Middle Eastern history Books
Mage Publishers Transportation & Technology in Iran, 1800-1940:
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£65.37
Mage Publishers Khorshid Khanom: A Study in the Origin and
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£42.50
Mage Publishers In the Land of the Lion and Sun
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£36.00
Georg Olms Verlag AG Escape from Baghdad
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£35.99
V&R unipress GmbH The Mamluk Sultanate from the Perspective of
Book SynopsisThe Mamluk Sultanate represents an extremely interesting case study to examine social, economic and cultural developments in the transition into the rapidly changing modern world. On the one hand, it is the heir of a political and military tradition that goes back hundreds of years, and brought this to a high pitch that enabled astounding victories over serious external threats. On the other hand, as time went on, it was increasingly confronted with modern problems that would necessitate fundamental changes in its structure and content. The Mamluk period was one of great religious and social change, and in many ways the modern demographic map was established at this time. This volume shows that the situation of the Mamluk Sultanate was far from that of decadence, and until the end it was a vibrant society (although not without tensions and increasing problems) that did its best to adapt and compete in a rapidly changing world.
£65.44
V&R unipress GmbH History and Society during the Mamluk Period
Book SynopsisNew perspectives on the Mamluk Era
£45.59
V&R unipress GmbH Transottoman Matters: Objects Moving through
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£43.19
V&R unipress GmbH Loyalty and Citizenship: Ottoman Perspectives on
Book SynopsisA range of original insights into the Russo-Ottoman borderland
£38.69
V&R unipress GmbH A Window to the Past?: Tracing Ibn Iyass
Book SynopsisCatching an Elusive Historical Author by the Study of His Narrative Voice
£45.59
Transcript Verlag Theater in Lebanon – Production, Reception and
Book SynopsisWith a rich history of conflicts, a society full of contrasts, Lebanon presents a theater not less fascinating with its wide spectrum of social peculiarities. Confessionalism, which crystallizes to a key concept in the social balance as well as its misbalance, defines the images of the "self" and of the "other" within the Christian and Moslem social worlds and in the manner they interrelate with each other. It also generates a complex base for the interpretation of theatrical signs and symbols, theater being another stage for interaction between two conflicting social worlds. This book sheds a light on theater in Lebanon, its production and reception, the significance of theatrical performance and its implications, and the many categories ruling this phenomenon.
£28.89
V&R Unipress Humanism and Muslim Culture: Historical Heritage
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£47.69
Kopernik Kitap The History Of The Salcuq Turks
Book SynopsisThe Saljūqnāma, very probably penned between 1177 and 1186 by Zahīr al-Dīn Nīshāpūri, is one of the main sources of the political, social an cultural events in the history of the The Great Saljūq and the Saljūq o Iraq. Dedicated to Abū Ṭālīb Ṭughril b. Arslan the last Iraqi Saljuq ruler (1177-1194), the work is the first known Saljūqnāma and a main referece for the historians studying the Saljūq history, which makes the work extremely outstanding and notable. Depending on the work of A.H. Moton, who first found and published The Saljūqnāma in 2004, after comparing the manuscript with the other related historical records, this work is the first complete English translation of Nīshāpūrī’s work with a meti lous study on the Persian version and the Turkish translation of the manuscript.
£18.89
Museum Tusculanum Press Dolce far niente in Arabia: Georg August Wallin
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£23.39
Museum Tusculanum Press Archive of the Wullu Family
Book SynopsisArchive of the Wullu Family
£46.74
Museum Tusculanum Press Miscellanea Hasaitica
Book SynopsisAn essay on the finds from sites in the al-Hasa region of Saudi Arabia. The presentation is organised chronologically, from the 3rd millennium to the Sasanian period.
