Ithaca Press imprint: 28 books
Gathering the Tide
An Anthology of Contemporary Arabian Gulf Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Patty Paine is the author of Oracle Bones (Red Hen Press, 2010) and Elegy & Collapse (Finishing Line Press, 2005). She is the founding editor of diode poetry journal. She is an assistant professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar where she teaches writing and literature....
Islam in the British Broadsheets
The Impact of Orientalism on Representations of Islam in the British Press
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
From the late Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa against Salman Rushdie, to the extremism of the Taliban and the mass murder of the September 11th attacks, the image of Islam as a violent and anti-Western faith has featured dominantly in the global mass media. In this book, Elzain Elgamri sets out to refute...
Beyond Belief
Two Thousand Years of Bad Faith in the Christian Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Starting from a neutral position, this book looks at claims made by Christian leaders over the centuries and analyses them in the light of modern scholarship. Erudite yet mischievous, the book's scope is wide, from early history to the present day, from America to China, and spanning many different...
Madmen at the Helm
Pathology and Politics in the Arab Spring
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
The Arab Spring was a watershed in Arab history, which gave young protesters the impetus to challenge established and entrenched dictatorial regimes for the first time, and to demand democracy. In this unique book, Muriel Mirak-Weissbach reviews specialist literature and provides a profile of the...
by Muammar Al Gathafi
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Republished in a new translation, "The Green Book" provides fresh insight into the thinking of Muammar Al Qaddafi, and his Third Universal Theory for a new democratic society. Outlined first is his theory for direct democracy in society, or Jamahiriya, focusing on the authority of the people,...
Yemen into the Twenty-First Century
Continuity and Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
In 1990 the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen united to form the Republic of Yemen. The following decade was marked by the political process of unification on the one hand, and by the processes of changing institutions, social dynamics and merged economies on the other....
Antun Sa'adeh
The Man, His Thought: an Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Antun Sa'adeh, a nationalist thinker who lived from 1904 to 1949, was one of the major intellectual figures of modern Syria. The impact of his ideas has been felt in politics, literature and philosophy, as well as in the social sciences. Indeed, the publications for which he was best known ("The...
Druze, The
Culture, History, Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
The Druze, a much-misunderstood Muslim sect primarily inhabiting the Levant, have endured centuries of persecution by orthodox elements hostile to Islam's rich sectarian diversity on account of their esoteric divergence from mainstream Islam. As a result, they have become a 'fighting minority', as...
by Maha Yamani
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
The topic of polygamy in Islamic countries is generally perceived by outsiders as something linked to harems and Hollywood-style foreign intrigues. The practice is frequently viewed through sexual connotations and male power versus female powerlessness. The purpose of this book is to shed light on...
by Aini Linjakumpu
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
The combination of Islam and politics creates strong images and provokes fierce discussion. Over the last few decades we have seen how Islam has generated political turbulence around the world. In "Political Islam in the Global World", Aini Linjakumpu develops an approach with which one...
Refusing to be Enemies
Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
"Refusing to be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation" presents the voices of over 100 practitioners and theorists of nonviolence, the vast majority either Palestinian or Israeli, as they reflect on their own involvement in nonviolent resistance...
by Stuart Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
British imperial interests in Iraq during and after the First World War are well known and have often been studied. But what of British policy towards the Mesopotamian provinces before 1914? In this well-documented study, Stuart Cohen provides the first coherent account of growing British interest...
The Arab State and Neo-liberal Globalization, The
The Restructuring of State Power in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
This collection of essays by leading academics offers an alternative approach to the study of today's Arab states by focusing on their participation in neo-liberal globalization rather than on authoritarianism or Islam. The effects of the restructuring of traditional state power engendered by globalization...
The United States and Persian Gulf Security, The
The Foundations of the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
The international relations of the Persian Gulf have long been dominated by power politics. Its unrivalled energy resources have historically made this geopolitical arena a vital national security interest for the United States. Historically, Persian Gulf security became synonymous with the maintenance...
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