Middle East category: 7830 books
Israel
A History
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
“The most comprehensive account of Israeli history yet published” (Efraim Karsh, The Sunday Telegraph).
Fleeing persecution in Europe, thousands of Jewish immigrants settled in Palestine after World War II. Renowned historian Martin Gilbert crafts a riveting account of Israel’s turbulent...
The Missing Martyrs
Why There Are So Few Muslim Terrorists
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
Why are there so few Muslim terrorists? With more than a billion Muslims in the world--many of whom supposedly hate the West and ardently desire martyrdom--why don't we see terrorist attacks every day? Where are the missing martyrs? In this startlingly counterintuitive book, a leading authority on...
The End of the Peace Process
Oslo and After
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Soon after the Oslo accords were signed in September 1993 by Israel and Palestinian Liberation Organization, Edward Said predicted that they could not lead to real peace. In these essays, most written for Arab and European newspapers, Said uncovers the political mechanism that advertises...
by Charles Tripp
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2007
To understand Iraq, Charles Tripp's history is the book to read. Since its first appearance in 2000, it has become a classic in the field of Middle East studies, read and admired by students, soldiers, policymakers and journalists. The book is now updated to include the recent American invasion, the...
On Wings of Eagles
The Inspiring True Story of One Man's Patriotic Spirit--and His Heroic Mission to Save His Countrymen
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 1984
**#1 bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1978, and of the unconventional means one American used to save his countrymen. . . . **
When two of his employees were held hostage in a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran,...
Islam
A Short History
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular Western imagination as an extreme faith that promotes authoritarian government, female oppression, civil war, and terrorism. Karen Armstrong's short history offers a vital corrective to this narrow view....
Jerusalem
The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
“This is an essential book for those who wish to understand a city that remains a nexus of world affairs.” —*Booklist *(starred)
Jerusalem is the epic history of three thousand years of faith, fanaticism, bloodshed, and coexistence, from King David to the 21st century, from the birth...
Encountering Morocco
Fieldwork and Cultural Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Encountering Morocco introduces readers to life in this North African country through vivid accounts of fieldwork as personal experience and intellectual journey. We meet the contributors at diverse stages of their careers–from the unmarried researcher arriving for her first stint in the field to...
by David Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2019
For centuries, the inlet called the Golden Horn and the city on the hills overlooking it were situated in the middle of the known world. To the south, through the Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea, lay the Mediterranean, around which the Greek, Roman, Persian, and Arab worlds revolved. To the north,...
Rise and Kill First
The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, hailed by The New York Times as “an exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject.”
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD IN HISTORY
NAMED...
Sword and Scimitar
Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018
A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities
The West and Islam--the sword and scimitar--have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Roman emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's...
Where the West Ends
Stories From the Balkans, the Black Sea, and the Caucasus
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2012
Prize-winning author Michael J. Totten returns with a masterpiece of travel writing and history in this journey through thirteen nations—all but two formerly communist—just beyond the edge of the West where few casual travelers venture. His work as an independent foreign correspondent takes him...
Rolling Blackouts
Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Cartoonist Sarah Glidden accompanies her two friends—reporters and founders of a journalism non-profit—as they research potential stories on the effects of the Iraq War on the Middle East and, specifically, the war’s refugees. Joining the trio is a childhood friend and former Marine whose past...
The Girl Who Fell to Earth
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Award-winning filmmaker and writer Sophia Al-Maria’s The Girl Who Fell to Earth is a funny and wry coming-of-age memoir about growing up in between American and Gulf Arab cultures. With poignancy and humor, Al-Maria shares the struggles of being raised by an American mother and Bedouin father while...