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The Walls of Israel by Jean Larteguy 9781590773666
RRP: £11.99£8.92Surrounded on all borders but its western coastline by hostile and aggressive neighbors, the state of Israel resembles the walled city of the Middle Ages. But its walls are not stone and mortar, they are flesh and blood-they are the soldiers, both men... -
Reversing the Colonial Gaze: Persian Travelers Abroad by Hamid Dabashi
RRP: £29.99£25.94Exploring the furthest reaches of the globe, Persian travelers from Iran and India travelled across Russian and Ottoman territories, to Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe and beyond. Remapping the world through their travelogues, Reversing the... -
Jerusalem, Drawn and Quartered: One Woman's Year in the Heart of the Christian, Muslim, Armenian, and Jewish Quarters of Old Jerusalem by Sarah Tuttle-Singer
RRP: £18.99£15.46"Sarah Tuttle-Singer brings Jerusalem's Old City to life like no writer before her?penning a ferocious love letter that will infuriate zealots and enthrall most everybody else. . . .Ultimately a plea for Jerusalem, as she puts it, not to be 'ripped to... -
Journeys to the Other Shore: Muslim and Western Travelers in Search of Knowledge by Roxanne L. Euben
RRP: £30.00£27.39The contemporary world is increasingly defined by dizzying flows of people and ideas. But while Western travel is associated with a pioneering spirit of discovery, the dominant image of Muslim mobility is the jihadi who travels not to learn but to... -
Statecraft by Stealth: Secret Intelligence and British Rule in Palestine by Steven B. Wagner
RRP: £37.00£32.82Britain relied upon secret intelligence operations to rule Mandatory Palestine. Statecraft by Stealth sheds light on a time in history when the murky triad of intelligence, policy, and security supported colonial governance. It emphasizes the role of the... -
Partners of the Empire: The Crisis of the Ottoman Order in the Age of Revolutions by Ali Yaycioglu 9781503604209
RRP: £24.99£21.67Partners of the Empire offers a radical rethinking of the Ottoman Empire in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Over this unstable period, the Ottoman Empire faced political crises, institutional shakeups, and popular insurrections. It... -
Parable and Politics in Early Islamic History: The Rashidun Caliphs by Tayeb El-Hibri 9780231150835
RRP: £28.00£21.80The story of the succession to the Prophet Muhammad and the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661) is familiar to historians from the political histories of medieval Islam, which treat it as a factual account. The story also informs the competing... -
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson
RRP: £21.00£13.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Plutarch Award 2014.Book InformationISBN 9780307476418Author Scott AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA... -
Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats: Oil and the State in Saudi Arabia by Steffen Hertog
RRP: £24.99£21.67In Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats, the most thorough treatment of the political economy of Saudi Arabia to date, Steffen Hertog uncovers an untold history of how the elite rivalries and whims of half a century ago have shaped today's Saudi state and... -
The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History by Touraj Daryaee 9780199390427
RRP: £49.49£45.37This Handbook is a current, comprehensive single-volume history of Iranian civilization. The authors, all leaders in their fields, emphasize the large-scale continuities of Iranian history while also describing the important patterns of transformation... -
Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation by Steven C Caton
RRP: £20.00£12.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809098828Author Steven C CatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)... -
Palestine between Politics and Terror, 1945-1947 by Motti Golani
RRP: £32.00£31.11British General Sir Allan Cunningham was appointed in 1945 as high commissioner of Palestine, and served in this capacity until the end of the British mandate on May 15, 1948. The three years of Cunningham's tenure were tremendously complex politically:... -
Caliphate Redefined: The Mystical Turn in Ottoman Political Thought by Huseyin Yilmaz
RRP: £28.00£22.20How the Ottomans refashioned and legitimated their rule through mystical imageries of authorityThe medieval theory of the caliphate, epitomized by the Abbasids (750-1258), was the construct of jurists who conceived it as a contractual leadership of the... -
Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt: An Environmental History by Alan Mikhail
