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Light in Gaza: Essays for the Future by Jehad Abusalim
RRP: €26.17€17.65Imagining the future of Gaza beyond the cruelties of occupation and Apartheid, Light in Gaza is a powerful contribution to understanding Palestinian experience.Gaza, home to two million people, continues to face suffocating conditions imposed by Israel... -
Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out by Ramzy Baroud 9781949762440
RRP: €26.17€23.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949762440Author Ramzy BaroudFormat PaperbackPage Count 462Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity PressWeight(grams) 599gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm *... -
The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament by Wael B. Hallaq 9780231162579
RRP: €33.32€25.42Wael B. Hallaq boldly argues that the "Islamic state," judged by any standard definition of what the modern state represents, is both impossible and inherently self-contradictory. Comparing the legal, political, moral, and constitutional histories of... -
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis
RRP: €11.89€8.09The great scholar of Islam directly confronts the events of September 11th and the reasons behind Islamic terrorism in the modern world - a Sunday Times bestseller.President Bush has made it clear that we are engaged in a war against terrorism. But for... -
Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads by David Rundell
RRP: €17.84€13.65'Clear-eyed and illuminating.' Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor 'A rich, superbly researched, balanced history of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.' General David Petraeus, former Commander U.S. Central... -
Our Palestine Question: Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978 by Geoffrey Levin 9780300267853
€36.51A new history of the American Jewish relationship with Israel focused on its most urgent and sensitive issue: the question of Palestinian rights American Jews began debating Palestinian rights issues even before Israel's founding in 1948. Geoffrey... -
Desert Queen by Janet Wallach
RRP: €15.46€10.23The life of Gertrude Bell is now the subject of the major motion picture Queen of the Desert, starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco and Damian LewisTurning away from privileged Victorian Britain, Gertrude Bell explored, mapped and excavated the world of... -
Yemen In Crisis: The Road To War by Helen Lackner 9780863569661
RRP: €15.46€10.64The democratic promise of Yemen's 2011 uprising quickly unravelled, triggering a shocking political and social crisis with serious implications for the future of the country and region. Fuelled by Arab and Western intervention, the infighting in Yemen... -
Atatürk: Father of the Republic of Turkey by George W. Gawrych 9780755651818
RRP: €23.80€17.83Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was one of the most significant political leaders of the twentieth century. He rose from obscure origins to become the founder of the new Republic of Turkey out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire and go on to radically transform... -
Descent into Chaos: Pakistan, Afghanistan and the threat to global security by Ahmed Rashid
RRP: €21.41€15.41In Descent Into Chaos: Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Threat to Global Security Ahmed Rashid explores the most volatile and dangerous region in the world. The war on terror is being lost - but not just in Iraq. As this devastating book shows, the real... -
Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World (Fully Revised Edition) by Edward W. Said
RRP: €15.46€10.82From the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the World Trade Centre bombing, the West has been haunted by a spectre called 'Islam'. As portrayed by the news media - and by a chorus of government, academic and corporate experts - 'Islam' is... -
Erdogan's Empire: Turkey and the Politics of the Middle East by Soner Cagaptay
RRP: €17.84€13.65Gradually since 2003, Turkey's autocratic leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to make Turkey a great power -- in the tradition of past Turkish leaders from the late Ottoman sultans to Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. Here the leading authority... -
Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World by Ussama Makdisi 9780520258884
RRP: €29.75€23.30"Flawless . . . [Makdisi] reminds us of the critical declarations of secularism which existed in the history of the Middle East."-Robert Fisk, The Independent Today's headlines paint the Middle East as a collection of war-torn countries and extremist... -
The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War by Craig Whitlock
RRP: €15.46€9.73A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America's longest war, foreshadowing the Taliban's... -
Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS by Joby Warrick
RRP: €15.46€10.82**WINNER of the PULITZER PRIZE for NON-FICTION 2016**In a thrilling dramatic narrative, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread to become the... -
Long Shot: My Life As a Sniper in the Fight Against ISIS by Azad Cudi 9781474609791
RRP: €11.89€8.09In September 2014, Azad Cudi became one of seventeen snipers deployed when ISIS, trying to shatter the Kurds in a decisive battle, besieged the northern city of Kobani. In LONG SHOT, he tells the inside story of how a group of activists and idealists... -
The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement - Updated Edition by Carrie Rosefsky Wickham
RRP: €26.18€20.69Following the Arab Spring, the Muslim Brotherhood achieved a level of influence previously unimaginable. Yet the implications of the Brotherhood's rise and dramatic fall for the future of democratic governance, peace, and stability in the region are... -
Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness by Kenneth M. Pollack
RRP: €34.50€25.32Since World War II, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight--they have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever achieved quite modest accomplishments. Over time, soldiers,... -
The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine by Miko Peled
RRP: €21.36€15.01A powerful account, by Israeli peace activist Miko Peled, of his transformation from a young man who'd grown up in the heart of Israel's elite and served proudly in its military into a fearless advocate of nonviolent struggle and equal rights for all... -
After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine by Antony Loewenstein 9780863569418
RRP: €15.46€13.10After Zionism brings together some of the world's leading thinkers on the Middle East question. In thought-provoking essays, the contributors dissect the century-long conflict between Zionism and the Palestinians, and explore possible forms of a... -
