Middle East category: 7830 books
ISIS
The State of Terror
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
The Islamic State, known as ISIS, exploded into the public eye in 2014 with startling speed and shocking brutality. It has captured the imagination of the global jihadist movement, attracting recruits in unprecedented numbers and wreaking bloody destruction with a sadistic glee that has alienated...
Islamic Insurance
A Modern Approach to Islamic Banking
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2004
Some Muslims believe insurance is unnecessary, as society should help its victims. Muslims can no longer ignore the fact that they live, trade and communicate with open global systems, and they can no longer ignore the need for banking and insurance. Aly Khorshid demonstrates how initial clerical apprehensions were overcome to create pioneering Mus
Politics and Government in Israel
The Maturation of a Modern State
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
This balanced and comprehensive text explores Israeli government and politics, tracing the history of the state, and the social, religious, economic, and military environments of Israeli politics. Gregory Mahler explains political institutions and behavior in Israeli domestic politics, as well as...
The Balfour Declaration
Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
The true history of the imperial deal that transformed the Middle East and sealed the fate of Palestine
On 2 November 1917, the British government, represented by Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour, declared it was in favour of “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish...
The Struggle for Egypt
From Nasser to Tahrir Square
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2011
The recent revolution in Egypt has shaken the Arab world to its roots. The most populous Arab country and the historical center of Arab intellectual life, Egypt is a linchpin of the US's Middle East strategy, receiving more aid than any nation except Israel. This is not the first time that the world...
The New Arab Wars
Uprisings and Anarchy in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Marc Lynch's last book, The Arab Uprising, described the then ongoing revolutionary change and prospect for the consolidation of democracy in key Arab countries that still seemed possible. But Lynch saw dark signs on the horizon, especially in Syria. That book ended with the hope that the Arab uprisings...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012
This essential compilation of expert opinion and commentary from over twenty-five government and military reports and papers, totaling over 600 pages. The Muslim Brotherhood's role in the Egyptian uprising of 2011 and the subsequent election of Mohamed Morsi to the Egyptian Presidency has focused...
The Reawakening of the Arab World
Challenge and Change in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
According to renowned Marxist economist Samir Amin, the recent Arab Spring uprisings comprise an integral part of a massive "second awakening" of the Global South. From the self-immolation in December 2010 of a Tunisian street vendor, to the consequent outcries in Cairo's Tahrir Square against...
Caliphate Redefined
The Mystical Turn in Ottoman Political Thought
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2018
The medieval theory of the caliphate, epitomized by the Abbasids (750–1258), was the construct of jurists who conceived it as a contractual leadership of the Muslim community in succession to the Prophet Muhammed’s political authority. In this book, Hüseyin Yılmaz traces how a new conception...
Understanding Iran
Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
William R. Polk provides an informative, readable history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East. A former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Polk describes a country and a history misunderstood by many in the West....
The Coup
1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
An “absorbing” account of the CIA’s 1953 coup in Iran—essential reading for anyone concerned about Iran’s role in the world today (Harper’s Magazine).
In August 1953, the Central Intelligence Agency orchestrated the swift overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected leader and installed...
by Lonely Planet, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Mark Elliott
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Lonely Planet Iran is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hike among the Castles of the Assassins in Alamut Valley, Lose yourself in Esfahan's historic bazaar, or ski in the Alborz Mountains; all with your trusted travel...
by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Authoritative and carefully researched history of Islam under the first four righteous Caliphs. Refutes the myth that Islam was spread by the sword. Wonderfully free of all sectarian influences.
Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History
The Rashidun Caliphs
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
The story of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661) is familiar to historians from the political histories of medieval Islam, which treat it as a factual account. The story also informs the competing perspectives of Sunni and Shi'i Islam, which read...