Regionally-based Arabs and Iranian scholars here explore the preoccupation of the economic, political, educational and strategist present of Arab-Iranian relationships in the context of the historical and cultural past. The issues covered include: historical ties and the current state of mutual awareness between Arabs and Iranians; the impact of the political and journalistic rhetoric of each side on their relationships; the image of Arabs and Iranians in each others' schoolbooks; economic ties and the prospects for their future development; the status of Arab and Iranian women; border and territorial disputes between Arab states and Iran; the position of Arab states and Iran on the Kurdish question; the Palestine question in Arab-Iranian relations; a comparative study of civil society in Iran and in Arab countries; and Arab-Iranian ties in the context of international relations.

Foreword to paperback edition. Khair el-Din HaseebForeword to hardback edition. Khair el-Din HaseebPart One: Historical Ties Between Arabs and IraniansChapter 1: Arab-Iranian Relations: Historical Background. Abdul Aziz ad-DuriChapter 2: Arab-Iranian Ties: Historical Precedents, Present and Future Confluences. Ahmad LuwasaniPart Two: Arab-Iranian Economic Ties: Current Situation and Future Prospects For Devleopment Chapter 3: Geo-Economics of OPEC Members in the Middle East. Ali Shams ArdekaniChapter 4: Contemporary Arab-Iranian Economic Relations. Jassem Khaled al-SaadounPart Three: Mutual Awareness between Arabs and IraniansChapter 5: Mutual Awareness between Arabs and Iranians. Wajih KawtharaniChapter 6: Mutual Awareness between Arabs and Iranians. Hadi KhesroshahiPart Four: The Political and Media Message of Governments and Elites and its Impact on Arab-Iranian TiesChapter 7: The Media and Arab-Iranian Relations. Fehmi HouwaidiChapter 8: The Iranian and Arab Elites and the Evolving Rationality. Mashaallah Shams al-WaezinPart Five: The Image of Arabs and Iranians in SchoolbooksChapter 9: The Image of the Arabs in Iranian Schoolbooks. Ghoulam Ali Haddad AdelChapter 10: The Image of the Iranians in Arab Schoolbooks. Talal AtrissiPart Six: The Status of Arab and Iranian WomenChapter 11: The Status of Women in Contemporary Iran: Trends and Prospects. Massoumeh EbtekarChapter 12: The Status of Women in the Arab World. Mariam SelimPart Seven: Border and Territorial Disputes between Arabs and IraniansChapter 13: The Dispute Between the United Arab Emirates and Iran over Three Islands. Shimlan el-IssaChapter 14: Iraq-Iranian Boundary and Territorial Disputes. Sayyar al-JamilChapter 15: Arab-Iranian Territorial Disputes: Cooperation in the Region, not Confrontation. Pirouz Mojtahed-ZadehPart Eight: The Kurdish QuestionChapter 16: Arab and Iranian Positions on the Kurdish Question. Saad Naji JawadChapter 17: The Kurdish People: From Confrontation to Coexistence. Saideh LotifanPart Nine: The Palestine Question In Arab-Iranian RelationsChapter 18: The Palestine Question In Arab-Iranian Relations. Ahmad Sudki el-DajaniChapter 19: The Palestine Question in Arab-Iranian Relations. Zamel SaeediPart Ten: Comparative Study of Civil Society in Iran and the Arab UnionChapter 20: Arabs and Iran: State, Islam and Civil Society. Ridwan el-SayyedChapter 21: Civil Society in Iran: Continuity and Change. Mohammad Hadi SematiPart Eleven: International Relations in the Arab and Iranian Corners, and Sensitivity of International Interests to their TiesChapter 22: Arab-Iranian Rapprochement: The Regional and International Impediments. Mahmood SariolghalamChapter 23: Arabs and Iranians in the 'New World Order'. Niveen Abdulmonem MasaadPart Twelve: The Middle East OrderChapter 24: Arab and Iranian Policies Towards Middle Easternism and Gulf Security. Mohammad el-Sayed SelimChapter 25: Arabs and Iranians and the Concept of a 'Middle East Order'. Mohammad Ali MuhtadiPart Thirteen: The Place of Arab-Iranian Relations in the Islamic World FrameChapter 26: The Place of Arab-Iranian Relations in the Islamic World Frame. Mohammad Ali AzarshabChapter 27: The Place of Arab-Iranian Relations in the Islamic World. Michel Nawfal