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Category: Middle East
07/03/09
15:43:12, by Lorenz 
. Categories: politics, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers, Middle East, University / Academia War in Iraq: Why are anthropologists so silent?
Many US-anthropologists protested against the Vietnam war in the 60s. Why have anthropologists been so reluctant to engage with the "immense tragedy" and "waste of resources by our governments" in the Iraq war, Antonius C.G.M. Robben and Marshall Sahlins… more »
27/01/09
04:05:59, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, Us and Them, anthropology (general), Middle East, University / Academia Boycott Israel? - More anthropologists on Gaza (II)
(text changed, name removed, see comments below) Four anthropologists are among a long list of scholars who in The Guardian call for a boycott of Israel:
We must do what we can to stop Israel from winning its war. Israel must accept that its security… more »
07/01/09
Anthropologists on the war on Gaza (updated)
(See also part II David Graeber: Boycott Israel! - More anthropologists on Gaza) After two weeks war in Gaza, it's time to round up: How have anthropologists contributed to a better understanding of the conflict? According to my overview, they have bee… more »
02/11/08
Researched the sexual revolution in Iran
Girls wear makeup, go with their hair uncovered, drink, have boyfriends and premarital sex: For seven years, anthropologist Pardis Mahdavi has studied the sexual revolution in Iran, the Ventura Country Star reports.
Those actions could have brought ha… more »
22/09/08
21:54:52, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, Us and Them, applied anthropology, Northern America, Middle East, ethics How the Human Terrain System people think
"They’re natural born killers. They’re good, they’re lethal, they’re fantastic. I love working with them", says Major Robert Holbert. He was part of the first Human Terrain Team in Afghanistan in 2007 and tells his story in a fascinating interview with L… more »
29/06/08
"Prostitution is not sex for money"
(via CultureMatters) Prostitution is a fascinating topic and means different things in different parts of the world. In the American Sexuality Magazine, anthropologist Lisa Wynn writes about her difficulties to understand what Egyptians meant when they s… more »
19/05/08
Lila Abu Lughod: "In Israel and Palestine we have an amazing opportunity"
(via CultureMatters) While Israelis celebrate the 60th anniversary of their state's founding, Palestinians around the world are mourning the "Nakba" - or "catastrophe" - that drove so many into exile. SPIEGEL ONLINE interviewed anthropologist Lila Abu-Lu… more »
16/04/08
Cooperation between the Pentagon and anthropologists a fiasco?
The collaboration between the U.S. military and anthropologists has been criticized for both political and ethical reasons. According to a recent article in Newsweek, the whole project could end as a fiasco: The implementation of the $40 million project… more »
06/11/07
02:18:16, by Lorenz . Categories: technology, religion cosmology, culture traditions, Us and Them, Middle East Kosher cell phones, kosher bus routes and kosher clothing: Israel's Ultra-Orthodox economy
For Jews, not only food needs to be kosher, the New York Times explains in an interesting article about Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox.
There are even kosher mobile phones. You cannot send text messages with them, take photographs or connect to the Internet… more »
08/08/07
23:52:12, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, religion cosmology, Us and Them, books, Northern America, Middle East Selected quotes from "On Suicide Bombing" by Talal Asad
I've finished reading Talal Asad's new book On Suicide Bombing. It belongs to the category of books I like most: It challenges common assumptions, makes us think (not so important if you agree with him all the time or not). By showing that the world is m… more »
14:51:08, by Lorenz . Categories: Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, migration, anthropology (general), Middle East, websites "Voices": Anthropologist publishes e-book about Palestinian women
Voices: Palestinian Women Narrate Displacement is a collection of oral histories recorded by Beirut-based anthropologist and oral historian Rosemary Sayigh. It was published as e-book, devoted to men and women living in Gaza, the West Bank, Jerusalem and… more »
01/08/07
New York Times reviews Talal Asad's "On Suicide Bombing"
Some weeks ago I wrote a few lines about the book On Suicide Bombing by anthropologist Talal Asad. Among other things, he questions our notions about legitimate violence.
On Sunday, the book was reviewed in the New York Times:
Asad (...) takes aim… more »
03/12/06
Oxford to Host First Conference on Visual Anthropology of Iran
The first Interdisciplinary Conference on the Visual Anthropology of Iran entitled “Images of Culture, Culture of Images” is to be held in Oxford University in September 2007, according to a press release.
