8vo. 140 pp; cloth in d/w, St. Antony`s Papers no. 4, Chatto & Windus, London, 1958.

Synopsis

The following seven studies are published in this issue:
1- The Middle East and the crisis of 1956, by Albert Hourani.
2- Secret societies and the Persian revolution of 1905-06, by Ann Lambton.
3- Waqf reform in Egypt, by Gabriel Baer.
4- Religion and politics, the diaries of Khalil Sakakini, by Elie Kedourie.
5- Labour and social affairs in Egypt, by M. Audsley.
6- The source-materials of the Sudanese Mahdia, by P.M. Holt.
7- The Legal and historical basis of the British position in the Persian Gulf, by J.B. Kelly.