Hidden Iran af Ray Takeyh (Bog)

Unge kvinder og mænd fortæller om deres tilværelse og muligheder og giver et indblik i dagligdagens Iran Titel: Revolutionens børn : unge i Teheran Genre: Samfundsdebat Sammendrag: En indføring i det iranske samfund med et overblik over den politiske udvikling i landet siden revolutionen i 1979. Type: Paperback

10 new predictions about the state of affairs in the Middle East from the best selling author of The Copper Scroll. Titel: Epicenter Forfatter: Joel C. Rosenberg Forlag: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Udgivelsesår: 2006 Sider: 329 Sprog: Engelsk

This multidisciplinary text aims to introduce students to the Middle East as a whole, rather than focusing on specific topics. The issues it addresses include history, politics, women, international relations, religion, literature and culture. Forlag: Lynne Rienner Pub Udgivelsesår: 2004 Sider: 477 Sprog: Engelsk

The Shah's Last Ride. Forlag: Touchstone Udgivelsesår: 1989 Sider: 472 Sprog: Engelsk

How realistic is peace in the Middle East? Certainly there appears to be a reduction in conflict, and concrete improvements are clearly visible: the Gulf War opened the door to regional realignments that paved the way for the PLO-Israel peace agreement, which in turn made peace negotiations possible between Israel and Syria; Lebanon is rebuilding its cities following a cessation of its civil war; Iran has evidenced signs of a rapprochement with the West.Yet some analysts predict that these changes are doomed to failure. With its longstanding territorial disputes and pronounced ethnic and religious divides, will this troubled region ever resolve its conflicts? Pessimists further contend that vexed problems such as gender relations and human rights violations remain unaffected by the processes of international political readjustment.This provocative and interdisciplinary book tackles these

In the post-Cold War, post-Gulf War political environment of the Middle East, a debate about democracy and pluralism has begun. In this work, Heather Deegan challenges the view that political reform is unsustainable in the region, and examines the moves towards democratization which have recently taken place. She discusses individual countries on the basis of their political structures: monarchical, authoritarian, theocratic, confessional and multiparty. She considers factors in the democratizing process such as the institution of political parties, the re-introduction of elections, citizenship with associated rights and responsibilities and the role of Islam. Democracy is not confined solely to a liberal democratic model although political change and greater levels of participation may be viewed as steps paving the way for a fuller democratization in a liberal democratic sense. The auth

På engelsk. Mehdi Mozaffari afslører at Khomeinis "fatwa" mod Salman Rushdie er i klar uoverensstemmelse med den islamiske procedure for "fatwa", og at den overtræder gældende iransk lov. Desuden behandler bogen Islams ret strenge holdning til blasfemi og ser på, hvorfor Shi'a-sekten i dag opfattes som en af de mest voldelige og rabiate grene af Islam.