Offers a discussion of minorities and ethnic politics in eight Arab countries, focusing on the strategic political choices made by minorities, majorities, and regimes in power, and looking at probable future developments in majority-minority relations in the region. Sections on Arab Africa, the Levant, and the Gulf look at issues including religion and conflict in Sudan, Palestinians in Jordan, the Maronites of Lebanon, and class and religious protest in Bahrain. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.