ABSTRACT

Idafat: The Arab Journal of Sociology (hereafter Idafat), is a new, refereed, academic journal published by the Arab Association of Sociology, in cooperation with the Center for Arab Unity Studies (CAUS). The journal’s main objective is to disseminate research in sociology and anthropology produced in the Arab world and to open debates about social and political problems from disciplinary, national and Arab perspectives. It also aims to introduce international pieces of research, in addition to new trends in sociology and anthropology, to Arab readers. It is published both as hardcopy and online. 1 Idafat intends to fill the gap within an academic field of Arab sociology in which there are very few journals that have regular periodicity and longevity (e.g., Kuwait University’s Journal of Social Science and Journal of Social Affairs, Umran, a newly established journal of social science published by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha). Some universities have “national” journals, i.e., social science journals that publish mainly on the local society (e.g., three Arab–French bilingual journals: Insaniyyat [Algeria]; Prologues; Études maghrébines [Morocco]). Other journals are multidisciplinary (Journal of Damascus University) and publish often the research conducted by the academics within their university.