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Ali, Maureen - Editor

A Lost Summer, Postcards from Lebanon (En)

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 6843
Topic: Political - Culture
Abstract: Culled from a vast selection of personal messages, "A Lost Summer" reflects a range of reactions from defiance and courage, confusion and anger, to humour and hope.
$14.95
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Edited by Adel Beshara

Antun Sa'adeh, The Man, His Thought: An Anthology

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 6959
Topic: Political
Abstract: Antun Sa'adeh, a nationalist thinker who lived from 1904 to 1949, was one of the major intellectual figures of modern Syria. The impact of his ideas has been felt in politics, literature and philosophy, as well as in the social sciences.
$55.00
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Kepel, Gilles

Bad Moon Rising

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4573
Topic: Political - Middle East
Abstract: A chronicle of the Middle East today by Gilles Kepel.
$12.95
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Edwards, David B.

Before Taliban - Genealogies Of The Afghan Jihad

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 5790
Topic: Political History
Abstract: By David B. Edwards, Political History in the Arabic language.
$18.00
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Group

Building Democracy & Democracy Erosion

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 12183
Topic: Political-Current Affairs
Abstract: Favouring transitions to democracy on the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean was a key objective of the European Union and its member states when they prepared the Barcelona conference in 1995
$60.00
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Mostyn, Trevor

Censorship in Islamic Societies

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4574
Topic: Islamic Culture
Abstract: This book by Trevor Mostyn shows the concise history of censorship in Islamic societies studies the turbulent question of freedom of expression.
$17.00
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Kanj, Jamal Krayem

Children of Catastrophe

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 12417
Topic: Biography-Palestine
Abstract: This book tells the remarkable story of a Palestinian refugee, following his journey from childhood in the Nahr El Bared Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, becoming a member of the PLO, through to eventual emigration, a new life as an engineer in the United States, and a 'return' trip to historic Palestine.
$24.95
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Wimmen / Drieskens / Mermier

Cities of the South

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 7461
Topic: Current Events
Abstract: Citizenship and Exclusion in the 21st Century' - An important work on contemporary society. Edited by Barbara Drieskens, Franck Mermier, and Heiko Wimmen.
$45.00
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Shubash, John S.

Confessions of an Arab American

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 11042
Topic: Current Affairs / History
Abstract: By Palestinian-American John Shubash, a unique prospective into Middle-Eastern politics and America's fateful role in that region.
$19.95
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Abu Sulayman, Abdul Hamid

Crisis in the Muslim Mind

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 3347
Topic: Political or Current Events
Abstract: Writings in the Arabic language by Abdulhamid Abu Sulayman.
$10.00
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Bassam Haddad, Souhail Belhadj, Baudoin Dupret, Zohair Ghazzal, Thomas Pierret and more

Demystifying Syria (En)

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 11608
Topic: Current Affairs/Politics
Abstract: This collection presents new research conducted by the contributers on aspects of Syrian politics, economics and diplomacy that are too often ignored.
$21.95
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Sardar, Ziauddin

Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 11210
Topic: Travels - Religion - Politics
Abstract: By the writer Ziauddin Sardar, born in Pakistan and raised in London... "A curious, often amusing travelogue." - Publishers Weekly. "...one of the wittiest and most intellectual figures commenting on modern Islam" - Jane Jakeman, Time Literary Supplement.
$15.00
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Sankari, Jamal

Fadlallah: The Making of a Radical Shi'ite Leader

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 10170
Topic: Political - Islam - Shia
Abstract: From Sayyid Hussein Fadlallah's early intellectual development through his scholastic and political engagements, Jamal Sankari assesses the cleric's impact on both the resistance group Hizbullah and on the region as a whole.
$35.00
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Simons, Geoff

Future Iraq: US Policy in Reshaping the Middle East

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4534
Topic: Political - Iraq
Abstract: Geoff Simons considers the region's disparate power bases- in Iraq as well as in other key states (Turkey, Iran, Syria and Israel/Palestine). This book is an essential reference for those seeking answers to many critical questions concerning the war in Iraq.
$20.00
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Allen, Charles

God's Terrorists (En)

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 12333
Topic: Current Affairs-Politics
Abstract: Charles Allen's studies on Wahhabism, "God's Terrorists: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad". In the English.
$17.95
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Khalaf, Samir

