Middle East category: 7830 books
Genesis
Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
A probing look at one of the most incendiary subjects of our time—the relationship between the United States and Israel
There has been more than half a century of raging conflict between Jews and Arabs—a violent, costly struggle that has had catastrophic repercussions in a critical region...
A Death in Jerusalem
The Assassination by Jewish Extremists of the First Arab/Israeli
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
On the evening of September 17, 1948, a car carrying Count Folke Bernadotte, the first United Nations–appointed mediator in the Middle East, traveled up a narrow Jerusalem street. As the car shifted gears for the climb toward the New City, an Israeli Army jeep nosed into the road, forcing Bernadotte’s...
The Arabs and the Holocaust
The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
An unprecedented and judicious examination of what the Holocaust means—and doesn't mean—in the Arab world, one of the most explosive subjects of our time
There is no more inflammatory topic than the Arabs and the Holocaust—the phrase alone can occasion outrage. The terrain is dense with...
Sleeping on a Wire
Conversations with Palestinians in Israel
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2003
Israel describes itself as a Jewish state. What, then, is the status of the one-fifth of its citizens who are not Jewish? Are they Israelis, or are they Palestinians? Or are they a people without a country? How will a Palestinian state—if it is established—influence the sense of belonging
and...
The Much Too Promised Land
America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2008
For nearly twenty years, Aaron David Miller has played a central role in U.S. efforts to broker Arab-Israeli peace. His position as an advisor to presidents, secretaries of state, and national security advisors has given him a unique perspective on a problem that American leaders have wrestled with...
by Yossi Klein Halevi
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2019
New York Times bestseller
Now with a new Epilogue, containing letters of response from Palestinian readers.
"A profound and original book, the work of a gifted thinker."--Daphne Merkin, The Wall Street Journal
Attempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis...
The Benghazi Report
Review of the Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Facilities in Benghazi, Libya, September 11-12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
On September 11, 2012, a squad of armed militants in Libya attacked the American diplomatic mission at Benghazi, killing U.S. ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other American diplomats. Although the vicious attack was initially reported as a protest against an anti-Islamic video, later evidence...
The Case Against Israel's Enemies
Exposing Jimmy Carter and Others Who Stand in the Way of Peace
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2008
The New York Times bestselling author of The Case for Israel takes on the greatest threats faced by Israel today
In addition to Hamas, which provoked the recent war and Gaza with its rocket attacks on Israeli civilians, Alan Dershowtiz argues that Israel's most dangerous enemies include Jimmy...
Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant
The Holiest Cities of Islam
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant is an unprecedented photographic exploration of the holiest cities of Islam and the Hajj, or annual pilgrimage during Ramadan when more than a million faithful journey to Mecca's Great Mosque to commemorate the first revelation of the Qur'an (Koran).
This...
In an Antique Land
History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
Once upon a time an Indian writer named Amitav Ghosh set out an Indian slave, name unknown, who some seven hundred years before had traveled to the Middle East. The journey took him to a small village in Egypt, where medieval customs coexist with twentieth-century desires and discontents. But even...
by Jennifer Heath
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2013
It is often said that two-thirds of the religion of Islam was handed down by women and one-third was shaped by women. "Of worldly things," the Prophet Muhammad said, "women and fragrance are made dear to me and the comfort of my eyes is made in prayer."Muhammad was born to a widowed mother,...
by Marius Kociejowski
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Marius Kociejowski follows up his now classic The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool with The Pigeon Wars of Damascus. A metaphysical journalist in search of echoes rather than analogies, hints as opposed to verities, Kociejowski discovers once again at the periphery of Damascene society-for the...
Sasanian Persia
The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Of profound importance in late antiquity, the Sasanian Empire is virtually unknown today, except as a counterpoint to the Roman Empire. In this highly readable history, Touraj Daryaee fills a significant gap in our knowledge of world history. He examines the Sasanians' complex and colourful narrative...
Israel and the Cold War
Diplomacy, Strategy and the Policy of the Periphery at the United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
In the wake of its creation in 1948, the state of Israel was confronted with the challenge of establishing foreign relations with key players in the region, in the face of opposition from most of the Arab states. Howard Patten explores the genesis and development of Israel's foreign relations with...