1. In his new book, Culture and Conflict in the Middle East (Humanity, 2008), anthropologist Philip Salzman uncovers the roots of contemporary Middle Eastern life deep in the tribal foundation of Arab and Iranian culture. Salzman has conducted ethnographic field research in Iran, India, and Sardinia, and lived among the Yarahmadzai tribe in Iranian Baluchistan for over two years, resulting in his ...
  2. amc.sas.upenn.edu

    A panel discussion with FAWAZ GERGES (London School of Economics and Political Science) and TIM MITCHELL (Columbia University) moderated by NADA MATTA (Drexel University) and EILEEN RYAN (Temple University).. THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA has long been shaped by regional and global politics. Sitting at the crossroads of trade and migration, it has been a site of imperial ...
  3. anthropologyreview.org

    Oct 14, 2024Greece experienced coups and democratic limitations but remained a U.S. and NATO ally, encapsulating the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe within the Iron Curtain. In the Middle East and North Africa, states frequently shifted allegiances based on historical and traditional alliances, ethnicity, religion, and cultural customs.
  4. humanities.ku.dk

    Globalisation, urbanisation, migration, technological development, etc. increase the need for people and societies in different cultures and regions of the world to understand each other. Our understanding of people and events in the Middle East requires familiarity with classical Islamic texts and history, as well as knowledge of the region's more recent history, especially the last one ...
  5. Alfred Thayer Mahan, a Western scholar who studies the Middle East. However, these various notions are considered inadequate and less specific. Another Middle Eastern observer named Marshall C.G. Hodgson revealed that what is meant by "Middle East" are areas stretching from the Nile in the West to the Oxus River in the East (from Nile to Oxus) [3].
  6. From such a perspective, a Middle Eastern society is unproblematic, especially for Buzan, who characterizes the Middle East as a sub-global society of states with its own distinct character (Buzan 2009, 240). Nevertheless, he qualifies this statement by recognizing the possibility of significant heterogeneity (Buzan 2009; Buzan and Wæver 2003).
  7. Moreover, civil society and state apparatus need to come together in a variety of networks and regional schemes and they also do this to some extent in the context of the Arab Middle East. Any well functioning regionalist project needs to have a linkage between state and non-state actors (Fawcett 2004, 433).
  8. bellaonline.com

    There are several characteristics of culture impacting the interactions between Middle Eastern and Western peoples. This includes Collectivist vs. Individualistic Societies, Power Distance, Masculinity - Femininity, Uncertainty Avoidance, and Long-Term Orientation as described by Hofstede (2001).
  9. Middle East Despite the many endogenous and exogenous regional initiatives that have been undertaken since 1945, regionalism in the Arab Middle East has brought about mostly unsatisfactory outcomes. Different features of the political and economical structure of Arab states can explain the limited results of those attempts. LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES
  10. Regional Affairs. Afghanistan & Pakistan; Arabian Peninsula; Black Sea; Egypt and Horn of Africa; Iran; Israeli Affairs; ... Culture and Society While the MENA countries are very diverse, there are similar trends and aspects of culture found throughout the region. ... Middle East Institute 1763 N St. NW, Washington D.C. 20036 ...
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