Heart Of Beirut - Reclaiming The Bourj

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 5863
Topic: Beirut - History and Current
Abstract: Writings by Samir Khalaf. At the centre of Beirut lies the Bourj, one of the world's great public squares, as well as one of the most durable.
$18.95
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Hoare, Marko Attila

How Bosnia Armed

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4575
Topic: Political History
Abstract: This book by Marko Attila Hoare seeks to establish what really happened in Bosnian internal politics during the war.
$19.00
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Habib, Randa

Hussein and Abdullah: Inside the Jordanian Royal Family

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 11605
Topic: Political - History - Current Affairs
Abstract: Award-winning journalist Randa Habib draws on twenty-five years of unparalleled access to the former king to share unique insights into the jordanian kingdom
$24.95
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Ghoussoub, Mai / Sinclair-Webb, Emma

Imagined Masculinities

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4551
Topic: Culture - Middle East
Abstract: This book conversates male identity and culture in the Modern Middle East. By: Mai Ghoussoub & Emma Sinclair-Webb
$18.00
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Furtig, Henner

Iran's Rivalry With Saudi Arabia Between the Gulf Wars

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 6971
Topic: International Relations
Abstract: This book examines the attitude of the Islamic Republic of Iran towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from the early days of Iran's Islamic Revolution of 1979-80 until the Second Gulf War - and its aftermath - in the 1990s.
$35.00
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Abu al-Fadl, Khaled

Islam and The Challenge of Democracy

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4613
Topic: Political - Islam
Abstract: Renowned Professor Abou El Fadl, heads the book with a most authoritative style and knowledge of Islamic law and politics. Along with others like John L. Esposito, Noah Feldman and Jeremy Waldron, this book is a must for the Islamic-Political reader.
$12.00
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Salvatore, Armando

Islam and the Political Discourse of Modernity

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 6972
Topic: Political - Islam
Abstract: Discourse pertaining to 'political Islam' and to its connection with modernization currently involves both Muslims and Westerners, by Armando Salvatore.
$20.00
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Saif, Tawfiq

Islamic Democracy and its Limits

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 7631
Topic: Political
Abstract: Islamic Democracy and its Limits: The Iranian Experience Since 1979. Tawfiq al Saif explores Iran's ever-bumpy road to democracy, by analysing the political ideologies of both the conservative and reformist trends. . .
$45.00
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Lang, Jeffrey

Losing My Religion: A Call for Help

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4521
Topic: Religion - Islam
Abstract: In this book, the author comes to terms with many of the queries put to him by Americans of Muslin parentage and converts to Islam since the publication of his book Even Angels Ask in 1977. This book is written by Jeffrey Lang.
$16.25
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Abraham, Marco

Lost Blood

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 7039
Topic: Current Events
Abstract: An Eyewitness Account of the Sabra and Shatila Massacre - by Marco Abraham. ''This book will haunt you. It will change the way you view your world.'' Limited number of signed copies available.
$27.00
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Springborg, Robert

Oil and Democracy in Iraq

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 7478
Topic: Political
Abstract: This is the first major study of the alternatives confronting Iraq as it seeks to rebuild its vital oil industry while simultaneously constructing a new political system. By Robert Springborg.
$29.95
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Peterson, J.E.

Oman's Insurgencies

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 7463
Topic: Current Events
Abstract: The Sultanate's Struggle for Supremacy' - by J.E. Peterson, a detailed look at these two wars in the context of insurgency and counter-insurgency warfare..transition from traditional regime to a modern inclusive state.
$85.00
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Majali, Anani and Haddadin

Peacemaking: The Inside Story of the 1994 Jordanian-Israeli Treaty

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 6977
Topic: International Relations
Abstract: After half a century of animosity and wars, Jordan and Israel succeeded in reaching a peace treaty through bilateral negotiations under the Middle East peace process that was initiated and sponsored by the United States and the Soviet Union, later the Russian Federation. By Majali, Anani and Haddadin.
$39.95
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do Ceu Pinto, Maria

Political Islam and the United States

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 6797
Topic: Political - Islam
Abstract: A Study of U.S. Policy towards Islamist Movements in the Middle East by Maria do Ceu Pinto.
$40.00
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Saghie, Hazim