£26.09
Museum Tusculanum Press Living Waters: Scandinavian Oriental Studies. In
Book SynopsisLiving Waters - Scandinavian Oriental Studies. In Honour of Frede LøkkegaardTable of ContentsSumerian literary dialogues and debates and their place in Ancient Near Eastern literature; die Berufung Jesajas und seine Sendung; Bemerkungen zum "Die Kraniche des Ibykus"-Motiv in der orientalischen Literatur; Frederik Ludvig Norden a Alexandrie en 1737 et 1738; der Islam und Athens Demokratie; Manichaean literature and the writings of Augustine; Lewis Larsson - a Swede in Jerusalem in the first half of the 20th century; foot-noters to the Arabian Nights or the Book of the Thousand and One Nights; an anonymous Hebrew erotico-panegyric from Mahzor Cod. Hebr. XXX, Copenhagen; fra El to Alla - Nasir-i Khosro's beretning om Jerusalem i Safarnameh, "Rejsedagbog"; on Akkadian texts in Greek orthography; the fathers of the grandfather - notes on the teachers of Ibn al-Jauzi of Baghdad as evidenced by his grandson Sibt ibn al-Jauzi in this al-Jalis as-salih wal-anis an-nasih; Edvard Brandes som oversaetter of den jodiske bibel; tribal solidarity - ideology and reality, Ibn Haldun's concept of Asabiya; om gud og det ondes ophav ifolge buddhismen; Shadday in the book of Job; the incarnation according to Ethiopian orthodox catechisms; the values of the tenses in modern Cairene Arabic; Adam og Eva - associationer, etymologier og litteraer semantik - perspektivrids; Ejnar Fugmann, the architect, as a portrayer of the Syrian town Hama in the Islamic period; Erwaegungen zu Gen. 2.18; on a grammatical term in Sibawayh and what it has to tell us; deux versions de Futuh al-Buldan?; al-Sarradj's use of triads in Kitab al-luma; participles and verbal nouns formed from the derived forms of the Arabic strong triliteral verb and their treatment in Urdu; Tadschikistans Latifa; was bedeuted BRNZ bei al-Hamdani?; ARSH and KURSI - an essay on the throne traditions in Islam; Babylonian and Assyrian catalogues; a note on the pre-Islamic Arabic dialect of Syria on basis of Greek inscriptions; the Hebrew revolution and the revolution of the Hebrew language between the 1880s and the 1930s; Betrachtungen ueber den Begriff RIDA.
£999.99
University Press of Southern Denmark Israeli Memory Struggle: History & Identity in
Book SynopsisThe Israeli Memory Struggle'' analyses changes of Israeli imaginations of history and identity through the 1990s. This particular decade of Israeli history was characterized by significant cultural clashes and vigorous debates over Jewish-Israeli history, identity, literature and not the least the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. The book provides thought provoking perspectives on issues related to the so-called post-Zionism debates and the globalization of Israeli society through the 1990s. It critically investigates the new Israeli historians, prominent authors of the 1990s, diasporic philosophy and Israel''s 50th anniversary in 1998 in the shape of TV documentary, Tekumah. Finally, the book discusses new tendencies in Israeli culture production that are suggestive to Jewish-Israeli identity in the age of globalization. Located within the field of Cultural Studies, the book is highly theoretically engaged. It integrates the perspectives of cultural studies and post-colonial studies with a literary approach to historiography inspired by Haden White and Richard Rorty. In the perspective of this book, histories are seen to working social institutions that set the parameters of what is real and common sense, on the one hand, and what is ideological and radical on the other. The book presents detailed theoretical investigations of the historical imagination as a social fact in an Israeli context.
£19.80
Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij 150 Palestinian Tales: Facts to Better Understand
Book SynopsisYou have heard the many slogans of Palestinian propaganda. They sound something like: Palestinian terror is a logical result of the occupation, Israel was established because of Western guilt over the Holocaust or The settlements make peace impossible. If you have felt that these were misplaced but could not articulate the reason why, then this book is for you. This book gives you the answers. It blows away the haze of Palestinian propaganda with real, verifiable facts. The chapters are sorted alphabetically by topic so that the book can be used as a reference guide. These 150 nonsensical, recurring accusations against Israel show how deep-rooted is the hatred against her.
