MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
Vol. XXXVII     No.4       October  2001

Contents

Al-Azhar and Shari’a Courts in Twentieth Century Caucasus 
Vladimir Bobrovnikov
1
Nakbat Haifa: Collapse and Dispersion of a Major Palestinian Community 
Efraim Karsh
25
Conflict and Co-operation within Lebanon’s Business Community: Relations between Merchant’s and Industrialists’ Associations 
Sami E Baroudi
71
Economic Bases of Ethnic Separatism in Turkey: An Evaluation of Claims and Counterclaims 
Servet Mutlu
101
The Islamic Debate about Land Reform in the Iranian Parliament (1981–86) 
Khadija V. Frings-Hessami
136
Termination of the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria: Positions, Decisions and Constraints at Israel’s Ministerial Level 
Shmuel Tzabag
182
British Immigration Policy to Palestine in the 1930s: Implications for Youth Aliyah 
Dvora Hacohen
206
Scholarship or Propaganda: Works on Israel and the Arab – Israeli Conflict, 2001 (Review Article)
Neill Lochery
219
Modernity, Power and Islam in Iran: Reflections on Some Recent Literature (Review Article) 
Stephanie Cronin
237
Book Reviews 253