Middle East category: 7830 books
The Lemon Tree
An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
With a new afterword by the author, and a sneak preview of Sandy Tolan's new book, Children of the Stone
In 1967, Bashir Al-Khayri, a Palestinian twenty-five-year-old, journeyed to Israel, with the goal of seeing the beloved old stone house, with the lemon tree behind it, that he and his family...
The Fall of Heaven
The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran's glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written with the cooperation of the late Shah's widow, Empress Farah, Iranian revolutionaries and US officials from the Carter administration
In this remarkably human portrait of one of the twentieth century's...
The Accidental Empire
Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
The untold story, based on groundbreaking original research, of the actions and inactions that created the Israeli settlements in the occupied territories
After Israeli troops defeated the armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan in June 1967, the Jewish state seemed to have reached the pinnacle of success....
Extreme Rambling
Walking Israel's Separation Barrier. For Fun.
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
'Good fences make good neighbours, but what about bad ones?'
The Israeli separation barrier is probably the most iconic divider of land since the Berlin Wall. It has been declared illegal under international law and its impact on life in the West Bank has been enormous.
Mark Thomas -...
Islam for Nerds
500 Questions and Answers
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
500 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE WORLD'S MOST MISINTERPRETED RELIGION
Fully revised first edition.
Islamic history and anecdotes are part of everyday conversation in the Arab world. This book provides a fascinating journey into one of the biggest and probably most misinterpreted religions...
The Ottoman Road to War in 1914
The Ottoman Empire and the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2008
Why did the Ottoman Empire enter the First World War in late October 1914, months after the war's devastations had become clear? Were its leaders 'simple-minded,' 'below-average' individuals, as the doyen of Turkish diplomatic history has argued? Or, as others have claimed, did the Ottomans enter...
by R. C. Sproul, Abdul Saleeb
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2003
Is Islam a religion of peace or of violence?
Islam is a religion we can no longer afford to ignore. It is one of the fastest-growing religions in the world. Newspapers and television news regularly bring stories from the Middle East, but more importantly, the Muslim world has come to us. Between...
Islam for the Western Mind
Understanding Muhammad and the Koran
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2005
Prophecy, politics, and the birth of a religion
More than a billion people consider themselves Muslim. It is the world’s second-largest religion. Yet Western portrayals of the Islamic mind are often flawed. Islam for the Western Mind is an intensive look--from a Christian perspective--at...
The Invention of the Land of Israel
From Holy Land to Homeland
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
What is a homeland, and when does it become a national territory? Why have so many people been willing to die for them throughout the twentieth century? What is the essence of the Promised Land?Following the acclaimed and controversial Invention of the Jewish People, Shlomo Sand examines the mysterious...
Zarathustra
Myth - Message - History
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
ZARATHUSTRA WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST historical personalities known to us, and he forever shifted the course of civilization. Nevertheless, publications about him are fragmented and written for specialized academics only, making them incomprehensible to the general public. This book, for the first time,...
by Thomas Austin
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
Abu Dhabi is the capital of the seven-member United Arab Emirates (UAE). With a population of 921,000, it is the second-largest city in the United Arab Emirates. Fifty years ago the city was not much more than a fishing village with a fort, huts and above all, the desert. Today, it is one of the world’s...
Israel in History
The Jewish State in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2006
Covering topical issues concerning the nature of the Israeli state, this engaging work presents essays that combine a variety of comparative schemes, both internal to Jewish civilization and extending throughout the world, such as:
modern Jewish society, politics and culture
historical...
by B. H. Liddell Hart
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
T. E. Shaw, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, was one of the most romantic, heroic, and enigmatic figures of his day. The subject of myth and hagiography, he was equally accomplished in several fields--as archaeologist, diplomat, writer, and soldier--and he worked throughout World War I and after...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2008
Gertrude Bell was one of a select group of Western Arabists who helped create the modern Middle East. She was arguably the single most influential individual in Iraq when the British attempted in the aftermath of World War I to create a nation out of regions that had long been different provinces...