Middle East — Markus Wiener Publishers

Subject: Middle East

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Islamism in Morocco: Religion, Authoritarianism, and Electoral Politics
	Zeghal, Malika (translated by George Holoch) Subject: Africa, Middle East, Religion	French Selection for the PEN World Voices Literary Festival Winner of the PEN America-France Award Malika Zeghal analyzes the historical roots and recent evolution of Moroccan Islamist movements in the context of a new political system … More Information

Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism
	Schenker, Hillel and Ziad Abu-Zayyadis, editors Subject: Middle East, Religion	Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, based on often-interchangeable historic stereotypes, fan the flames of fear and hatred against the “other.” Thus Jews and Muslims serve as convenient scapegoats for many of society’s ills and leaders’ misguided agendas. In the post-9/11 world, the … More Information

Islands of the Ottoman Empire
	Hadjikyriacou, Antonis Subject: Middle East	The Ottoman Empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic. It included islands such as Cyprus, Crete, Rhodes, and many smaller ones in the Aegean, Adriatic, and Black Seas. These islands were its frontiers, … More Information

Israel and Palestine: Peace Plans and Proposals from Oslo to Disengagement (Updated 2008 Edition)
	Golan, Galia Subject: Middle East	“Delivering a readable and remarkably evenhanded account, Golan, an Israeli activist and professor of government, dissects each of the major Israeli and Palestinian peace attempts, from Oslo in 1993 to the 2005 Israeli disengagement from Gaza, and evaluates the current … More Information

Jews and Judaism in African History
	Hull, Richard Subject: Africa, Religion, Middle East, Jewish Studies	This timely book is the first to cover the history of Jews from the times of Alexander the Great and Caesar to Idi Amin and Nelson Mandela. Jews have often been a marginalized minority, yet they have played a role … More Information

Jews of a Saharan Oasis: The Elimination of the Tamantit Community
	Hunwick, John Subject: Africa, Religion, Jewish Studies, Middle East	“Jews spread out from Israel into northern Africa after the Roman destruction of much of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. and settled in Saharan oases. Although there was no love for Jews after the birth of Islam five centuries later, Muslim … More Information

Jihad: A History in Documents (2016 Expanded Edition)
	Peters, Rudolph F. Subject: Religion, Middle East	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 … More Information

Kabul Under Siege: Fayz Muhammad’s Account of the 1929 Uprising
	Muhammad, Fayz (translated by R. D. McChesney) Subject: Middle East	In January 1929, the reigning monarch of Afghanistan, Amir Aman Allah Khan, was driven from his capital by a former soldier turned outlaw. The uprising was a response to the ruler’s attempts to modernize the tribal culture of Afghanistan. Kabul, … More Information

Lamu: History, Society, and Family in an East African Port City
	Romero, Patricia Subject: Africa, Women's History	This book depicts the history of Lamu, once an important East African port city but now known as an unspoiled tourist destination and scenic location for Hollywood movies. Records from both the distant past and the more recent period give … More Information

Land of Enchanters: Egyptian Short Stories from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
	Lewis, Bernard and Stanley Burstein, editors Subject: Africa, World Literature, Middle East	Several civilizations have risen, flourished and fallen in the valley of the Nile, each with its own religion, language, culture, institutions and style of life. Yet beneath them all a certain basic unity persisted. In few fields can this continuity … More Information