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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.


Spring 2026 Volume 33: Number 2
The Palestinian right of return is primarily a political and ideological claim rather than a binding legal one supported by international law. In 1974, Yasser Arafat championed it at the U.N., declaring that Zionism is "colonialist", "imperialist," and "racist." The right of return continues to shape Palestinian politics and Western diplomacy, and remains a central factor in the persistence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Palestinian Intransigence and the “Right of Return”
February 27, 2026
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Trump’s Twenty-Point Plan and Hamas’s Rebirth
February 27, 2026
Map of Nubl and al-Zahra in northern Aleppo countryside (10 June 2018). The map shows the locations of the two Twelver Shiite towns, Nubl and al-Zahra, within territories held by Syrian government forces (blue), opposition forces (green), and Kurdish forces (yellow) during the Syrian civil war. Despite their isolation amid Sunni and Kurdish regions, both towns have largely avoided post-Assad violence and serve as case studies in localized stability and minority protection.
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Eyewitness Report: Twelver Shiite Villages of Nubl and al-Zahra in the Aleppo Countryside in the Post-Assad Period
February 27, 2026
The June 2025 Israeli military campaign, backed by the U.S., significantly weakened Iran’s strategic capabilities and reshaped regional dynamics. Rather than accelerating formal Saudi-Israeli normalization, it produced a post-liberal Middle East in which Saudi Arabia treats Israel as a covert partner and constrained outsider while competing for regional primacy. (Shutterstock/Asset ID: 2096850640)
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Inter-Arab Rivalry and Regional Hierarchy in the Post–Liberal Middle East
February 27, 2026
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Book Reviews
February 27, 2026
Book Reviews
Winter 2026
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
A Good Country: My Life in Twelve Towns and the Devastating Battle for a White America
September 1, 2022
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Let My People Know: The Incredible Story of Middle East Peace and What Lies Ahead
September 1, 2022
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Overcoming Orientalism: Essays in Honor of John L. Esposito
September 1, 2022
Gary Gambill
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A Century of the Muslim Brotherhood: Taking Stock
September 1, 2022
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Daniel Pipes
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
The Beirut Call: Harnessing Creativity for Change.
September 1, 2022
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Afghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud
September 1, 2022
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
In the Lion’s Den: Israel and the World
September 1, 2022
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
The Middle East Riddle: A Study of the Middle East Peace Process and Israeli-Arab Relations in Changing Times
September 1, 2022
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Muslim-Christian Relations in Damascus amid the 1860 Riot
September 1, 2022
Gary Gambill
Book Reviews
Muslim Sources of the Crusader Period: An Anthology
September 1, 2022
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September 1, 2022
Gary Gambill
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Empire on the Seine: The Policing of North Africans in Paris, 1925-1975
September 1, 2022
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Islamic Antisemitism Drives the Arab-Israeli Conflict
June 1, 2022
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Mark Durie
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The Politics of Persecution: Middle Eastern Christians in an Age of Empire
June 1, 2022
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France’s Islamist Challenge: A Top Issue for French Intellectuals
June 1, 2022
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Martha Lee
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Covering Muslims: American Newspapers in Comparative Perspective
June 1, 2022
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Israel’s Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945–1949
June 1, 2022
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Jeffrey Herf
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Legacy of Empire: Britain, Zionism and the Creation of Israel
June 1, 2022
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Narrative Traditions in International Politics: Representing Turkey
June 1, 2022
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The regime wants the Iranian diaspora to know that its reach extends beyond its borders, and this is precisely where its embassies play an important role as a coordinating center for transnational repression. This is why calls to close down the Islamic Republic’s embassies matters. Image: the Iranian Embassy in Berlin.
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Iran Targets Its Diaspora
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April 21, 2026
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Hezbollah Chose to Join the Current Round of Fighting After Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Was Killed
April 21, 2026
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Bishops Back Leftist Government’s Mass Regularization of Mainly Muslim Illegals
April 21, 2026
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