£17.95
Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij The Arabian society in the middle ages
Book SynopsisEdward William Lane (17 September 1801 10 August 1876) was a British orientalist, translator and lexicographer. He is known for his Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians and the Arabic-English Lexicon, as well as his translations of One Thousand and One Nights and Selections from the Kuran.
£22.46
Gefen Publishing House Jerusalem Diaries: In Tense Times
Book SynopsisThis is a compelling and moving account of life in Israel today. In a series of essays, author and Jerusalem resident Judy Lash Balint travels to the very heart of Israel. From embattled Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, to the home of the grieving family of a victim of the Ramallah lynching incident; from the barricades in Gilo under Arab fire, to the gas mask stations where Israeli citizens queue to collect their lifesaving equipment. These vivid descriptions piece together a stirring portrait of a people struggling to maintain normal life in the most abnormal of settings. Balint succeeds where the evening news and the most sophisticated media technologies fail. She chronicles the everyday existence of ordinary citizens, whose lives have been irrevocably altered by extraordinary events. The result is an absorbing and inspiring account of a nation and a country weathering a rough and relentless storm.
£16.19
Gefen Publishing House Voice Called: Stories of Jewish Heroism
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£14.39
Gefen Publishing House Jews' Secret Fleet: The Untold Story of North
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£22.09
Gefen Publishing House Theodor Herzl: A New Reading
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£26.34
Gefen Publishing House Elected & the Chosen: Why American Presidents
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£22.09
Gefen Publishing House Debunking the Bull: For Seekers of Another Tack
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£18.89
Gefen Publishing House Jewish Hit Squad: Armja Krajowa Jewish Raid Unit
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£19.49
Gefen Publishing House Right Hand Man
Book SynopsisRight Hand Man is the gripping story of Yechiel Kadishai, Menachem Begins right-hand man and confidant. Kadishai was by Begins side for decades, from the long years in the desert of opposition to Begins ascendance to the premiership; from meetings with world leaders and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize to the Lebanon War; from Begins resignation and seclusion until his death. Menachem Michelson, born in Israel, was privileged to be among the paratroopers who took part in liberating Jerusalem. A graduate of Bar-Ilan University, Michelson has authored numerous books, as well as acting as senior editor and writer for Yedioth Ahronoth for over forty years. Michelson formerly served as the aliya representative in England.
£26.34
Gefen Publishing House Me & the Middle East: First-Hand Reporting on
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£14.39
Gefen Publishing House Miriam's Song
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£26.34
Gefen Publishing House Miriam's Song
Book SynopsisThe story of Miriam Peretz''s life the story of a mother and a homeland; of love for the Land of Israel, the State of Israel, and the Jewish people; and of the victory of spirit and faith. 1st Lieutenant Uriel Peretz, commander of a Golani Brigade Special Forces unit, dreamed of becoming the first Moroccan chief of staff of the IDF. But his mother Miriam sensed that her oldest son would not leave Lebanon safely. On the day he was drafted, she became a woman waiting for news of disaster. In November 1998, Uriel was fatally wounded by an explosive device planted by Hezbollah terrorists. He was 22. Miriam transformed the pain over his death into education and volunteer service. She began to visit schools and military bases, talking about her son''s leadership vision. Tragically, in March 2010 Miriam was forced to face another test. Her second son, Major Eliraz Peretz, was killed in an exchange of fire in the Gaza Strip. He died almost twelve years after he had eulogized his older brother: Sometimes we pay a price for doing the right thing. The price of life. Eliraz, who was 32, left behind a wife and four children, including a baby just two months old. Overnight, the mother who lost two sons as well as her husband, whose heart couldn''t bear the death of his oldest son became a symbol of grief and of strength. In December 2010, IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi awarded her a medal of appreciation. He said: Miriam''s ability to continue to express her deep pain and channel it into a contribution to the education and formation of future generations, serves as an example and model of inspiration for us all.
