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Combining memoir, history, and political essay, an acclaimed French journalist delves into his family’s past in this sea......more
This sweeping history reorients our understanding of the Middle East, placing the Gulf at the heart of globalized trade ......more
How to raise a child became a central concern of intellectual debate from Cairo to Beirut over the course of the late ni......more
How to raise a child became a central concern of intellectual debate from Cairo to Beirut over the course of the late ni......more
Libanius of Antioch (AD 314-93), teacher, rhetorician and eloquent exponent of Greek paideia, was one of the most prolif......more
Zoroastrianism was the religion of the ancient Persian kings and following the Arab conquest, it remained the religion o......more
THE TERRORIST MASSACRE COMMITTED BY HAMAS AGAINST INNOCENT ISRAELIS ON OCTOBER 7, 2023 BROUGHT GREAT TRAUMA TO THE STATE......more
’From Zion’s Dawn’ is a concise and condensed account of the history of modern Israel from 1880 to the present day, focu......more
The Greek landing in Smyrna in May 1919 is widely seen as the catalyst of the Turkish national struggle but even during ......more
First published in 1964, The Kurdish War tells not only David Adamson’s 200-mile journey on foot and horseback through t......more
The Politics of Architectural Pedagogy in Iran explores the evolution of architectural pedagogy during two significant s......more
Bahrain History. The Politics, Governance, National Economy, Population, Tourism. The gulf has been an important waterwa......more
The Meaning of Surah 75 Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) From the Holy Quran Bilingual Edition In English and Spanish Langu......more
A feast for beer geeks and history buffs alike, In the Land of Ninkasi tells the story of the world’s first great beer c......more
Traces the dynamics of territorial and ethnic conflicts between Jews and Palestinians For Oren Yiftachel, the notion of ......more
Declared a terrorist menace yet voted into government in a free election, Hamas then used its Gaza power base to launch ......more
The Status of the Jews in Egypt, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so th......more
As we move towards a world without superpowers, the dynamics within and between regions are of growing significance. Aga......more
This book uses the Strategic-Relational Approach to explain how the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in......more
The essays in this volume examine the cultural exchanges and encounters that have occurred in Central Asia through a vas......more
By considering why the desert, and the human story therein, continues to fascinate Western writers, it reveals no barren......more
Sufism in India and Central Asia is an attempt to put into perspective the relevance of Sufism - the concept and teachin......more
This edited collection uses new sources to address issues as diverse as the Turkey-Iraq frontier, colonial governance in......more
This study of Lebanese historical thought and its role in national identity formation in the eighteenth century focuses ......more
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Have you seen the Big Picture? It is impossible, unless you understand how each piece of history’s puzzle fits together ......more
While a positive correlation between capitalism and democracy has existed in Western Europe and North America, the examp......more
Inspired by the "spatial turn," this volume links for the first time the study of diplomacy and spatiality in the premod......more
"This is first English account of the diplomatic visit of Afghan Prince Nasr Allah to England in the late nineteenth cen......more
Cinema in the Arab world has been the subject of varied and rigorous studies, but most have focused on films as text, pr......more
WINNER OF THE 2023 MIDDLE EAST LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION BOOK AWARD. The Franklin Book Programs (FBP) was a private not-for......more
Successive Iranian leaders have struggled to navigate the fraught political-cultural space of media in the Islamic Repub......more
What remains and becomes Armenian in a historically informed moment of increased mobility? Taking an anthropological app......more
Maral Jefroudi presents a comprehensive picture of one of the largest migration waves in contemporary history by analyzi......more
"Gilder’s originality, plus the sheer force of his enthusiasm for the extraordinary virtues of the beleaguered Jewish st......more
This book explores the relations between China and the Palestinian organizations and their development during the period......more
How denial sustains the liberal imagination of a progressive and democratic Israel. The question that this book aims to ......more
Travels in Arabia, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work i......more
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so......more
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Declared a terrorist menace yet voted into government in a free election, Hamas then used its Gaza power base to launch ......more
The current companion will offer a survey of the Afroasiatic, Dravidian, Indo-Aryan, and Turkic languages in contact wit......more
A vigorous translation scene across the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire--government and private, official and amateur,......more
In the ancient Mediterranean world, individuals routinely looked for divine aid to cure physical afflictions. Contested ......more
This book highlights a number of the major Sufi figures whose writings on legal theory were strongly shaped by their Suf......more
This book narrates the rise and fall of Kurdish nobility in the Ottoman Empire from the sixteenth through to the ninetee......more
The Egyptian Social Contract explores the intricacies of the relationship between the state and its citizens, from the e......more
