Middle East category: 7830 books
by Ken Haley
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
He’s been expelled from Syria on suspicion of terrorism, been dragged from the Hungarian parliament in handcuffs and interviewed the editor-in-chief of al-Jazeera, all during a remarkable two-year journey by wheelchair across Eurasia. Walkley Award-winning journalist Ken Haley’s travels take...
Stranger to History
A Son's Journey through Islamic Lands
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
"Indispensable reading for anyone who wants a wider understanding of the Islamic world, of its history and its politics." —Financial Times
Aatish Taseer's fractured upbringing left him with many questions about his own identity. Raised by his Sikh mother in Delhi, his father, a...
The Faithful Scribe
A Story of Islam, Pakistan, Family, and War
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
A journalist explores his family’s history to reveal the hybrid cultural and political landscape of Pakistan, the world’s first Islamic democracy
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Shahan Mufti’s family history, which he can trace back fourteen hundred years to the inner circle of the prophet Muhammad, offers an enlightened...
Saddam Hussein
The Rise and Fall of a Dictator
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Saddam Hussein in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the rise and fall of Saddam Hussein. Following a series of bloody coups, Saddam Hussein came to power in Iraq in...
The Politics of Dispossession
The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination, 1969-1994
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Ever since the appearance of his groundbreaking The Question of Palestine, Edward Said has been America's most outspoken advocate for Palestinian self-determination. As these collected essays amply prove, he is also our most intelligent and bracingly heretical writer on affairs involving not only...
Let the Swords Encircle Me
Iran--A Journey Behind the Headlines
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
NO OTHER COUNTRY SO DOMINATES THE HEADLINES: Iran is portrayed as a nuclear threat, a terrorist nation, a charter member of the Axis of Evil bent on the destruction of Israel. But behind those headlines—and the fierce rhetoric of Iran’s most hard-line leaders—is a proud nation with a 2,500-year...
Muhammad the Messenger of Islam
His Life & Prophecy
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
This impressive biographical work deftly weaves translated accounts from authentic Ottoman Turkish texts with ancient lore, resulting in a compelling, unforgettable portrait of the founder of Islam as seen through the eyes of Muslims around the world. Since the 7th century, the biography of Islam's Prophet...
Yemen
The Unknown Arabia
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
This New York Times Notable Book is “a vigorous, humorous debut that paints a delightful portrait of a distant land” (Kirkus Reviews).
Yemen is arguably the most fascinating and least known country in the Arab world. Located at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, it has been long...
The Dream Palace of the Arabs
A Generation's Odyssey
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
From Fouad Ajami, an acclaimed author and chronicler of Arab politics, comes a compelling account of how a generation of Arab intellectuals tried to introduce cultural renewals in their homelands through the forces of modernity and secularism. Ultimately, they came to face disappointment, exile, and,...
by Christopher de Bellaigue
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
“The finest Orientalist of his generation” (Wall Street Journal) rewrites everything we thought we knew about the modern history of the Islamic world.
In this “stylishly written, surprisingly moving chronicle” (Harper’s), Christopher de Bellaigue presents an absorbing account of the...
Strangers in the House
Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
This "is not a political book," Anthony Lewis writes in his foreword. "Yet in a hundred different ways it is political.... Shehadeh shatters the stereotype many Americans have of Palestinians. Hath not a Palestinian senses, affections, passions?" This revealing memoir of a father-son...
The Ottoman Scramble for Africa
Empire and Diplomacy in the Sahara and the Hijaz
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
The Ottoman Scramble for Africa is the first book to tell the story of the Ottoman Empire's expansionist efforts during the age of high imperialism. Following key representatives of the sultan on their travels across Europe, Africa, and Arabia at the close of the nineteenth century, it takes the reader...
The Call of Bilal
Islam in the African Diaspora
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
How do people in the African diaspora practice Islam? While the term "Black Muslim" may conjure images of Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, millions of African-descended Muslims around the globe have no connection to the American-based Nation of Islam. The Call of Bilal is a penetrating account...
Caliphate
The History of an Idea
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
From a preeminent scholar of Islamic history, the authoritative history of caliphates from their beginnings in the 7th century to the modern day
In Caliphate, Islamic historian Hugh Kennedy dissects the idea of the caliphate and its history, and explores how it became used and abused today....