Middle East Critique provides a forum to develop intellectually innovative perspectives on and through key political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of the contemporary Middle East/West Asia and North Africa.In order to stimulate the critical understanding of the complex nature of ideas, values, social configurations, and material realities of Middle Eastern societies, Middle East Critique publishes analyses drawing on heterodox theoretical perspectives and methods. The journal particularly encourages contributions that think through those contexts to reflect upon, advance and challenge heterodox approaches themselves.