Yoram Meital
Biographic Data
| ID | 1403140 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yoram Meital |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yoram |
| FAMILY NAME | Meital |
| SIGNATURE | MEITAL Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6408-2485 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Kazdaghli Habib, Les juifs, nos frères en la patrie
A Thousand-Year-Old Biblical Manuscript Rediscovered in Cairo
In the course of carrying out a project surveying synagogues in a Cairo now nearly devoid of Jews, the author rediscovered a rare medieval manuscript copy of a portion of the Bible. The manuscript, with a colophon indicating that it was copied by the scribe Zechariah Ben 'Anan in the year 1028, had been catalogued in the first half of the twentieth century but its whereabouts were unknown of late. This essay describes the manuscript's features an…
Recognition as Key for Reconciliation
In these times of growing insecurity, widening inequities and deepening crisis for civilized governance, Recognition as Key for Reconciliation offers meaningful and provocative thoughts on how to advance towards a more just and peaceful future. From the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict we learn of “thin” and “thick” recipes for solutions. Beyond the Middle East region we learn from studies around the globe: South Africa, Northern Ireland …
Revolutionary Justice
Revolutionary Justice narrates the power struggle between the Free Officers and their adversaries in the aftermath of Egypt’s July Revolution of 1952 by studying trials held at the Revolution’s Court and the People’s Court. The establishment of these tribunals coincided with the most serious political crisis between the new regime and the opposition—primarily the Muslim Brothers and the Wafd party, but also senior officials in the previous govern…
A Jew in Cairo
This article is the first to expound on Chehata Haroun's personality, his beliefs, and the implications thereof, all of which will be scrutinized within the context of the national and political transformations that convulsed the Land of the Nile, especially its Jewish community, from the late 1940s onwards. For the most part, the emphasis will be on three strands of the activist's critical views of the Middle East. The first is his claim that th…
Israel’s Perceptions of the PLO
The widespread conception within Israel that there is ‘no partner’ for peace on the Palestinian side lies in the failure to distinguish between the recognition of the State of Israel and recognizing it as a Jewish state. Seeking the PLO to explicitly recognize the State of Israel on the eve of the signing of the Declaration of Principles had transformed into the demand to recognize Israel as the Jewish state as the prerequisite for final status n…
The Independent Path of Shaykh al-Azhar ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Maḥmūd
The present article calls into question the widely-held notion that the Islamic establishment in contemporary Egypt is subservient to the ruling class. We eschew the simplistic binary approach to interactions between the political and religious leadership, and claim that under the stewardship of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Maḥmūd, al-Azhar maintained an autonomous agenda that diverged from the regime's views on a fair share of public and political issue…
Reassessing Suez 1956
Reassessing Suez 1956: New Perspectives on the Crisis and its Aftermath Simon Smith (ed.) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2008, Pp.xiv + 253, index, list of abbreviations, map, £60.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-75
Central cairo
How did the physical space upon which Cairo's new centre stands turn into a national and political site that has come to embody contemporary Egypt? What insights can be gleaned from downtown Cairo
School textbooks and assembling the puzzle of the past in revolutionary Egypt
Numerous studies have emphasized the crucial role that modern states' education systems play in inculcating overarching national narratives, thus fostering allegiance to nation and state. This is m
The Struggle over Political Order in Egypt
Although many have dismissed Egypt's first competitive presidential elections and the parliamentary elections of 2005 as a sham, the election campaigns marked a new departure in the Egyptian political sphere, including a shift in the domestic political balance. This article argues that the convergence of developments in the domestic political arena — including the emergence of new movements — the shifting emphasis of US foreign policy towards dem…
Peace in Tatters
Peace in Tatters was born in a set of questions with which the author, an Israeli scholar, has struggled for some years: What went wrong in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process before the July 2000 Camp David summit and during the crucial negotiations? How have the dominant narratives about the collapse of the peace process been crafted? Does the ongoing crisis mark the end of the road for the idea that the conflict can be settled on the basis o…
Revolutionizing the past
During Egypt's revolutionary experience (1952–67), both officials and non‐officials, institutions and persons, partook in the process of formulating the symbols and values of the revolutionary ‘new’ order, and disseminating them within public and private spheres. This article focuses on several aspects of the process of remodelling the country's rich historical past, and describes various ways that were used to diffuse the new symbols and values
The Struggle over Political Order in Egypt
Although many have dismissed Egypt's first competitive presidential elections and the parliamentary elections of 2005 as a sham, the election campaigns marked a new departure in the Egyptian political sphere, including a shift in the domestic political balance. This article argues that the convergence of developments in the domestic political arena — including the emergence of new movements — the shifting emphasis of US foreign policy towards dem…
Central cairo
How did the physical space upon which Cairo's new centre stands turn into a national and political site that has come to embody contemporary Egypt? What insights can be gleaned from downtown Cairo
A Jew in Cairo
