Middle East category: 7830 books
Elvis in Jerusalem
Post-Zionism and the Americanization of Israel
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
As the Middle East conflict enters its most violent phase, Tom Segev offers a lively, contentious polemic against cherished and rigid notions of Israel's national unity and culture.
In his many works of history, Tom Segev has challenged the entrenched understanding of crucial moments in Israel's...
Inside Al Qaeda
Global Network of Terror
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2002
Inside Al Qaeda examines the leadership, ideology, structure, strategies, and tactics of the most violent politico-religious organization the world has ever seen. The definitive work on Al Qaeda, this book is based on five years of research, including extensive interviews with its members; field research...
Race and Slavery in the Middle East
Histories of Trans-Saharan Africans in 19th-Century Egypt, Sudan, and the Ottoman Mediterranean
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
In the nineteenth century hundreds of thousands of Africans were forcibly migrated northward to Egypt and other eastern Mediterranean destinations, yet relatively little is known about them. Studies have focused mainly on the mamluk and harem slaves of elite households, who were mostly white, and...
Arab Spring Dreams
The Next Generation Speaks Out for Freedom and Justice from North Africa to Iran
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
From a gay man secretly mourning his lover's suicide in Morocco to a young woman denied schooling because of religious discrimination in Iran, Arab Spring Dreams spotlights some of the Middle East's most outspoken young dissidents. The essayists cover a wide range of experiences, including premarital...
On the Arab-Jew, Palestine, and Other Displacements
Selected Writings of Ella Shohat
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Spanning several decades, Ella Shohat’s work has introduced conceptual frameworks that fundamentally challenged conventional understandings of Palestine, Zionism and the Middle East, focusing on the pivotal figure of the Arab-Jew. This book gathers together her most influential political essays, interviews,...
I've Never Seen a Purple Cow
and other stories from the Middle East and India
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Adventure stories from traveling in the Middle East and India. Adventure through Oman, the UAE, Egypt, Jordan and India. Pick up a coconut shell and wash an elephant. Take a moment to marvel at the wonders of Petra. Hike into the dunes of Wadi Rum or to the top of Mount Sinai. Try not to get caught...
The Six Day War
The Breaking of the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
An enthralling, big-picture history that examines the Six-Day War, its causes, and its enduring consequences against its global context One fateful week in June 1967 redrew the map of the Middle East. Many scholars have documented how the Six-Day War unfolded, but little has been done to explain why...
Dying to Forget
Oil, Power, Palestine, and the Foundations of U.S. Policy in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Irene L. Gendzier presents incontrovertible evidence that oil politics played a significant role in the founding of Israel, the policy then adopted by the United States toward Palestinians, and subsequent U.S. involvement in the region. Consulting declassified U.S. government sources, as well as papers...
The Israel-Arab Reader
A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict: Eighth Revised and Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
An essential resource, completely revised and updated for the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of Israel
In print for forty years, The Israel-Arab Reader is a thorough and up-to-date guide to the continuing crisis in the Middle East. It covers the full spectrum of the Israel-Arab conflict,...
The Iron Cage
The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the...
Resurrecting Empire
Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Begun as the United States moved its armed forces into Iraq, Rashid Khalidi's powerful and thoughtful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the region and analyzes the likely outcome of our most recent Middle East incursions. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the political...
by Leila Ahmed
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this work is more than historical scholarship; it argues for an understanding of the Islamic World, Islam's roots and how those roots explain the political challenges of today. This is essential reading for anyone...
A Short History of the Middle Ages, Volume II
From c.900 to c.1500, Fourth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Barbara H. Rosenwein's bestselling survey text continues to stand out by integrating the history of three medieval civilizations (European, Byzantine, and Islamic) in a lively narrative that is complemented beautifully by full-color plates, maps, and genealogies. The fourth edition begins with an...