So excited! This is my textbook list for the class "State and Society in the Middle East" which I will be taking in the fall!

Cole, Juan. Colonialism and Revolution in the Middle East: Social and Cultural Origins of Egypt's 'Urabi Movement.
Doumani, Beshara. Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900.Fortna, ( Read more... )

I wish that Palestinians would stop staging attacks in Jerusalem, because all they're doing is ensuring that Israel will do its best to keep ALL of Jerusalem under Israeli control. Division of the city is going to be taken off the table very shortly if people don't calm their asses down. And yeah, running over people isn't nice, no matter who is ( Read more... )

For all the Islam haters out there that thinks Islam is more inherently sexist than Judaism or Christianity:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/21/israelandthepalestinians.middleeast1