This article is the first to expound on Chehata Haroun's personality, his beliefs, and the implications thereof, all of which will be scrutinized within the context of the national and political transformations that convulsed the Land of the Nile, especially its Jewish community, from the late 1940s onwards. For the most part, the emphasis will be on three strands of the activist's critical views of the Middle East. The first is his claim that th…
The Independent Path of Shaykh al-Azhar ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Maḥmūd
The present article calls into question the widely-held notion that the Islamic establishment in contemporary Egypt is subservient to the ruling class. We eschew the simplistic binary approach to interactions between the political and religious leadership, and claim that under the stewardship of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Maḥmūd, al-Azhar maintained an autonomous agenda that diverged from the regime's views on a fair share of public and political issue…
Revolutionizing the past
During Egypt's revolutionary experience (1952–67), both officials and non‐officials, institutions and persons, partook in the process of formulating the symbols and values of the revolutionary ‘new’ order, and disseminating them within public and private spheres. This article focuses on several aspects of the process of remodelling the country's rich historical past, and describes various ways that were used to diffuse the new symbols and values
Peace in Tatters
Peace in Tatters was born in a set of questions with which the author, an Israeli scholar, has struggled for some years: What went wrong in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process before the July 2000 Camp David summit and during the crucial negotiations? How have the dominant narratives about the collapse of the peace process been crafted? Does the ongoing crisis mark the end of the road for the idea that the conflict can be settled on the basis o…
School textbooks and assembling the puzzle of the past in revolutionary Egypt
Numerous studies have emphasized the crucial role that modern states' education systems play in inculcating overarching national narratives, thus fostering allegiance to nation and state. This is m
The Struggle over Political Order in Egypt
Although many have dismissed Egypt's first competitive presidential elections and the parliamentary elections of 2005 as a sham, the election campaigns marked a new departure in the Egyptian political sphere, including a shift in the domestic political balance. This article argues that the convergence of developments in the domestic political arena — including the emergence of new movements — the shifting emphasis of US foreign policy towards dem…
Central cairo
How did the physical space upon which Cairo's new centre stands turn into a national and political site that has come to embody contemporary Egypt? What insights can be gleaned from downtown Cairo
Reassessing Suez 1956
Reassessing Suez 1956: New Perspectives on the Crisis and its Aftermath Simon Smith (ed.) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2008, Pp.xiv + 253, index, list of abbreviations, map, £60.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-75
Israel’s Perceptions of the PLO
The widespread conception within Israel that there is ‘no partner’ for peace on the Palestinian side lies in the failure to distinguish between the recognition of the State of Israel and recognizing it as a Jewish state. Seeking the PLO to explicitly recognize the State of Israel on the eve of the signing of the Declaration of Principles had transformed into the demand to recognize Israel as the Jewish state as the prerequisite for final status n…
The Independent Path of Shaykh al-Azhar ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Maḥmūd
The present article calls into question the widely-held notion that the Islamic establishment in contemporary Egypt is subservient to the ruling class. We eschew the simplistic binary approach to interactions between the political and religious leadership, and claim that under the stewardship of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Maḥmūd, al-Azhar maintained an autonomous agenda that diverged from the regime's views on a fair share of public and political issue…
Revolutionary Justice
Revolutionary Justice narrates the power struggle between the Free Officers and their adversaries in the aftermath of Egypt’s July Revolution of 1952 by studying trials held at the Revolution’s Court and the People’s Court. The establishment of these tribunals coincided with the most serious political crisis between the new regime and the opposition—primarily the Muslim Brothers and the Wafd party, but also senior officials in the previous govern…
A Jew in Cairo
This article is the first to expound on Chehata Haroun's personality, his beliefs, and the implications thereof, all of which will be scrutinized within the context of the national and political transformations that convulsed the Land of the Nile, especially its Jewish community, from the late 1940s onwards. For the most part, the emphasis will be on three strands of the activist's critical views of the Middle East. The first is his claim that th…
Recognition as Key for Reconciliation
In these times of growing insecurity, widening inequities and deepening crisis for civilized governance, Recognition as Key for Reconciliation offers meaningful and provocative thoughts on how to advance towards a more just and peaceful future. From the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict we learn of “thin” and “thick” recipes for solutions. Beyond the Middle East region we learn from studies around the globe: South Africa, Northern Ireland …
A Thousand-Year-Old Biblical Manuscript Rediscovered in Cairo
In the course of carrying out a project surveying synagogues in a Cairo now nearly devoid of Jews, the author rediscovered a rare medieval manuscript copy of a portion of the Bible. The manuscript, with a colophon indicating that it was copied by the scribe Zechariah Ben 'Anan in the year 1028, had been catalogued in the first half of the twentieth century but its whereabouts were unknown of late. This essay describes the manuscript's features an…
Kazdaghli Habib, Les juifs, nos frères en la patrie
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