£30.59
Gefen Publishing House Table Against Mine Enemies: Israel on the Lawfare
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£26.34
Gefen Publishing House Women and Jihad: Debating Palestinian Female
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£19.49
Gefen Publishing House Balfour Declaration: Sixty-Seven Words -- 100
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£16.19
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Historians and Historical Writing in the Arabian
Book SynopsisText in Arabic. An in-depth look at the role played by the historians of the Arabian Peninsula in the history of their countries during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries.
£9.49
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Inequity Among Brothers: The Road to UNESCO
Book SynopsisText in Arabic. In 2017, the prominent Qatari diplomat Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari was named a candidate for the post of Director-General of UNESCO. Around the very same time, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Egypt declared an unprecedented land, air, and sea blockade on his home nation, the State of Qatar. This book details Islamic and Arab civilizations significant contributions to modern day culture and society and one mans journey to potentially become the first Arab ever to head the most influential cultural organization in the world. With Gulf politics being played out on an international stage, Al-Kawari gives a first-hand account of how his personal destiny was impacted by political tensions that have forever swayed the course of the Gulf and Arab history.
£12.34
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Encyclopedia of Arab Heritage V3
Book SynopsisText in Arabic. In this collection of four volumes, Dr Yassin provides a broad overview of Arab scientific heritage. The third book covers everything related to medicine and pharmacology, as discussed by renowned medical professionals in the Arab world. Areas of study include: the development of medical knowledge, methods of medical research, anatomy, pathology, surgery, optometry, and pharmacology.
£9.49
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Encyclopedia of Arab Heritage V4
Book SynopsisText in Arabic. In this collection of four volumes, Dr Yassin provides a broad overview of Arab scientific heritage. The fourth and final book compiles diverse and specialized studies that explore: the concept of Arab scientific heritage, the civilisational concept of Arab heritage, the logic of al-Khwarizmi in algebra, the concepts of the interview, objectivity, and unity of truth, science on the doctrine of the Arabs, the logic of al-Harrani in analysis and synthesis, pure sciences, laboratory experience in Arab scientific heritage, and whether Arabs have an overall scientific philosophy.
£11.39
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Encyclopedia of Arab Heritage V2
Book SynopsisText in Arabic. In this collection of four volumes, Dr Yassin provides a broad overview of Arab scientific heritage. The second book provides data and facts on everything related to the natural sciences as studied by Arabs, including: astronomy, geography, physics and movement, chemistry, and plant and animal life.
£11.39
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press The Ottomans and the Eastern Mediterranean
Book SynopsisText in Arabic. This book sheds light on the global changes taking place as harbingers of the modern era from a regional perspective focusing on the eastern Mediterranean region, in which the pace of conflicts escalated due to the rise of the Ottomans to the forefront of events in the Islamic world, and the imbalance of power. This period of time laid the foundation for the events and struggles of the modern era. The Ottomans in the Near East continued to fight against the intervention of foreign powers until their defeat in the First World War and the subsequent division of Islamic lands between the European colonial powers, a move with consequences from which we continue to suffer from today.
£9.49
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Qatar and the Arabian Gulf States in the Indian
Book SynopsisThis volume includes primary and secondary sources from documents obtained by the Center from the National Archives in India which is the largest archival repository in Southeast Asia and is complementary to the documentary collections kept in the British Archives in London. Through a multitude of public records and private papers covering the period of time from 1748, as well as a number of manuscripts and decrees issued by the sultans of the states of the Islamic East, and in addition to maps, pictures and other historical vessels, this book constitutes an important source for researchers and scholars in the history of Qatar, the Gulf, the Arabian Peninsula, the countries of the Middle East. It is an essential volume with great scientific and historical benefit to researchers, scholars, historians, and those interested in the history of Qatar and the region.
