State Formation and Identity in the Middle East and North Africa

Introduction: The state and Identity in MENA; Kenneth Christie and Mohammad Masad 1. State Formation, Religion and Ethnicity in the Middle East and North Africa: An Overview; Mohammad Masad and Kenneth Christie 2. Extra-Regional Interests, Authoritarian Elites and Dependent State Formation in the Arab World; Marion Boulby 3. The Interplay of Palestinian and Jordanian Identities in Re/making the State and Nation Formation in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Nur Köprülü 4. The Ikhwan Movement and its Role in Saudi Arabia's State Building; Sebastiano Andreotti 5. The Post-14/02/11 Bahrain: A State in the Remaking; Magdalena Karolak 6. Muslims and Christians in Egyptian State Formation: A New Beginning in 2011?; Sebastian Elsässer 7. Religion, Ethnicity, and State Formation in Algeria: 'The Berber' As a Category of Contestation; Lisa Watanabe 8. The Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah Political Entente: A Paradigm Shift in Lebanese Identity and State Formation?; Bouchra Bouyoub