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  • Chances for Peace

    Missed Opportunities in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

    by Elie Podeh ...
    Drawing on a newly developed theoretical definition of “missed opportunity,” Chances for Peace uses extensive sources in English, Hebrew, and Arabic to systematically measure the potentiality levels of opportunity across some ninety years of attempted negotiations in the Arab-Israeli conflict. With enlightening revelations that defy conventional wisdom, this study provides a balanced account of ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Multiple Alterities

    Views of Others in Textbooks of the Middle East

    Edited by Elie Podeh, Samira Alayan ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in Educational Media
    This book highlights and examines the role of the textbook in legitimising established political and social orders. It analyses the way in which the ‘other’ is presented in school textbooks, focusing on a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and argues that the role of textbooks in developing and maintaining a national identity should be afforded greater critical ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • The Politics of National Celebrations in the Arab Middle East

    by Elie Podeh ...
    Why do countries celebrate defining religious moments or significant events in their history, and how and why do their leaders select certain events for commemoration and not others? This book is the first systematic study of the role of celebrations and public holidays in the Arab Middle East from the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the present. By tracing the history of the modern nation-state ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

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    A Muslim Case for Liberty

    by Mustafa Akyol ...
    A provocative manifesto for an interpretation of Islam that synthesizes liberal ideas and respect for the Islamic tradition.From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological ... Read more

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  • The End of Modern History in the Middle East

    by Bernard Lewis ...
    Bernard Lewis looks at the new era in the Middle East. With the departure of imperial powers, the region must now, on its own, resolve the political, economic, cultural, and societal problems that prevent it from accomplishing the next stage in the advance of civilization. There is enough in the traditional culture of Islam on the one hand and the modern experience of the Muslim peoples on the ... Read more

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  • Islamic History

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Adam J. Silverstein ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Does history matter? This book argues not that history matters, but that Islamic history does. This Very Short Introduction introduces the story of Islamic history; the controversies surrounding its study; and the significance that it holds - for Muslims and for non-Muslims alike. Opening with a lucid overview of the rise and spread of Islam, from the seventh to twenty first century, the book ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Persians: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Iran

    by Homa Katouzian ...

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  • Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism

    by John Calvert ...
    Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) was an influential Egyptian ideologue credited with establishing the theoretical basis for radical Islamism in the post colonial Sunni Muslim world. Lacking a pure understanding of the leader's life and work, the popular media has conflated Qutb's moral purpose with the aims of bin Laden and al-Qaeda. He is often portrayed as a terrorist, Islamo-Fascist, and advocate of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A History of Islamic Societies

    by Ira M. Lapidus ...
    This new edition of one of the most widely used course books on Islamic civilizations around the world has been substantially revised to incorporate the new scholarship and insights of the last twenty-five years. Ira Lapidus' history explores the beginnings and transformations of Islamic civilizations in the Middle East and details Islam's worldwide diffusion. The history is divided into four ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Israel-Palestine Conflict

    Contested Histories

    by Neil Caplan ...
    Series Book 16 - Contesting the Past
    The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories provides non-specialist readers with an introduction and historical overview of the issues that have characterized and defined 130 years of the still unresolved Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Provides a fresh attempt to break away from polemical approaches that have undermined academic discussion and political debatesFocuses on a series of core ... Read more

    $94.00 USD

  • Ashes of Hama

    The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria

    by Raphael Lefevre ...
    When the convulsions of the Arab Spring first became manifest in Syria in March 2011, the Ba'athist regime was quick to blame the protests on the "Syrian Muslim Brotherhood" and its "al-Qaeda affiliates." But who are these Islamists so determined to rule a post-Assad Syria? Little has been published on militant Islam in Syria since Hafez Assad's regime destroyed the Islamist movement in its ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Making the Arab World

    Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East

    by Fawaz A. Gerges ...
    How the conflict between political Islamists and secular-leaning nationalists has shaped the history of the modern Middle EastIn 2013, just two years after the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian military ousted the country’s first democratically elected president—Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood—and subsequently led a brutal repression of the Islamist group. These bloody ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

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