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Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Sa'ed Atshan
RRP: £21.99£19.49From Ramallah to New York, Tel Aviv to Porto Alegre, people around the world celebrate a formidable, transnational Palestinian LGBTQ social movement. Solidarity with Palestinians has become a salient domain of global queer politics. Yet LGBTQ... -
The Palestine-Israel Conflict - Fourth Edition: A Basic Introduction by Gregory Harms
RRP: £18.99£15.26The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict in living memory. Yet the way it is reported in the media is often confusing, leading many to falsely assume the hostilities stretch continuously back to an ancient period. ... -
The Principles of Sufism by A'Ishah Al-Ba'Uniyyah 9781479829248
RRP: £12.99£11.95'A'ishah al-Ba'uniyyah of Damascus was one of the great women scholars in Islamic history. Born into a prominent family of pious scholars and Sufi devotees, 'A'ishah received a thorough religious education and memorized the Quran at age eight. A mystic... -
Islamic Historiography by Chase F. Robinson
RRP: £23.99£20.94How did Muslims of the classical Islamic period understand their past? What value did they attach to history? How did they write history? How did historiography fare relative to other kinds of Arabic literature? These and other questions are answered in... -
Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads by David Rundell 9781838605933
RRP: £35.00£30.70'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... -
The Bin Laden Papers: How the Abbottabad Raid Revealed the Truth about al-Qaeda, Its Leader and His Family by Nelly Lahoud 9780300270426
RRP: £11.99£10.41An 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... -
Sea of Troubles: The European Conquest of the Islamic Mediterranean and the Origins of the First World War by Ian Rutledge 9780863569500
RRP: £25.00£16.63In the mid-eighteenth century, most of the Mediterranean coastline and its hinterlands were controlled by the Ottoman Empire, a vast Islamic power regarded by Christian Europe with awe and fear. By the end of the First World War, however, this great... -
The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad by Thomas Hegghammer
RRP: £34.99£26.45Abdallah Azzam, the Palestinian cleric who led the mobilization of Arab fighters to Afghanistan in the 1980s, played a crucial role in the internationalization of the jihadi movement. Killed in mysterious circumstances in 1989 in Peshawar, Pakistan, he... -
Inside Al-Shabaab: The Secret History of Al-Qaeda's Most Powerful Ally by Dan Joseph
RRP: £21.99£19.19One of the most powerful Islamic militant groups in Africa, Al-Shabaab exerts Taliban-like rule over millions in Somalia and poses a growing threat to stability in the Horn of Africa. Somalis risk retaliation or death if they oppose or fail to comply... -
Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World by James E. Lindsay 9780313322709
£63.71From the time of its birth in Mecca in the 7th century C.E., Islam and the Islamic world rapidly expanded outward, extending to Spain and West Africa in the west, and to Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent in the east. An examination of the daily... -
Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity by Afsaneh Najmabadi 9780520242630
RRP: £30.00£23.29Drawing from a rich array of visual and literary material from nineteenth-century Iran, this groundbreaking book rereads and rewrites the history of Iranian modernity through the lens of gender and sexuality. Peeling away notions of a rigid pre-modern... -
Behind Enemy Lies: War, News and Chaos in the Middle East by Patrick Cockburn
RRP: £10.99£7.86In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes the first draft of the history of the current crisis in the Middle East.Here he charts the period from the recapture of Mosul in 2017 to Turkey's attack on Kurdish territory in November 2019, and... -
Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy and Women's Liberation in Syrian Kurdistan by Michael Knapp
RRP: £19.99£13.55A new kind of society is being built in Syria, but it's not one you would expect. Surrounded by deadly bands of ISIS and hostile Turkish forces, the people living in Syria's Rojava cantons are carving out one of the most radically progressive societies... -
Gaza Under Hamas: From Islamic Democracy to Islamist Governance by Bjorn Brenner
RRP: £23.99£21.28WINNER OF PALESTINE BOOK AWARDS 2017 Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by Israel, the EU, the USA and the UN. It has made itself notorious for its violent radicalism and uncompromising rejection of the Jewish state. After its infamous... -
The Two-state Delusion: Israel and Palestine - A Tale of Two Narratives by Padraig O'Malley
RRP: £17.99£12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143129172Author Padraig O'MalleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
A Short History of Tomb-Raiding: The Epic Hunt for Egypt's Treasures by Maria Golia 9781789146295
RRP: £25.00£17.90A history of tomb-raiders in Egypt since antiquity.Book InformationISBN 9781789146295Author Maria GoliaFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Reaktion BooksPublisher Reaktion BooksWeight(grams) 138g -
The Prophet's Heir: The Life of Ali Ibn Abi Talib by Hassan Abbas
RRP: £20.00£17.38The life and legacy of one of Mohammad's closest confidants and Islam's patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abi Talib is arguably the single most important spiritual and intellectual authority in Islam after prophet Mohammad. Through his teachings... -
The Afghanistan File by Prince Turki Al-Faisal Al-Saud
RRP: £20.00£16.43The Afghanistan File, written by the former head of Saudi Arabian Intelligence, tells the story of his Department's involvement in Afghanistan from the time of the Soviet invasion in 1979 to Nine Eleven 2001. It begins with the backing given by Saudi... -
The Campaigns of Sargon II, King of Assyria, 721-705 B.C. by Sarah C Melville 9780806154039
RRP: £28.95£26.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806154039Author Sarah C MelvilleFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint University of Oklahoma PressPublisher University of Oklahoma PressWeight(grams) 567g -
Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco
RRP: £22.00£17.42Rafah, a town at the southernmost tip of the Gaza Strip, is a squalid place. Raw concrete buildings front rubbish-strewn alleys. The narrow streets are crowded with young children and unemployed men. Situated on the border with Egypt, swaths of Rafah... -
NKJV, Pew Bible, Hardcover, Blue, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780785215943
