Problems of the modern Middle East in historical perspective essays in honour of Albert Hourani

Table of Contents: “…Albert Hourani : an appreciation --The establishment and dismantling of the province of Syria, 1865-1888 / Butrus Abu-Manneh --From consciousness to activism : feminist politics in early twentieth century Egypt / Margot Badran --Continuity in modern Egyptian history : the Wafd and the Muslim Brothers / Marius Deeb --Women and conflict in Lebanon / Leila Fawaz --Nizam ma fi : discourses of order, disorder and history in a Lebanese context / Michael Gilsenan --Taha Husayn : the critical spirit / Ibrahim Ibrahim --Society and ideology in late Ottoman Syria : class, education, profession and confession / Rashid Khalidi --Abd el-Kader and Arab nationalism / Yohn King --The Jewish-Zionist and Arab-Palestinian national communities : the transposing effect of a century of confrontation / Moshe Maʻoz --Revolutionaries, fundamentalists and women : alternative groups in the Arab world / A. …”