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Rachel Simon | 1 Feb 1999 22:08
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Reviews

I got the following books for review in MELA notes:

* William Facey & Gillian Grant, Kuwait by the first photographers. London &
  New York : I.B. Tauris, 1999  (128 p.)

* Azar Aryanpour, Behind the tall walls. Danbury, CT : Rutledge books, 1998
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I addition, I saw ads for the folowing which I think should be reviewed. I'll
order them if I'll have reviewers:

Hamdi Sakkut, The modern Arabic novel: bibliography and critical introduction,
1865-1995. 5 v. set. AUB Press

Viola Shafik, Arab cinema: history and cultural identity. AUB Press

Sherifa Zuhur (ed.). Images of enchantment: visual and performing arts of the
Middle East.   AUB Press

Michelle Kimball & Barbara R. von Schlegell, Muslim women throughout the world:
a bibliography. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1997

Herbert L. Bodman & Nayereh Tohidi (eds.), Women in Muslim societies: diversity
within unity.  Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998

Avraham Sela (ed.), Political encyclopedia of the Middle East. Continuum Publis
hing co. 1998

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James W. Weinberger | 3 Feb 1999 03:28
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(unknown)

 	Does anyone have a copy of this out-of-print book in their
collection that they are willing to lend?

	AUTHOR:   Hamav i, Mu hammad ibn Is haq, fl. ca. 1530.
         	TITLE:  An is al-Mu min in / ta l if-i Mu hammad ibn Is haq ibn
                  	 Mu hammad  Hamav i ; bih ta s h i h-i M ir H ashim
                   	Mu haddi s.
   	PUBLICATION:  Tihr an : V a hid-i Ta hq iq at-i Isl am i-i Buny
ad-i Ba  s :
                  	Markaz-i pakhsh,  V a hid-i Kit ab-i Buny ad-i Ba
s, 1363
                   	[1984]
   .
 Princeton's copy has disappeared into the ether, and we have a researcher
in need of the work. Please address responses to me directly at
jwwein@... rather than to the list.

	 Thanks.
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Charles E. Jones | 2 Feb 1999 22:02

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Edward A. Jajko | 3 Feb 1999 18:41
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Kurdish romanization

A query to the many of my colleagues who know more than I do:  We are just
beginning the processing of a few Kurdish titles (Arabic script), which
will be done in romanization.  I know almost no Kurdish, certainly not
enough to romanize competently.  I have tried to apply the ALA-LC
romanization table for "Kurdish (in Perso-Arabic script)" and have quickly
come to the conclusion that, as usual, knowledge of the language is a
prerequisite to use of the tables.  I am confused by things that I find in
the tables, such as a vowel system that uses long and short a, i, and u
only, but then says under "Rules of Application," "4. Romanize the _zher_
(unwritten vowel) as _i_."  Is "zher" (with macron on the 'e') a commonly
accepted term for the "unwritten vowel," whatever that may be?  But even if
it is, why introduce into the tables that inconsistency with the prescribed
romanization for vowels?  Within those same "Rules of Application," why use
the Arabic word for idafah when the tables indicate no letter '.Dad'?
Isn't there a Kurdish word for idafah/izafat, that doesn't use the letter
'.Dad'?  

I am confused even further by the LC Cairo office's Subject: List 99-40, of
Kurdish titles, posted on Wednesday, 6 Jan. 1999.  I assume that items 1-8
and 10-17 are Kurmanji, in Roman alphabet, and that item 9 is the lone
Sorani [?] title, in Arabic alphabet.  To avoid an overlong message, I
reproduce item 1 below as representative of the Kurmanji, and also item 9:.  

List99-40

1-               LCN: 98956670
Barakat, Salim. [Baziyar. ] Mehabad ber bi olimpiyada Xwede de / Selim
Berekat ; werger, Jan Dost. Capa 1. Beyoglu, Istanbul : Avesta, 1996. 
$15.00 (U.S.). 57 p. ; 21 cm. (Avesta/Siir ; 13/4 ) 
Poems.
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Oren Mass | 8 Feb 1999 13:20
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New Israeli titles in the Middle east, 7th Feb. 1999

Offered by:
RUBIN MASS Ltd.,Publishers and Booksellers
POBox 990,  Jerusalem 91009, Israel
Tel. 972-2-6277863
Fax  972-2-6277864
e-mail: rmass@...	
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050	THE MIDDLE EAST

102288	Towards a Social Security System/Hilal Jamil&Others	$40
	Ramallah/MAS/ pages /1998
	In the West Bank and Gaza Strip` a Palestinian Economic Policy Research
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Hebrew title:
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102320	Or Betsel/Gershoni,Israel	$19.40
	T-A/Am Oved/483 pages/1999	ISBN 965-13-1267-X
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Oren Mass | 9 Feb 1999 13:22
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Blanket orders for Israeli books on the M.E.

Dear librarians,
We would like to remind that we are able to supply ALL books and periodicals
from Israel and the Palestinian Authonomy, ALSO by BLANKET ORDERS, with
special reduced prices and special terms.
If you would like to receive catalogue or any additional information, pls.
e-mail direct to: rmass@... .
Thanks, Oren Mass (manager of RUBIN MASS Ltd.)
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RUBIN MASS Ltd.,Publishers and Booksellers
POBox 990,  Jerusalem 91009, Israel
 Mr. Oren Mass (Manager)
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Tel. 972-2-6277863
Fax  972-2-6277864
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Ali Houissa | 9 Feb 1999 14:47
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Amrika wa-al-harb al-thalithah / Usamah bin (ibn) Ladin

An "unauthorized" [without official permit] translation of Usamah bin
Ladin's book "Amrika wa-al-harb al-thalithah" [America and the Third War]
was published in Bangladesh. Needless to say, Bangladeshi authorities
arrested seven people involved in publishing the volume and are looking for
one more, accused of being the translator, according to Agence France Press.
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Dr. Lutz Wiederhold | 9 Feb 1999 15:42
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Studia Islamica

Dear colleagues,
Could some of you please inform me, which is the latest number at
your library of the journal "Studia Islamica" (0585-5292) . Many
thanks in advance, L. Wiederhold

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Dr. Lutz Wiederhold
Curator of the Oriental Books
Universitaets- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
August-Bebel-Strasse 13
06098 Halle
Germany
Tel.: 49-(0)345-55-22164
Fax.: 49-(0)345-55-27140
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James W. Weinberger | 10 Feb 1999 03:49
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Re: Studia Islamica

Princeton has 86 (1997).  One of the editors is here.  If you would like
his email address, then email me (jwwein@...) and I will give it
to you.

James Weinberger
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gjr | 9 Feb 1999 16:25
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Re: Studia Islamica

			STUDIA ISLAMICA

Cambridge University Library has 87 (1998).
						Geoffrey Roper

						Islamic Bibliography Unit
						Cambridge University Library
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