RRP: £13.99£10.41The Thomas Nelson NKJV Pew Bible has long been a trusted and durable Bible for use in churches and various worship settings. This edition is published in large NKJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most... -
The Ottoman Age of Exploration by Giancarlo Casale 9780199874040
RRP: £32.49£19.99In 1517, the Ottoman Sultan Selim "the Grim" conquered Egypt and brought his empire for the first time in history into direct contact with the trading world of the Indian Ocean. During the decades that followed, the Ottomans became progressively more... -
The Great Famine & Genocide in Iran: 1917-1919 by Mohammad Gholi Majd 9780761861676
RRP: £35.00£30.95At least 8-10 million Iranians out of a population of 18-20 million died of starvation and disease during the famine of 1917-1919. The Iranian holocaust was the biggest calamity of World War I and one of the worst genocides of the 20th century, yet it... -
Father of Lions: How One Man Defied Isis and Saved Mosul Zoo by Louise Callaghan 9781789540772
RRP: £9.99£7.32'Callaghan's portrayal of a city under siege is many-layered and brilliantly told' Sunday Times Iraq, 2014 As ISIS laid terrible siege to Mosul, a zoo on the eastern edge of the Tigris was kept open against all odds. Under the stern hand of the... -
Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour by Gustave Flaubert
RRP: £8.99£6.65At once a classic of travel literature and a penetrating portrait of a "sensibility on tour," Flaubert in Egypt wonderfully captures the young writer's impressions during his 1849 voyages. Using diaries, letters, travel notes, and the evidence of... -
Love And War In Afghanistan Gulchin Gulmamadova-Klaits 9781583226759
RRP: £15.99£11.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583226759Author Gulchin Gulmamadova-KlaitsFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Scents and Flavors: A Syrian Cookbook by Charles Perry 9781479856282
RRP: £27.99£24.54Delectable recipes from the medieval Middle East This popular thirteenth-century Syrian cookbook is an ode to what its anonymous author calls the "greater part of the pleasure of this life," namely the consumption of food and drink, as well as the... -
State of Siege by Mahmoud Darwish
RRP: £16.95£11.91Darwish (1942-2008), recipient of France s Knight of Arts and Belles Lettres medal, the Lotus Prize, and the Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultural Freedom, is widely considered Palestine s most eminent poet. State of Siege was written while the poet... -
Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine by Noura Erakat
RRP: £27.99£20.93Justice in the Question of Palestine is often framed as a question of law. Yet none of the Israel-Palestinian conflict's most vexing challenges have been resolved by judicial intervention. Occupation law has failed to stem Israel's settlement enterprise... -
A History of the Modern Middle East: Rulers, Rebels, and Rogues by Betty S. Anderson
RRP: £38.00£33.99A History of the Modern Middle East offers a comprehensive assessment of the region, stretching from the fourteenth century and the founding of the Ottoman and Safavid empires through to the present-day protests and upheavals. The textbook focuses on... -
The First World War in the Middle East by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen 9781849042741
RRP: £27.50£24.90The First World War in the Middle East is an accessibly written military and social history of the clash of world empires in the Dardanelles, Egypt and Palestine, Mesopotamia, Persia and the Caucasus. Coates Ulrichsen demonstrates how wartime exigencies... -
Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel: When Archaeology and the Bible Intersect by William G. Dever 9780802867018
£26.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802867018Author William G. DeverFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing... -
Empire and Jihad: The Anglo-Arab Wars of 1870-1920 by Neil Faulkner
RRP: £25.00£20.92A panoramic, provocative account of the clash between British imperialism and Arab jihadism in Africa between 1870 and 1920 "An epic account of the British Empire's activities in Africa and the Middle East. . . . An important, indeed tremendous,... -
Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians by E W Lane 9781596051614
RRP: £26.99£24.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596051614Author E W LaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 588Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 630gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *... -
The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 by Jonathan Berkey
RRP: £35.99£31.79Jonathan Berkey's 2003 book surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from roughly 600 to 1800 CE. The opening chapter examines the religious scene in the Near East in late antiquity, and the religious traditions which preceded Islam... -
The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live in by Hugh Kennedy 9780306817403
£18.34In this engaging history, world-renowned historian Hugh Kennedy deftly sews together the stories of the people, armies, and events that conquered an area from Spain to China in just over 100 years.The Great Arab Conquests : How the Spread of Islam... -
The Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries by Rosemary Sayigh 9781842779637
£85.64As the Israel-Palestine conflict rages on, it is more important now than ever to understand the history of the Palestinian people. Rosemary Sayigh's The Palestinians is a classic of radical history. Through extensive interviews with Palestinians in... -
Islam in Liberalism by Joseph Massad
RRP: £23.00£22.53In the popular imagination, Islam is often associated with words like oppression, totalitarianism, intolerance, cruelty, misogyny, and homophobia, while its presumed antonyms are Christianity, the West, liberalism, individualism, freedom, citizenship,... -
Land of the Turquoise Mountains by Cyrus Massoudi
RRP: £11.99£9.32A compelling personal journey of discovery, illuminating the Iran that lies beyond the headlines. For Cyrus Massoudi, a young British-born Iranian, the country his parents were forced to flee thirty years ago was a place wholly unknown to him. Wanting... -
Religious Statecraft: The Politics of Islam in Iran by Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar
RRP: £25.00£19.59Since the 1979 revolution, scholars and policy makers alike have tended to see Iranian political actors as religiously driven-dedicated to overturning the international order in line with a theologically prescribed outlook. This provocative book argues...