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Boris James, INALCO (Paris)–The
Kurdish Case through Medieval Arabic
Literature: An Ethnonym among the
Ethnonyms
Touria Khannous, Lousiana State U–
Writing the Imperial Narrative: Rifa’a Al
Tahtawi’s Descriptions of Sudan and the
Sudanese
Angelica Maria DeAngelis, American U
of Kuwait–Qui Sommes-Nous?: Children
of Harkis and the Challenge of French/
Algerian National Narratives
(2937) Electoral Dynamics and
Strategies in the Middle East
Jon Nordenson, U of Oslo and Kjetil
Selvik, U of Oslo–Kuwaiti Newspapers as
Power Tools and the 2009 Parliamentary
Election
Jawed Zouari, Seattle Central Col–
Tunisia’s First Democratic Elections
F. Michael Wuthrich, Bilkent U–An
Essential Center-Periphery Electoral
Cleavage and the Turkish Party System
Bjorn Olav Utvik, U of Oslo–Minor
Majorities Kuwaiti Governing Strategies
between Chaos and Constitution
Mara Cowan, U of Washington–Islamists
and Democracy: Explaining Islamist
Electoral Success in Kuwait and Bahrain
Jennifer Nowlin, Ohio State U–Striking
Out: Women and Political Behavior in
Egypt
(2949) Security Sector as a
Political Actor
Melissa Brown, New York U–Insurgent
Targeting of Iraqi Police
Biriz Berksoy, Istanbul U–The Police
Subculture and the “Exclusionist”
Neo-Liberal State Strategies in the
Post-1980 Turkey: The Construction
and Repression of “Bare-Lives” at the
Blurred Margins of the Citizenship
Status
Matthieu Aikins, New York U–The Rise
of the Private Security Industry in Post-
2001 Afghanistan
u Page 26 MESA 2011 Preliminary Program
4:30-6:30PM Friday December 2
Thematic
Conversation
(2962) The Arab Uprisings:
Women, Youth & Social
Networking
Organized by Therese Saliba
Session Leader: Therese Saliba,
Evergreen State Col
Loubna Hanna-Skalli, American U
Amira Jarmakani, Georgia State U
Hoda Elsadda, U of Manchester