Predicament of the Individual in the Middle East

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 4576
Topic: Political History
Abstract: This book by Hazim Saghie explores Islam, the Mohammad Ali era in Egypt, the Arab- Israeli conflict, the Gulf, the Mashreq- Maghreb dialogue and Lebanon's modern experience.
$25.00
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Iskandar, Marwan

Rafiq Hariri and the Fate of Lebanon

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 5867
Topic: Political - Lebanon
Abstract: By Marwan Iskandar. 'The best book so far on Hariri and his legacy.' - Robert Fisk.
$24.95
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Ebadi, Shirin

Refugee Rights in Iran

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 7480
Topic: Current Events
Abstract: In this seminal piece of writing Nobel Peace Laureate, lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi brings to light the legal aspects of life as a refugee in Iran.
$19.95
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van der Veer, Peter

Religious Nationalism Hindus and Muslims in India

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 5791
Topic: Political History
Abstract: Van der Veer offers a new perspective on the importance of religious organization and the role of ritual in the formation of nationalism. His work advances our understanding of contemporary India while also offering significant theoretical insights into one of the most troubling issues of this century.
$29.95
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Bin Hethlain, Naif

Saudi Arabia and the US since 1962: Allies in Conflict

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 12500
Topic: Current Affairs-Politics
Abstract: Since the 1960s, Saudi Arabia and the US have maintained a strategic alliance that has often assumed the form of a delicate diplomatic balancing act.
$64.60
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Munajjed, Mona

Saudi Women Speak: 24 Remarkable Women Tell Their Success Stories

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 8163
Topic: Social Sciences
Abstract: This is the first book to offer a distinct portrait of women in Saudi Arabia. It presents the views, thoughts and beliefs of a selection of educated and professional Saudi women, written by Mona Al-Munajjed.
$25.00
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Atwan, Abdul Bari

Secret History of al-Qaeda

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 5795
Topic: Political - Terror Organization
Abstract: Drawing on unparalleled access to Osama bin Laden and his key associates, journalist Abdel Bari Atwan gives an incisive and timely account, the clearest we have so far, of the rise of the notorious terrorist organization, al Qaeda.
$22.95
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Ibrahim, Fuad

Shi'is of Saudi Arabia

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 5957
Topic: Political
Abstract: Fuad Ibrahim offers a comprehensive overview of the evolution of Shi'I opposition in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, from the Iranian Revolution in 1979 to the ascension of Abdullah. . .in August 2005
$48.00
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Aziz, Barbara Nimri

Swimming Up the Tigris: Real Life Encounters with Iraq

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 9339
Topic: Current Events - Anthropology
Abstract: By Barbara Nimri Aziz. "An intelligent and insightful book that offers readers a compelling look inside Iraq and the personal lives and thoughts of individual Iraqis, providing the reader with an understanding of Iraq's humanity that is never covered in our media." - Aseel Dyck, Iraqi-American historian, librarian, activist, and scholar.
$24.95
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Quilliam, Neil

Syria and the New World Order

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 6640
Topic: Political History
Abstract: The advent of the New World Order has challenged Syria's role in the Middle East.
$45.00
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Juergensmeyer, Mark

Terror In The Mind Of God - The Global Rise of Religious Violence (New Edition)

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 5794
Topic: Political - Religion
Abstract: Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society), by Mark Juergensmeyer.
$27.95
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Achcar, Gilbert / Warschawski, Michel

The 33-Day War

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 6641
Topic: Current Events
Abstract: Israel's War on Hezbollah in Lebanon and its Aftermath. This is a timely, incisive and richly informed assessment of the recent Israel-Lebanon conflict written by noted experts from the two countries: the Lebanese Gilbert Achcar and the Israeli Michel Warschawski.
$15.95
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Achcar, Gilbert

The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 12501
Topic: Current Affairs-Politics
Abstract: Drawing on previously unseen sources in multiple languages, Achcar offers a unique ideological mapping of the Arab world, in the process defusing an international propaganda war that has become a major stumbling block in the path of Arab-Western understanding.
$38.50
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Jaza'ri, Zuhair / Translated: John West

