The articles in this anthology were first published in the journal Khamsin 1976 – 1983.
This collection was first published in 1984 by Al Saqi Books, London
Contents
Presentation – by Jon Rothschild
1. Israel’s Oriental Subjects
Introduction – by Jon Rothschild
Zionism and Its Oriental Subjects – by Raphael Shapiro
Oriental Jews in Israel: Collective Schizophrenia – by A. Hoder
Class Divisions in Israeli Society – by Emmanuel Farjoun
Oriental Support for Begin: a Critique of Farjoun – by Avishai Ehrlich
Palestinian Workers in Israel: a Reserve Army of Labour – by Emmanuel Farjoun
2. Women
Introduction – by Jon Rothschild
Arab Women – Magida Salman
The Rise of Islam: What Happened to Women? – by Azar Tabari
Women and Politics in Lebanon – by Yolla Polity Sharara
Changes in Palestinian Society – by Ehud Ein-Gil and Aryeh Finkelstein
Ideology Without Revolution: Jewish Women in Israel – by Dina Hecht and Nira Yuval-Davis
Zionism, Demography and Women’s Work – by Avishai Ehrlich
3. Civil War in Lebanon
Introduction – by Jon Rothschild
In the Maelstrom of Confessionalism – by Nada Kadir
The Lebanese Communities and Their Little Wars – by Magida Salman
4. Religion
Introduction – by Jon Rothschild
Why the Reversion to Islamic Archaism? – by Lafif Lakhdar
Religion, Zionism, and Secularism – by Ehud Ein-Gil
Iran: Islam and the Struggle for Socialism – by Muhammad Ja’far and Azar Tabari
Orientalism and Orientalism in Reverse – by Sadiq Jalal ald-‘Azm
5. Dialogue
To Live Together – by Moshe Machover and Said Hammami