Overview

Contents: Introduction; Moshe Ma'oz and Gabriel Sheffer; Middle Eastern Minorities: Between Integration and conflict -- An Overview; National Self-Determination in the Middle East and North Africa; The Impact of Religion and Regime on Ethnic Conflict in the Middle East; Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Sudan since Independence; The Elite Minority: Educated Sudanese and their Role in the State; The Christians in Israel: Aspects of Integration and the Search for Identity in a Minority within a Minority; Contested Identities: Berbers, ''Berberism,'' and the State in North Africa; Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Iraq; Middle Eastern Diasporas -- An Overview; The Muslim Diaspora in the West; Lebanon: State, Diaspora and the Question of Political Stability; Chechen Identity, Culture, and Citizenship in Jordan; Territorial versus Personal Autonomy; Contributors; Index.

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""In these timely essays, historian Ma'oz and political scientist Sheffer help to fill a significant gap in knowledge about Middle Eastern minorities and diasporas. Highly recommended."" -- Choice.

In these timely essays, historian Ma'oz and political scientist Sheffer help to fill a significant gap in knowledge about Middle Eastern minorities and diasporas. Highly recommended. -- Choice.

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Moshe Ma'oz and Gabriel Sheffer, Editors

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