Researching the Middle East : cultural, conceptual, theoretical and practical issues / edited by Lorraine Charles, Ilan Pappé and Monica Ronchi.

Includes bibliographies and index.

1. The past is here : reflections on modern Middle Eastern historiography / Ilan Pappé -- 2. Doing research in conflict and post-conflict contexts / Irene Costantini, Sansom Milton -- 3. Researching (and deconstructing) sectarianism in Lebanon and beyond / Ana Almuedo-Castillo -- 4. Researching livelihoods for Syrian refugees in protectionist labour markets : the cases of Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey / Lorraine Charles -- 5. Talking to young people about being a national : fieldwork reflections from Dubai / İdil Akıncı -- 6. "Here be dragons" : navigating the problems of researching "terrorism" and critical terrorism studies / Richard McNeil-Willson -- 7. Positionality and access : doing surveys and empirical research in the Middle East / Bethany Shockley -- 8. Women, conflict and the everyday : feminist ethnographies in Palestine and Kurdistan / Sophie Richter-Devroe, Veronica Buffon -- 9. From the ethical to the practical : cases of working with interpreters in Middle East studies / Alex Mahoudeau, Yves Mirman -- 10. Conducting research in Arabic : challenges and new perspectives / Giorgia Ferrari -- 11. Problems of method : applying "western literary theory" to Arabic texts / Hannah Scott Deuchar -- 12. YouTube and ethnography in the Middle East : creative access in difficult places / Kenneth H. Schmitt -- 13. Reading the signs : toward a semiotic approach in Islamic studies / Pierre Hecker.

"The core mission of this textbook is to help and support both new and established scholars looking to expand their research down different and possibly challenging avenues, navigating issues that relate to positionality, ethics and ethnocentric biases. 16 researchers share their invaluable first-hand experiences and examine the cultural, conceptual, methodological and practical challenges of working on and in MENA region. Researching the Middle East is a challenge for both new and seasoned researchers. Ensuring rigour, providing a theoretical grounding and accommodating the Middle Eastern perspective are all essential when it comes to avoiding orientalist perspectives and maintaining an inclusive attitude towards all experiences of research in the area."--

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Lorraine Charles is a Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge and Co-Lead of the Digital Skills and Digital Work project at the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement, University of Cambridge. Ilan Pappé is Professor of History and Director for the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. He is author of numerous books, the most recent being The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine (Oneworld, 2015), The Idea of Israel (Verso, 2014) and The Modern Middle East; A Social and Cultural History (Routledge, 2014). Monica Ronchi is a social entrepreneur working in the education sector in Europe and the Middle East.