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The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power
The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power
by Alison Pargeter
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Although the popular uprisings of 2011 were not driven by Islamist forces, it is the Islamist movements, and the Muslim Brotherhood in particular, that have filled the power vacuums that opened up with the collapse of the regimes of the region. How did... (read more)

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The Second Arab Awakening: Revolution, Democracy, and the Islamist Challenge from Tunis to Damascus
The Second Arab Awakening: Revolution, Democracy, and the Islamist Challenge from Tunis to Damascus
by Adeed Dawisha
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When Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, in December 2010, sparking a wave of popular uprisings that would topple dictatorial regimes across North Africa and the Middle East, observers hailed the onset of a great “Arab... (read more)

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Ataturk (11 Edition)
Ataturk (11 Edition)
by M. Sukru Hanioglu
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"Learned and deeply insightful, this elegantly written book offers a unique perspective on the founder of modern Turkey. Hanioglu's exploration of the evolving ideas of Atatürk, their provenance and context, and their impact on the policies of the... (read more)

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Justice Interrupted: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in the Middle East
Justice Interrupted: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in the Middle East
by Elizabeth F. Thompson
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The Arab Spring uprisings of 2011 were often portrayed in the media as a dawn of democracy in the region. But the revolutionaries were--and saw themselves as--heirs to a centuries-long struggle for just government and the rule of law, a struggle... (read more)

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Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East
Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East
by David Rohde
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The compelling and insightful account of a New York Times reporter's abduction by the Taliban, and his wife's struggle to free him. Invited to an interview by a Taliban commander, New York Times reporter David Rohde and two Afghan colleagues were... (read more)

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We Heard the Heavens Then: A Memoir of Iran
We Heard the Heavens Then: A Memoir of Iran
by Aria Minu-sepehr
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Aria Minu-Sepehr was raised in a sheltered world of extraordinary privilege as the son of a major general in the Shah’s Imperial Iranian Air Force. The 1970s were the end result of half a century of Westernization in Iran, and Aria’s father... (read more)

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Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East
Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East
by Rashid Khalidi
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An examination of the failure of the United States as a broker in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, through three key historical moments   Widely considered the foremost historian of the modern Middle East, Rashid Khalidi here zeroes in on the... (read more)

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Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World
Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World
by Shereen El Feki
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If you really want to know a people, start by looking inside their bedrooms.   As political change sweeps the streets and squares, the parliaments and presidential palaces of the Arab world, Shereen El Feki has been looking at an upheaval a little... (read more)

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Being Arab
Being Arab
by Samir Kassir
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Before his assassination in 2005, Samir Kassir was one of Lebanon’s foremost public intellectuals. In Being Arab, a thought-provoking assessment of Arab identity, he calls on the people of the Middle East to reject both Western double standards and... (read more)

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A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948
A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948
by James Barr
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In the twentieth century, while fighting a common enemy in Europe, Britain and France were locked in a clandestine struggle for power in the Middle East. From the first agreement to divide the region between them to the birth of Israel, A Line in the... (read more)

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The War Within
The War Within
by Yuval Elizur
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In recent years there has been a war raging within Israel -- but not the interminable conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians, as one might assume. For many Israelis, it is the internecine conflict with the ultra-orthodox Haredim that impacts... (read more)

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The Crisis of Zionism
The Crisis of Zionism
by Peter Beinart
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"A deeply important book for anyone who cares about Israel."—President Bill Clinton "A probing, courageous, and timely book... Beinart offers a forceful exposition of American apprehensions about Israel's path.... Marks a significant evolution... (read more)

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The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama
The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama
by Michael R Gordon
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A Wall Street Journal Best Nonfiction Book of 2012 In this follow-up to their national bestseller Cobra II, Michael Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor deftly piece together the story of the most widely reported but least understood war in American... (read more)

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Evolving Iran: An Introduction to Politics and Problems in the Islamic Republic
Evolving Iran: An Introduction to Politics and Problems in the Islamic Republic
by Barbara Ann Rieffer Flanagan
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A History of Modern Israel
A History of Modern Israel
by Colin Shindler
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