Volume 45 • Number 1 • Winter 2023
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ISSN 0271–3519 (Print)
ISSN 2043–6920 (Online)
© CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF MUSLIM AND ARAB WORLDS 2023
California State University, San Bernardino
Contents
Editor’s Note 4
Poem
Black Day – Palestine 5
Sher Chandley
Articles
Germany’s Never-Ending Guilt Trip 9
Samir Abed-Rabbo
Exile Songwriters of the Palestinian Revolution (and the Problem with Sugar Man) 34
Louis Brehony
Essays
The Rise and Fall of Postcolonial Charisma 61
Mohammed Bamyeh
Amr Goes to Hollywood: An Actor’s Perspective on Hateful Arab and Muslim Stereotypes and Narratives in Film and Television 75
Amr El-Bayoumi
Book Review
Al-Muhanna, Ibrahim. Oil Leaders: An Insider’s Account of Four Decades of Saudi Arabia and OPEC’s Global Energy Policy 96
Books In Brief 99