ISLAMIC STUDIES
Volume XL            Number 3-4   Autumn-Winter 1422 / 2001

Special Issue
JERUSALEM

Articles

From the Editor 395
Introduction
SALMA KHADRA JAYYUSI
4O3
The Covenant of Caliph `Umar with the People of Jerusalem
Tr. M. MODASSIR ALI
415
Poem
Jerusalem
NAOMI SHIHAB NYE
417

The Contemporary Scene

Jerusalem as the Key Issue
BAYAN NUWAIHED AL-HUT
419
Personal Account
I Lived in Jerusalem
SUBHI GHOSHEH
433
Jerusalem: Occupation and Challenges to Urban Identity
YASSER IBRAHIM RAJJAL
439
The Urban Transformation of Jerusalem, 1967-2001
ANTHONY COON
463
Personal Account
I Lived in Jerusalem
NA'ILA'L-WA'RI
475
Personal Account
I Returned to Jerusalem
LIYANA BADR
479
Personal Account
Jerusalem and I: A Personal Record
HALA SAKAKINI
483
The Jerusalem Question in International Law: The Way to a Solution
EUGENE COTRAN
487
Personal Account
My City Denied to Me
`ATALLAH KUTTAB
501
Holy Places, Unholy Domination: The Scramble for Jerusalem
MICHAEL PRIOR
507
Jerusalem and the Forgotten Documents
MUHAMMAD HUSAIN AL-FARRA
531
Essay
Jerusalem in Arab-Israeli Negotiations
ADNAN AL-SAYYID HUSSEIN
543
Portrayal of al-Quds and Muslim Political Aspirations in Urdu Literature
S. A. K. KASHFI and S. A. A. AKIF
549
Poem
Hamza Aweiwi, A Shoemaker
HAYAN CHARARA
569
Poem
Diaspora, Step By Step
IBTISAM BARAKAT
571
Poem
Jerusalem Song
LISA S. MAJAJ
575
Poem
A Room
NATHALIE HANDAL
577
Poem
Jerusalem Sunflower
SALEH ABUDAYYEH
579
Poem
City of Olive Branches
NIZAR QABBANI
581
Poem
The Thrice-Loved Land
ISMA’IL IBRAHIM NAWWAB
583
Poem
This City
AIDA HASAN DAMUNI
585

The Classical Scene

Arab Christians in Jerusalem
RAOUF ABU JABER
587
The Muslim Fascination with Jerusalem: The Case of the Sufis
SHAMSUDDiN AL-KILANI
601
Jerusalem as the City of God's Kingdom: Common Tropes in the Bible and the Ancient Near East
THOMAS L. THOMPSON
631
Viewpoint
The Zionist Claims to al-Haram al-Sharif and al-Aqsa Mosque: Biblical Perspective
MICHEL EDDEH
649
Personal Account
A Multiple Identity
LAILA AL-ATRASH
655
The Hezekiah Narrative as a Foundation Myth for Jerusalem's Rise to Sovereignty
INGRID HJELM
661
Personal Account
From Shepherd to Painter
MAHMOUD SHAHIN
675

The Visual Scene

Space and Holiness in Medieval Jerusalem
OLEG GRABAR
681
Personal Account
A Jerusalemite Painter Remembers
KAMAL BOULLATA
693
Jerusalem in 1923: The Impressions of a Young European
MUHAMMAD ASAD (Leopold Weiss) Tr. ELMA RUTH HARDER Intro. MUZAFFAR IQBAL
697
Essay Islamic Architectural Character of Jerusalem: With Special Description of the al-Aq?a and the Dome of the Rock
RA'EF NAJM
721
The Mosque of Omar
NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
735
Personal Account J
erusalem Reminiscences
MUREED BARGHOUTHY
739
Poem
The Muslim Quarter
SARAH MAGUIRE
741
Book Reviews
Review Article
Sylvia Auld and Robert Hillenbrand. Eds. Ottoman Jerusalem. The Living City: 1517-1917.
RUBA KAN'AN
743
Annual Table of Contents 753