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My goal in this short essay is to capture for the reader the gains and losses associated with Islamic-based family rules in the context of an economy that has a generous supply of cheap domestic workers and a sparing one of female public employment. I do so from the perspective of the hou..

On most days I think that the use of international law to stake out a position that condemns Israeli military behavior is a good idea. Using legalese can be the only way for the Palestinian position to be "heard." On other days, I find myself skeptical. The porousness of the internatio..

…the Green Line is a cultural myth, harnessed to advance the economic-political and cultural interests of a broad liberal Jewish stratum of society in Israel.  This is the source of the paradox: The principle obstacle for a shift in the historical language resides with the libera..

[This article was written as a response to a recently published two-part interview with Tariq Tell on the history of state formation in Jordan and regime-society relations in the conte..