Middle Eastern History

The Iranian cleric Ayatollah Montazeri (1922-2009) played an integral role in the founding of the Islamic Republic in the wake of the Iranian Revolution of 1978/9. Yet at the time...

This study offers a reassessment of the 1991 Gulf War, focusing on the role of biological and chemical weapons. The narrative reviews the events of the war, examines intelligence and...

This is an illustrated account of the urban and rural development of Jerusalem from the early 19th century when Ottoman Jerusalem was encompassed by its sixteenth century walls, and was...

Keating's authoritative narrative is based on years of research in original archives across the world. She explodes many myths, including the widely held notion that oil companies and geological experts...

The book titled America, Oil & the Islamic Mind: The Real Crisis is the Gulf between by the author Michael Youssef. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...

'Very few people in parliament can match Nadhim's childhood experience, his understanding of international affairs, his skills as a businessman and his passion for politics' Rory Stewart 'From Baghdad to...

Author: Andrew North Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Andrew North has a deep empathy and understanding for Afghanistan and has seen sides of it - both good and horrifying...

This new and updated book is necessary reading for all professionals working in the Middle East and North Africa, it includes: - The practical impact of Islam on business -...

WINNER OF THE FOOTNOTE X COUNTERPOINTS WRITING PRIZE 2023-24 'Vivid, compassionate, captivating' Elif Shafak 'A special and original voice, one for our times' Philippe Sands 'A moving and tender story...

This book presents a frightening new picture of what we can expect from terrorists in the future. Phares shows that there has been a fundamental misunderstanding about Al Qaeda's ultimate...

In May 1947 a sixteen-year-old Jewish activist named Alexander Rubowitz was abducted in broad daylight from the streets of Jerusalem. At the abduction scene, a gray hat was found, purportedly...

'We had no idea how my brother had been executed. Not until later when we saw the thick blue line scoured into his neck.' Jets screaming low over the roof...

Sprinzak paints a disturbing portrait of the dark side of Israeli politics, exposing the shift from ideological dissent to violence and terrorism, culminating in the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. His...

For a generation, Muslim extremists have targeted Americans in an escalation of terror that culminated in the September 11 attacks. Our shared confusion -- Who are the attackers? Why are...

INTRODUCED BY MONISHA RAJESH, award-winning author of Around the World in 80 Trains 'If I were asked to enumerate the pleasures of travel, this would be one of the greatest...

Afghanistan, August 2021. As the clock ticks down to a total Allied withdrawal and the Taliban go door to door to execute 'collaborators', a small, semi-official force of allied Paratroopers...

DUTY . . . OR LOVE? The first book in an epic YA fantasy series set in an Arabian-inspired land with secret spice magic and rivals-to-lovers romance. The desert city...

Levant is a book of cities. It describes Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut when they were windows on the world, escapes from nationality and tradition, centres of wealth, pleasure and freedom....

Oblivious to the sound of chalk scratching on blackboard, Nicky stared wide eyed into the pages of the atlas. The Mediterranean landscape beckoned, and it occurred to her that Egypt...

Filled with political intrigue and emotional tension, Carleson s riveting novel features a teenage refugee caught in a web of deceit and conspiracy. "PW, " starred review When her father...

A startling exploration of slavery in the Islamic world from the 7th century to the present Slavery in the Islamic world has a long, complex and controversial history. Captives and...

These places are among the most beautiful on earth - the deserts of the Middle East, the Dead Sea coast, the ancient splendor of Luxor, the pyramids at Giza, and...

This is the story of a regional process in the making: from the very concept of arms control as applied to the region, through the innovative regional forum and format...

The surprise election of Hasan Rouhani in 2013 has refocused attention on the dynamics between Islam and democracy in Iran after the hiatus of the Ahmadinejad presidency. With comparisons being...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "I cannot express how many lives have been touched by Johnny, and how many of us owe him our lives." -Chris Kyle, author of American...

A moving and funny testament to a friendship born out of adversity. In 1986 Brian Keenan and John McCarthy were forced to take a journey without maps. For the next...

A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muammad to the birth of the modern era. This book describes and explains the major events, personalities,...

The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer...

Salam Pax's internet diary, the famous Baghdad Blog, is like no other account of the war in Iraq. This 29 year old Iraqi found a worldwide audience of millions who...

From the author of The Arsonists' City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that traces the fragmentation of memory, archive, and family-past, present, future-in the face of...

'This important back is written in many tones - lyrical, sardonic, angry, heartbroken.' Raimond Gaita, author of Romulus, My Father In Leave to Remain- A Memoir, Abbas El-Zein tells his...

Argo meets Spotlight , as New York Times bestselling author Craig Unger reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and Iran, raising urgent...

Anjir and Zal have been together ever since they first knew what love was. But living in Iran, the two men must keep their relationship hidden, potentially on pain of...

Ehud Barak's election as Prime Minister of Israel on 17th May 1999 and his determination to conclude a peace deal with the Palestinians inspired both Israeli voters and the international...

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A 50th anniversary edition of Colin Thubron's celebrated first book, a portrait of Syria's capital city, with a new introduction by the author A 50th anniversary edition of Colin Thubron's...

'A gripping account. Essential reading to understand the roots of the 2011 Arab Spring and the conflicts that have devastated so much of the region' EUGENE ROGAN, author of The...

This travel guide and survey to Islamic art, architecture and culture in Tunisia shows the country's treasures displayed within their historical and cultural context. It includes up-to-date information, detailed descriptions...

Based on both the local records of various towns and villages in rural Egypt and the imperial orders of the Ottoman state, this book charts how changes in the control...

In the nineteenth century The Dead Sea and the Tigris-Euphrates river system had great political significance: the one as a possible gateway for a Russian invasion of Egypt, the other...

Author: Caesar E. FarahFormat: Hardback, 138mm x 216mm, 384 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2002In the 19th century, when the Ottoman Empire restored direct rule over Yemen, the resulting...

This new and updated book is necessary reading for all professionals working in the Middle East and North Africa, it includes:- The practical impact of Islam on business- Safety and...

Author: Matthew Teller Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Original and illuminating ... what a good book this is' - Jonathan Dimbleby 'A love letter to the people of the...

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'Powerful, capacious and profound' OCEAN VUONG 'A book you won't soon forget' ILYA KAMINSKY 'Astonishing' TERRANCE HAYES LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2025...

In a work of detection based on a lifetime of research, a co-author of "The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered" identifies the "missing link" between Judaism and early Christianity as James...