The second Muslim caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab, once reportedly exclaimed, ’I do not know how to treat Zoroastrians!’ He ......more
The City is Ours accounts how urban politics mediated the rise of Kurdish nationhood and mobilization in Diyarbakır, Tur......more
The City is Ours accounts how urban politics mediated the rise of Kurdish nationhood and mobilization in Diyarbakır, Tur......more
This book offers an exploration of ballistic missile proliferation in the Middle East and also delves into the geopoliti......more
This book tells the story of Iranian women’s accomplishments and struggles over the course of history, spanning from anc......more
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The story of the hardest-fought air war of the jet era, where highly trained Israeli air forces almost met their match a......more
Tracing the history of the sugar trade and its consumption in the Persian Gulf during the 18th century, this book explor......more
The two-state solution is doomed; the one-state reality is here to stay Why have Israelis and Palestinians failed to ach......more
A PopMatters Best Book of the Year A perceptive study of how Israel’s actions, which run counter to the traditional hist......more
The book Youth, Identity, and Re-Fashioning Popular Music in Israel. 1950s-1980s aims to refresh the understanding of th......more
This book analyzes how the Iraqi city of Fallujah became registered as a setting for military heroics in American memory......more
This book explores the decision by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1924 to abolish the caliphate. The Ottoman s......more
Despite the increasing volume of scholarship that shows children as political actors, prior to this book, a cohesive fra......more
Despite the increasing volume of scholarship that shows children as political actors, prior to this book, a cohesive fra......more
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Focusing on the intense aftermath of the Gezi park episode, this book scrutinises the ways in which activists pursued a ......more
Revealed: How pro-Israel lobbying groups influence the Middle East policies of Britain, the US and others In 1896, a Jew......more
A blow-by-blow account of the final siege of Jerusalem that ended with the complete overthrow of the Jewish people and t......more
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A History of the Modern Middle East examines the profound and often dramatic transformations of the region in the past t......more
A History of the Modern Middle East examines the profound and often dramatic transformations of the region in the past t......more
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This book examines cross-cultural encounters of the Jesuit missionary enterprise in early modern Southwest Asia. It anal......more
Syrian-Kurdish Intersections in the Ottoman Period is a collection of essays on different aspects of the history of the ......more
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing......more
Jordan currently hosts the second largest percentage of registered refugees in the world: three million out of its eleve......more
Al-Sulami (d. 412/1021) was an influential classical Sufi master whose works espoused companionship as a way for believe......more
How can a nation’s archaeological treasures help explain its history, especially one as richly complex as Syria’s? Ross ......more
"What were the effects of Mongol rule in Iran? Using a wide variety of sources including official and semi-official hist......more
The end of the Qajar era in Iran, despite the accepted narrative of decline, was in fact an occasion of modern and forwa......more
Since the Second World War, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt faced periods of extensive state repression, between 1948-19......more
By the early 1820s, British policy in the Eastern Mediterranean was at a crossroads. Historically shaped by the rivalry ......more
Founded in 1929, the Jewish Agency played a central role in the founding of the State of Israel. Throughout the 1920s, 3......more
Zahi Zalloua provides the first examination of Palestinian identity from the perspective of Indigeneity and Critical Bla......more
Exploring the political, social and familial ties in early modern Ottoman society, this book is a timely contribution to......more
Palestine A - Z was produced in response to the often heard assertion that the Israel/Palestine issue is ’complicated’. ......more
In the late 1960s, Israel became more closely entwined with the United States not just as a strategic ally but also thro......more
In the late 1960s, Israel became more closely entwined with the United States not just as a strategic ally but also thro......more
The renowned Russian Iranist Ilya Pavlovich Petrushevsky devoted his career to the study of agriculture and feudal relat......more
Persian Arabesques is an unpublished chapter in the history of Russian diplomacy as told by one of its most brilliant pr......more
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This book is about Iraq. It is about memories, truth, love, family, gardens, and culture. It is also about injustice, co......more
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Don’t just see the sights―get to know the people. At first sight, modern-day Egypt is an unruly and chaotic place: a cac......more
Don’t just see the sights―get to know the people. The Sultanate of Oman, long regarded as one of the more mysterious cou......more
Feminism in the Middle East: Struggles and Triumphs offers a comprehensive exploration of the history, challenges, and a......more
The research background of this book focuses on the historical evolution and strategic development of the United Arab Em......more
This is the first volume in the 12-volume "Knowledge of the Gulf"- series. "Sands of Time: The Gulf’s Rich Tapestry Befo......more