Minorities and the Modern Arab World: New Perspectives (Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms)

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Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. One Conceptualizing Minorities -- 1. From Millet To Minority -- Another Look At The Non-muslim Communities In The Late Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries / Peter Sluglett -- 2. Across Confessional Borders -- Microhistory Of Ottoman Christians And Their Migratory Paths / Jacob Norris -- 3. Becoming A Sectarian Minority -- Arab Christians In Twentieth-century Palestine / Laura Robson -- 4. Egypt And Its Jews -- Specter Of An Absent Minority / Joel Beinin -- Pt. Two Minorities, Nationalism, And Cultural Authenticity -- 5. When Anticolonialism Meets Antifascism -- Modern Jewish Intellectuals In Baghdad / Aline Schlaepfer -- 6. Assyrians And The Iraqi Communist Party -- Revolution, Urbanization, And The Quest For Equality / Alda Benjamen -- 7. Struggle Over Egyptianness -- Case Study Of The Nayruz Festival / Hiroko Miyokawa -- 8. From Minority To Majority -- Inscribing The Mahra And Touareg Into The Arab Nation / Samuel Liebhaber -- Pt. Three Minorities In The Transnational Were -- 9. Tunisia's Minority Mosaic -- Constructing A National Narrative / David Bond -- 10. Majority And Minority Languages In The Middle East -- Case Of Hebrew In Mandate Palestine / Liora R. Halperin -- 11. Chaldean Church Between Iraq And America -- Transnational Social Field Perspective / Yasmeen Hanoosh -- 12. Permanent Temporariness In Berlin -- Case Of An Arab Muslim Minority In Germany / Lucia Volk. Edited By Laura Robson. This Volume Originated In A Conference Held At The Middle East Studies Center At Portland State University In 2013, Minorities Of The Modern Middle East.--acknowledgments Page. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.