Offering an in-depth, interdisciplinary analysis of Arabic and English language narratives of the Islamic State terroris......more

History and guide to Kerak, one of the greatest crusader castles....more

"Compelling . . . offers a richly detailed account of Israel’s Black Panthers in the 1970s."―Haaretz "Forces us to con­f......more

​This book focuses on the war in Afghanistan. In 2010 and 2011, the author took a leave from her faculty position at the......more

A history of two centuries of interactions among the areas bordering the western Indian Ocean, including India, Iran, an......more

This book explores Britain’s involvement in the Dhofar War of 1963-1976, focusing on the military aspects of this confli......more

Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Volume II explores the major categories of traditional Tibetan books, intro......more

The Historical Dictionary of Uzbekistan covers the history of Uzbekistan through a chronology, an introductory essay, ap......more

In Dark Pasts, Jennifer M. Dixon asks why states deny past atrocities, and when and why they change the stories they tel......more

The Crusader States and their Neighbours (Winner, The Verbruggen Prize, The Society for Medieval Military History) explo......more

An incisive exploration of women and work, showing how globalization’s promise of liberation instead set the stage for r......more

Household anthologies of seventeenth-century Isfahan collected everyday texts and objects, from portraits, letters, and ......more

The 67th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) deployed to Iraq in January 2004. During this deployment, there were several even......more

"A Soviet Sultanate" is the first English-language social history of Islam in Soviet Central Asia after WWII, and it foc......more

This anthology presents current results from interdisciplinary Caucasus research. The focus is on contributions from the......more

This volume is a general survey of the history of Jordan from ancient times to the present....more

This volume is a general survey of the history of Jordan from ancient times to the present. The author covers the major ......more

"A must read."--CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2022 "Holds up a mirror to the unifying, braided futures underlying s......more

There is currently no water cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Of the nine rivers that flow across the border......more

Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project commenced in 1996 and continued until the summer season of July 2021, which con......more

Ottoman-Safavid relations after 1639 have been dismissed as marginal and assumed not to have produced sufficient documen......more

An authoritative study of the enduring relevance of tribes in contemporary Iraq and Libya, investigating their complex r......more

Palestine is an area, a country, with a recorded history that stretches back millennia. Many nations of people have live......more

Palestine is an area, a country, with a recorded history that stretches back millennia. Many nations of people have live......more

Although most often thought of as a movement, this study will examine Zionism as an insurgency-a form of irregular, revo......more

In diesem Buch werden die historischen Ereignisse entlang der Seidenstra e von den Anfängen der vier Zivilisationen bis ......more

Israel’s New Wars examines Israel’s recent conflicts with Iran and its partners. The book’s key focus is how these wars ......more

In Creating an Islamic City: Beirut, Jihad, and the Sacred, Rana Mikati examines for the first time the role and contrib......more

The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the ......more

The Sieges of Vienna by the Turks, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the hum......more

Why did the Arab Spring have such calamitous outcomes? Loved Egyptian Night fundamentally reassesses the Arab Spring, re......more

A captivating biography of one of the world’s greatest adventurers, the itinerant Mughal Princess Gulbadan, based on her......more

First published in 1923, The Truth about Mesopotamia, Palestine & Syria presents a comprehensive overview of what may be......more

A dramatic shift is taking place in Israel and America. In Israel, the deepening occupation of the West Bank is putting ......more

This book explores the application of the work of the philosopher Giorgio Agamben to the post-Arab Uprisings in the Midd......more

This open access book takes a deeper and broader perspective of the Hassaniya-speaking groups of the western region of t......more

How to approach the complex intellectual legacy of a modern Muslim thinker like Muhammad ’Abduh (1849-1905)? This book o......more

The New Wave Cinema in Iran is a historical and analytical study of the Iranian New Wave Cinema (Mowj-e No) as an artist......more

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement. Designated......more

Avinoam Patt examines the relationship between two of the most significant events in modern Jewish history, the Holocaus......more

Based on four years of field research in Palestinian camps in Jordan - including unique interviews with Palestinian refu......more

This book brings together testimonials from people of different nationalities and professions who are ’pro-Palestinian’,......more

The Syrian conflict constitutes one of the most covered events in this century. Although the coverage of the Syrian upri......more

"In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Isfahan, the capital of the Safavid Empire, was host to a diverse array of ......more

Non-Orthodox Jews outside Israel are a rapidly declining population as they marry gentiles and produce few Jewish childr......more

A riveting and unapologetic account of Palestinian resistance, the story of one family’s care for their land, and a refl......more

Between the 1850s and World War I, about one million North Caucasian Muslims sought refuge in the Ottoman Empire. This r......more

Between the 1850s and World War I, about one million North Caucasian Muslims sought refuge in the Ottoman Empire. This r......more

"Palestine: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time" is a historical work written by Michael Russell. Originally pu......more

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This book provides a comprehensive and detailed review of the evidence for Early Bronze Age mortuary rituals on the Oman......more

In Literary Optics, Maha AbdelMegeed offers a compelling and far-reaching alternative to the traditional mode of analyzi......more

Hagia Sophia--a building whose domes have defined Istanbul’s skyline for over 1500 years--has led many lives. Initially ......more

Tribe-state relations are a foundational element of authoritarian bargains in the Middle East - particularly in the Gulf......more

A provocative reinterpretation of the tumultuous late 1970s and early 1980s in the Middle East In the latter half of the......more

This book examines Israel’s civil-military relations (CMR) in order to explore alternatives to orthodox Western models o......more

This singular edition uniquely combines translations by both Leonard William King and Robert Francis Harper, offering re......more

The Gulan revolution was a key turning point for the Kurdish people. Its events have repercussions that continue to be f......more

The Gulan revolution was a key turning point for the Kurdish people. Its events have repercussions that continue to be f......more

The Gulan revolution was a key turning point for the Kurdish people. Its events have repercussions that continue to be f......more

This book examines the new authoritarian practices MENA countries developed in the aftermath of the major uprisings in t......more

One of the first, timely accounts of both the modern Omani rebirth and its legacy over the entire reign of Sultan Qaboos......more

The tenth century was a formative period for Islamic culture and Adam Mez’s Renaissance of Islam offers a detailed surve......more

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Cooperation between Iran and Russia has expanded to unprecedented levels. Following the Russian offensive in Ukraine, th......more

Cooperation between Iran and Russia has expanded to unprecedented levels. Following the Russian offensive in Ukraine, th......more

Lebanon’s significance to the Middle East and the global arena is greater than its small size suggests - bordering Israe......more

This groundbreaking work studies the Arabic literary culture of early modern Southeast Asia on the basis of largely unst......more

EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY Discover the enchanting world of ancient Egypt like never before in "Egyptian Mythology: A Collection......more

An epic account of how a new world order under Tamerlane was born out of the decline of the Mongol Empire "A masterwork.......more

Iran’s prison system is a foundational institution of Iranian political modernity. The Incarcerated Modern traces the tr......more

Iran’s prison system is a foundational institution of Iranian political modernity. The Incarcerated Modern traces the tr......more

Sanctions have enormous consequences. Especially when imposed by a country with the economic influence of the United Sta......more

"Beautifully researched and deeply moving, [this book] brought me to tears more than once" -- John Simpson, The Guardian......more

Decolonizing images focuses on Egypt’s local visual heritage and continues the urgent process of decolonizing the canon ......more