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  • Syria, Revolt and War in the Digital Age

    by Dawn Chatty, Stacy D. Fahrenthold, Annika Rabo ...
    Translated by Jane Kuntz ...
    An intimate portrayal of protest through images during the Syrian warNever before in history has a conflict been so extensively filmed by its own warring parties, generating a wealth of sound and image. From the start of the Syrian revolt in 2011, several million videos were posted online by demonstrators, activists, and militant fighters. Their prime objective was to work around the media ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Conspiracy Theories and the Nordic Countries

    by Anastasiya Astapova, Eirikur Bergmann, Asbjørn Dyrendal, Annika Rabo, Kasper Grotle Rasmussen, Hulda Thórisdóttir, Andreas Önnerfors ...
    Series series Conspiracy Theories
    This book explores the relevance of conspiracy theories in the modern social and political history of the Nordic countries.The Nordic countries have traditionally imagined themselves as stable, wealthy, egalitarian welfare states. Conspiracy theories, mistrust and disunity, the argument goes, happened elsewhere in Europe (especially Eastern Europe), the Middle East or in the United States. This ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Organizing Women

    Formal and Informal Women's Groups in the Middle East

    Edited by Dawn Chatty, Annika Rabo ...
    Series series Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women
    With the creation of the modern nation-state in the Middle East and North Africa, women have been and continue to be manipulated to represent a cultural ideal of perfect womanhood. This is often greatly at odds with the realities of women's lives and aspirations. However, individual women, through careful manipulation of gender relations, often succeed in casting aside the culturally accepted ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

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    The Islamic State (ISIS) and the Redrawing of the Middle East

    by Loretta Napoleoni ...
    An updated edition of The Islamist Phoenix is now available as ISIS: The Terror Nation (978-1-60980-725-2)From its birth in the late 1990s as the jihadist dream of terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the Islamic State (known by a variety of names, including ISIS, ISIL, and al Qaeda in Iraq) has grown into a massive enterprise, redrawing national borders across the Middle East and subjecting an ... Read more

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  • ISIS

    The State of Terror

    by Jessica Stern, J. M. Berger ...
    Two leading experts in terrorism provide "smart, granular analysis" of the group's brutally effective strategy, tactics, and ideology ( Washington Post).The Islamic State, known as ISIS, exploded into the public eye in 2014, capturing the imagination of the global jihadist movement and attracting recruits in unprecedented numbers. It also exhibited a level of sadistic violence and destruction that ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism

    Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism

    by Karima Bennoune ...
    Eye-opening accounts of heroic resistance to religious extremism.In Lahore, Pakistan, Faizan Peerzada resisted being relegated to a “dark corner” by staging a performing arts festival despite bomb attacks. In Senegal, wheelchair-bound Aïssatou Cissé produced a comic book to illustrate the injustices faced by disabled women and girls. In Algeria, publisher Omar Belhouchet and his journalists ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Jihad Academy

    The Rise of Islamic State

    by Nicolas Hénin ...
    Translated by Martin Makinson ...
    When you keep repeating that the worst is about to happen, it finally does. The threat of terrorism has caught up with us. By invading Iraq in 2003 and not intervening in Syria since 2011, we have helped fuel radicalization. And we continue to fuel it, by making diplomatic compromises with dictators, by refusing to heed the suffering of populations, and by failing to invent counter-speech. What is ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Syria Speaks

    Art and Culture from the Frontline

    Edited by Malu Halasa, Zaher Omareen, Nawara Mahfoud ...
    In Syria, culture has become the critical line of defence against tyranny. Villagers have joined the cultural frontline alongside urban intellectuals, artists, writers and filmmakers and to create art and literature that challenge official narratives. With contributions by over fifty artists and writers, both established and emerging, Syria Speaks explores the explosion of creativity and free ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jihad and Death

    The Global Appeal of Islamic State

    by Olivier Roy ...
    How has Islamic State been able to muster support far beyond its initial constituency in the Arab world and attract tens of thousands of foreign volunteers, including converts to Islam, and seemingly countless supporters online? In this compelling intervention into the debate about Islamic State's origins and future prospects, the renowned French political scientist, Olivier Roy, argues that while ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Jihadi Culture

    The Art and Social Practices of Militant Islamists

    Edited by Thomas Hegghammer ...
    Al-Qaida and Islamic State continue to captivate the world with their extreme violence. While much attention has been given to the operations and doctrines of jihadi groups, this is the first book to explore their culture. Using a wealth of primary sources, the authors examine what goes on inside these organizations and what daily life is like for the foot-soldiers. They show that Islamist ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel

    Local Politics and Rebel Groups

    by Alexander Thurston ...
    Jihadist movements have claimed that they are merely vehicles for the application of God's word, distancing themselves from politics, which they call dirty and manmade. Yet on closer examination, jihadist movements are immersed in politics, negotiating political relationships not just with the forces surrounding them, but also within their own ranks. Drawing on case studies from North Africa and ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Your Sons Are at Your Service

    Tunisia's Missionaries of Jihad

    by Aaron Y. Zelin ...
    Series series Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
    Tunisia became one of the largest sources of foreign fighters for the Islamic State—even though the country stands out as a democratic bright spot of the Arab uprisings and despite the fact that it had very little history of terrorist violence within its borders prior to 2011. In Your Sons Are at Your Service, Aaron Y. Zelin uncovers the longer history of Tunisian involvement in the jihadi ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD