Arab-Iranian Relations

by Haseeb, Khair El-Din

• ISBN13: 9781860641565
• ISBN10: 1860641563
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Tauris Academic Studies

Summary

Regionally-based Arabs and Iranian scholars here explore the preoccupation of the economic, political, educational and strategist present of Arab-Iranian relationships in the context of the historical and cultural past. The issues covered include: historical ties and the current state of mutual awareness between Arabs and Iranians; the impact of the political and journalistic rhetoric of each side on their relationships; the image of Arabs and Iranians in each others' schoolbooks; economic ties and the prospects for their future development; the status of Arab and Iranian women; border and territorial disputes between Arab states and Iran; the position of Arab states and Iran on the Kurdish question; the Palestine question in Arab-Iranian relations; a comparative study of civil society in Iran and in Arab countries; and Arab-Iranian ties in the context of international relations.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Khair el-Din Haseeb
PART ONE Historical Ties Between Arabs and Iranians	1	(38)
1 Arab-Iranian Relations: Historical Background	3	(15)
Abdul Aziz ad-Duri
2 Arab-Iranian Ties: Historical Precedents, Present and Future Confluences	18	(21)
Ahmad Luwasani
PART TWO Arab-Iranian Economic Ties: Current Situation and Future Prospects For Development	39	(32)
3 Geo-Economics of OPEC Members in the Middle East	41	(8)
Ali Shams Ardekani
4 Contemporary Arab-Iranian Economic Relations	49	(22)
Jassem Khaled al-Saadoun
PART THREE Mutual Awareness between Arabs and Iranians	71	(48)
5 Mutual Awareness between Arabs and Iranians	73	(30)
Wajih Kawtharani
6 Mutual Awareness between Arabs and Iranians	103	(16)
Hadi Khesroshahi
PART FOUR The Political and Media Message of Governments and Elites and its Impact on Arab-Iranian Ties	119	(24)
7 The Media and Arab-Iranian Relations	121	(15)
Fehmi Houwaidi
8 The Iranian and Arab Elites and the Evolving Rationality	136	(7)
Mashaallah Shams al-Waezin
PART FIVE The Image of Arabs and Iranians in Schoolbooks	143	(56)
9 The Image of the Arabs in Iranian Schoolbooks	145	(7)
Ghoulam Ali Haddad Adel
10 The Image of the Iranians in Arab Schoolbooks	152	(47)
Talal Atrissi
PART SIX The Status of Arab and Iranian Women	199	(36)
11 The Status of Women in Contemporary Iran: Trends and Prospects	201	(19)
Massoumeh Ebtekar
12 The Status of Women in the Arab World	210	(25)
Mariam Selim
PART SEVEN Border and Territorial Disputes between Arabs and Iranians	235	(74)
13 The Dispute Between the United Arab Emirates and Iran over Three Islands	237	(12)
Shimlan el-Issa
14 Iraqi-Iranian Boundary and Territorial Disputes	249	(38)
Sayyar al-Jamil
15 Arab-Iranian Territorial Disputes: Cooperation in the Region, not Confrontation	287	(22)
Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh
PART EIGHT The Kurdish Question	309	(34)
16 Arab and Iranian Positions on the Kurdish Question	311	(12)
Saad Naji Jawad
17 The Kurdish People: from Confrontation to Coexistence	323	(20)
Saideh Lotfian
PART NINE The Palestine Question in Arab-Iranian Relations	343	(36)
18 The Palestine Question In Arab-Iranian Relations	345	(12)
Ahmad Sudki el-Dajani
19 The Palestine Question in Arab-Iranian Relations	367	(12)
Zamel Saeedi
PART TEN Comparative Study of Civil Society in Iran and the Arab Union	379	(44)
20 Arabs and Iran: State, Islam and Civil Society	381	(30)
Ridwan el-Sayyed
21 Civil Society in Iran: Continuity and Change	411	(12)
Mohammad Hadi Semati
PART ELEVEN International Relations in the Arab and Iranian Corners, and Sensitivity of International Interests to their Ties	423	(52)
22 Arab-Iranian Rapprochement: the Regional and International Impediments	425	(11)
Mahmood Sariolghalam
23 Arabs and Iranians in the `New World Order'	436	(39)
Niveen Abdulmonem Masaad
PART TWELVE The Middle East Order	475	(40)
24 Arab and Iranian Policies Towards Middle Easternism and Gulf Security	477	(30)
Mohammad el-Sayed Selim
25 Arabs and Iranians and the Concept of a `Middle East Order'	507	(8)
Mohammad Ali Muhtadi
PART THIRTEEN The Place of Arab-Iranian Ties in the Islamic World Frame	515	(43)
26 The Place of Arab-Iranian Relations in the Islamic World Frame	517	(16)
Mohammad Ali Azarshab
27 The Place of Arab-Iranian Relations in the Islamic World	533	(25)
Michel Nawfal
Index	558