Middle Eastern category: 410 books
Food of Israel
Authentic Recipes from the Land of Milk and Honey
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
Nowhere is the Israeli passion for life more pronounced than around their food tables at home and in their restaurants
The storied land of Israel is best known as the cradle of three great world religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Since ancient times, the rich interplay of cultures...
by Habeeb Salloum
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
The vegetarian cuisine of the Middle East and North Africa is a treasure chest of pungent herbs and spices, aromatic stews and soups, chewy falafels and breads, couscous, stuffed grape leaves, greens and vegetables, hummus, pizzas, pies, omelets, pastries and sweets, smooth yogurt drinks, and strong...
Around the Table With the Catholic Foodie
Middle Eastern Cuisine
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Jeff is a former seminarian, educator and founder of The Catholic Foodie blog and podcast, which has 15,000-plus followers. He was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and now lives in New Orleans. He is a friend of many of the city’s famous chefs, and he co-hosts the Around the...
The Pearl of Dari
Poetry and Personhood among Young Afghans in Iran
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
The Pearl of Dari takes us into the heart of Afghan refugee life in the Islamic Republic of Iran through a rich ethnographic portrait of the circle of poets and intellectuals who make up the "Pearl of Dari" cultural organization. Dari is the name by which the Persian language is known in Afghanistan....
by Claudia Yaghoobi
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Adopting an empirical and systematic approach, this interdisciplinary study of medieval Persian Sufi tradition and ʿAttār (1145-1221) opens up a new space of comparison for reading and understanding medieval Persian and European literatures. The book invites us on an intellectual journey that reveals...
Relief after Hardship
The Ottoman Turkish Model for The Thousand and One Days
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
The Thousand and One Days, a companion collection to The Thousand and One Nights, was published in 1710–1712 by French Orientalist scholar François Pétis de la Croix who advertised it as the faithful, albeit selective translation of a Persian work. Subsequent research has found that The Thousand...
On the Mediterranean and the Nile
The Jews of Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2018
Aimée Israel-Pelletier examines the lives of Middle Eastern Jews living in Islamic societies in this political and cultural history of the Jews of Egypt. By looking at the work of five Egyptian Jewish writers, Israel-Pelletier confronts issues of identity, exile, language, immigration, Arab nationalism,...
The Ethics of Representation in Literature, Art, and Journalism
Transnational Responses to the Siege of Beirut
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
This transnational collection of essays, interviews, and creative pieces on the 1982 Siege of Beirut explores literary representations of the siege by a diverse set of writers alongside journalism and other media including film and art. The book investigates and promotes an awareness of an ethics...
by A. J. Arberry
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
First published in 1959, this reprint of the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát is accompanied by an introduction and notes by A J Arberry, one of Britain’s most distinguished Orientalist scholars. The Rubáiyát is a selection of poems written in Persian attributed...
The True Dream
Indictment of the Shiite clerics of Isfahan, an English translation with facing Persian text
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
The True Dream is a Persian satirical drama set in Isfahan in the lead up to Iran’s Constitutional Revolution of 1905-11. Although its three authors hail from the clerical class, they criticize the arrogance, corruption and secularity of the Iranian ruling dynasty and clergy, taking Isfahan as their...
Routledge Revivals: Scheherezade (1953)
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
First published in 1953, this translation of part of the Arabian Nights by A. J. Arberry offers four famous stories in modern idiom: Aladdin, Judar, Aboukir and Abousir, and the Amorous Goldsmith. The introduction provides a brief analysis of earlier translations of the tales and explains their value...
Feasts: Little Bites
12 free and exclusive new recipes from the bestselling author of Persiana
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
A LITTLE BITES FEAST - EXCLUSIVE FOR AMAZON
Brand new recipes from award-winning author of Persiana, Sabrina Ghayour, whose new book Feasts is out now!
Inside you will find a host of delicious bonus recipes featured exclusively in this free ebook! Spice up your special occasions or cosy...
Nightingales and Roses
Recipes from the Persian Kitchen
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Over 100 authentic, seasonal recipes from Persian cook and food blogger, Maryam Sinaiee.
*Winner of the Guild of Food Writers First Book Award*
*Shortlisted for Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards*
Nightingales and Roses offers you a true taste of Persian home cooking. Iranian food...
Cherish
Food to make for the people you love
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
'Sesame & Spice is an absolute treat; full of warmth and generosity, and so many recipes I want to cook, that I've been headily immoderate with my post-it notes!' Nigella Lawson
'If you're a fan of Ottolenghi and Sabrina Ghayour, you'll love this' BBC Good Food magazine
The recipes...