The Arab Studies Journal is a peer-reviewed, independent, multi-disciplinary forum in the field of Arab and Middle Eastern studies. It is published by rising scholars affiliated with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University and the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University. Submissions are evaluated on theirscholarly probity and not on their theses. The ASJ is governed by a volunteer staff, as well as an Editorial Review Board. Since its inception in 1992, the ASJ has published special issues on Middle East Exceptionalism, Islamic Law and Society, Language and Culture, and the latest issue includes a special section on Succession in the Arab World. Search ASJ:    Our Site is Evolving This Web site is currently under construction. There may be sections of this Web site that may currently be inacessible, but please have patience while these updates are being made.

Welcome to the Arab Studies Journal Web Site View the current issue Current Issue: Fall 2007 / Spring 2008 (Vol. XV No. 2 / Vol. XVI No. 1) On Suicide Bombing Talal Asad America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier Reviewed by Sudhir Chella Rajan Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence Reviewed by Firat Bozcali More >>> From the Editors Spring 2008 The articles in this issue of the Arab Studies Journal underscore the diversity of political and cultural practices ranging from Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Turkey. The contributors analyze and critique how parties, states, and individuals are grappling with neo-liberal policies, global markets, and post-9/11 economic shifts that threaten regime stability, the welfare of different socioeconomic classes, and state cultural politics. In “Images of Openness, Spaces of Control: The Politics of Tourism Development in Tunisia,” Waleed Hazbun traces the connections between income from tourism and the politics of state building. He elaborates how Tunisia’s expanding tourist industry has helped sustain President Ben Ali’s increasingly authoritarian rule over the country... More >>>

CALL FOR PAPERS! The Arab Studies Journal is accepting papers for its Fall 2008 issue. Original work in any social science discipline or literature will be considered for publication. The Journal encourages the submission of papers representing fresh and alternative approaches not sufficiently represented by mainstream scholarship. More >>>