Middle East and North Africa

This collection contains articles by highly regarded international scholars assessing governance, democratization and human rights in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa. In the spirit of the 50th anniversary year of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, the authors examine the interrelationships among Islam, politics, and human rights and evaluate each country's contemporary record. The book contains in-depth articles on Islam and politics, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, the Gulf States, Turkey, Egypt, and the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania). The authors discuss recent political developments in each of these countries and point out their accomplishments and shortcomings in the area of human rights. - Back cover.