (Azmi Bishara); “From Modernization to Communalism: The Remaking of Iraqi Politics and the Hollowing-Out of the State since 2003” (Harith Hasan); “The Political Culture of Young Nubians in Egypt: The Return Movement” (Ahmed Abdelmawgoud Elshenawy); “The Evolution and Impact of the Sports Boycott of Israel” (Ihab Maharmeh); “Frankincense’s Ritual Uses in Oman: An Anthropological Study” (Hajer Harrathi); “Public Opinion Trends in Tunisia 2022” (Wajd Beshara); “On the Meaning of Land: Reclaiming the Palestinian Selfhood” (Ahmed Idrees); “Issues of Methodology in Political Science, History, Law, and Demography” (Ahmed Qasem Hussein).

Published: 2023-05-01
Issue totals: 330 views 590 downloads

المقالات

  • Political Culture and Democratic Transition: A Reassessment

    32 views 74 downloads
    Author: Azmi Bishara
    8-29

    This paper explores the concept of political culture and its origins, establishing four main theses. First, the nature of a country's system of government cannot be concluded from its political...

  • From Modernization to Communalism: The Remaking of Iraqi Politics and the Hollowing-Out of the State since 2003

    43 views 60 downloads
    Author: Harith Hasan
    30-47

    This paper argues that the conceptual basis of the political community in Iraq has shifted since the US-led invasion of 2003, and a political ideology has emerged to underpin the formation of...

  • The Political Culture of Young Nubians in Egypt: The Return Movement

    39 views 60 downloads
    Author: Ahmed Abdelmawgoud Elshenawy
    48-67

    This article examines the role of Nubian political culture in galvanizing public action around a return to “Old Nubia”. It explores the achievements of Nubian Return Movement, and whether taking...

  • The Evolution and Impact of the Sports Boycott of Israel

    32 views 76 downloads
    Author: Ihab Maharmeh
    68-85

    This study examines the origins and evolution of the sports boycott of Israel at major international athletic events in the last decade (2010s) and the impact of boycott on the Israeli apartheid...

  • Frankincense’s Ritual Uses in Oman: An Anthropological Study

    39 views 82 downloads
    Author: Hajer Harrathi
    86-105

    This study investigates a set of inherited practices which have persisted in the Sultanate of Oman despite social and cultural changes in Omani society. More specifically, the study focuses on...

Editorial Note

  • Editor's Note

    40 views 66 downloads
    5-6

    Political Culture, Communalism and the Iraqi State, Nubian Return Movement, Sports Boycott of Israel, and Frankincense in Oman, Topics for Issue 14 of Al-Muntaqa.

Arab Opinion Index Analysis

  • Public Opinion Trends in Tunisia 2022

    42 views 55 downloads
    Author: Wajd Beshara
    107-118

    This report explores public opinion towards the economic and political situation in Tunisia, drawing on data provided by the latest Arab Opinion Index conducted in the summer of 2022. It...

Book Reviews

  • On the Meaning of Land: Reclaiming the Palestinian Selfhood

    29 views 59 downloads
    Author: Ahmed Idrees
    120-125

    BILAL AWA D SALAMEH, On the Meaning of Land: Reclaiming the Palestinian Selfhood (Doha/Beirut ACRPS, 2021), pp. 207.

  • Issues of Methodology in Political Science, History, Law, and Demography

    34 views 58 downloads
    Author: Ahmed Qasem Hussein
    126-130

    MORAD DIANI (ed.), Issues of Methodology in Political Science, History, Law, and Demography (Doha/Beirut: ACRPS, 2022), pp. 504