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Subject: Middle East: Religion
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Jihad: A History in Documents (2016 Expanded Edition)
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Peters, Rudolph F.
Subject: Religion, Middle East
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This updated and expanded 2016 edition of the classic text on Muslim thinking about war and peace features new chapters on jihad after 9/11, including translations and analyses of fatwas from ISIS and al-Qaeda.
“Helps us understand the wider …
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Modern Iran: A History in Documents
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Nabavi, Negin
Subject: Middle Eastern History
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Covering the period from the early nineteenth century to the present day, Modern Iran: A History in Documents brings together primary sources in translation that shed light on aspects of the political, social, cultural, and intellectual history of …
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Political Words and Ideas in Islam
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Lewis, Bernard
Subject: Religion
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This book brings together 11 essays on Islamic political thought by Bernard Lewis, the acknowledged doyen of Middle Eastern studies. Few historians have garnered such a broad audience as Lewis, whose works are widely read by scholars, politicians, journalists, and …
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Sudan in Turmoil: Hasan al-Turabi and the Islamist State, 1989-2003
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Collins, Robert O. and J. Millard Burr
Subject: Africa
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Sudan was the first Islamist nation created within the larger Sunni community. The authors specifically focus on the activity of Sudanese intellectual Hasan al-Turabi, the eminence gris of the Sudanese Islamist movement and its political guide (murshid). Turabi, a prominent …
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The Levant: A Fractured Mosaic
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Harris, William
Subject: Middle East: Israel/Palestine/Levant, World History
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One of the “10 Must-Read Books on the Evolution of Terrorism in the Middle East” — The Wall Street Journal
In the wake of the November terrorist attack in Paris, the Wall Street Journal asked several experts for book recommendations …
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The Saudi Kingdom: Between the Jihadi Hammer and the Iranian Anvil
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al Shihabi, Ali, Haykel Bernard
Subject: Middle Eastern History
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The Saudi Kingdom: Between the Jihadi Hammer and the Iranian Anvil presents a candid and insightful analysis of Saudi Arabia’s political instability in light of the mounting domestic and international challenges facing the country today. Directly addressing Saudi Arabia’s …
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The Shiites: A Short History
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Halm, Heinz (translated by Allison Brown)
Subject: Middle East, Religion,
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Combining history, comparative religion, and political interpretations, Heinz Halm elucidates Shi’ism and political developments in the Middle East for the uninformed reader. The author highlights three main aspects of Shi’a Islam: its historical development, especially the history of the Imans; …
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The Travels of Ibn Battuta to India, the Spice Islands, and China
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Ibn Battuta, author; King, Noël Q., translator; Butters, Albion, M., editor
Subject: Middle Eastern History, World History, Asia, India, China, Religion
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The era in which Ibn Baṭṭūṭa traveled to the East was exciting but turbulent, cursed by the Black Plague and the fall of mighty dynasties. His chronicle provides a first-hand account of increased globalization due to the rise of …
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Women in the Islamic World: From Earliest Times to the Arab Spring
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Schneider, Irene (translated by Steven Rendall)
Subject: Middle Eastern Studies, Women Studies, Religion, World History
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This book describes and analyzes the different roles women have played in the Islamic world, past and present. Starting with Sharia regulations and their applications in societies throughout history, Schneider observes and pinpoints the obstacles and opportunities women …
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