#  Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review, Volume 2.1 

 



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 *Volume 2, Number 1, Spring 1995*

 **From the Managing Editor**, i  
Reza Alavi

##  Features

###  Contemporary Issues: Palestinians at War And Peace

 **Beyond Hamas: Islamic Activism in the Gaza Strip**, 1  
Sara Roy

 **The Israeli- Palestinian Peace Agreement: Consequences for Labor Migration**, 40  
Sadek Wahba

###  History and Religion: Aspects of Shi’ism

#####  **Jamāl al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Ṭāwūs and His Binā’ Al-maqāla al-fāṭimiyya**, 53

 Asma Afsaruddin

 **The Shi’ite Ulamā’ of Najaf and Karbala and the Tanzimat**, 72  
Meir Litvak

 **Traditional Shi’ite Education in Qom**, 89  
Roy P. Mottahedeh

###  Literature

 **Reflections on Waguih Ghali: Authenticity and the Passion of an Egyptian Novelist**, 99  
Juan Alonso

###  Software Review

 **Arabic on the Apple Macintosh**, 106  
Hassan I. Mneimneh

##  Book Reviews

 **Sheila Blair Jonathan Bloom**  
***The Art and Architecture of Islam, 1250-1800***, 112  
Thomas Barfield

 **William A. Hoisington, Jr.**   
***Lyautey and the French Conquest of Morocco***, 114  
Moshe Gershovich

 **Cyrus Bina and Hamid Zangeneh, eds**   
***Modern Capitalism and Islamic Ideology in Iran***, 116  
Nora Colton

 **Nadje Sadig Al-Ali**   
***Gender Writing/ Writing Gender: The Representation of Woman in a Selection of Modern Egyptian Literature***, 119  
Emily Haddad

 **Michael Field**  
***Inside the Arab World***, 122  
Thomas D. Mullins

 **Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr**  
***The Vanguard of the Islamic Revolution: The Jami ‘at-i Islmai of Pakistan***, 124  
Dorian Laguardia

##  Announcement, 130  


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