| Description | Papers from a conference on 'Civil Society and the Prospects for Political Reform in the Middle East', held at the Aspen Institute Wye Conference Center, Queenstown, Maryland, between 30 September and 2 October 1994, and organised by Augustus Richard Norton of New York University. Contained in a large purple 'New York University' folder are details of the conference programme and texts for discussion, a list of participants, promotional material on Norton's published work and activities as well as a flier for Ayubi's 'Over-stating the Arab State', and papers by Norton, Paul Salem, Jillian Schwedler and Farhad Kazemi. |