Middle East category: 7830 books
by Robert William Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Robert William Rogers, noted historian and professor or theology, writes of the decipherment of the ancient cuneiform languages. A history of previous excavations in the Middle East is also discussed. The original cuneiform illustrations in the first edition are included, as is a table of contents for easier navigation.
Women in Sufism
Female Religiosities in a Transnational Order
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Exploring the diverse myriad of female religious identities that exist within the various branches of the Moroccan Sufi Order, Qādiriyya Būdshīshiyya, today, this book evidences a wide array of religious identities, from those more typical of Berber culture, to those characterised by a ‘sober’...
نگاهی نو به روزگار صفویه
A new look to the Safavid era
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
نگاهی نو به روزگار صفویه
در این کتاب نویسنده روزگار صفوی را از دیدگاه علمی بررسی کرده است . صفویان به عنوان سردمداران تفکر شیعی در ایران مطرح بودند اما شیخ صفی الدین...
by Gary S. Gregg
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2007
In the last fifteen years, psychologists have rediscovered culture and its influence on emotion, thought, and self. Many researchers have come to the conclusion that the world's cultures can be ranked according to the degree to which they are individualist or collectivist, with Western cultures falling...
Death in Riyadh - Second Edition
dark secrets in hidden Arabia
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
This is not only a travel book but a thought-provoking documentary on inter-cultural relationships between the different races and nationalities comprising the huge expatriate population and native Arab residents of the oil-rich peninsula.
The many characters portrayed, presented in a variety...
"Off the Straight Path"
Illicit Sex, Law, and Community in Ottoman Aleppo
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2008
The legal treatment of sexual behavior is a subject that receives little scholarly attention in the field of Middle East women’s studies. Important questions about the relationship between sexuality and the law and about the societies enforcing that relationship are rarely addressed in the current...
Break all the Borders
Separatism and the Reshaping of the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Since 2011, civil wars and state failure have wracked the Arab world, underlying the misalignment between national identity and political borders. In Break all the Borders, Ariel I. Ahram examines the separatist movements that aimed to remake those borders and create new independent states. With detailed...
Histories of the Jews of Egypt
An Imagined Bourgeoisie, 1880s-1950s
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Up until the advent of Nasser and the 1956 War, a thriving and diverse Jewry lived in Egypt – mainly in the two cities of Alexandria and Cairo, heavily influencing the social and cultural history of the country.
Histories of the Jews of Egypt argues that this Jewish diaspora should be viewed...
by Muddassir Khan
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Unique book highlighting the attitude of Muslims towards paper and printing press, and how this attitudinal shift lead to their downfall. The lessons we can learn today from history. Only by seeing and learning from the forward looking attitude of the early Muslims based on the Quran And authentic...
by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Language: French
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Historique minutieusement
Zengi and the Muslim Response to the Crusades
The politics of Jihad
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Zengi gained his legacy as the precursor to Saladin. While Zengi captured Edessa, Saladin would capture Jerusalem, and both leaders fought to establish their own realms. However, Zengi cannot be fully understood without an examination of his other policies and warfare and an appreciation of his Turkmen...
Warum es kein islamisches Mittelalter gab
Das Erbe der Antike und der Orient
Language: German
Release Date: August 28, 2018
Der Islam ist im Mittelalter steckengeblieben, hat Renaissance, Reformation und Aufklärung verpasst. So lautet die gängige Diagnose. Was aber, wenn es gar kein islamisches Mittelalter gab? Thomas Bauer zeigt an zahlreichen Beispielen, wie in der islamischen Welt bis zum 11. Jahrhundert die Antike...
Medicine and Religion in the Life of an Ottoman Sheikh
Al-Damanhuri’s "Clear Statement" on Anatomy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
In 1768, Aḥmad al-Damanhūrī became the rector (shaykh) of al-Azhar, which was one of the most authoritative and respected positions in the Ottoman Empire. He occupied this position until his death. Despite being a prolific author, whose writings are largely extant, al-Damanhūrī remains almost...
La Mecca rivelata
Avventure di esploratori europei nelle città sacre dell'Islam
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Il viaggio alla Mecca attraverso gli occhi di viaggiatori europei che hanno compiuto in incognito il pellegrinaggio, dal XVI secolo in poi. Narrazioni avventurose e descrizioni di straordinario valore documentario, 11 testimonianze mai raccolte e tradotte, in grado di fornire un quadro vario ed esaustivo...