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Author Mokhtari, Shadi, 1976-

Title After Abu Ghraib : exploring human rights in America and the Middle East / Shadi Mokhtari.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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 2nd FL Social Science Library Books  K3249 .M65 2009    Available
Collation ix, 252 pages ; 24 cm.
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Series Cambridge studies in law and society
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index.
Contents American imaginings of human rights and the Middle East -- The human rights challenge from within -- The Middle Eastern gaze on American human rights commitments -- American imprints and the Middle East's new human rights landscape -- From the ashes of the post-September 11th era : lessons for the human rights project.
Summary This work traverses three pivotal human rights struggles of the post-September 11th era. It presents snapshots of human rights being appropriated, promoted, claimed, reclaimed, and contested within and between the American and Middle Eastern contexts.
Subject Abu Ghraib Prison.
Human rights -- United States.
Human rights -- Middle East.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Law and legislation -- United States.
ISBN 9780521767538 (hardback)
0521767539 (hardback)