After Abu Ghraib exploring human rights in America and the Middle East

Mokhtari's book examines the changes in the human rights discourse in the United States and the Middle East after the maltreatment and torture of the U.S. captives in the Abu Ghraib and other prisons became public. Through the text analysis of speeches and news reports, as well as in-depth inte...

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Main Author: Mokhtari, Shadi 1976-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [UK] New York Cambridge University Press 2009
Series:Cambridge studies in law and society
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Call Number :K 3249 .M65 2009
Table of Contents:
  • American imaginings of human rights and the Middle East
  • The human rights challenge from within
  • The Middle Eastern gaze on American human rights commitments
  • American imprints and the Middle East's new human rights landscape
  • From the ashes of the post-September 11th era : lessons for the human rights project