Acclaimed Israeli intelligence analyst Avi Melamed has spent more than thirty years interpreting Middle East affairs. "Inside the Middle East" challenges widely-accepted perceptions and provides a gripping and uniquely enlightening guide to make sense of the events unfolding in …
Guide readers through maqam, and introduce the instruments, artists, rhythms, and forms of Arabic music
While Middle Eastern culture does not tend to be associated with laughter and levity in the global imagination, humour - often satirical - has long been a mainstay of mainstream Arabic film. In 'Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema', editors Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman shed light on…
Reclaiming T.E. Lawrence from hype and legend, James J. Schneider offers a reexamination of this leader's critical role in shaping the modern Middle East. Just how did this obscure British junior intelligence officer, unschooled in the art of war, become "Lawrence of Arabia" and…
Time Magazine named Tariq Ramadan one of the most important innovators of the twenty-first century. A Muslim intellectual and prolific author, he has won global renown for his reflections on Islam and the contemporary challenges in both the Muslim majority societies and the West…
Considers conflicting Middle-East perspectives on the Holocaust, analyzing such topics as Arab responses to nazism, the creation of Israel, and the destruction of Palestine
This is a thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history - the Arab Revolt, and the secret game to control the Middle East
A examination of changing sexual attitudes and behaviors in the Middle East identifies the sexual factors behind key political, economic, social, and religious trends impacting the region
