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From Beirut to Jerusalem: One Man's Middle Eastern Odyssey by Thomas L. Friedman
RRP: $33.13$22.37A Second Edition of Thomas Friedman's stunning book, the first edition of which won the American National Book Award. 'If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it.' Seymour Hersh In this lucid, incisive and... -
Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art from the Women’s Protests in Iran by Malu Halasa 9780863569722
RRP: $29.23$21.00Jina Mahsa Amini's death at the hands of Iran's Morality Police on 16 September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to the streets, uncovering their hair, burning headscarves and chanting 'Woman Life Freedom' - 'Zan Zendegi... -
Under the Wire by Paul Conroy
RRP: $25.33$16.77NOW A MAJOR FEATURE DOCUMENTARYDetermined to cover the Syrian regime's brutal crackdown on dissent and the devastating impact of the war on Syria's civilians, veteran photographer Paul Conroy and Marie Colvin,one of the foremost war correspondents of her... -
Tribes and Politics in Yemen: A History of the Houthi Conflict by Marieke Brandt 9781911723424
RRP: $48.75$42.08Tribes and Politics in Yemen tells the story of the Houthi conflict in Sa'dah Province, Yemen, as seen through the eyes of the local tribes. In the West the Houthi conflict, which erupted in 2004, is often defined through the lenses of either the... -
Princess: Stepping Out Of The Shadows by Jean Sasson
RRP: $17.53$12.58In the international bestseller, Princess: The True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, Princess Al-Sa'ud and the acclaimed author Jean Sasson began a remarkable series of books. Now, more than twenty-five years later, this compelling journey... -
The Middle East Crisis Factory: Tyranny, Resilience and Resistance by Iyad El-Baghdadi
RRP: $29.23$25.99Why is the Middle East a crisis factory, and how can it be fixed? What does the future look like for its 500 million people? And what role should the West play? Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash tell the story of the modern Middle East as a series of... -
The Iran-Iraq War by Pierre Razoux
RRP: $77.90$63.28From 1980 to 1988, Iran and Iraq fought the longest conventional war of the twentieth century. The tragedies included the slaughter of child soldiers, the use of chemical weapons, the striking of civilian shipping in the Gulf, and the destruction of... -
The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya by Frederic Wehrey
RRP: $23.38$22.80The death of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi freed Libya from forty-two years of despotic rule, raising hopes for a new era. But in the aftermath, the country descended into bitter rivalries and civil war, paving the way for the Islamic State and a catastrophic... -
Yemen in Crisis: Autocracy, Neo-Liberalism and the Disintegration of a State by Helen Lackner 9780863561931
RRP: $48.75$39.59Yemen is in the grip of its most severe crisis in years. The civil war between the Huthi rebels and the Western and Arab supporters of the regime has resulted in thousands killed and three million displaced. Those who remain suffer severe food shortages... -
Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic Ilan Pappe 9780861544028
RRP: $58.50$40.85In 1896, a Jewish state was a pipe dream. Today the overwhelming majority of Jews identify as Zionists. How did this happen? Ilan Pappe unveils how over a century of aggressive lobbying changed the map of the Middle East. Pro-Israel lobbies convinced... -
Guest House for Young Widows: among the women of ISIS by Azadeh Moaveni
RRP: $19.48$13.07SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON FICTION AND THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE. A GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR. An intimate, deeply reported account of the women who made a shocking decision: to leave their ordinary lives behind... -
American Diplomacy Toward Lebanon: Lessons in Foreign Policy and the Middle East by David Hale 9780755652228
$42.04Lebanon's significance to the Middle East and the global arena is greater than its small size suggests - bordering Israel and Syria, it holds a geo-strategic role as the playing field for their competition as well as for their allies, America and Iran... -
Pakistan on the Brink: The future of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the West by Ahmed Rashid
RRP: $31.18$22.64Ahmed Rashid, author of Descent Into Chaos and Taliban, charts the latest developments in the dangerous trajectory of one of the world's most strategically important, and volatile, countries - and the effects on its neighbours and us all'An expert's... -
Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993 by Yezid Sayigh 9780198292654
