2022 Conference Paper PresentationsBelow is a list of papers that will be presented at the Fifteenth Annual ASMEA Conference. A Dress Rehearsal? The Secret Relations Between Israel and Christians in Lebanon (1968-1970) A French civil war in the middle east A Genealogy of Evil: Anti-Semitism from Nazism to Islamic Jihad A Tale of Two Wars and Sixties Stamps: Remembering the Nakba and the Naksa on Jordanian Postage Stamps A thin debate: Comparing the conflicting political narratives of the UN Security Council and General Assembly on the Gaza Strip from 2006 to 2018 Adaptation and creativity—Saudi policies under the regency of Muhammad B. Salman Anti-Semitism at Fairs and Festivals in the Interwar Middle East Antisemitism in popular culture Approaches to the study of the African Union after Ten and Twenty Years: Analyses of a Regional International Organization and Narratives on Contemporary Africa Assessment of the Impact of Abraham Accords After More Than One Year on the Middle East Stability Bediüzzaman Said Nursi—A Politico-Religious Opponent of the Early Turkish State Between Crescent and Cross: The Politics and Practice of Dissimulation in a Transimperial Druze Household, the House of Ma’n of Mt. Lebanon, 1585-1703 Beyond the Invisible Borders. Turkey, the Kurds, and the Syrian-Iraqi Borderland Biographies of Insecurity: Labor Migration from the Moroccan Margins Can "The Whole World" be Wrong: A Medievalist's Guide to the Troubled 21st Century Changing Structure of Educational Landscape In Africa: The Leverage Of Transnational Faith-based NGOs China’s Belt and Road Initiative in East Africa: Finding Success in Failure? Colonial Paranoia: French Carcerality Amidst the Algerian Struggle Comparing the Iraqi and Syrian American Diaspora During Times of Conflict: Sectarianism, Ethnic Cleavages, and Gender Complex Effects of International Relations Counterinsurgency in The Middle East: The Russian Tar Baby Critical Race Theory and the New French Islam Critical Reading of Historical Gender Roles in Contemporary Debates around Climate Change and the Feminization of Poverty: Case of the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe Cycles of Violent Displacement: Tigrayan Refugee Women, 1974-2022 Dimensions of the Imaginary, the Real and the Symbolic—the Case of Transsexuals in Iran Do Sexual Inequality and Gender Discrimination Derive from the Qur’an? Revisiting Hermeneutics in Islam’s Most Sacred Text Does it Matter for Africa with Whom it Trades? Estimations of the Impacts of Africa’s Trade with the EU and China on Corruption Dominant Party Affiliation and Perceived Institutional Performance: Evidence from Local Governance in Algeria Echoes of a Revolution: The Nahda and Nationalist Records at the British Library Economic Diversification Challenge in the United Arab Emirates: the Combined Effect of Market Failure, Rentier State and Demographic Imbalance Egypt’s Diaspora Policy in the Post-June 2013 Era as a Transnational Mechanism of Regime Legitimation Empty Threats and Aid Weaponization: Understanding the International Response to Yemen's Humanitarian Crisis European Green Deal as the European Foreign and Security Policy tool Exchanging the Shepherd’s Staff for AK-47: Fulani Herdsmen and the Negotiation of Identity and Security in Nigeria Explaining Party System Weakness in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia Family, Sexualities, and the Zimbabwean Roman Catholic Church in late Twentieth Century Moto Magazine Forgotten Jewish refugees from Arab Countries and Iran Framing Diplomacy, Politics, Religion, and Social Dynamics in Turkish Media French Advising of Indigenous Soldiers in Africa Before the Great War: The Origins of Patron-Client Relationships From Cultural Recognition to Political Assertion; Amazigh Challenges to the Existing Order in North Africa From Fattening Rooms to Girls’ Institutes: Domestic Science and the Changing Meanings of Womanhood in Calabar, 1846-1946 International intervention in the Middle East: The Arab Spring in Libya and Syria İsmailağa, Furkan Vakfı and AK Party: A Critical Assessment of the Contours of the Relations between AK Party and Religious Movements after the July 15th coup Israel's Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945-1949 Israel: ‘occupier’ or ‘occupied’? The psycho-political projection of Christian and post-Christian supersessionism Ghana's 2016 and 2020 Elections: Introducing a Corpus and Examining False Information on Twitter Health disparities by religious identity: Comparing child growth among Christian and Muslim children in Egypt and Jordan How Ali Shariati's Reinterpretation of Shi'ite Islam Led to a Dispute with the Clerics Identity, Affect, and the Hermeneutics of Jihad: Understanding Postcolonial Subjectivity in Boko Haram In Search of the Non-Transitory Native: Revisiting the Concept of Palestinian Indigeneity in Narratives of Israeli Settler Colonialism In the Service of which Nation: Immigrants as non-Governmental Agents of Trans-Border Economic Policies In-group versus out- group conflicts: Analysis of crisis instigated by indigene and settlers’ claim to land ownership in Northern Nigeria Institutional Arrangements and Procurement Procedures for Post-War Reconstruction in Yemen Institutional Logic of Fragile States: Afghanistan and South Sudan in Comparative Perspective Inter-Group Conflict in the DRC: How the perception of being part of the victims vs perpetrators shape individuals’ support for retributive violence and reconciliation Intra house gender relations and careless masculinity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Iran and the Spread of AntiZionist and Antisemitic Propaganda in Latin America Iran National Security transformation from Pahlavi dynasty to Islamic Republic. Is Europe Burning? The Islamic State against the Continent Is Technological Capability the Missing Link in Africa’s Lack of Inclusive Growth and Structural Transformation? Islam, the Coptic Church, and Aksūm in the early Medieval Coptic and Arabic writings: An overview Islamic Ties and Rebel Territorial Control in African Armed Conflicts Israel in the shadow of the struggle for the Middle East - old rivals and new allies Jewish Women and the Making of the Levant Fair in Mandatory Palestine Judaeo-Islamic Virtue Ethics in the Cairo Genizah: A Study of Generosity and Contentment Litani 1978: Incursion on the Road to the First Lebanon War Localized Borderland Rebellion or Global Jihadist Group? Mediator-narration: US presidents and the narration of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 1993-2012 Nomination of Women with Intersecting Identities as an Electoral Competition Strategy in Turkey’s Mayoral Elections North Korea Sanctions and Illicit Activities: Their Relationship to Iran On Menachem Begin's changing image in Israeli society “Our Armenians” or “Enemy Within”: Turkey’s Armenian Minority in the AKP Era Peace Promotion through Transformation of Territorial Meta-Narratives: An Inquiry into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Police Self-Confidence During Conflict: Examining Officers Sense of Authority Popularity of Terrorist Groups and Counterterrorism in Middle East and North Africa "Practical Nationalism": World War II Veterans and Nationalism in Nigeria, 1945 - 1960 Premodern Jewish Memory and History in Contact through Arabic Poetry in the Cairo Genizah Private Military Companies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Failure or a Future? Religion or Violence in the Name of Allah: The Rise of an Islamist Extremist Group in Northern Nigeria in the 2000s and the Threat it Poses to Civility, Freedom, and Democracy Remembering Karbala: Approaching a Social History of Iraqi Shi'ism Rethinking Pan-Arabism: From Utopian Idea to a Practical Plan Saddam’s Islamic Faith Campaign, Open and Archival Sources and What Lies Below? Sāsānian war elephants and Islamic historical memory Saudi Arabia: A SWOT Analysis of a Family-Wahhabi Nationalism Case Study Secularizing Islam Settlers in Syria: Turkish Population Transfers in Northern Syria Sh īʿī Activism and British Imperialism in the Making of the Iraqi State Spilling Anger Out on Walls: Protest Graffiti and the Art of Resistance Politics in Contemporary Africa State-level Incitement against Zionism on the eve of the Aleppo Pogrom of 1947 Systematic Symbolism in State-sponsored Turkish Historical Fictions: The Case of "Payitaht: Abdülhamid" Tehran’s Sanctions Evasion Strategy: Financing: The Islamic Republic’s Efforts to Establish a Hegemonic Position in the Middle East Terrorism, Territory, and