Middle Eastern history

Analyses contentious politics in Tripoli, Lebanon''s Sunni city, and the relations between Islamist and sectarian groups in governing the city.

Explores how oil companies, Western development NGOs, the US government, and Iranian technocrats turned Iran into the first ''petro-state''.

Explores how oil companies, Western development NGOs, the US government, and Iranian technocrats turned Iran into the first ''petro-state''.

A history of pastoral nomads in the Islamic Middle East from the rise of Islam to the decline of nomads in the twentieth century.

A history of pastoral nomads in the Islamic Middle East from the rise of Islam to the decline of nomads in the twentieth century.

Offers an innovative reappraisal of the impact of Late Ottoman Turkish scholars on modern Islamic thought.

An innovative study of the political decentralization of Iran and the failure of elected local government to democratize the authoritarian regime.

Maps Egypt''s political, economic and cultural connections throughout the Mediterranean and beyond between 500 and 1000 CE.

An exploration of the spread and survival of Islamic legal ideas and commentaries in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean regions in the second millennium CE.

An exploration of the spread and survival of Islamic legal ideas and commentaries in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean regions in the second millennium CE.

Explores ''low policing'' of interpersonal disputes in Jordan to show the inconspicuous methods the state uses to maintain social order.

Explores ''low policing'' of interpersonal disputes in Jordan to show the inconspicuous methods the state uses to maintain social order.

The first book-length treatment of the history and political thought of Israel''s Declaration of Independence and its drafting process.

An innovative study of the political decentralization of Iran and the failure of elected local government to democratize the authoritarian regime.

An eminent psychologist and engineer presents a provocative analysis of the concept of God through the lens of scientific inquiry.

The first book-length treatment of the history and political thought of Israel''s Declaration of Independence and its drafting process.

An exploration of the strategies that both governments and insurgents employed in the liberation wars in Iraqi Kurdistan and South Sudan.

An exploration of the strategies that both governments and insurgents employed in the liberation wars in Iraqi Kurdistan and South Sudan.

Analyses settlements between Israel and the West-Bank, the Green-Line, exploring the influence of geopolitics and geoeconomics on the production of space.

Analyses settlements between Israel and the West-Bank, the Green-Line, exploring the influence of geopolitics and geoeconomics on the production of space.

Challenges a foundational narrative of Jewish history under early Islam—that Jews went from farmers to merchants—presenting an alternative.

Challenges a foundational narrative of Jewish history under early Islam—that Jews went from farmers to merchants—presenting an alternative.

A vivid account of Palestinian life, death, and reproduction during and since the British colonial period in Palestine.

An innovative study of charity practices in Saudi Arabia, focusing on ordinary Saudis who provide charity to the poor and needy.

A vivid account of Palestinian life, death, and reproduction during and since the British colonial period in Palestine.

An innovative study of charity practices in Saudi Arabia, focusing on ordinary Saudis who provide charity to the poor and needy.

A 1960s German perspective of the World War II battle in Libya and how the Allied and Axis commanders shaped the course of the action.

Uses textual analysis and various types of material evidence to gain insight into the role of animal sacrifice in Islam.

Uses textual analysis and various types of material evidence to gain insight into the role of animal sacrifice in Islam.

Examines the role and influence of news ''fixers'' in Turkey and Syria who assist foreign journalists with local sources and shape the news.

A new account of support for and opposition to Zionist aspirations in Palestine in the United States and Europe from 1945 to 1949.

Examines the role and influence of news ''fixers'' in Turkey and Syria who assist foreign journalists with local sources and shape the news.

A new account of support for and opposition to Zionist aspirations in Palestine in the United States and Europe from 1945 to 1949.

Looking at women, politics, and culture in Tunisia from 1950s independence to the 1970s, highlighting the centrality of women to post-colonial state-building.

Looking at women, politics, and culture in Tunisia from 1950s independence to the 1970s, highlighting the centrality of women to post-colonial state-building.

A comprehensive presentation of the various aspects of Jewish life throughout the medieval Islamic world.

A comprehensive presentation of the various aspects of Jewish life throughout the medieval Islamic world.

Examines different forms of resistance among Muslim women in the Middle East and in the diaspora.

A history of the development of the Kurdish national movement in Iran which reflects on seven decades of the movement from 1947.

Examines different forms of resistance among Muslim women in the Middle East and in the diaspora.

A history of the development of the Kurdish national movement in Iran which reflects on seven decades of the movement from 1947.

A comprehensive diplomatic and military history of the Russian conquest of Central Asia, spanning the whole of the nineteenth century.

A study of citizenship formation in post-1979 Iran, examining the centrality of non-elite women''s participation in the process.

A study of citizenship formation in post-1979 Iran, examining the centrality of non-elite women''s participation in the process.

A comparative study of how elites gained and retained power and resources in the medieval Latin West, Byzantium and the Islamic world.

Going beyond Orientalist tropes of female fighters, this book traces the history, ideology, and everyday practices of the Kurdish Women''s Movement.

Argues that Britain, the USA, and the USSR overrode legal rights in Palestine in pursuit of their own self-interests.

Argues that Britain, the USA, and the USSR overrode legal rights in Palestine in pursuit of their own self-interests.

The first systematic analysis and explanation of the political success of the Israeli settler movement based on a novel theoretical framework and rich empirical analysis.

The first study of Israeli foreign policy towards the Middle East and selected world powers, since the end of the Cold War to the present.