Once again this year, as the editors of the New Texts Out Now (NEWTON) Page, we have been honored to have the opportunity to feature an astonishing range of books, articles, special issues of journals, and films for Jadaliyya readers in 2014. With authors generously agreeing to discuss their new works, offer background information on their research, and allow us to post excerpts from their books and articles, we have been able to offer first looks at some of the most important new work in the field, from established names and rising stars alike.
Here on the eve of 2015, with a new set of texts on the horizon, we have an opportune moment to look back at the previous year on NEWTON. The work below spans disciplines, regions, and methodological and theoretical approaches. We offer it for scholars working in the field, as well as teachers and students looking for recently published sources in Middle East studies.
As always, if you wish to recommend a book to be featured in New Texts Out Now, or if you have just published a book, a peer-reviewed article, or the special issue of a journal, please email us at reviews@jadaliyya.com. See you in 2015.
Myriam Ababsa, Atlas of Jordan: History, Territories, and Society
Maha Abdelrahman, Egypt's Long Revolution: Protest Movements and Uprisings
Niki Akhavan, Electronic Iran: The Cultural Politics of an Online Evolution
Abdullah Al-Arian, Answering the Call: Popular Islamic Activism in Sadat’s Egypt
Anthony Alessandrini, Frantz Fanon and the Future of Cultural Politics
VJ Um Amel, “A Digital Humanities Approach: Text, the Internet, and the Egyptian Uprising”
Zayde Antrim, Routes and Realms: The Power of Place in the Early Islamic World
Hani Bawardi, The Making of Arab Americans: From Syrian Nationalism to US Citizenship
Rawia Bishara, Olives, Lemons & Za’atar: The Best Middle Eastern Home Cooking
Shampa Biswas, Nuclear Desire: Power and the Postcolonial Nuclear Order
Laurie A. Brand, Official Stories: Politics and National Narratives in Egypt and Algeria
Edmund Burke III, The Ethnographic State: France and the Invention of Moroccan Islam
Melani Cammett, Compassionate Communalism: Welfare and Sectarianism in Lebanon
Sheila Carapico, Political Aid and Arab Activism: Democracy Promotion, Justice, and Representation
Reem Charif, Mohamad Hafeda, and Joumana al Jabri, Creative Refuge
Muriam Haleh Davis, The Afterlives of the Algerian Revolution
Ahmed El Shamsy, The Canonization of Islamic Law: A Social and Intellectual History
Gulcin Erdi-Lelandais, Understanding the City: Henri Lefebvre and Urban Studies
Abir Hamdar, The Female Suffering Body: Illness and Disability in Modern Arabic Literature
Adam Hanieh, Lineages of Revolt: Issues of Contemporary Capitalism in the Middle East
Linda Herrera, Wired Citizenship: Youth Learning and Activism in the Middle East
Annika Marlen Hinze, Turkish Berlin: Integration Policy and Urban Space
India: Wounded States (Special Issue of Warscapes)
Jacobin Magazine, Special Section on the Gulf Cooperation Council
Rebecca Joubin, The Politics of Love: Sexuality, Gender, and Marriage in Syrian Television Drama
Paul Kelemen, The British Left and Zionism: History of a Divorce
Andrea Khalil, Crowds and Politics in North Africa: Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya
Andrea Khalil, Women, Gender, and the Arab Spring
Lina Khatib, Dina Matar, and Atef Alshaer, The Hizbullah Phenomenon: Politics and Communication
Kurdish Studies, Volume 1, Issue 1
Reinoud Leenders, Spoils of Truce: Corruption and State-Building in Postwar Lebanon
Mark LeVine, The Arab Uprisings of 2011 (Special Issue of Middle East Critique)
Elisabeth Longuenesse et Cyril Roussel, Developper en Syrie. Retour sur une experience historique
Nazan Maksudyan, Orphans and Destitute Children in the Late Ottoman Empire
Kamran Matin, Recasting Iranian Modernity: International Relations and Social Change
Pascal Menoret, Joyriding in Riyadh: Oil, Urbanism, and Revolt
Palestine, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Primer (Revised and Updated Edition)
Erin Runions, The Babylon Complex: Theopolitical Fantasies of War, Sex, and Sovereignty
Kimberly Wedeven Segall, Performing Democracy in Iraq and South Africa
Nimer Sultany, “Religion and Constitutionalism: Lessons from American and Islamic Constitutionalism”
Lisa Wedeen, “Ideology and Humor in Dark Times: Notes from Syria”