Bruce Maddy‐weitzman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3947254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruce Maddy‐weitzman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruce |
| FAMILY NAME | Maddy‐weitzman |
| SIGNATURE | WEITZMAN B M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
B erbers ( A mazigh)
Berbers, from the Greek word meaning “barbarian,” are the indigenous peoples of the Maghrib (in North Africa west of the Nile Valley) and have existed in that area since the beginning of recorded history. The term is viewed as pejorative by the modern Berber identity movement and hence is increasingly being supplanted by “Amazigh” (free man). The Berbers number more than twenty million and reside primarily in Morocco and Algeria. The Berber langu…
Myth, History and Realpolitik: Morocco and Its Jewish Community
This article is an analytical overview of the history of Moroccan Jewry, from pre‐Islamic times to the present day, exploring the themes of myth, memory and political interests in the multi‐faceted, continuous interactions between the community and Moroccan society as a whole. In referring to seminal developments in Moroccan political history, it analyses the different ways in which the Jews of Morocco experienced them as an integral part of the …
Contested identities: Berbers, 'Berberism' and the state in North Africa
The emergence of the Berber/Amazigh culture movement, in Morocco, Algeria and in the Berber diaspora poses important questions for North African regimes and societies as they enter the twenty‐first century. Moreover, it provides fertile ground for students of nationalism, collective memory and identity. The Berber experiences in Algeria and Morocco have been quite different from one another, and thus pose different sets of questions to the respec…
From Jedda to Cairo: The failure of Arab mediation in the Gulf Crisis
The Islamic challenge in North Africa
This article analyzes and compares the growth of Islamist movements and regime responses in the three core Maghrib states — Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. In spite of the many points of commonality and their geographical proximity, the particular sociopolitical and historical circumstances of each of the three states have varied widely, producing a different state‐society/regime‐opposition dynamic in each case, resulting in very different politica…
Jordan and Iraq: Efforts at intra‐Hashimite unity
Contested identities: Berbers, 'Berberism' and the state in North Africa
The emergence of the Berber/Amazigh culture movement, in Morocco, Algeria and in the Berber diaspora poses important questions for North African regimes and societies as they enter the twenty‐first century. Moreover, it provides fertile ground for students of nationalism, collective memory and identity. The Berber experiences in Algeria and Morocco have been quite different from one another, and thus pose different sets of questions to the respec…
Myth, History and Realpolitik: Morocco and Its Jewish Community
This article is an analytical overview of the history of Moroccan Jewry, from pre‐Islamic times to the present day, exploring the themes of myth, memory and political interests in the multi‐faceted, continuous interactions between the community and Moroccan society as a whole. In referring to seminal developments in Moroccan political history, it analyses the different ways in which the Jews of Morocco experienced them as an integral part of the …
The Islamic challenge in North Africa
This article analyzes and compares the growth of Islamist movements and regime responses in the three core Maghrib states — Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. In spite of the many points of commonality and their geographical proximity, the particular sociopolitical and historical circumstances of each of the three states have varied widely, producing a different state‐society/regime‐opposition dynamic in each case, resulting in very different politica…
Jordan and Iraq: Efforts at intra‐Hashimite unity
Jordan and Iraq: Efforts at intra‐Hashimite unity
From Jedda to Cairo: The failure of Arab mediation in the Gulf Crisis
The Islamic challenge in North Africa
This article analyzes and compares the growth of Islamist movements and regime responses in the three core Maghrib states — Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. In spite of the many points of commonality and their geographical proximity, the particular sociopolitical and historical circumstances of each of the three states have varied widely, producing a different state‐society/regime‐opposition dynamic in each case, resulting in very different politica…
Contested identities: Berbers, 'Berberism' and the state in North Africa
The emergence of the Berber/Amazigh culture movement, in Morocco, Algeria and in the Berber diaspora poses important questions for North African regimes and societies as they enter the twenty‐first century. Moreover, it provides fertile ground for students of nationalism, collective memory and identity. The Berber experiences in Algeria and Morocco have been quite different from one another, and thus pose different sets of questions to the respec…
Myth, History and Realpolitik: Morocco and Its Jewish Community
This article is an analytical overview of the history of Moroccan Jewry, from pre‐Islamic times to the present day, exploring the themes of myth, memory and political interests in the multi‐faceted, continuous interactions between the community and Moroccan society as a whole. In referring to seminal developments in Moroccan political history, it analyses the different ways in which the Jews of Morocco experienced them as an integral part of the …
B erbers ( A mazigh)
Berbers, from the Greek word meaning “barbarian,” are the indigenous peoples of the Maghrib (in North Africa west of the Nile Valley) and have existed in that area since the beginning of recorded history. The term is viewed as pejorative by the modern Berber identity movement and hence is increasingly being supplanted by “Amazigh” (free man). The Berbers number more than twenty million and reside primarily in Morocco and Algeria. The Berber langu…
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