After Abu Ghraib Exploring Human Rights in America and the Middle East [Paperback]

The book presents human rights struggles within and between the United States and the Middle East in the post-September 11th era.The book presents human rights struggles within and between the United States and the Middle East in the postSeptember 11th era. This book looks at both the human rights failings and opportunities that emerged after September 11th and particularly after Abu Ghraib. It is also unique in placing American and Middle Eastern human rights developments side by side in a way that provides a fuller picture of the era's human rights struggles and achievements.The book presents human rights struggles within and between the United States and the Middle East in the postSeptember 11th era. This book looks at both the human rights failings and opportunities that emerged after September 11th and particularly after Abu Ghraib. It is also unique in placing American and Middle Eastern human rights developments side by side in a way that provides a fuller picture of the era's human rights struggles and achievements.Mokhtaris book examines the changes in the human rights discourse in the United States and the Middle East after the maltreatment and torture of the U.S. captives in the Abu Ghraib and other prisons became public. Through the text analysis of speeches and news reports, as well as in-depth interviews with human rights NGO officials, she makes a thorough assessment that both credits and criticizes the NGOs. Mokhtari shows that human rights advocacy has been successful in pushing the U.S. courts and Congress to recognize the relevance of international human rights law.Introduction; 1. American imaginings of human rights and the Middle East; 2. The human rights challenge from within; 3. The Middle Eastern gaze on American human rights commitments; 4. American imprints and the Middle East's new human rights landscape; 5. From the ashes of the post-September 11th era: lessons for the human rights project.Insightful, sober, and forward looking analyslS¯