Following the 1953 coup that toppled the democratically elected government of Mossadeq and restored the rule of the Shah in Iran, Mostafa Sho';aiyan became a key figure on the country's militant left.
In America today, online spaces serve as critical alternatives for tech-savvy Muslims seeking a place to root their faith, forge religious identity, and build communities.
This collection - the second of a three-volume study - examines the roots of the artistic, literary and cultural renaissance of Sufism from the 12th to the 15th centuries.
This comprehensive study is unique in its chronological breadth, intellectual diversity and historical scope and which demonstrates the central role played by Sufism in Persianate culture in Iran, Central Asia and India
New York Times Notable Books of 2018 Financial Times Book of the Year Award-winning journalist Rania Abouzeid presents reportage of unprecedented scope in this engaging, character-driven investigation that exposes the secret dealings that armed and betrayed an uprising.
The book that is providing a storm of controversy, from ';Israel's bravest historian' (John Pilger)Renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking work on the formation of the State of Israel.
Der Zionismus Israels: Gründungsmythen, Staatsdoktrin und Friedenshindernis Seit der Gründung Israels 1948 ist der Nahe Osten in Konflikte verwickelt; das Palästinaproblem erscheint auf absehbare Zeit unlösbar.
Der Weltpolitiker Shimon Peres gehört zu den außergewöhnlichsten und kontroversesten Figuren des Zeitgeschehens: Der "ewige Politiker" prägte das zionistische Projekt sowie die israelische Politik und Geschichte seit den 1950er Jahren bis heute wie kein anderer.
Es sind zahlreiche Artikel, Bücher und Dokumentationen über den Sturz Mossadeghs veröffentlicht worden, die sich in der Hauptsache mit derBeteiligung der USA an diesem Ereignis befassen.
How the Middle East can achieve political change and social progressThe Middle East is in upheaval: a widening chasm between state and society, the failure of governing elites to address citizens' genuine grievances, massive economic mismanagementall made worse by repeated interventions by Western powers.
The life and times of Dante's soaring poetic allegory of the soul's redemptive journey toward GodWritten during his exile from Florence in the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy describes the poet's travels through hell, purgatory, and paradise, exploring the state of the human soul after death.
From the outset of the twentieth century, Egyptian and Indian leaders understood their movements for self-determination as linked and part of a shared project.