$157.29This masterly new work spans an entire epoch in the history of the contemporary Palestinian national movement, from the establishment of Israel in mandate Palestine in 1948, to the PLO-Israel accord of 1993. Contrary to the conventional view that... -
The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist: A Personal and Political Journey by Antony Lerman 9780745332765
RRP: $44.83$29.58Antony Lerman traces his five-decade personal and political journey from idealistic socialist Zionist to controversial critic of Israel's aggression towards the Palestinians. As head of an influential UK Jewish think tank, he operated at the highest... -
Syria After the Uprisings: The Political Economy of State Resilience by Joseph Daher 9781608469246
RRP: $40.93$34.83Syria has been at the center of world news since 2011, following the beginnings of a popular uprising in the country and its subsequent violent and murderous repression by the Assad regime. Eight years on, Joseph Daher analyzes the resilience of the... -
Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart by Scott Anderson 9781509852963
RRP: $15.58$11.21In 2011, a series of anti-government uprisings shook the Middle East and North Africa in what would become known as the Arab Spring. Few could predict that these convulsions, initially hailed in the West as a triumph of democracy, would give way to... -
The Palestine-Israeli Conflict: A Beginner's Guide by Dan Cohn-Sherbok
RRP: $21.43$13.65The essential guide that allows both sides to be heard Rabbi Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok presents the Israeli perspective, while Dr Dawoud El-Alami presents the Palestinian perspective Updated to cover the most recent events, including the US... -
Tribalism and Political Power in the Gulf: State-Building and National Identity in Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE by Courtney Freer 9780755644896
$46.08Gulf societies are often described as being intensely tribal. However, in discussions of state building and national identity, the role of tribalism and tribal identity is often overlooked. This book analyses the political role of tribes in Kuwait, Qatar... -
The Syrian Conflict: The Role of Russia, Iran and the US in a Global Crisis by Ghaidaa Hetou
RRP: $74.08$65.09This book explores the global impact of the Syrian conflict, and the roles of Russia, Iran and the US in its wake. It looks closely at origins of political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by analysing the growing influence of... -
Oil Leaders: An Insider's Account of Four Decades of Saudi Arabia and OPEC's Global Energy Policy by Ibrahim AlMuhanna
RRP: $58.50$45.28Oil is an unusual commodity in that individual decisions can have an outsized effect on the market. OPEC+'s choice to increase production, for instance, might send prices falling, affecting both oil producers and consumers worldwide. What do the leading... -
Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization: Civilization: the Age of Masked Gods and Disguised Kings: Volume 1 by Abdullah Ocalan 9788293064428
$30.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788293064428Author Abdullah OcalanFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Compass PressPublisher Communalism PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 226mm *... -
Tolerance Is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture of Denial by Saree Makdisi
RRP: $48.75$37.40How denial sustains the liberal imagination of a progressive and democratic Israel. The question that this book aims to answer might seem simple: how can a violent project of dispossession and discrimination be imagined, felt, and profoundly believed in... -
Syria: A Modern History by David W. Lesch 9781509527526
RRP: $33.13$22.50Today Syria is a country known for all the wrong reasons: civil war, vicious sectarianism, and major humanitarian crisis. But how did this once rich, multi-cultural society end up as the site of one of the twenty-first century's most devastating and... -
Betrayal Of Palestine: The Story Of George Antonius by Susan Boyle
RRP: $107.23$93.05This definitive biography of George Antonius tells the life story of a man who lived during a dramatic period of history, amid challenge that remains unresolved: the Palestine-Zionist conflict. Betrayal of Palestine is an important and innovative work... -
Deception: Pakistan, The United States and the Global Nuclear Weapons Conspiracy by Adrian Levy 9781843545354
RRP: $58.50$43.97Deception reveals how Pakistan built a nuclear arsenal with US aid money and sold the technology to countries hostile to the West, while giving shelter to the resurgent Taliban and al-Qaeda. It also reveals the much larger deception: how every American... -
Oman: Politics and Society in the Qaboos State by Marc Valeri