The Devil You Don't Know: Going Back to Iraq

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 10703
Topic: Writings - Iraqi stories
Abstract: By Iraqi journalist Zuhair al-Jezairy, and translated from the Arabic by John West - this is an elegiac and inspirational account of Iraq after Saddam.
$16.95
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Kenan, Randall

The Fire This Time

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 7479
Topic: Current Events
Abstract: Combining elements of memoir and commentary, this homage is a piercing consideration of the times, and an impassioned call to transcend them, by Randall Kenan.
$15.00
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Safieh, Afif

The Peace Process: From Breakthrough to Breakdown

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 12497
Topic: Politics-Current Affairs
Abstract: "The Peace Process: From Breakthrough to Breakdown" brings together Afif Safieh's articles, lectures and interviews spanning three decades revealing the political and intellectual journey of one of Palestine's most skilled and distinguished diplomats.
$24.95
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Asad, Muhammad

The Principles of State & Government in Islam

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 5859
Topic: Political - Islam
Abstract: This book by Muhammad Asad is an attempt to keep the discussion of an Islamic state alive.
$14.95
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Joris , Lieve / Translated by: Liz Waters

The Rebels Hour (En)

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 12340
Topic: Current Affairs - Africa - The Congo
Abstract: "The Rebels' Hour" by Lieve Joris, the great Belgian travel writer...[is] a book that achieves intense intimacy with a few characters to represent a much more immense historical experience...It is as deeply reported and directly observed as the very best nonfiction. - The New Yorker(online).
$24.00
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Group of Scholars, Edited by Sabrina Mervin

The Shi'a Worlds and Iran

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 12499
Topic: Current Affairs-Comparative Religion-Anthropology
Abstract: From Africa to Asia, Twelver Shi'a form significant minority and, in some cases, majority communities. Geography and history place Iran at the center of these worlds. But to what extent can we speak of an "Iranian Mode" that these groups follow?
$29.95
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Lia, Brynjar

The Society of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 12418
Topic: Political History
Abstract: A study of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt.
$34.95
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Editors: Halasa, Malu / Khalaf, Rosanne Saad

Transit Beirut - New Writing and Images

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 5861
Topic: Lebanese Culture
Abstract: An anthology of complex urban experience. . .
$15.95
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Hale, William

Turkey, the US and Iraq

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 7477
Topic: Political
Abstract: William Hale examines the relationship between Turkey, the US and Iraq since the 1920s
$29.95
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Halliday, Fred

Two Hours that Shook the World

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 4533
Topic: Current Events
Abstract: September 11, 2001: Causes & Consequences. In this book, Fred Halliday expands on the many socio-cultural, religious and political problems that have plagued the Middle East and Central Asia in the last half- century.
$18.00
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Cook, David

Understanding Jihad

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 5793
Topic: Political - Islam
Abstract: By David Cook, important to understanding Islam in the world today. Jihad is one of the most loaded and misunderstood terms in the news today. Contrary to popular understanding, the term does not mean "holy war." Nor does it simply refer to the inner spiritual struggle.
$27.95
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Delong-Bas, Natana J

Wahhabi Islam From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 11805
Topic: Islam-Current Affairs-History
Abstract: The author investigates the roots of Wahhabism and goes to show that the common understanding of the movement is incorrect
$22.00
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Dib, Kamal

Warlords and Merchants

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 6800
Topic: Political - Lebanon
Abstract: The Lebanese Business And Political Establishment, by Kamal Dib.
$33.00
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Howell, Mark

What Did We Do to Deserve This?

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Hardcover | English | Product Code: 12234
Topic: Politics/Current Affairs
Abstract: This book exposes the realities of daily life for Palestinians in the West Bank in the twenty-first century. Based around photographs and interviews with ordinary Palestinian people, it looks at all aspects of daily life ranging from restrictions on movement and improsonment to the effects of the occupation on business, the practising of religion and the development of democracy.
$38.00
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Abdul-Fadl, Mona

Where East Meets West

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Softcover | English | Product Code: 14675
Topic: Spiritual - Cultural - Political
Abstract: The fate of civilization lies in the balance of culture, not power. This Mona Abul-Fadl penetrating work argues that the terms of the culture of our times will determine the future of politics and societies.
$9.95
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