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Diplomacy and Displacement

Reconsidering the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations, 1922–1934

By Onur Yildirim

This study presents a comprehensive, balanced and factually grounded narrative of the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations as a historic event that has been the subject...

ISBN: 978-0-415-97982-5 | Published August 24th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Accidental Tourist, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, and the British Invasion of Egypt in 1882

By Michael Berdine

Written to set the record straight about Wilfrid Scawen Blunt and his activities in Egypt's 'Urabi Revolt of 1882, The Accidental Traveler shows how Blunt-with...

ISBN: 978-0-415-94644-5 | Published July 27th 2005 by Routledge.

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Sharaf Politics

Honor and Peacemaking in Israeli-Palestinian Society

By Sharon D. Lang

This book examines the Arabic conflict resolution method known as "sulha." In this process, notable male elders mediate conflicts between and within Arab communities. A...

ISBN: 978-0-415-97331-1 | Published June 13th 2005 by Routledge.

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War and Migration

Social Networks and Economic Strategies of the Hazaras of Afghanistan

By Alessandro Monsutti

Focusing on the case of the Hazaras, a population from central Afghanistan, the book shows how migration studies and transnationalism are at the heart of...

ISBN: 978-0-415-97508-7 | Published June 10th 2005 by Routledge.

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Legislating Authority

Sin and Crime in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey

By Ruth Miller

ISBN: 978-0-415-97510-0 | Published May 9th 2005 by Routledge.

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Islam, Democracy and the Status of Women

The Case of Kuwait

By Helen M. Rizzo

This book argues that some women in Kuwait are using Islam in their discourse to justify women's right to equality and public participation, thus countering...

ISBN: 978-0-415-97207-9 | Published January 7th 2005 by Routledge.

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Palestinian Identity in Jordan and Israel

The Necessary "Others" in the Making of a Nation

By Riad M. Nasser

The book examines the process of national identity formation. It argues that identity, whether of a small community, a nation, an ethnic group,...

ISBN: 978-0-415-94969-9 | Published December 30th 2004 by Routledge.

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Kurdish Nationalism and Political Islam in Turkey

Kemalist Identity in Transition

By Omer Taspinar

This text is an attempt to study Turkey's national and secular identity in light of the challenges posed by Kurdish nationalism and political Islam....

ISBN: 978-0-415-94998-9 | Published December 8th 2004 by Routledge.

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Organizations, Gender and the Culture of Palestinian Activism in Haifa, Israel

By Elizabeth Faier

This book, based on 25 months of anthropological fieldwork, examines activists and activism in Palestinian nongovernmental organizations in Israel. It concentrates on the ways organizations...

ISBN: 978-0-415-94951-4 | Published November 12th 2004 by Routledge.

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Trapped Between the Map and Reality

Geography and Perceptions of Kurdistan

By Maria Theresa O'Shea

This book is an examination of changing perceptions of both Kurdistan and Kurdish identity over time and space and attempts to project those perceptions onto...

ISBN: 978-0-415-94766-4 | Published March 18th 2004 by Routledge.

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Gender, Literacy, and Empowerment in Morocco

By Fatima Agnaou

ISBN: 978-0-415-94765-7 | Published December 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Turkey in Germany

The Transitional Sphere of Deutschkei

By Betigul Ercan Argun

This study explores the relationship between migration and political 'development' and asks the question 'how are migration movements and the expatriate communities they create connected...

ISBN: 978-0-415-93568-5 | Published February 28th 2003 by Routledge.

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Islamic Law, Epistemology and Modernity

Legal Philosophy in Contemporary Iran

By Ashk Dahlen

This study analyses the major intellectual positions in the philosophical debate on Islamic law that is occurring in contemporary Iran. As the characteristic features of...

ISBN: 978-0-415-94529-5 | Published February 28th 2003 by Routledge.

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