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Philosophy in the Islamic World: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 3 by Peter Adamson
RRP: £27.49£20.78The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. It takes an approach unprecedented among introductions to this subject, by... -
Cradle of Islam: The Hijaz and the Quest for Identity in Saudi Arabia by Mai Yamani 9781845118242
£28.52Is Saudi Arabia really a homogeneous Wahhabi dominated state? In 1932 the Al Saud family incorporated the kingdom of Hijaz, once the cultural hub of the Arabian world, in to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The urban, cosmopolitan Hijazis were absorbed in to... -
Kings and Presidents: Saudi Arabia and the United States since FDR by Bruce Riedel
RRP: £19.99£18.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737155Author Bruce RiedelFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm)... -
Mecca by Ziauddin Sardar
RRP: £16.99£12.28Mecca is the heart of Islam. It is the birthplace of Muhammad, the direction towards which Muslims turn when they pray and the site of pilgrimage which annually draws some three million Muslims from all corners of the world. Yet Mecca's importance goes... -
Young Lawrence: A Portrait of the Legend as a Young Man by Anthony Sattin
RRP: £10.99£7.40T. E. Lawrence was one of the most charismatic characters of the First World War; a young archaeologist who fought with the Arabs and wrote an epic and very personal account of their revolt against the Turks in Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Yet this was not... -
Yemen: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Asher Orkaby
RRP: £12.99£9.09A comprehensive introduction to Yemen's current crises, major players, and potential solutions to an ongoing civil war. In 2014, a tribal alliance from Yemen's northern regions seized the capital city of Sana'a and overthrew a republic that had ruled... -
Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman by Alice Wilson 9781503635784
RRP: £25.99£22.04The Dhufar Revolution was fought between 1965-1976, in an attempt to depose Oman's British-backed Sultan and advance social ideals of egalitarianism and gender equality. Dhufar, the southernmost governorate in today's Sultanate, captured global attention... -
A Small Key Can Open a Large Door: The Rojava Revolution by Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness 9781938660177
RRP: £15.00£9.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938660177Author Strangers in a Tangled WildernessFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Strangers in a Tangled WildernessPublisher Strangers in a Tangled... -
A History of Modern Oman by Jeremy Jones
RRP: £24.99£21.06The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from a close analysis of the politics and international relations of... -
Arabia Felix by Thorkild Hansen
RRP: £17.99£12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681370729Author Colin ThubronFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,... -
How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs: The Syrian Arab Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Liberal-Islamic Alliance by Elizabeth F. Thompson
RRP: £12.99£8.56When Europe's Great War engulfed the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalists rose in revolt against their Turkish rulers and allied with the British on the promise of an independent Arab state. In October 1918, the Arabs' military leader, Prince Faisal,... -
Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah by Souad M. Al-Sabah 9781780764337
£65.65Sheikh Mubarak was the founder of the modern state of Kuwait. But the man who actually led Kuwait to modernity was his son Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah, one of the most significant figures of Kuwait from the 1940s to Kuwaiti independence in 1961. Largely... -
Masters of the Pearl: A History of Qatar by Michael Quentin Morton 9781789143119
RRP: £30.00£20.95Qatar is a country of spectacular contrasts: from pearl fishing, its main industry until the 1930s; to gas and oil, which generate immense wealth today; to the triumph and controversy of hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Almost a lifetime since he grew... -
Sephardi Voices: The Forgotten Exodus of the Arab Jews by Dr. Henry Green
RRP: £28.99£20.24In the years following the founding of the State of Israel, close to a million Jews became refugees fleeing their ancestral homelands in the Middle East, North Africa, and Iran. State-sanctioned discrimination, violence, and political unrest brought an... -
How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs: The Syrian Arab Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of its Liberal-Islamic Alliance by Elizabeth F. Thompson 9781611856392
RRP: £25.00£16.99When Europe's Great War engulfed the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalists rose in revolt against their Turkish rulers and allied with the British on the promise of an independent Arab state. In October 1918, the Arabs' military leader, Prince Faisal,... -
Desert Insurgency: Archaeology, T. E. Lawrence, and the Arab Revolt by Nicholas J Saunders 9780198722007
RRP: £32.49£29.01In the desert sands of southern Jordan lies a once-hidden conflict landscape along the Hejaz Railway. Built at the beginning of the twentieth-century, this narrow-gauge 1,320 km track stretched from Damascus to Medina and served to facilitate... -
Inside the Middle East: Entering a New Era by Avi Melamed
RRP: £30.00£19.21Why Is the Middle East Entering a "New Era?" Is It a New Dawn? Is It a Setting Sun? In the third decade of the twenty-first century, the Middle East is entering a new era. A multifaceted and intricate equilibrium will write the next chapter of this... -
The Passionate Spies: How Gertrude Bell, St. John Philby and Lawrence of Arabia Led the Arab Revolt. And How Saudi Arabia Was Founded by John Harte
RRP: £16.99£11.67This is the true story of how three British Secret Service agents from the Arab Bureau in Cairo helped General Allenby defeat Germany's ally, the Turks, and end World War One. Lawrence of Arabia reignited a failing Arab Revolt by training and leading a... -
Queens and Prophets: How Arabian Noblewomen and Holy Men Shaped Paganism, Christianity and Islam by Emran Iqbal El-Badawi
