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Founded in 1994 by Daniel Pipes, MEQ is the Middle East Forum’s journal intended for both scholars and the educated public. Policymakers, opinion-makers, academics, and journalists write for and read the Quarterly, which is known for exclusive interviews, in-depth historical articles, and book reviews on subjects ranging from archaeology to politics and on countries from Morocco to Iran.


Winter 2026 Volume 33: Number 1
Ankara’s Drones Signal Erdoğan’s Global Ambitions and Islamist Politics
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Drone Power and Political Islam: How Turkey’s Military-Tech Complex Fuels Interventionism
December 1, 2025
A Generation Divided: Antizionism Rises Among Young Evangelicals.
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Three Reasons Why Young US Evangelicals Are Turning Against Israel
December 1, 2025
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‘It Is a Question of Which Civilisation You Prefer’: Winston Churchill at the Crisis of Zionism
December 1, 2025
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What Islam’s Golden Age Ignored and What It Means Today
December 1, 2025
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Book Reviews
December 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Winter 2026
Gary Gambill
Middle East Quarterly
The 1988 Iranian Prison Massacre
June 1, 2023
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Hamid Enayat
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Political Marketing and Public Diplomacy by Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian Advocacy Groups
June 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Syria 2011-2013: Revolution and Tyranny Before the Mayhem
June 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Before It’s Too Late: A Love Letter to My Daughters and America
June 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Bibi: My Story
June 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Kidnapped in Iraq: A Christian Humanitarian Tells His Story
June 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City
June 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Soldiers of End-Times: Assessing the Military Effectiveness of the Islamic State
June 1, 2023
Middle East Quarterly
Brief Reviews
June 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Armies of Arabia: Military Politics and Effectiveness in the Gulf
June 1, 2023
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Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Kreisky, Israel, and Jewish Identity
June 1, 2023
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) are Palestinian terror organizations committed to annihilating Israel, controlling Gaza, and threatening to launch attacks at times of their choosing if Jerusalem does not act as they demand.
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How Israel Can Solve Its Gaza Problem
June 1, 2023
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Yossi Kuperwasser
Gary Gambill
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How to Write a Jihadist’s Biography, or Not
March 1, 2023
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A.J. Caschetta
Gary Gambill
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World Vision, Friend of Terrorists
March 1, 2023
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Clifford Smith
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
The Critical Qur’an: Explained from Key Islamic Commentaries and Contemporary Historical Research
March 1, 2023
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Robert Spencer
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
The Massacre That Never Was: The Myth of Deir Yassin and the Creation of the Palestinian Refugee Problem
March 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Medina lemekhira (State for Sale)
March 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
The Olive Branch from Palestine: The Palestinian Declaration of Independence and the Path out of the Current Impasse
March 1, 2023
Gary Gambill
Middle East Quarterly
The Treacherous Triangle of Syria, Iran, and Russia
March 1, 2023
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Anna Borshchevskaya
Gary Gambill
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South Africa’s Anti-Israel Obsession
Jerusalem’s International Challenges
March 1, 2023
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Michael B. Bishku
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Anwar Khan, CEO of Islamic Relief USA, with Jean B. Bingham of the LDS Church Relief Society
FWI Research
Mormon Charities Among Top Contributors to Terror-Aligned Islamist Charities
Globus Relief, Lifting Hands, and the LDS Church Itself Have Handed Millions to Charitable Fronts for Dangerous Islamist Movements
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Egyptian youth protest against the Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria in 2013, days before the ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. Thirteen years later, the Trump administration designated the organization’s branches in Egypt, Lebanon, and Jordan as terrorist groups.
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Counter-Islamists Applaud Trump Designation of Muslim Brotherhood Chapters in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt
Islamist Allies Lament End of Obama-Style Cooperation
January 21, 2026
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The Renewed Fighting Between the SDF and Syrian Government: Interview
Despite a Ceasefire Agreement, Clashing Visions of Central Authority and Kurdish Autonomy Are Driving Escalation in Hasakah and Along the Turkish Border
January 21, 2026
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
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