After Abu Ghraib : exploring human rights in America and the Middle East /
Mokhtari, Shadi,1976-
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2011, c2009.
This work traverses three pivotal human rights struggles of the post-September 11th era. It presents snapshots of human rights being appropriated, promoted, claimed, reclaimed, and contested within and between the American and Middle Eastern contexts.
Originally published in hardcover 2009.  Pbk. includes new epilogue, dated Nov. 4, 2010
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-256) and index.
American imaginings of human rights and the Middle East -- The human rights challenge from within -- The Middle Eastern gaze on American human rights commitments -- American imprints and the Middle East's new human rights landscape -- From the ashes of the post-September 11th era : lessons for the human rights project.
This work traverses three pivotal human rights struggles of the post-September 11th era. It presents snapshots of human rights being appropriated, promoted, claimed, reclaimed, and contested within and between the American and Middle Eastern contexts.
Abu Ghraib Prison.
Human rights
Human rights
Terrorism