The two-day conference on the Visual Anthropo… more »
03/11/06
01:46:13, by Lorenz . Categories: gender, fieldwork / methods, youth, Middle East, Visual Anthropology Photography as research tool: More engaged Kurdish anthropology
Visual anthropologist Kameel Ahmady has published several new articles at KurdishMedia.com. It looks like he is about to publish a whole book there. It started four weeks ago with part one of Media consumption, conformity and resistance: A visual ethnog… more »
30/10/06
00:38:47, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, culture traditions, Us and Them, gender, Middle East Lila Abu-Lughod: It's time to give up the Western obsession with veiled Muslim women
(via Alexandre Enkerli at Disparate) "Excellent", a reader comments Lila Abu-Lughod's article: The Muslim woman. The power of images and the danger of pity and adds:
Why do Anthropologists so seldom speak up when it's more important than ever to under… more »
08/10/06
23:14:38, by Lorenz . Categories: Us and Them, fieldwork / methods, youth, journal articles / papers, Middle East, Visual Anthropology, websites Visual ethnography and Kurdish anthropology by Kameel Ahmady
The first part of the paper Media consumption, conformity and resistance: a visual ethnography of youth culture in Iranian Kurdistan by anthropologist Kameel Ahmady has been published on KurdishMedia. Ahmady wanted to examine the factors which shape a s… more »
04/10/06
16:44:45, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, technology, religion cosmology, books, media, Middle East How Islamic cassette sermons challenge the moral and political landscape of the Middle East
The New York Times called it "Bin Laden's Low-Tech Weapon": Islamic cassette sermons are often associated with terrorism. They are rather a medium for democratic activism and ethical selv-improvement, anthropologist Charles Hirschkind argues in his new b… more »
23/07/06
Anthropologists on the Israel-Lebanon conflict
(post in progress) "Strangely, you rarely see anthropologists on the front lines at times like these", anthropologist Maria Teasdale Brodine wrote at anthropology.net on the war in Lebanon nine days ago:
It seems that anthropologists might have the t… more »
26/06/06
"Welcome to an Engaged Anthropologist's Blog"
Former professor of anthropology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and peace activist for over 30 years, Jeff Halper has started blogging. In his post "Welcome to an Engaged Anthropologist's Blog" he explains:
My idea for this blog is to to bring… more »
06/06/06
New Journal: "Anthropology of the Middle East"
Recent political events have shown an alarming lack of awareness in western countries of life in the Middle East. Anthropologists play an important role in making social and cultural developments in the Middle East more comprehensible to a wider world, s… more »
23/04/06
'Overemphasis on security creates insecurity'
Security has come to be the overriding issue in every debate about development and immigration issues - and it's part of a worldwide trend which in fact does the complete opposite and helps to create insecurity. That's according to anthropologist Rema H… more »
08/02/06
“A Season in Mecca” - New book about real participant observation as a mecca pilgrim
Priceton University presents a new book which might be an example for good anthropological writing. It's a book about the Hajj-pilgrimage to Mecca by anthropologist Abdellah Hammoudi:
Written in the first person, “A Season in Mecca” reads like a novel… more »
01:45:18, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, religion cosmology, Us and Them, Europe, media, Middle East Anthropologist Pnina Werbner on Muhammad-cartoons: 'Satanic Verses Taught us a Lesson'
No newspaper in Britain has published the Muhammad-cartoons. "There are some lessons (the British) learned from "The Satanic Verses" that I'm afraid others in Europe still need to learn", anthropologist Pnina Werbner says in an interview with Der Spiegel… more »
02/02/06
"Tribal Iraq Society" - Anthropologists engaged for US war in Iraq
No good news: In France, they shut down anthropology, in the US, we see the sell-out of our disciplin: "U.S. analysts are starting to apply anthropological models to trying to understand and fight the Iraq", according to United Press International.
An… more »
03/06/05
00:57:51, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, technology, development empowerment, media, Middle East, internet Weblogs are sweeping the political and social landscape of Iran
Hadi Ansari, OhmyNews International
Only four years have passed since Hossein Derakhshan, Iran's leading blogger and Internet activist, published a guide to making a weblog in Persian. Now the influence of weblogs has spread to every aspect of Iranian… more »
11/12/04
The Vulgar Spirit of Blogging - ethnographic study of Persian-language weblogs
Alireza Doostdar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, American Anthropologist
This article is an ethnographic study of Persian-language weblogs (blogs), focusing on a divisive argument among Iranian bloggers that came to be known as… more »
25/10/04
Unmarried Women in Arab Countries: Status No Longer Dependent upon the Husband
Arabnews
Depending on the societies they live in, when unmarried girls reach a certain age which differs from society to society, people begin to refer to them as “old maids” or “spinsters”. Especially in Arab countries, people still look upon a young… more »
04/10/04
13:21:49, by Lorenz . Categories: culture traditions, fieldwork / methods, journal articles / papers, Middle East, cyberanthropology, internet An Ethnographic Study on Online Communities in Saudi Arabia
Forum: Qualitative Social Research (FQS)
The aim of this article is to discuss the lessons learned from conducting semi-structured interviews online in an ethnographic study that took place in Saudi Arabia during the period 2001-2002.
The purpose o… more »
23/08/04
The 'earth house' recreates a traditional Lebanese lifestyle in exacting detail
The Daily Star - Lebanon News
TERBOL, Lebanon: In an old peasant house in the village of Terbol, everything is so perfect, so miniature that you'd think you were wandering around in a doll house. The "Earth House," as this newly opened museum in the W… more »
11/07/04
Anthropologist: Iranian Nomads Constitute Cultural Treasure
Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency
“Nomads constitute a cultural treasure, not a simple community, because the Iranian society can trace back its roots among them and still feeds on their agricultural products,” said Dr. Jalaludin Rafifar, nomad ex… more »
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