Al-Mashriq
Volume
1, Number 3
December 2002
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
QUARTER BY QUARTER
VERBATIM
POLITICS
The Case for Palestinian Nonviolent Direct Action
Dr. William J. Thomson
The Syria Accountability Act: The Wrong
Move at the Wrong Time
Nasser Salem
Talking Points
Can Saddam be Contained: History Says Yes
Dr. J. Mearsheimer and Dr. S. M. Walt
ENVIROMENT
Emerging Water Conflict in the Middle East?
The Case of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
Hilal Elver
RELIGION
In the Land of Christ Christianity is Dying
Grace Halsell
Christian Generosity Becomes a Rabbinical
Nightmare
Yair Sheleg
LITERATURE
Saving May: The Story of how Sa'adeh tried
to save May Ziadeh from the Ghoul
Dr. Edmond Melhem
ECOLOGY
The Cedar Tree: 'Glory of Lebanon'
A Case Study in the Use and Misuse of a Resource
Benjamin Kasoff
ANCIENT HISTORY
Mesopotamia: Cradle of Democracy?
Dr. Andrew Howard-Smith
FEATURE
The Invisible Lines of War: Families under Siege
Susan B. Markisz
BOOK REVIEW
LAST BUT NOT LEAST