Interpreting the Middle East for North Americans—
Interpreting North America for the Middle East

The U.S. and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

6 Despite 192 Deaths in Lebanon, Peres Re-Election Remains Tenuous—Richard  H. Curtiss

7 Palestinians and Lebanese Pay a Heavy Price for Labor's Election Strategy—Maureen  Meehan

8 Israeli Closure Devastates Palestinian Economy and Threatans Peace Process—Maureen Meehan

9 Lebanese Ambassador Riad Tabbarah Slashes Through the Media Curtain—Andrew  I. Killgore

10 Why No Outrage at Israel's Terrorism?—Khaled Al-Maenna

16 From the Hebrew Press: Selections From Israeli Newspapers—Israel Shahak

17 Middle East and the West Still Sundered by Balfour Declaration—Andrew  I. Killgore

18 The Middle East Angle of the Pollard Case—Paul Findley

19 How Do Israel's Two Candidates Differ on Peace With Israel's Neighbors?—Eugene  Bird

28 The USS Liberty: Did Israel's Armed Forces Commit One War Crime to Hide  Another?—James M. Ennes, Jr.

29 Christrian Peacemakers Face Deportation After Hebron Demolitions—Mitchell  Kaidy

40 PNC Vote Affirms Arafat Leadership of Diaspora Palestinians—Richard  H. Curtiss

90 Peres' Attack on Lebanon —Neve  Gordon

Qatar: The Successor Generation Takes Over
72 A Personal Reminiscence: After 24 Years, Qatar Again Has a Succession Problem—Richard  H. Curtis
74 Abrupt Change of Rulers in Qatar Has a  Precedent —Andrew I. Killgore and Richard H.  Curtiss
78 Qatar at a Glance—Shawn  L. Twing
78 Qatar's New Ruler Breaks the GCC Policy Mold—Richard  H. Curtiss
80 Gas Exports May Soon Give Qatar World's Highest Per Capita GDP—Richard  H. Curtiss
81 Environmental Protection in Qatar: No Job for  Dilettantes —Richard H. Curtiss
82 Qatar in History: Ties to World's Earliest Civilizations —Richard H. Curtiss
84 For Qatari Educators, Women Are Both the Problem and the Solution—Richard  H. Curtiss

Special Reports

11 Political Attacks Follow Growing American-Muslim Recognition—Geoff  Lumetta

12 In Memorian: Ronald Harmon Brown, 1941-1996—James  Zogby

13 Muslims in America: The Nation's Fastest Growing Religion—M. M. Ali

15 U.S. Domestic Politics the Biggest Threat to U.S. Mission in Bosnia—Richard  H. Curtiss

20 Disastrous Performance in Sudan Gives Islamism a Bad Name—M.  I. Elmakki

21 As Sudan Instability Mounts, Sudanese Congregate in Egypt—Sybella Wilkes

22 Egypt's Economic Reforms Release a New Genie—Emad  S. Mekay

24 Tension Between Islamists and Secularists Grows in Turkey—Marvine Howe

25 Turkey's Anti-Islamist Coalition Government Off to a Slow Start—James M. Dorsey

26 Vatican-Sponsored Statement on Lebanon Is Sharply Critical of Syria—Peter Saiers

27 Lebanon's Political Clouds Were Lifting Prior to Israeli Onslaught—Carole Dagher

35 Kashmir, Hindutva, and a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty—Suroosh Irfani

46 What They Said: Marlon Brando's Strange Soliloquy on Jewish Influence in Hollywood

56 India and Pakistan May Need a Comprehensive Cricket "Test Ban Treaty"—M. M. Ali

57 Both Sides in Divided Cyprus Waiting for Outside Push for Peace—Ian  Williams

61 "Shades of Los Angeles" Project Spotlights Middle Eastern Communities—Fadwa El  Guindi

Departments

3 Letters to the Editor

14 News From New York: Egyptian Films and Their Makers Provide Insights on Their Society—Katherine M. Metres

23 United Nations Report: Sudan Still Next in Line for U.N. Sanctions—Ian Williams

30 Issues in the News—Compiled by Shawn L. Twing

36 Middle East History: May 1991: Jews from Ehtiopia Face Discrimination on Arrival in Israel

June 1977: Systematic Torture of Arabs Exposed by Newspaper—Donald Neff

41 Media Watch: Serbs Tighten Control Over Domestic and Foreign News Media—Kurt Holden

42 People Watch: New York Media Get Close-up of Israel’s Tough Top Diplomat

43  Jews and Israel: Clinton, Peres Open AIPAC 1996 Convention—Nathan Jones

44 Public Opinion: Despite Blockade and Rising Unemployment, Poll Shows Palestinians Choose Moderation—Ella Bancroft

45 The Cost of Israel to U.S. Taxpayers: In Allocating Aid to Israel, Congress Has Lost All Sense of Proportion—Lucille Barnes

48 Other People's Mail

58 The Middle East in the Middle West: Chicago Symposium Considers Gulf War and Its Aftermath —Raeshma Razvi

60 California Chronicle: Eight Arab-American Artists Featured at Friends Service  Committee—Pat McDonnel Twair

62 Arab American Activism: CAIR Documents U.S. Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes

63 Muslim-American Activism: CAIR Documents U.S. Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes

65 Diplomatic Doings: Lebanese Ambassador Analyzes Israeli Bombing

66 Waging Peace: Jews, Muslims, Arabs and Others Join in Condemning Israeli  Attacks

69 Christianity and the Middle East: Islamic Studies Specialist Lectures on "Jesus in Islam"—Rev. L. Humphrey Walz

70 Book Review: A Balcony Over the Fakihani—Reviewed by Marilyn Raschka

87 Education: Books on U.S. Mideast Policies—Betsy Barlow

113 Facts for Your File: Febuary-March 1996 Chronology of U.S.-Middle East Relations—Compiled by Janet McMahon

126 Bulletin Board

138 Publishers' Page