Middle Eastern history

How to Read the Qur'an offers a compact introduction and reader's guide for anyone, non-Muslim or Muslim, who wants to know how to approach, read, and understand the text of the Qur'an.

Why do the states of the Arab world seem so unstable?

Against Massacre looks at the rise of humanitarian intervention in the nineteenth century, from the fall of Napoleon to the First World War.

Explores the eleventh century Abbasid Empire and the intersection between politics, theology, and law in the thought of Abu Ma''ali al-Juwayni.

A bold new religious history of the late antique and medieval Middle East that places ordinary Christians at the center of the storyIn the second half of the first millennium CE, the Christian Middle East fractured irreparably into competing churches and Arabs conquered the region, setting in motion a process that would lead to its eventual conversion to Islam.

This book describes the emergence of Muslim scholarly communities from the origins of Islam until the mid-tenth century.

The legendary overland silk road was not the only way to reach Asia for ancient travelers from the Mediterranean.

On December 20, 2011, Egyptian women of all ages and backgrounds-urban and rural, working class and upper class-came out in force to Cairo's Tahrir Square in one of the largest uprisings in the country's history.

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The inside story of political protest in Saudi Arabia-on the ground, in the suburbs, and in the face of increasing state repression.

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Why did the Lebanese state, the most open and democratic political system in the Middle East, break down between 1967 and 1976?

Demystifies the area's culture, politics, and religions Explore Middle Eastern history from ancient to modern times Looking to better understand the Middle East?

For centuries Iran hosted numerous travellers and visitors of diverse nationalities and backgrounds.

The shadow war between Israel and Iran has been raging for more than three decades, ever since the Iranian revolution of 1979 ushered in a fundamentalist regime whose sworn enemies have consistently included, first and foremost, Israel and the United States.

The Jewish people are in greater danger than ever before.

A valuable guide to a successful career as a statistician A Career in Statistics: Beyond the Numbers prepares readers for careers in statistics by emphasizing essential concepts and practices beyond the technical tools provided in standard courses and texts.

This book argues that religious affiliation was the most influential shaper of communal identity in the Ottoman era.

Four thousand years ago, Egyptian society struggled with the downfall of the Old Kingdom, which brought an end to material success and introduced anarchy and chaos.

The term 'Fertile Crescent' is commonly used as shorthand for the group of territories extending around the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates.

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This volume, first published in 1987, was the first to examine in depth the religious thought of Colonel Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi and its central place in his political, social and economic theories.

In the run-up to war in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the world that America's interest was in liberation-especially for women.

This book, first published in 1979, was the first political and social history of Qatar.

Sufi Castigator investigates the writings of Ahmad Kasravi, one of the foremost intellectuals in Iran.

Mahmoud Darwish is the poet laureate of the Palestinian national struggle.

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

The First World War, leading to the overthrow of the Qajar regime and replacement by Reza Shah, was pivotal in the history of modern Iran.

In 2011, the Middle East saw more people peacefully protesting long entrenched dictatorships than at any time in its history.

What can hip-hop tell us about Egypt today?

This book explores the contemporary history, governance, foreign policy, political economy, culture, and society of Kuwait.

First published in 1985, this study, focusing on Iran, looks at the underlying reasons why certain political, economic and social events have taken place in the country's history.

Strangers in Yemen is a study of travel to Yemen in the nineteenth century by Jews, Christians and Muslims.

This study examines the marital data preserved within the Arabic genealogical works of the early ninth century CE in order to better understand the tribal relationships of the pre-Islamic Quraysh (the Arabic tribe to which Muhammad belonged).

A riveting and unapologetic account of Palestinian resistance, the story of one family's care for their land, and a reflection on love and heartache while living under military occupation.

International Arms Trade has always been a powerful and multi-functional constituent of world politics and international diplomacy.

A typical definition of abrogation found in the Jurisprudence literature is: 'The (heavenly) replacement of one juridical ruling with a later ruling.

The crucial importance of the Gulf region today - which may be defined as comprising the states of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, with Iran as a non-Arab onlooker - has stimulated surprisingly little interest in academic circles.

Iranian Diaspora Identities: Stories and Songs combines oral history, storytelling, theories of communication, and performance studies into a unique study of an immigrant community.

The term 'jihad' has come to be used as a byword for fanaticism and Islam's allegedly implacable hostility towards the West.

A biography of the founder of modern Turkey that chronicles the ideas that shaped himWhen Mustafa Kemal Ataturk became the first president of Turkey in 1923, he set about transforming his country into a secular republic where nationalism sanctified by science-and by the personality cult Ataturk created around himself-would reign supreme as the new religion.