From Babel to dragomans : interpreting the Middle East

Acknowledgments......Page 6
Credits......Page 10
Introduction......Page 17
PART ONE PAST HISTORY......Page 29
1 An Islamic Mosque......Page 31
2 From Babel to Dragomans......Page 34
3 Middle East Feasts......Page 49
4 Iran in History......Page 59
5 Palimpsests of Jewish History......Page 69
6 Some Notes on Land, Money andPower in Medieval Islam......Page 76
7 An Interpretation of Fatimid History......Page 82
8 Propaganda in thePre-Modern Middle East......Page 95
9 Monarchy in the Middle East......Page 108
10 Religion and Murderin the Middle East......Page 116
11 The Mughals and the Ottomans......Page 124
12 Europe and the Turks......Page 131
13 Europe and Islam......Page 137
14 Cold War and De´tentein the 16th Century......Page 151
15 From Pilgrims to Tourists......Page 153
16 The British Mandate for Palestine inHistorical Perspective......Page 168
17 Pan-Arabism......Page 172
18 The Emergence of Modern Israel......Page 197
19 Orientalist Notes on the Soviet–United Arab Republic Treaty of27 May 1971......Page 204
20 A Taxonomy of Group Hatred......Page 212
21 Islam and the West......Page 221
PART TWO CURRENT HISTORY......Page 235
22 The Middle East, WesternizedDespite Itself......Page 237
23 The Middle East in World Affairs......Page 248
24 Friends and Enemies......Page 256
25 Return to Cairo......Page 263
26 Middle East at Prayer......Page 281
27 At the United Nations......Page 285
28 The Anti-Zionist Resolution......Page 290
29 Right and Left in Lebanon......Page 300
30 The Shi
a......Page 306
31 Islamic Revolution......Page 315
32 The Enemies of God......Page 329
33 The Roots of Muslim Rage......Page 335
34 The Other Middle East Problems......Page 348
35 Did You Say“American Imperialism”?......Page 359
36 The Law of Islam......Page 367
37 Not Everybody Hates Saddam......Page 370
38 Mideast States......Page 373
39 What Saddam Wrought......Page 376
40 The “Sick Man” of Today CoughsCloser to Home......Page 380
41 Revisiting the Paradox ofModern Turkey......Page 383
42 We Must Be Clear......Page 385
43 Deconstructing Osama andHis Evil Appeal......Page 387
44 Targeted by a History of Hatred......Page 390
45 A Time for Toppling......Page 394
PART THREE ABOUT HISTORY......Page 397
46 In Defense of History......Page 399
47 First-Person Narrative in theMiddle East......Page 412
48 Reflections on Islamic Historiography......Page 421
49 The Ottoman Archives......Page 430
50 History Writing and NationalRevival in Turkey......Page 437
51 On Occidentalism and Orientalism......Page 446