Editorial Preface

Editors: Prof. Amalia Levanoni, Prof. Mustafa Kabha, Dr. Ronen Yitzhak
Editorial Secretary: Yael Segev

THE MIDDLE EAST & ISLAMIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF ISRAEL
President and Chairman of the Executive Committee: Mahmud Yazbak
Secretary: Yael Segev
C.P.A.: Ghassan Kharouba
Executive Committee: Nimrod Hurvitz, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev;
Ehud Toledano, Tel Aviv University; Elie Podeh, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman, The Open University of Israel;
Mahmud Yazbak, Haifa University; Joseph Mann, Bar-Ilan University; Yael Segev, Representative of the Research Students

Editorial Board: Haggai Erlich Chair, Iris Agmon, Reuven Amitai, Israel Gershoni, Mustafa Kabha, Ella Landau-Tasseron, Yoram Meital, Elie Podeh, Uzi Rabi, Uri Rubin, Tal Shuval, Itzchak Weismann, Onn Winckler, Dror Zeevi, Mahmud Yazbak