Table of Contents

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.

About the Author

Moshe Ma'oz and Gabriel Sheffer, Editors

Reviews

"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.