Middle Eastern history

A powerful, shocking and profoundly moving collection of testimonies from Palestinians, Israelis, Christians and volunteer workers, each telling their own stories about life in the disputed territories.

A brilliant and sobering critique of the Palestinian failure to achieve statehood, by a major Palestinian historian and political commentatorAt a time when a lasting peace between Palestinians and Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of the longest-running conflict in the Middle East is an essential step in restoring hope to the region.

Khalil Maleki (19011969) was a selfless campaigner for democracy and social welfare in twentieth-century Iran.

In this accessible study, Stephen Humphreys introduces the most elusive of the early caliphs, Mu'awiya ibn abi Sufyan (602-680).

For almost two centuries, followers of the Baha'i faith, Iran's largest religious minority, have been persecuted by the state.

Rabi';a al-';Adawiyya is a figure shrouded in myth.

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.

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.

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On 8 February 1971, Marxist revolutionaries attacked the gendarmerie outpost at the village of Siyahkal in Iran's Gilan province.

In 1844, a young merchant from Shiraz called Sayyid ';Ali-Muhammad declared himself the ';gate' (the Bab) to the Truth and, shortly afterwards, the initiator of a new prophetic cycle.

Selected as one of the 100 Notable Books of the Year by the New York Times In recent times, the United States and Iran have seemed closer to war than peace, but that is not where their story began.

In July 1988, the Islamic Republic of Iran agreed to bring an end to the brutal eight-year war with Iraq.

Ibn Taymiyya (12631328) of Damascus was one of the most prominent and controversial religious scholars of medieval Islam.

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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.

For almost two centuries, followers of the Baha'i faith, Iran's largest religious minority, have been persecuted by the state.

Rabi';a al-';Adawiyya is a figure shrouded in myth.

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.

Discussions of the Arab world, particularly the Gulf States, increasingly focus on sectarianism and autocratic rule.

Khalil Maleki (19011969) was a selfless campaigner for democracy and social welfare in twentieth-century Iran.

In this accessible study, Stephen Humphreys introduces the most elusive of the early caliphs, Mu'awiya ibn abi Sufyan (602-680).

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.

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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.

This much needed new edition provides a complete and essential guide to this fast developing, ever changing and often tense region.

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