Overthrowing Geography: Jaffa, Tel Aviv, and the Struggle for Palestine, 1880-1948
by Mark Levine
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This landmark book offers a truly integrated perspective for understanding the formation of Jewish and Palestinian Arab identities and relations in Palestine before 1948. Beginning with the late Ottoman period Mark LeVine explores the evolving history...
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The Private World of Ottoman Women (Saqi Essentials)
by Godfrey Goodwin
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Reconstructing the role of women in Ottoman high society and power politics, Godfrey Goodwin brings to life the women who made their marks in a male domain. He examines the laws which governed women's lives from the harem to the humblest tasks, and...
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What Must Be Forgotten: The Survival of Yiddish Writing in Zionist Palestine (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art)
by Yael Chaver
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As Zionism took root in Palestine, European Yiddish was employed within a dominant Hebrew context. A complex relationship between cultural politics and Jewish writing ensued that paved the way for modern Israeli culture. This enlightening volume reveals...
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The Palestinian Hamas: Vision, Violence, and Coexistence
by Shaul Mishal and Avraham Sela
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In The Palestinian Hamas, Shaul Mishal and Avraham Sela show that, contrary to its violent image, Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) is essentially a social and political organization, providing extensive community services and responding to...
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Secret History of the Iraq War
by Yossef Bodansky
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By a New York...
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Islamism and Modernism: The Changing Discourse in Iran (Modern Middle East)
by Farhang Rajaee
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While many previous books have probed the causes of Iran's Islamic Revolution of 1979, few have focused on the power of religion in shaping a national identity over the decades leading up to it. Islamism and Modernism captures the metamorphosis of the...
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The World Tribunal on Iraq: Making the Case Against War
by Muge Gursoy Sokmen
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This book, with contributions from over 50 internationally renowned experts, is that testimony. As Arundhati Roy notes in her introduction, it is an attempt to "correct the record-to document the history of the war not from the point of view of the...
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In the Shadow of the Prophet: The Struggle for the Soul of Islam
by Milton Viorst
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The Middle East has long been a volatile yet vital region in world politics. In his captivating new book, In the Shadow of the Prophet, journalist Milton Viorst illuminates the complex struggle to reconcile the Muslim community's fierce determination to...
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The Book of Telling: Tracing the Secrets of My Father's Lives
by Sharona Muir
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After her father died, Sharona Muir learned by chance that he had invented Israel’s first rocket. Muir’s parents divorced when she was very young, but she adored the father she saw on Saturday outings. She knew him as Invention-a-Minute Ben,&#...
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Iraq Decoded
by Jabbar Fazeli
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Iraq Decoded provides a unique summary and analysis of the war and events in Iraq by combining western sentiments and views with a description of Middle Eastern politics and the triggers affecting events there. This book presents local Iraqi events in a...
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Israel at High Noon: From Stalin's Failed Satellite to the Challenge of Iran
by Roman Brackman
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A great deal has been written about Hitler's hatred for the Jews, but so far very -little has been revealed about Stalin's anti-Semitism and his plan to destroy the Soviet Jewry on the eve of his death. This book intends to fill that void. After the...
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Showdown with Nuclear Iran: Radical Islam's Messianic Mission to Destroy Israel and Cripple the United States
by Michael D Evens
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This terrifying work is an examination of how Iran's president (a radical Shiite zealot) believes he has a "divine mission" to usher in the apocalypse and thereby herald the second coming of a Shia Muslim messiah....
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The Prince: The Secret Story of the World's Most Intriguing Royal, Prince Bandar Bin Sultan
by William Simpson
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< P> A riveting portrait of one of the most enigmatic yet influential powerbrokers in America& ndash; Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al& ndash; Saud, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States from 1983& ndash; 2005. <...
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Holy Land, Whose Land?: Modern Dilemma, Ancient Roots
by Dorothy Drummond
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Any work in this war-torn region of the world must find itself in the prickly situation of taking sides and pointing fingers, but not Dorothy Drummond. Holy Land, Whose Land offers a truly unbiased accounting of the deeds and individuals that are...
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The Iranian Time Bomb: The Mullah Zealots' Quest for Destruction
by Michael A Ledeen
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Ledeen, author of "The War Against the Terror Masters," calls to attention the fanatical behavior of Iranian mullah leaders and the war they have been waging on the West for 27 years....
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Undoing Saddam: From Occupation to Sovereignty in Northern Iraq
by Wayne H Bowen
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Undoing Saddam tells the story of northern Iraq during the transition from U.S. occupation to local sovereignty. During 2004, U.S. and Iraqi government forces faced numerous challenges: insurrection, reconstruction, the creation of a new government, and...
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Sharon: Israel's Warrior-Politician
by Anita Miller
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Ariel Sharon, Israel's Prime Minister, is perhaps one of the most controversial public figures in the Mideast.<P>He was born in 1928 in a moshav -- an agricultural community in which, unlike a kibbutz, residents own their own property -- and was...
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Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy
by Fawaz Gerges
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Renowned Middle Eastern expert Fawaz A. Gerges takes us into the mind-set of the jihadi--or holy warrior--that lies behind so many headlines yet remains nearly impenetrable to us. Using his firsthand knowledge of the "Arab street," he brings to life the...
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Ambivalence: Adventures in Israel and Palestine
by Jonathan Garfinkel
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With lofty ideals, spectacular ambivalence, and endearing naiveté, Jonathan Garfinkel explores Israel and Palestine by talking to ordinary people. Jonathan Garfinkel can't make up his mind—not about his girlfriend, or Judaism, or Israel. After...
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The Road to Martyrs' Square: A Journey Into the World of the Suicide Bomber
by Anne Marie Oliver and Paul Steinberg
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Don't expect to find here the usual cliches about suicide bombers and what drives them. In this unique study, Anne Marie Oliver and Paul Steinberg render the story of two intertwining, often clashing journeys. The authors lived for six months with a...
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