Minorities and the state in the Arab world / edited by Ofra Bengio and Gabriel Ben-Dor.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bengio, Ofra
Ben-Dor, Gabriel
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999.
Subjects:
Minorities > Arab countries.
Religious minorities > Arab countries.
Religion and state > Arab countries.
Arab countries > Ethnic relations.
Physical Description:viii, 224 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Minorities in the Middle East: theory and practice / Gabriel Ben-Dor
  • The Berber question in Algeria: nationalism in the making? / Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
  • Egypt's Coptic Pandora's box / Ami Ayalon
  • Religion and conflict in Sudan: a non-Muslim minority in a Muslim state / Yehudit Ronen
  • The Palestinians in Jordan: demographic majority, political minority / Asher Susser
  • From hegemony to marginalism: the Maronites of Lebanon / Meir Zamir
  • The 'Alawis, lords of Syria: from ethnic minority to ruling sect / Eyal Zisser
  • Nation building in multiethnic societies: the case of Iraq / Ofra Bengio
  • The Shi'is in Bahrain: class and religious protest / Uzi Rabi and Joseph Kostiner
  • The state and minorities toward the twenty-first century: an overview / Gabriel Ben-Dor and Ofra Bengio.