Vol. 3 No. 011 (2015): Issue 011

غلاف العدد 11 من دورية عمران

Issue 11 of Omran for Social Sciences and Humanities (Winter 2015) includes the following studies and articles: “The Question of Sectarianism and the Manufacturing of Minorities in the Greater Arab Levant” (Azmi Bishara); “Sectarianism Has a History: On the Formation of Sects and Political Units” (Ahmad Beydoun); “The Neo-Patrimonialist State in the Arab Levant: On the Logic of Group Solidarity and the Reproduction of Sectarianism” (Ashraf Othman); “Shiite identity in a Political Process: The Field of Power Evolution and the Reproduction of Shiite Identity in Saudi Arabia” (Ahmed Saad Ghazi Alowfi); “Ethnic, Linguistic, and Religious Pluralism in Oman: The Link with Political Stability” (Ahmed Al Ismaili); “Confessionalism in the Modern Levant: the Ottoman and Safavid Cases” (Mahjoob Zweiri); “Opportunities for Political Pluralism in the Arab Spring Countries” (Emile Badarin); “The Effects of Sociology in Morocco and the Issue of Gender: Major Transformations” (Faouzi Boukhriss); ““ Tribal and Territorial Phenomena in Contemporary Arab Society” by Mohammed Najib Boutaleb” (Kheder Zakaria).

Published: 2015-01-01
Issue totals:276 views364 downloads

Issue Focus

  • The Question of Sectarianism and the Manufacturing of Minorities in the Greater Arab Levant 20 views30 downloads

    Author: Azmi Bishara
    7-18

    In its contemporary meaning, political sectarianism, argues Bishara, is the product of the interaction between the pre-existing social system and modern colonialism, and the way in which the...

  • Sectarianism Has a History: On the Formation of Sects and Political Units 20 views26 downloads

    Author: Ahmad Beydoun
    19-38

    In examining the sectarian fabric present in various parts of the Arab Levant, Ahmed Beidoun stresses the aspects of difference, suggesting that “sectarianism” is in fact “sectarianisms”....

  • The Neo-Patrimonialist State in the Arab Levant: On the Logic of Group Solidarity and the Reproduction of Sectarianism 19 views32 downloads

    Author: Ashraf Othman
    39-62

    In the post-2011 escalation of the crisis of the state in the Arab Levant, analysts often concentrate on vertical divides to explain the crisis facing Arab states in their efforts to create...

  • Shiite identity in a Political Process: The Field of Power Evolution and the Reproduction of Shiite Identity in Saudi Arabia 19 views29 downloads

    Author: Ahmed Saad Ghazi Alowfi
    63-83

    Using a socio-historical approach to the study of Shiites in Saudi Arabia, this analysis demonstrates how Shiite identity took its present shape by constructing a relatively independent power...

  • Ethnic, Linguistic, and Religious Pluralism in Oman: The Link with Political Stability 24 views22 downloads

    Author: Ahmed Al Ismaili
    85-105

    Al- Ismaili approaches the issue of pluralism and its effect on the political and religious balance in Omani society, whether this be linguistic, religious and confessional pluralism, ethnic, or...

  • Confessionalism in the Modern Levant: the Ottoman and Safavid Cases 24 views32 downloads

    Author: Mahjoob Zweiri
    107-116

    Confessionalism has held a major space in political and religious debates in the Arab world since the early 1980s, following the Islamic revolution in Iran. With the evolution of political...

Discussions

  • Opportunities for Political Pluralism in the Arab Spring Countries 22 views27 downloads

    Author: Emile Badarin
    119-136

    This paper does not represent a comprehensive vision of the revolutions that took place (and are continuing) in the Arab world as much as it forms an attempt to think about the means that will...

  • The Effects of Sociology in Morocco and the Issue of Gender: Major Transformations 19 views29 downloads

    Author: Faouzi Boukhriss
    137-154

    This contribution starts with the following question: How has sociology in Morocco approached the question of gender? And what are the most important transformations that characterize this...

Book Reviews

  • “ Tribal and Territorial Phenomena in Contemporary Arab Society” by Mohammed Najib Boutaleb 20 views31 downloads

    Author: Kheder Zakaria
    157-164

    Book title: Tribal and Regional Phenomena in Contemporary Arab Society: A Comparative Study of the Tunisian and Libyan Revolutions Author: Mohammed Najib Boutaleb Place of publication:...

  • أصول التحديث في اليابان 1568- 1868 20 views27 downloads

    Author: يحيى بولحية
    165-174

    أصول التحديث في اليابان 1568- 1868 الكتاب: أصول التحديث في اليابان 1568- 1868 الكاتب: محمد أعفيف مكان النشر: بيروت الناشر: مركز دراسات الوحدة العربية تاريخ النشر: 2010 عدد الصفحات: 574

  • المعوقات الثقافية للتنمية بالمجتمعات الصحراوية في مصر 29 views27 downloads

    Author: أحمد عبد الموجود الشناوي
    175-180

    الكتاب: المعوقات الثقافية للتنمية بالمجتمعات الصحراوية في مصر: دراسة أنثروبولوجية في محافظة مطروح الكاتب: مجموعة مؤلفين (إشراف محمد أحمد غنيم) مكان النشر: القاهرة الناشر: المركز القومي للبحوث...

Book Presentations

  • مفارقة العدالة والتنمية 20 views30 downloads

    Author: مراد دِياني
    181-183

    الكتاب: العدالة الاجتماعية والنماذج التنموية، مع اهتمام خاص بحالة مصر وثورتها الكاتب: إبراهيم العيسوي مكان النشر: الدوحة/ بيروت الناشر: المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات تاريخ النشر: 2014...

  • ديناميات النوع الاجتماعي في مدن مصر 20 views22 downloads

    Author: دينا قدومي
    185-186

    الكتاب: العيش والموت رجلًا: ديناميات النوع الاجتماعي في مدن مصر العنوان الأصلي: Live and Die Like a Man: Gender Dynamics in Urban Egypt نسخة الكترونية مأخوذة عن https://itunes/us/VUWYOI الكاتبة:...