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Cover: "Migration of Bakhtiari Tribes," carpet, hand made, Tabriz, Iran |
Last fall was a busy time for us. In addition, the NELC Department was moved to the new building, Hagerty Hall. For these reasons the fall issue of Middle East and South Asia Folklore Bulletin, which is usually out by mid-December, is being published a month later. Nonetheless, we are pleased to offer you a "big fat issue" with eight book reviews, dissertation abstracts, recent and upcoming publications and more. Reviews cover a wide range of topics such as Arabic poetry and stories, Islamic and Jewish imagination of divinities and women’s issues in the Middle East. We unfortunately, have no reviews to present on South Asia in this issue. There are two insightful reviews on the gender issues in the Arab world. Rochelle Davis has done a great job on the ArabWomen in the Field. The second review on this topic, by Jolanda Guardi, is an interesting review to Sullivan’s Women in Egyptian Public Life. Hughes’s The Texture of the Divine is reviewed by Todd Lawson, our outstanding reviewer. Ipek Celik introduces us to Darwish’s poetry and Maria Elena Paniconi offers an intriguing review of Ibrahim’s ZAAT. Katja Föllmer’s review puts a shrewd finger on the New Media in the Muslim World. Rose Aslan introduces us to Weaver’s Pakistan: in the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan. Finally Braweiler’s review presents an insightful look at Johnson’s The Root Causes of Sudan’s Civil Wars. This issue of the Bulletin also contains "Dissertation Abstracts," "Recent & Upcoming Publications" as well as the "Call for Papers & Conferences." We hope you will be pleased with information of museums and exhibitions. We will continue to send hard copies of the Bulletin to all individual and institutional members. We also simultaneously post it online at http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/comp/bulletin. We welcome suggestions from our readers concerning aspects of folk culture in the Middle East and South Asia that could be reflected in the Bulletin. For information regarding books available for review in our forthcoming issues please write to us at our new address: The Middle East and South Asia Folklore Bulletin Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures 300 Hagerty Hall 1775 College Road Columbus, OH 43210-1262 Or via e-mail at: honarmand.3@osu.edu Please do not forget to renew your subscription Our rates are:
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