Middle East Studies Association (MESA) 1999
An IDS Sponsored Panel
33rd Annual MESA Conference, November 19-22, 1999
Washington D.C.
Panel:
Druze Identity in Israel: Society, Politics, and Literature
Chair:
Samy Swayd, Religious Studies, San Diego State University (SDSU)
Discussant:
Lisa Hajjar, Anthropology, Morehouse College, Atlanta
Papers:
1. Communal Solidarity vs. National Loyalty
Samy S. Swayd, Religious Studies, San Diego State University (SDSU)
2. The Druzes in Israel and the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
Hussam Timani, Islamic Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
3. Alternative Identities in Israel: Nayif Salim and Hussein Muhanna
Nezar Andary, Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
4. The Reshaping of Druze particularism in Israel
Kais Firro, Middle Eastern History, University of Haifa