RRP: £30.99£26.83In one of the first ever environmental histories of the Ottoman Empire, Alan Mikhail examines relations between the empire and its most lucrative province of Egypt. Based on both the local records of various towns and villages in rural Egypt and the... -
Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales by Ibrahim Muhawi
RRP: £16.99£12.23By combining their expertise in English literature and anthropology, Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana bring to these folktales an integral method of study that unites a sensitivity to language with a deep appreciation for culture. As native... -
Being Modern in the Middle East: Revolution, Nationalism, Colonialism, and the Arab Middle Class by Keith David Watenpaugh 9780691155111
RRP: £32.00£24.76In this innovative book, Keith Watenpaugh connects the question of modernity to the formation of the Arab middle class. The book explores the rise of a middle class of liberal professionals, white-collar employees, journalists, and businessmen during the... -
This Side of Peace: A Personal Account by Hanan Ashrawi 9780684823423
RRP: £16.99£16.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684823423Author Hanan AshrawiFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 483gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Hidden Histories: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean by Basem L. Ra'ad 9780745328300
RRP: £29.99£23.02For thousands of years, Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean have been subject to constant colonial interference, which has disenfranchised the indigenous population from their own history. Basem L. Ra'ad uncovers this history and begins the process... -
Blood: A Critique of Christianity by Gil Anidjar
RRP: £28.00£22.20Blood, according to Gil Anidjar, maps the singular history of Christianity. As a category for historical analysis, blood can be seen through its literal and metaphorical uses as determining, sometimes even defining Western culture, politics, and social... -
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the Cia, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invas Ion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll
RRP: £23.00£14.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Lionel Gelber Prize and New York Times Notable Book and Pulitzer Prize (Non-Fiction).Book InformationISBN 9780143034667Author Steve CollFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
Colonial Effects: The Making of National Identity in Jordan by Joseph Massad
RRP: £28.00£22.20Colonial Effects analyzes the creation and definition of modern Jordanian identity. Massad studies two key institutions-- the law and the military--and uses them to create an original and precise analysis of the development of Jordanian national identity... -
Conflict on Mount Lebanon: The Druze, the Maronites and Collective Memory by Makram Rabah 9781474474184
RRP: £25.99£23.58The Druze and the Maronites arguably the two founding communities of modern Lebanon have the reputation of being primordial enemies. Makram Rabah attempts to gauge the impact of collective memory on determining the course and the nature of the... -
Genetic Crossroads: The Middle East and the Science of Human Heredity by Elise K. Burton
RRP: £27.99£21.67The Middle East plays a major role in the history of genetic science. Early in the twentieth century, technological breakthroughs in human genetics coincided with the birth of modern Middle Eastern nation-states, who proclaimed that the region's ancient... -
The Palestinian Press as Shaper of Public Opinion: Writing Up A Storm by Mustafa Kabha
RRP: £22.00£16.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853036722Author Mustafa KabhaFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)... -
Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism by Zachary Lockman 9780521133074
RRP: £26.99£21.22Zachary Lockman's informed and thoughtful history of European Orientalism and US Middle East studies, the 'clash of civilizations' debate and America's involvement in the region has become a highly recommended and widely used text since its publication... -
Is There a Middle East?: The Evolution of a Geopolitical Concept by Michael E. Bonine
RRP: £21.99£19.19Is the idea of the "Middle East" simply a geopolitical construct conceived by the West to serve particular strategic and economic interests-or can we identify geographical, historical, cultural, and political patterns to indicate some sort of... -
Islamic Central Asia: An Anthology of Historical Sources by Scott C. Levi 9780253221407
