EDITORIAL

SPECIAL REPORT
The Gulf War Battlefield: Still "Hot" with Depleted Uranium
Scott Peterson

VIEWPOINT
Liberating Arnoun
Hassan Marwany

IN MEMORIAM
Eqbal Ahmad, 1932-1999

From Revolution to Revelation
Geneive Abdo

The Cost of Peace: Assessing Oslo
Kathleen Cavanaugh

DISPATCHES
Theater Offers Respite from Baghdad’s Misery
Anthony Shadid

Religious Ferment(ation)
Karim El-Gawhary

ARTICLES
16 Recent Trends in Middle East Migration
David McMurray

Keeping Migrant Workers in Check
Anh Nga Longva

New North African Immigration to Spain
Mary M. Crain

Migration, Modernity and Islam in Rural Sudan
Victoria Bernal

Yemenis on Mars: The End of Diaspora?
Engseng Ho

Memories of Birth (An Excerpt)
Diana Abujaber

Boys in the Mud: Maghrebi Film-makers in France
Alec G. Hargreaves

How the Sex Trade becomes a Slave Trade in Israel
Anya Stone

Lebanon’s Modern-Day "Slave Trade"
Reem Haddad

Resources on Labor Migration in the Middle East

Migrant Women in Waged Domestic Work in Turkey
Isik Urla Zeytinoglu, et al.

Cartel: The Travels of a German-Turkish Rap Band
Alev Çinar

REVIEW ESSAY
Francophonie and Femininity: Feminist Voices beyond the Hexagon
Reviewed by Nada Elia

REVIEW
Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus
Reviewed by Ussama Makdisi

EDITOR’S PICKS
New and Recommended Reading

PHOTOS/GRAPHICS Steve DuPont/Panos Pictures, Engseng Ho, Teit Hornbak/Impact Visuals, International Labour Organization, Michael Keating/Impact Visuals, Rolf Maro/Version, Scott Peterson/Gamma-Liaison, Sallie Shatz, Mohammed Zaatari. COVER Norbert Schiller, photographer; Geoff Hartman, designer.