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:184 views302 downloads

المقالات

  • Political Culture and Democratic Transition: A Reassessment 22 views37 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 21 views32 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 22 views26 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 19 views36 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 19 views46 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 23 views32 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 18 views29 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 18 views33 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 22 views31 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