Middle East category: 7830 books
The Smile of the Human Bomb
New Perspectives on Suicide Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
In 2017, nearly six thousand people were killed in suicide attacks across the world.
In The Smile of the Human Bomb, Gideon Aran dissects the moral logic of the suicide terrorism that led to those deaths. The book is a firsthand examination of the bomb site at the moment of the explosion, during...
by Kenneth Cragg
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
In his introduction to the anthology The Wisdom of the Sufis, Kenneth Cragg offers the Western reader valuable insight into the religion and richly poetic literature of the Middle East, and the esoteric, deeply experiential inner tradition of Islam. Bishop Cragg’s selections of prayers and legends...
Occupied Lives
Maintaining Integrity in a Palestinian Refugee Camp in the West Bank
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
Intense media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict does not necessarily enhance one's knowledge or understanding of the Palestinians; on the contrary they are more often than not reduced to either victims or perpetrators. Similarly, while many academic studies devote considerable effort to...
Ottoman Haifa
A History of Four Centuries under Turkish Rule
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Under Ottoman rule, the city of Haifa, located at the southern point of the largest bay on the coast of Israel, was transformed from a scarcely-inhabited fortress town to a major modern city. Today the city is the third-largest in Israel and has over 250,000 inhabitants.
This book details the...
Iran's Strategic Weapons Programmes
A Net Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
The possibility that Iran will acquire a nuclear weapons capability poses a significant threat to the stability of the Middle East and a potential challenge to the long-term viability of the nuclear non-proliferation regime. Since 2003, diplomatic efforts by the EU-3 (United Kingdom, France and Germany)...
Spy Chiefs: Volume 2
Intelligence Leaders in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Throughout history and across cultures, the spy chief has been a leader of the state security apparatus and an essential adviser to heads of state. In democracies, the spy chief has become a public figure, and intelligence activities have been brought under the rule of law. In authoritarian regimes,...
by Hazem Kandil
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
This is the first in-depth study of the relationship between the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and its own members. Drawing on years of participant observation, extensive interviews, previously inaccessible organizational documents, and dozens of memoirs and writings, the book provides an intimate portrayal...
Iran's Ballistic Buildup
The March Toward Nuclear-Capable Missiles
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
This unique manuscript surveys the regime's missile capabilities, including the underlying organization, structure, production, and development infrastructure, as well as launch facilities and the command centers operating inside Iran.
This report has been complied based on intelligence and...
The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual
Devotional Practices of Pakistan and India
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
The female voice plays a more central role in Sufi ritual, especially in the singing of devotional poetry, than in almost any other area of Muslim culture. Female singers perform sufiana-kalam, or mystical poetry, at Sufi shrines and in concerts, folk festivals, and domestic life, while male singers...
Nationalist Voices in Jordan
The Street and the State
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
According to conventional wisdom, the national identity of the Jordanian state was defined by the ruling Hashemite family, which has governed the country since the 1920s. But this view overlooks the significant role that the "Arab street"—in this case, ordinary Jordanians and Palestinians—played...
The 1956 War
Collusion and Rivalry in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Recently declassified documents and new scholarship have prompted this reassessment of the collusion between Israel, France and England which drove the 1956 War. International aspects, Israeli involvement, the plot which sparked off hostilities, and the Egyptian losses and gains are analyzed.
by Clayton E. Swisher
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Documents from the classified papers leaked to Al-Jazeera in January give the clearest account yet of what really goes on in Middle East peace talks, including revealing off-the-record remarks made by Condoleezza Rice, Tony Blair, Mahmoud Abbas, and other key players
In January...
The Rum Seljuqs
Evolution of a Dynasty
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
Charting the expansion of the Rum Seljuqs from rulers of a small principality to a fully- fledged sultanate ruling over almost the whole of Anatolia, this book demonstrates how ideology, rather than military success, was crucial in this development.
The Rum Seljuqs examines four distinct phases...
Legal Pluralism in the Holy City
Competing Courts, Forum Shopping, and Institutional Dynamics in Jerusalem
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
This book provides an unprecedented portrayal of a lively shari'a court in contemporary West Jerusalem, which belongs to the Israeli legal system but serves Palestinian residents of the eastern part of the city. It draws a rich picture of an intriguing institution, operating in an environment marked...