RRP: £22.99£20.01Islamic Central Asia is the first English-language anthology of primary documents for the study of Central Asian history. Scott C. Levi and Ron Sela draw from a vast array of historical sources to illustrate important aspects of the social, cultural,... -
Tribes, Government, and History in Yemen by Paul Dresch 9780198277903
£47.66Professor Dresch combines ethnography with history to describe the tribal system over the last thousand years, and examines the values the tribal people themselves bring to the contemporary world of nation states. Drawing heavily on local histories and... -
Egypt in the Future Tense: Hope, Frustration, and Ambivalence before and after 2011 by Samuli Schielke 9780253015877
RRP: £23.99£20.84Against the backdrop of the revolutionary uprisings of 2011-2013, Samuli Schielke asks how ordinary Egyptians confront the great promises and grand schemes of religious commitment, middle class respectability, romantic love, and political ideologies in... -
Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East by Ralph S. Hattox 9780295962313
RRP: £19.99£17.54Drawing on the accounts of early European travelers, original Arabic sources on jurisprudence and etiquette, and treatises on coffee from the period, the author recounts the colorful early history of the spread of coffee and the influence of coffeehouses... -
175 Years of Persecution: A History of the Babis & Baha'is of Iran by Fereydun Vahman
RRP: £20.00£14.69For almost two centuries, followers of the Baha'i faith, Iran's largest religious minority, have been persecuted by the state. They have been made scapegoats for the nation's ills, branded enemies of Islam and denounced as foreign agents. Since the... -
Revolution and its Discontents: Political Thought and Reform in Iran by Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi
RRP: £41.99£25.85The death of the Islamic Republic's revolutionary patriarch, Ayatollah Khomeini, the bitter denouement of the Iran-Iraq War, and the marginalisation of leading factions within the political elite, in tandem with the end of the Cold War, harboured immense... -
The Ottoman Scramble for Africa: Empire and Diplomacy in the Sahara and the Hijaz by Mostafa Minawi 9780804799270
RRP: £21.99£18.86The Ottoman Scramble for Africa is the first book to tell the story of the Ottoman Empire's expansionist efforts during the age of high imperialism. Following key representatives of the sultan on their travels across Europe, Africa, and Arabia at the... -
Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule by Katherine Pangonis 9781643139241
RRP: £28.95£16.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643139241Author Katherine PangonisFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 152mm... -
Leg over Leg: Volumes Three and Four by Ahmad Faris Al-Shidyaq
RRP: £15.99£14.64Finalist for the 2016 National Translation Award given by the American Literary Translators' Association The life, birth, and early years of 'the Fariyaq'-the alter ego of the Arab intellectual Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq Leg over Leg recounts the life,... -
The Story of Syria by Ghayth Armanazi
RRP: £19.95£13.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908531520Author Ghayth ArmanaziFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Nomad PublishingPublisher Nomad PublishingWeight(grams) 450g -
Turkey: A Past Against History by Christine M. Philliou
RRP: £28.00£21.80From its earliest days, the dominant history of the Turkish Republic has been one of national self-determination and secular democratic modernization. The story insisted on total rupture between the Ottoman Empire and the modern Turkish state and on the... -
Crafting History: Essays on the Ottoman World and Beyond in Honor of Cemal Kafadar by Rachel Goshgarian 9781644698464
RRP: £119.99£99.10It would not be an overstatement to say that Cemal Kafadar has transformed the field of Ottoman history. As a result of his pathbreaking books and articles, the field is experiencing a turn within itself as well as recasting its relationship with world... -
Eternal Dawn: Turkey in the Age of Ataturk by Ryan Gingeras
RRP: £61.00£45.38Amid the tensions and uncertainties that plagued the globe before the Second World War, the Republic of Turkey appeared to many as a unique and constructive model for how a state was to be reformed and governed in the modern era. For many interwar... -
One Thousand Roads to Mecca: (updated with new material) by Michael Wolfe
£15.25Michael Wolfe's "exemplary" (Library Journal) collection of historical writings on the Hajj, now updated with a new introduction by Reza Aslan.Since its inception in the seventh century, the pilgrimage to Mecca, or the Hajj, has been the central theme in...