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  • 1 Feb 2013

    An Editor’s Perspective on Tested by Zion

    In our Q&A with senior editor Lewis Bateman, he reveals what drew him to Elliott Abrams' Tested by Zion and why the controversial topic makes it an important title.

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  • 23 Jan 2013
    Elliott Abrams

    Elliott Abrams’ Bookshelf on the Middle East

    Elliott Abrams spotlights some of the most important books for understanding the past and current conflicts in the Middle East.

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  • 29 Mar 2010

    Saudi Arabia: The Struggle for Its Soul

    The Economist calls Jihad in Saudi Arabia a “rare combination of sympathetic nuance and critical rigour.” The book is out next month; the review is online now. Read it here: Saudi Arabia: The Struggle for Its Soul…

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  • 1 Dec 2009
    Stephen H. Norwood

    Shades of 1938: Colleges quiet a critic of Islam

    In last Friday's Daily News, Stephen Norwood attacks Princeton and Columbia universities for their cancellations of speeches by Nonie Darwish - feminist and critic of radical Islam.

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  • 30 Jul 2009
    Janet Afary

    Janet Afary on Women’s Rights in Iran

    Janet Afary concludes a dialogue with Nawal El Saadawi initiated at Double X earlier this month. Afary is a professor of religious studies and feminist studies at UC Santa Barbara and author of 'Sexual Politics in Modern Iran'. El Saadawi is an Egyptian writer famous for her outspokenness, particularly on the issue of women's rights.

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  • 7 Jul 2009

    What the veil can hide

    double X started a really fascinating dialogue between Egyptian writer Nawal El Saadawi and our own Janet Afary, author of Sexual Politics in Modern Iran.

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  • 29 Jun 2009

    Riz Khan interviews Janet Afary

    Here is the two-part video interview of Janet Afary with Riz Khan of Al-Jazeera. They discuss the question: How far could things go in Iran? Afary is author of Sexual Politics in Modern Iran.

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  • 29 Jun 2009

    Abrahamian: Mousavi would shun nuclear weapons

    Even if the Iranian authorities succeed in suppressing the large demonstrations, the opposition might adopt other forms of protest - such as manifestos, strikes and mass resignations by university professors. That is the assessment of Ervand Abrahamian, a professor of history at the City University of New York and author of several books about Iran, most recently A History of Modern Iran (Cambridge University Press, 2008).

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