£19.79
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Qatar and Arabian Gulf States in Indian Archive
Book SynopsisText in Arabic. We are pleased to present the second volume of the project "Qatar and the Arabian Gulf States in the Documents of the Indian Archives, Selections from the Indian National Archives in Delhi", which includes the translation of documents related to Qatar and the Arabian Gulf States and their relationship with the various international powers, as well as regional and local ones, in the period (1872-1875), as monitored in the records of the British Government and the Indian British Government. These documents include correspondence and telegrams exchanged between residents, agents, captains on the Indian Navy's ships, their superiors at the Ministry of Indian Affairs and the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs in London, as well as letters from the Sheikhs and merchants of the region. Its contents cover wide aspects including their conditions, reactions, and their interactions with the conflicts and events they went through, especially since many of them have been participants of at least eyewitnesses in such events. Therefore, the topics vary between political, military, economic, social, and others. The timeline of the documents included in this volume are arranged in chronological-historical order; as it covers historical events and facts occurred during the period it is presenting, the most important of which is the Ottoman campaign against Najd, the Ottoman military reinforcements in Al Ahsa, Al Qatif and Qatar, the repercussions of the conflict between Abdullah and Saud, the sons of Faisal bin Turki Al Saud, and the tribal stance in each of Al Ahsa, Al Qatif, Qatar and Bahrain, and the subsequent Ottoman movements, and the British position on these events, especially after Qatar raised the Ottoman flag.
£19.79
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Bridges not Barriers
Book SynopsisThis book reveals the intricacies of inter-civilisational relations between Northern and Southern countries and details the resultant mistreatment of Southern nations. It discusses the North's centralizing and condescending approach that has greatly harmed both stability and peace in the modern world. Starting with the author's own personal experience and proceeding to offer a succinct historical overview, the West's blatant disregard for many contributions from other human civilizations - including the Arab-Islamic civilisation - appear in stark contrast. Having worked in the fields of diplomacy and culture for decades, the author aims to remind this generation of Arabs of their own heritage, hitherto overshadowed by conflicts and neglect of their role in building human civilization. The author calls for building bridges instead of erecting barriers and a completely new approach to relations between the North and the South; a message which resonates globally. "Bridges, not Barriers" is already in circulation in Arabic, German, French, Spanish and Farsi.
£9.49
Academic Studies Press End of Days Ethics, Tradition, and Power in
Book SynopsisEnd of Days is both a meditation on Jewish morality in the age of Israeli Jewish power, and a cri du coeur by an Orthodox Israeli Jew, a former combat officer in the IDF, for Israelis to look into the Jewish religious ethical tradition for an alternative to the secular and religious Zionism that sanctifies power, statehood, and sovereignty. Appealing to a wealth of Jewish sources from the Bible to the present, including medieval Jewish ethical literature, rabbinic sources, Jewish law, and contemporary Israeli thought, the book presents an argument against Israel’s occupation of the Palestinians and the suppression of their rights from the perspective of a modern Israeli religious Jew.Trade Review“Drawing on an impressive range of sources—the Talmud, the writings of Ashkenazi and Sephardic medieval Jewish pietists, the Chofetz Chaim’s forgotten guide for Jewish soldiers, the Yiddish poetry of Jacob Glatstein—Manekin traces in compelling detail the traditional Jewish ethical disposition that recoils from pride, abhors violence, and views power with suspicion. He argues that this traditional Jewish ethics requires a radically different approach to the reality of Jewish political power instantiated by the Israeli state than the dominant view in Israel allows. By the book’s end, he leaves the reader with little doubt that not only is there no need to compromise one’s commitment to Jewish tradition in order to oppose Israel’s occupation, but that a commitment to traditional Jewish ethics requires active opposition to the occupation. Powerful yet unconventional, [this book] is a hybrid of memoir, mussar [morality], family history, halakhic argumentation, and social criticism. It is a manifesto for a new religiously committed Jewish left that is taking shape.”— Joshua Leifer, Tel Aviv Review of Books (on the Hebrew edition)Table of ContentsPreface, by Shaul MagidIntroductionAcknowledgments Remembering Patience Submission Devotion Contentment Listening Index