Social Movements: An Evolution of Fourth Wave Terrorism The Challenges of and Prospects for Nation-Building in a Post-Independent Nigeria (1960-2022) The Clash of Ethoses within the Lebanese Maronite Community: The Case of Michel Aoun and Samir Geagea The Controversial Legacy of Abū Qatāda al-Filasṭīnī The Coup Taboo: Assessing the Salience and Internalization of an Anti-Coup Norm in Egypt and Turkey The effect of shared employment of Israeli-Jews and Non-Israeli Palestinians on mutual attitudes: Comparative research at Israeli Industry and Medicine workplaces The End Game: Juba Peace Talks, the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Perspective The Fatwa of the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mahmoud Shaltout on Shiism The Formation of the National Palestinian Ethos The Future of a Museumified Cario: Consequences for Right to the City The Incompetent Incarcerations: The Israeli Approach to Female Counterterrorism The Iraqi Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Protection The Islamic Modernism of Ayatollah Montazeri The Levant Fair and the Promotion of Tel Aviv as an ‘All-Jewish’ City in the Interwar Period The Marketing Strategy of the PLO The Maronites of Lebanon; Hubris to Dhimmitude The Multidimensional Image of Fethullah Gulen and his Life of Conflict with the Turkish State The New Hedgers in the Middle East: How Does the USA can Constrain Russia with the Hedging States? The Oslo accords after thirty years: A missed opportunity to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, or a grand diplomatic deception? The Other Radicals: Zionist-Socialist Youth in Apartheid South Africa, 1948-1970 The Politics of Cryptocurrency Regulation in Africa The Projects or the People: A study of Education policymaking in The Gambia The Role of International Actors in Promoting Support for Women’s Rights in the MENA Region: Evidence from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The Social Background of Political Contention: West Bank Ba’th Activists Under Jordanian Rule The Social-Economic Effects of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) in the Persian Modernization between 1909 and 1933 Trouble in Idyll, Idyll in Trouble: The US-Israel Relations from 1970 to 1991 Turkish Foreign Policy during the Ukrainian War: Shifting or Hedging? Turkoman Politics in Iraq After the DAESH War Unlearning to learn: Professional resocialization among social workers in Ghana Vigilantism and Community Security in Nigeria: An Analysis of the Civilian Joint Task Force and Amotekun Wahhabi Warfare on the Arabian Peninsula in the 18th Century, as told by Ibn Bishr Wasta and Democratic Attitudes in the Middle East West Africa on the Global Stage: Examining Regional Trade for Development When Legal Conservatism Renders Salafi-Jihadis Lenient: The Intra-Salafi Debate about Being a Naturalized Citizen of an Infidel Country When Springs Become Winters: How Armed Actors Hijack Nonviolent Revolutions When Village Identity Interweaves with the City: The Evolution of the ‘Hebronite’ Regionalism and Identity Who are the Isra'ilites in The Qur'an Why Do Women Participate Less? A Study of Women Participation in Turkish Trade Unions Women, Violent Extremism, and National Security: The Role of Harmful Traditional Practices in Northeast Nigeria Women’s rights in Israel: the activism of the Beta Israel Community Yoruba Female Entrepreneurship: Between History, Context and Identity Poster PresentationsFactors Contributing to Students’ Academic, Social, and Psychological Engagement at a Public University in Benin. Islamic Art and Islamist Fears: A French Paradox Romanticizing the Zionist Narrative (1904-1923): Myth and Memory in Degania The Art of Attack: Comparing Palestinians’ High-tech and Low-tech Resistance The Dilemma of China's One Belt One Road Initiative in Africa The Ethiopian Jewish Community from the Italian Fascist rule to the official recognition The Nigerian Civil War, 1967-170 and the Regrets of Our Heroes and Heroines Past: Lessons and Cautions for Future Generations of Nigerians Understanding Islam’s Role in Conflict and Conflict Resolution Within the Regional Context Weaponization of Social Media--Sahel and West Africa, A Russia Hybrid Battle Ground? Women Rights in the Middle East |