RRP: £25.00£18.15'A genuinely paradigm-shifting work by one of the most exciting and innovative scholars in the field... compelling and powerful...' Reza Aslan Arab noblewomen of late antiquity were instrumental in shaping the history of the world. Between Rome's... -
Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy: Conflict and Cooperation by Neil Partrick
£30.33Mohammed bin Salman's purge of prominent figures, and his stated campaign to modernise and reform Saudi Arabia's laws and economy, have encountered both support and opposition globally and domestically. The Kingdom's potential to engage more effectively... -
Shifting Sands: The Unraveling of the Old Order in the Middle East by Johnson
RRP: £17.95£11.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566560566Author JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Olive Branch PressPublisher Olive Branch PressWeight(grams) 281g -
The Mission and the Kingdom: Wahhabi Power Behind the Saudi Throne by David Dean Commins
£17.44In the wake of September 11th instant theories have emerged that try to root Osama Bin Laden's attacks on Wahhabism. Muslim critics have dismissed this conservative interpretation of Islam that is the official creed of Saudi Arabia as an unorthodox... -
Yemen Proud: Past and Present by Gamiel Yafai 9781908531360
RRP: £14.95£9.78An introduction to the rich history of Yemen and its strong relationship with Britain - from the first Yemeni sailors who immigrated to Britain in the 19th century, to the British Crown colony in Aden and right up to the integration of Yemeni communities... -
Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai by Todd Reisz
RRP: £27.99£22.39Staggering skylines and boastful architecture make Dubai famous-this book traces them back to a twentieth-century plan for survival. In 1959, experts agreed that if Dubai was to become something more than an unruly port, a plan was needed. Specifically,... -
Between Dreams and Ghosts: Indian Migration and Middle Eastern Oil by Andrea Wright 9781503630109
RRP: £23.99£20.41More than one million Indians travel annually to work in oil projects in the Gulf, one of the few international destinations where men without formal education can find lucrative employment. Between Dreams and Ghosts follows their migration, taking... -
Shiʿite Legal Theory: Sources and Commentaries by Kumail Rajani 9781399520256
RRP: £90.00£80.58Treats the strands of Shi'ite legal theory as a family of legal traditions, providing illustrative examples with editions of previously unpublished works Examines for the first time in English an intergrated analysis of Shiite traditions and legal... -
Arabia Felix From The Time Of The Queen Of Sheba: Eighth Century B.C. to First Century A.D. by Jean-Francois Breton 9780268020026
RRP: £90.00£76.75Sheba, or Saba, is a region of high mountains and vast deserts situated in the southwest of the Arabian peninsula, in what is known today as Yemen. The mysteries and riches of Sheba and its people enticed the likes of Alexander the Great, the Emperor... -
The Tightening Dark: An American Hostage in Yemen by Benjamin Buchholz
RRP: £22.00£14.56As air strikes carpeted Yemen's capital, Sam Farran, a Muslim American who had immigrated from Lebanon at an early age and spent thirty years serving his adopted country in the US Marine Corps, was one of the few Americans in the war-ravaged country... -
The Evolution of Arab Civilization: From Oasis to Global Stage by Jagdish Krishanalal Arora 9798856701721
RRP: £39.67£10.84Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Volume 2 by Richard F Burton 9781666769395
RRP: £63.00£47.58Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Mecca and Medina: The History of Islam's Holiest Cities by Charles River Editors 9781983753190
RRP: £14.24£12.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781983753190Author Charles River EditorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Yemeni Civil War: The Arab Spring, State formation and internal instability by Elham Manea 9781804130575
RRP: £85.00£79.73This book suggests an innovative theoretical framework to understand the meltdown and civil wars of countries such as Yemen, Syria, and Libya after their 2011 uprisings, using Yemen as a case study. The interaction between different types of state... -
Beyond the Binary: Gender and Legal Personhood in Islamic Law by Saadia Yacoob 9780520393806
RRP: £30.00£25.95A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. One of the most hotly debated issues in contemporary Muslim ethics is the status of... -
People of the Book and Arab Conquest Views by Robert K Powers 9783348131100
RRP: £21.99£15.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783348131100Author Robert K PowersFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Gulam PublishersPublisher Gulam PublishersWeight(grams) 136g -
Sea of Pearls: The History of Pearl Fishing in Bahrain and the Gulf by Robert A. Carter 9781911487739
RRP: £45.00£35.73The history of pearling is inextricably linked to the history of Bahrain, the strategically-located Gulf archipelago set amidst one of the richest and most plentiful pearl fisheries in the world. Sea of Pearls tells the story of pearl fishing in the... -
The Formation of Saudi Arabia: The History of the Arabian Peninsula's Unification and the Discovery of Oil by Charles River Editors 9781985352865
RRP: £11.14£9.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781985352865Author Charles River EditorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Italian Submarine Force in the Battle of the Atlantic: Left in the Dark by Penny Hill Press 9781519669346
RRP: £12.95£11.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781519669346Author Penny Hill PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Persian Empire: A History from Beginning to End by Hourly History 9798703611098
RRP: £9.99£8.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798703611098Author Hourly HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 152g -
Emirati Defence Evolution by Gew Intelligence Unit 9791094237267
RRP: £26.99£19.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9791094237267Author Gew Intelligence UnitFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Global East-West (London)Publisher Global East-West (London)Weight(grams) 299g -
The Mercy of Allah by Hilaire Belloc 9788027309931
RRP: £7.00£5.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788027309931Author Hilaire BellocFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint E-ArtnowPublisher E-ArtnowWeight(grams) 152g