TY - BOOK AU - Layachi,Azzedine TI - The Middle East T2 - Global studies series SN - 9780073527758 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Middle East KW - Politics and government KW - 21st century KW - History N1 - Includes bibliography (p. 267-277) and index; Middle East: Theater of Conflict --; Middle East: Heartland of Islam Country Reports --; Algeria (Peoples' Democratic Republic of Algeria) --; Bahrain (State of Bahrain) --; Egypt (Arab Republic of Egypt) --; Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran) --; Iraq (Republic of Iraq) --; Israel (State of Israel) --; Jordan (Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan) --; Kuwait (State of Kuwait) --; Lebanon (Lebanese Republic) --; Libya (Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyya) --; Mauritania (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) --; Morocco (Kingdom of Morocco) --; Oman (Sultanate of Oman) --; Qatar (State of Qatar) --; Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) --; Sudan (Republic of the Sudan) --; Syria (Syrian Arab Republic) --; Tunisia (Republic of Tunisia) --; Turkey (Republic of Turkey) --; United Arab Emirates --; Yemen (Republic of Yemen) --; Western Sahara --; Articles from the World Press --; 1; Middle of Where?; Brian Whitaker --; 2; Geography and the Middle East; Dona J. Stewart --; 3; Stifled, Egypt's Young Turn to Islamic Fervor; Michael Slackman --; 4; Fighting for the Soul of Turkey; Adnan R. Khan --; 5; In Algeria, a Tug of War for Young Minds; Michael Slackman --; 6; Future of Iraq: The Decline of Violence, the Rise of Politics; Kimberly Kagan --; 7; Saudi Arabia: Reality Check; Alain Gresh --; 8; Fearful of Restive Foreign Labor, Dubai Eyes Reforms; Jason DeParle --; 9; Electoral Reform in Lebanon; Benedetta Berti --; 10; In Sudan, No Clear Difference Between Arab and African; Somini Sengupta --; 11; Change They Can Believe In: To Make Israel Safe, Give Palestinians Their Due; Walter Russell Mead --; 12; Western Sahara Poser for UN; Jacob Mundy --; 13. t Responding to a Nuclear Iran; Christopher Hemmer --; 14; China through Arab Eyes: American Influence in the Middle East; Brandon Gentry --; 15; Human Rights of Women and Social Transformation in the Arab Middle East; Hayat Alvi ER -