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The Arab-Israeli conflict has become a touchstone of international politics and a flash point on college campuses. And yet, how do faculty teach such a contentious topic in class? Taught not only in international relations, peace and conflict resolution,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313238543Author Ameen Faras RihaniFormat HardbackPage Count 370Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

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A 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...

Apologies 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

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789948825548Author Dr Salwa Al-NuaimiFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint Austin MacauleyPublisher Austin MacauleyWeight(grams) 812g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666769364Author Richard F BurtonFormat HardbackPage Count 486Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 708g

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In vivid and engaging style, Douglas Brookes uses the royal tomb of Sultan Mahmud II as a window onto the past, exploring the insights the tomb reveals about Ottoman culture in its splendid last decades. Woven into the tale are the life stories of the...

The Arab-Israeli conflict has become a touchstone of international politics and a flash point on college campuses. And yet, how do faculty teach such a contentious topic in class? Taught not only in international relations, peace and conflict resolution,...

The unexpected decision of the British Government in January 1968 to withdraw its military and diplomatic protection from the Gulf catapulted the region into the limelight. For the following five decades the historian Dr. Frauke Heard-Bey was best placed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615806921Author Dr Sami BenjaminFormat PaperbackImprint Samir Amin Abdel LatifPublisher Samir Amin Abdel LatifWeight(grams) 472g

Saudi Arabia and Iraq have a shared history, as both friends and enemies at one and the same time, and their growth as modern nation-states must be understood in that joint context. This book establishes a new narrative and timeline for bilateral...

This book casts light on a much neglected phase of the UNESCO world heritage site of Palmyra, namely the period between the fall of the Palmyrene 'Empire' (AD 272) and the end of the Umayyad dominion (AD 750).The goal of the book is to fill a substantial...

More 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...

Cultivating the Past, Living the Modern explores how and why heritage has emerged as a prevalent force in building the modern nation state of Oman. Amal Sachedina analyses the relations with the past that undergird the shift in Oman from an Ibadi shari'a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474493475Author Allen James FromherzFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385418959Author T.E. LawrenceFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA...

"Royal power, oil, and puritanical Islam are primary elements in Saudi Arabia's rise to global influence. Oil is the reason for Western interest in the kingdom and the foundation for commercial, diplomatic, and strategic relations. Were it not for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933823690Author Willem FloorFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Mage PublishersPublisher Mage PublishersWeight(grams) 546g

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The 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...

This book is a translation of Aziz al-Azmeh's seminal work Al-'Ilmaniya min mandhur mukhtalif that was first published in Beirut in 1992.Book InformationISBN 9781474447461Author Aziz al-AzmehFormat HardbackPage Count 576Imprint Edinburgh University...

Qaboos bin Sa'id, Sultan of Oman from 1970 until his death in 2020, marked Omani history. He belonged to that very small circle of leaders who solemnized their time in power, transforming the Sultanate by empowering generations of citizens to lead...

First published in 1987 Bahrain provides a modern history of Bahrain from 1920-1945. The end of the fifty years of administration of Shaikh Isabin Ali Althalifah in 1923 heralded an intensive period of modernisation of Bahrain. However, the political...

This volume considers the Arabic and African Diasporas through the underexplored Afro-Hispanic, Luso-Africans, and Mahjari (South American and Mexican authors of Arab descent) experiences in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. Utilizing both established...

Starting in late 2017, Saudi Arabia embarked on a series of reforms reversing many socially restrictive policies long associated with Salafism. These developments have triggered critical questions about the future of Salafism, crucially: is this the end...

Yemen is an intriguing, strategically located country that is the perennial "poor relation" of the wealthy oil monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula and has been plagued by deadly conflict since early 2015. In 2011, it saw a broad eruption of the mass...

This volume considers the Arabic and African Diasporas through the underexplored Afro-Hispanic, Luso-Africans, and Mahjari (South American and Mexican authors of Arab descent) experiences in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. Utilizing both established...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474429702Author Carole HillenbrandFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Qaboos bin Sa'id, Sultan of Oman from 1970 until his death in 2020, marked Omani history. He belonged to that very small circle of leaders who solemnized their time in power, transforming the Sultanate by empowering generations of citizens to lead...

World trade was revolutionized in the 19th Century when ships went from sail to steam. When did the first steamship cross the Atlantic? Who built it? Where? Several ships have claimed that title, but the true answer lies in Canada where steamboats were...