Understanding Sectarianism successfully accomplishes its important purpose of replacing
the unhelpful term 'Sectarianism'with more restrictive and descriptive terms like 'sectarian …

Tripoli, Lebanon's' Sunni City'is often presented as an Islamist or even Jihadi city. However,
this misleading label conceals a much deeper history of resistance and collaboration with …

This chapter proposes some conceptual and methodological revisions to the study of
sectarianism in the Middle East. It argues that although primordialism has been declared a …

Names: Cavatorta, Francesco, editor.| Storm, Lise, editor.| Resta, Valeria, editor. Title:
Routledge handbook on political parties in the Middle East and North Africa/edited by …

The rise of sectarianism in the Middle East has predominantly been explained by realist or
soft constructivist approaches. This article offers an alternative poststructuralist reading …

While the politicization of cultural heritage in Iraq is widely covered by research, little
attention is dedicated to how exactly heritage education has been implemented, the …

Whereas much recent research has tried to understand the role of sectarianism in the Syrian
conflict, few studies address the issue from a bottom-up viewpoint as seen from people's …

The chapter deals with the salience of identity issues in the politicking of political parties in
the Middle East and North Africa. Through the examples of Tunisia, Egypt, Iraq and Kuwait …

This contribution examines how political considerations influence the creation of religious
discourses and interpretations among rival religious actors. It analyses how the religio …

In most regions of the world, federalism (territorial autonomy) is used as a successful
institutional means of dispersing political power and accommodating ethnic, religious, and …