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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.

Fall 2025 Volume 32: Number 4
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The Syrian Druze: Between the Hammer of Integration and the Anvil of Separation
September 2, 2025
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Hizb ut-Tahrir: Political Doctrine, Global Reach, and Challenge to the International Order
September 2, 2025
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A Growing Security Threat: Iranian Intelligence Operations in Scandinavia (Part Two: Sweden)
September 2, 2025
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Neutralizing the Houthi Threat: A Strategic Blueprint for the Red Sea and Beyond
September 2, 2025
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Book Reviews
September 2, 2025
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Brief Reviews
September 2, 2025
Book Reviews
Fall 2025
Brief Reviews
The Politics of Replacement: Demographic Fears, Conspiracy Theories, and Race Wars (Routledge Studies on Fascism and the Far Right)
September 2, 2025
Brief Reviews
Battle for the Jewish State: How Israel—and America—Can Win
September 2, 2025
Book Reviews
White-Collar Blues: The Making of the Transnational Turkish Middle Class
September 2, 2025
Brief Reviews
It Started in Damascus: How the Long Syrian Revolution Reshaped Our World
September 2, 2025
Brief Reviews
Armageddon 2029
September 2, 2025
Brief Reviews
Handbook of Political Islam in Europe: Activities, Means, and Strategies from Salafists to the Muslim Brotherhood and Beyond
September 2, 2025
Brief Reviews
The Modern Israeli and Palestinian Diasporas: A Comparative Approach
September 2, 2025
Brief Reviews
The Islamic Secular
September 2, 2025
Brief Reviews
Jihadist Governance and Statecraft
September 2, 2025
Brief Reviews
Sexuality in the Middle East and North Africa: Contemporary Issues and Challenges
September 2, 2025
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Two Palestinian Memoirs Recall the Good Old Days
September 2, 2025
Book Reviews
Islamesque: The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe’s Medieval Monuments
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Endurance: Speaking Kurdish in a Warped World
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Polluted Politics: The Development of an Israeli-Palestinian E-Waste Economy
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Jerusalem on Earth: Clamoring at Heaven’s Gate: Post-Six Day War Jerusalem
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Leaving Islam, Ex-Muslims, and Zemiology
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Heroes to Hostages: America and Iran, 1800-1988
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements
June 1, 2025
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A Growing Security Threat: Iranian Intelligence Operations in Scandinavia (Part One: Denmark and Norway)
June 1, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence as a Pathway to Normalization Between Israel and Saudi Arabia: Post-Gaza War Prospects
June 1, 2025
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