2017
Download PDF copies of issues of The Middle East in London published in 2017.
October–November 2017
Secularism
Secularisation and fundamentalism ♦The persistent challenge of 'Islamic exceptionalism' ♦ Secularism in the caliphate? ♦ Turkish secularism revisited ♦ Tunisia's revolution: beyond the Islamist-secularist divide ♦ The Farron Affair and secularism in the UK ♦ Towards a better understanding of Muslims ♦ PLUS Reviews and events in London
June–July 2017
Turkey
♦ A president in control of the executive, legislature and judiciary ♦ Erdogan's victory and the unravelling of political Islam in Turkey ♦ Turkey's institutional fragility ♦ The future of Turkey's Kurds? ♦ Turkey's journalists in a battle for survival ♦ The Turkish economy struggling with political volatility ♦ Turkey's new dynamics in global energy and geopolitics ♦ Istanbul Film Festival ♦ PLUS Reviews and events in London
April–May 2017
Youth Precarity in MENA
(April–May 2017)
♦ MENA youth and the need for a political economy approach ♦ (Arab) Youth, a versatile government category? ♦ Middle East youth as 'the Precariat'? ♦ Youth in the southern and eastern Mediterranean ♦ Securitising youth migration to the EU and the Gulf ♦ Youth prospects in Lebanon ♦ The curious blend of youth participation and distrust in institutions ♦ The unfinished story of youth precarity and struggle in Greece ♦ PLUS Reviews and events in London
February–March 2017
Environment
West Asia and the Global Environment Outlook ♦ Ocean acidification ♦ The political ecology of virtual water in Palestine ♦ The main challenge to Yemen's future ♦ The challenges of integrating off-grid electricity in Oman's domestic sector ♦ Sustainable energy planning in MENA ♦ The evolution of the Nile regulatory regime ♦ Khettara: a traditional yet viable irrigation option ♦ PLUS Events in London
December 2016–January 2017
Film
Arabic film festivals in London ♦ Film and film festivals in the Middle East and London ♦ Creative approaches in films on Palestine ♦ Israel, Palestine and zombies ♦ Trends in North African cinema ♦ Wither Iranian cinema? ♦ Keeping Aleppo alive ♦ Nascent Kurdish cinema ♦ Changing trends in Iraqi cinema ♦ Egyptian cinema after the uprisings ♦ Photo competition results ♦ PLUS Reviews and events in London