RRP: $42.90$37.26Based on years of firsthand research, Marc Valeri treats the political career of Sultan Qaboos as a case study of the social and political mechanisms that perpetuate authoritarianism in post-colonial states. He examines the way in which Sultan Qaboos... -
Mapping the New Left Antisemitism: The Fathom Essays by Alan Johnson 9781032344713
RRP: $72.13$64.21Mapping the New Left Antisemitism: The Fathom Essays provides a comprehensive guide to contemporary Left antisemitism.The rise of a new and largely left-wing form of antisemitism in the era of the Jewish state and the distinction between it and... -
Fifty Million Rising: The New Generation of Working Women Transforming the Muslim World by Saadia Zahidi
RRP: $52.65$34.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568585901Author Saadia ZahidiFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm) 245mm * 171mm... -
Religion, Media and Conversion in Iran: Mediated Christianity in an Islamic Context by Sara Afshari 9780367436698
RRP: $243.75$210.33Religion, Media and Conversion in Iran studies the reception of Farsi Christian television channels by Muslim audiences in Iran: their motivations in viewing the Christian message, their methods of interpretation and negotiation with different media... -
Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East by Abdel Monem Said Aly
RRP: $85.78$75.84Lasting over 120 years, the Arab-Israeli conflict involves divergent narratives about history, national identities, land ownership, injustices and victimhood. Domestic forces and actors as well as international and regional dynamics have ensured the... -
NKJV, Holy Bible, Soft Touch Edition, Leathersoft, Brown, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson
RRP: $19.48$14.64The full NKJV text with added features is a great value for a new Christian or someone interested in learning more about God.The accuracy of the New King James Version is now available in a stylishly classic look with soft and flexible covers and the... -
DREAMS AND VISIONS: Is Jesus Awakening the Muslim World? by Tom Doyle
RRP: $21.43$15.15What would you do if Jesus appeared to you in a dream and told you to follow Him? What if these visions continued for over thirty days? And what if you were Muslim?Pastor Tom Doyle has spent eleven years as a full-time missionary in the Middle East and... -
Zionism: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Stanislawski
RRP: $17.53$12.58In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Stanislawski presents an impartial and disinterested history of Zionist ideology from its origins to the present. Sharp and accessible, he charts the crucial moments in the ideological development of Zionism,... -
The Bin Laden Papers: How the Abbottabad Raid Revealed the Truth about al-Qaeda, Its Leader and His Family by Nelly Lahoud 9780300270426
RRP: $23.38$19.79An inside look at al-Qaeda from 9/11 to the death of its founder-told through the words of Bin Laden and his closest circle As seen on 60 Minutes "A comprehensive, meticulously constructed and eye-opening look at bin Laden as husband, father and... -
The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising by Gilbert Achcar 9780863564772
RRP: $33.13$23.56"The people want ...": the first half of slogans chanted by millions of Arab protesters in 2011 revealed a long-suppressed craving for democracy. But huge social and economic problems were also laid bare by their demands. In this landmark work, noted... -
The Political History of Modern Iran: Revolution, Reaction and Transformation, 1905 to the Present by Ali Rahnema 9780755643998
RRP: $46.78$41.11From the rise of constitutionalism during the rule of despotic Qajars, foreign invasions, the Pahlavi regimes' destructive politics, economic, cultural and social modernization efforts and the oil nationalization movement, to the Iranian Revolution, its... -
ISIS: The State of Terror by Jessica Stern
RRP: $19.48$12.95The first major book on ISIS to be published since the group exploded on the international stage in summer 2014. Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources and material, law enforcement, and groundbreaking research into open... -
New Military Strategies in the Gulf: The Mirage of Autonomy in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar by Jean-Loup Samaan 9780755650712
RRP: $48.73$42.47In the last decade, rulers in Gulf regimes have aspired to greater strategic autonomy and distance from the West. Coined the "Gulf moment" by local commentators, this regional trend reflects a redistribution of power in the Arab world. This is the first... -
International Relations of the Middle East by Louise Fawcett 9780192893680
RRP: $74.08$70.63As the most authoritative and comprehensive overview of international relations in the Middle East, this highly respected textbook is designed to help students get to grips with this important and challenging subject area. A team of expert scholars...