Throughout the Arab world, Islamist political movements are joining the electoral process. This change alarms some observers and excites other. In recent years,

Hamas and Palestine: The Contested Road to Statehood analyses the Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, between 2005 and 2017. The book expounds how Hamas has e

This book is a comprehensive overview and analysis of the Palestinians' travail as they move from revolutionary movement to state. Barry Rubin outlines the diff

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