Hamas in Politics: Democracy, Religion, Violence by Jeroen Gunning
RRP: €41.65€36.47In January 2006, Hamas, an organisation classified by Western governments as terrorist, was democratically elected to govern the Palestinian territories. The inherent contradictions in this situation have left many analysts at a loss. Hamas uses terror... -
Until We Are Free: My Fight For Human Rights in Iran by Shirin Ebadi
RRP: €19.03€13.82'POWERFUL AND SOMETIMES SHOCKING ...' SUNDAY TIMES In this powerful book, Dr Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, tells of her fight for reform inside Iran, and the devastating backlash she faced after winning the Nobel Peace Prize... -
The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty by Ray Takeyh
RRP: €17.84€15.51The surprising story of Iran's transformation from America's ally in the Middle East into one of its staunchest adversaries"An original interpretation that puts Iranian actors where they belong: at center stage."-Michael Doran, Wall Street Journal"An... -
Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine by Lara Sheehi 9781032078694
RRP: €45.21€39.72Heavily influenced by Frantz Fanon and critically engaging the theories of decoloniality and liberatory psychoanalysis, Lara Sheehi and Stephen Sheehi platform the lives, perspectives, and insights of psychoanalytically inflected Palestinian... -
All She Lost: The Explosion in Lebanon, the Collapse of a Nation and the Women who Survive by Dalal Mawad 9781399406253
RRP: €23.80€17.43'Poignant and compelling... will resonate with anyone who cares about justice and the abuse of power' - Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News International Editor and author of Sandstorm 'Essential and urgent' - Kim Ghattas, journalist and author of Black... -
The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims by Khaled A. Beydoun 9780520402690
RRP: €23.80€18.41"The New Crusades is an intersectional milestone. It lucidly illustrates how converging systems of subordination, power, and violence related to Islamophobia are experienced across the globe."-Kimberle Crenshaw, from the foreword "A profound wake-up call... -
Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny by Con Coughlin
RRP: €29.75€19.19'Important, compelling, and detailed . . . a superb analysis of the West's policy missteps and the tragic consequences of them.' - General David PetraeusIn Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny, Con Coughlin, veteran commentator on war in the Middle East and... -
Rafiq Hariri and the Fate of Lebanon by Marwan Iskandar 9780863563706
RRP: €20.22€14.38On Valentine's Day 2005 self-made billionaire Rafiq Hariri, Lebanon's former prime minister, was assassinated in Beirut by a massive bomb that destroyed his motorcade. The Lebanese people subsequently took to the streets, and the United Nations Security... -
Iran: A Very Short Introduction by Ali Ansari
RRP: €10.70€7.68Iran has rarely been out of the headlines. Yet media interest and extensive coverage has tended to hinder rather than help our understanding of Iran as an idea, an identity, and a people, leading to a superficial understanding of what is a complex and... -
Understanding New Security Threats by Michel Gueldry
RRP: €44.02€38.71This textbook examines non-traditional forms of security and expands the notion of security to include non-state actors and non-human actors. Proposing an expansive view of non-traditional forms of security that go beyond traditionally recognized issues... -
From Black Gold to Frozen Gas: How Qatar Became an Energy Superpower by Michael D. Tusiani 9780231210867
RRP: €33.32€25.42Today, Qatar is among the world's wealthiest countries. Its rich hydrocarbon resources have transformed this small Gulf state into an energy powerhouse, funded its outsized global ambitions, and allowed it to forge an identity separate from those of its... -
Hamas: Unwritten Chapters by Azzam Tamimi
RRP: €23.80€20.78Hamas won an overwhelming electoral victory in January 2006, overturning many assumptions regionally and globally. Branded as terrorist by Israel and the West, it is the largest Palestinian militant Islamist organization, formed fifteen years ago at the... -
The Politics of Empire: The US, Israel and the Middle East by James F. Petras
RRP: €14.27€13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986073106Author James F. PetrasFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity Press -
A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons of Naji Al-Ali by Naji al-Ali 9781844673650
RRP: €17.84€15.99Naji al-Ali grew up in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in the south Lebanese city of Sidon, where his gift for drawing was discovered by the Palestinian poet Ghassan Kanafani in the late 1950s. Early the following decade he left for Kuwait,... -
Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula by Laleh Khalili
RRP: €14.27€9.35On the map of global trade, China is now the factory of the world. A parade of ships full of raw commodities-iron ore, coal, oil-arrive in its ports, and fleets of container ships leave with manufactured goods in all directions. The oil that fuels... -
Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States by Trita Parsi 9780300143119
RRP: €20.22€19.83The first book to untangle the complex and often duplicitous relations among Israel, Iran, and the United States In this era of superheated rhetoric and vitriolic exchanges between the leaders of Iran and Israel, the threat of nuclear violence looms. But... -
Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir
RRP: €13.08€9.25'Determination, grit and humour shine through' Lindsey Hilsum, ObserverNineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection.A growing number of intrepid Arab and... -
Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question by Edward W. Said
RRP: €24.98€21.05Since the 1948 war which drove them from their heartland, the Palestinian people have consistently been denied the most basic democratic rights. Blaming the Victims shows how the historical fate of the Palestinians has been justified by spurious academic... -
A Genealogy of Islamic Feminism: Pattern and Change in Indonesia by Etin Anwar
RRP: €47.59€41.72A Genealogy of Islamic Feminism offers a new insight on the changing relationship between Islam and feminism from the colonial era in the 1900s to the early 1990s in Indonesia.The book juxtaposes both colonial and postcolonial sites to show the changes... -
The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said
€13.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679739883Author Edward W. SaidFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm)...