Editor
Naghmeh Sohrabi
Consulting Editor
Robert L. Cohen
Production Manager
Benjamin Rostoker
Designer
John McCoy
Crown Essay Series
Tis is the rst in our latest publication series, the Crown Essays. Tesemonograph-length commentaries are intended to oster debate oncontemporary issues related to the Middle East. Based on works o scholarship,this series allows or the authors to engage with and contribute to importantissues in the region in an essay ormat.
Submission Guidelines
Crown Essays primarily reect but are not limited to the scholarship o Crown Center aculty and research ellows. For submission guidelines andother questions, please contact crowncenter@brandeis.edu.Copyright © 2010 Crown Center or Middle East Studies, BrandeisUniversity. All rights reserved.Te views expressed in the Crown Essays belong solely to the author and donot necessarily reect those o the Crown Center or Middle East Studies orBrandeis University.
Crown Essays
(ISBN): 978-0-9844714-0-9