£16.99
HarperCollins Publishers STORM COMMAND A Personal Account of the Gulf War
Trade Review‘More gripping than fiction; take the graphic account of an SAS corporal’s harrowing 200-mile escape through western Iraq, for instance - a tale almost too incredible for a thriller… An important and enjoyable book.’Christopher Bellamy, Independent ‘Fascinating… Deserves a place even in the glorious annals of British soldiering.’James Buchan, Spectator ‘This excellent and moving book builds up to a most exciting climax.’Sunday Times ‘A commander who made men do almost impossible things by doing them himself first… A soldier who from the most undisciplined and unpromising beginnings achieved complete mastery of himself and hte men who fought under him.’Daily Telegraph
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Crusades
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£20.40
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
Book Synopsis“Poignant . . . deeply personal . . . an indelible history of the largely forgotten Jews of Egypt . . . ”Miami Herald In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years before Gamal Abdel Nasser's rise to power. With Nasser's nationalization of Egyptian industry, her father, Leon, a boulevardier who conducted business in his white sharkskin suit, loses everything, and departs with the family for any land that will take them. The poverty and hardships they encounter in their flight from Cairo to Paris to New York are strikingly juxtaposed against the beauty and comforts of the lives they left behind. An inversion of the American dream set against the stunning portraits of three world cities, Lucette Lagnado's memoir offers a grand and sweeping story of faith, tradition, tragedy, and triumph. Trade Review"Beautifully written... A great personalized telling of Egypt's complicated history in the last half of the 20th century." -- Fareed Zakaria "Like Andre Aciman...she conjures a vanished world with elegiac ardor and uncommon grace." -- Michiko Kakutani, New York Times "[A] crushing, brilliant book...one final kiss from the Lagnados to their beloved city." -- New York Times Book Review "This memoir of an Egyptian Jewish family's gradual ruin is told without melodrama by its youngest survivor." -- The New Yorker "The resilient dignity of Lucette's family transcends the fiercest of obstacles." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Lagnado gets to the heart of the modern exodus in a way only those who lived it can." -- Miami Sun Post "Captivating...illuminates its places and times, providing indelible individual portraits...An exceptional memoir." -- Booklist (starred review) "Excellent new memoir... One could praise Ms. Lagnado's book for many things." -- New York Sun "Full of emotion and longing, yet never sentimental, this lyrical memoir evokes a cosmopolitan Cairo." -- Jewish Woman "Lagnado spares nothing in the retelling...in this tender and captivating memoir." -- The Oregonian (Portland) "It succeeds especially as a... heartfelt elegy to the long-lost Cairo community of her youth." -- Library Journal "Nostalgic but objectively tempered portrait of a family at the heart of social and cultural upheaval." -- Kirkus Reviews "Beautifully written ... rich with history and insight. Wonderful." -- Oscar Hijuelos, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE "A stunning achievement." -- Andre Aciman, author of OUT OF EGYPT and CALL ME BY YOUR NAME "A subtle and eloquent description of fatherly love and a mesmerizing portrait of a man shattered by the immigration experience." -- Marianne Pearl, author of A MIGHTY HEART "Lagnado's richly textured memoir is a loving tribute to a lost man and a lost culture." -- Reform Judaism
£16.25
HarperCollins The Secret of the Great Pyramid How One Mans Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypts Greatest Mystery
Book SynopsisIt took 20 years to build the Great Pyramid. By the time its capstone was laid in 2560 BC, the innovations born of the building quest had transformed agrarian Egypt into the world's most modern, most powerful nation. This book follows the progress of Hemienu, the architect who planned, organized and oversaw construction of the Great Pyramid.Trade Review"Houdin's theory solves many mysteries about the huge structure." -- Scientific American " The authors' prose is lucid, aided by drawings and photos, and the theories are intriguing." -- Publishers Weekly "It's a plausible theory, well-illustrated, and makes a useful addition to the always seductive study of pyramids...An intriguing new twist to an old enigma." -- Kirkus Reviews " Great fun for Egyptophiles." -- Barbara Mertz, author of Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphics "A serious attempt at a new explanation for one of the oldest Egyptological mysteries." -- Peter Der Manuelian, Giza Archives Project Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
£13.60
HarperCollins Beneath the Sands of Egypt
£14.24
