Al-Mashriq
Volume
1, Number 4
March 2003
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
QUARTER BY QUARTER
VERBATIM
POLITICS
The War on Iraq: A Special Report
- A Monument to Hypocrisy
Edward Said
- The War in Black and White
Jimmy Carter
Harvey Wasserman
Amin Saikal
Michael Moore
Scotty McLennan
George Bush, Sr.
David Krieger
The Palestine Crisis
- Palestine, Jerusalem, and the Western Public
Ra'afat Dajami
- Some Basic Facts the Western Public should know
- The Palestinian Intifada: Images and Words
Dr. Adel Beshara
POLITICAL HISTORY
1958 Revisited: The Role of the SSNP
Dr. Adel Beshara
RELIGION
The Shari'a and the Nation State:
Who Can Codify the Divine Law
Dr. Knut S. Vikør
ENVIRONMENT
The Problem of Desertification in the Middle East?
Dr. Fouad Abo
FEMININE LITERATURE
The Role of Women in Arabic Literature
Dr. Mona Mikhailis
ANCIENT HISTORY
Storytelling, the Meaning of Life, and
the Epic of Gilgamesh
Arthur A. Brown
'When on High': The Babylonian Epic of Creation
Enuma Elish
ARCHAEOLOGY
Southern Lebanon's Archaeology: Alive and Free
Penny Young
SOCIAL STORY
Assimilation: Australian Syrians and their
Quest for Assimilation
E. O. Schlunke
BOOK REVIEW
APPRECIATION
LAST BUT NOT LEAST