§16§The major part of this book is devoted to interviews with top representatives of the Palestinian resistance movement HAMAS in Gaza and Nablus (West Bank), but it considers other elements of "HAMAS-reality" as well. A selection of highly controversial documents with regard to the Palestinian-Israeli problem offers an unusual "insight view" into this conflict. A bibliography and useful addresses of relevant print media and research centers in the region complete the book. §04§Contents : Meeting with HAMAS representatives: Abdelaziz Rantisi, Mahmoud El-Zahhar, Ismail Abu Shanab, Jamal Mansour - A HAMAS view from inside - The Islamic University and Islamic Associations in Gaza: A selection of controversial documents - Facing the "enemy": seven mirror pictures - Bibliography - Useful addresses. §02§The Author: Wolfgang Freund was born in Germany in 1939. After years of research and teaching in Germany, France, North Africa and the Middle East, he currently works at the Institut de Recherche et d'Études sur la Communication of the Université Panthéon-Assas de Paris II. He was founder and editor-in-chief of the trilingual quarterly journal Die Dritte Welt during the seventies and eighties. He is now the editor of the series Controversies from the Promised Land. Prof. Freund is also a regular member of DAVO (German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation) at CERAW (Centre for Research on the Arab World) of Mainz University.
