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The Gulf States
A Modern History

I.B. Tauris
The geopolitical importance of the Gulf region is a source both of great interest and great tension. David Commins here provides an in-depth narrative of the...
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Ferdowsi, the Mongols and the History of Iran
Art, Literature and Culture from Early Islam to Qajar Persia

I.B. Tauris
Iran's rich cultural heritage has been shaped over many centuries by its colorful and highly dramatic history. This impressive book, which assembles...
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Perceptions of Islam in Europe
Culture, Identity and the Muslim 'Other'
Library of Modern Religion

Tauris Academic Studies
For centuries, the Islamic world has been represented as the ‘other’ within European identity constructions -- an ‘other’ perceived to be increasingly at odds...
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Ibn Hajar
Makers of Islamic Civilization
Makers of Islamic Civilization

I.B. Tauris
When he died in February 1449, Ibn Hajar (1372-1449) ended a life of surprising contradictions. Six days short of his 78th birthday, his body was laid to rest...
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The Shah

Palgrave Macmillan
Though his monarchy was toppled in 1979 and he died in 1980, Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlevi, the last Shah of Iran, remains relevant today. He was a social...
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Britain and Jordan
Imperial Strategy, King Abdullah I and the Zionist Movement
Library of Modern Middle East Studies

I.B. Tauris
In the wake of the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, it has often been alleged that King Abdullah I of Jordan and the Zionist movements colluded to...
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Tabari
Makers of Islamic Civilization
Makers of Islamic Civilization

I.B. Tauris
Medieval historian al-Tabari (c. 828-923 CE) was a brilliant scholar of 'Abbasid Baghdad who wrote extensively in all fields of the Islamic science of his day:...
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Palestinians in Jordan
The Politics of Identity
Library of Modern Middle East Studies

I.B. Tauris
Sixty percent of Jordanians are of Palestinian origin, a statistic which has propelled Jordan into the role of both player and pawn in regional issues such as...
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New Voices of Arabia - The Poetry 
An Anthology from Saudi Arabia

I.B. Tauris
Poetry in Saudi Arabia today is a dramatic manifestation of the rapid changes that are sweeping not only through the country's literature and culture, but also...
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"Israeli-Arab" Political Mobilization
Between Acquiescence, Participation, and Resistance

Palgrave Macmillan
1948 Palestinians (Israeli Arabs)—Israel's significant non-Jewish minority—are an invisible force and presence in the Palestine conflict. This book presents...

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Future Jihad
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Inevitable Democracy in the Arab World
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Napoleon's Egypt
Invading the Middle East

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Global Perspectives on Orhan Pamuk
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Global Perspectives on Orhan Pamuk is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that explores Pamuk's multifaceted approach to ordinary Turkish life. The...
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Master Narratives of Islamist Extremism

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Pakistan
A Modern History

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This book fills the need for a broad, historically sophisticated understanding of Pakistan, a country at fifty which is understood by many in the West only in...
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Ottoman Nizamiye Courts
Law and Modernity

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A fresh look at one of the most important landmarks in the passage of the Ottoman Middle East to modernity during the late nineteenth century, this book...
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Religion, National Identity, and Confessional Politics in Lebanon
The Challenge of Islamism
The Middle East in Focus

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Tracing the rise of Islamism in Lebanon and its attempt to Islamize society and state by the reverse integration of society and state into the project of...
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The Constitutional System of Turkey
1876 to the Present
Middle East Today

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While providing an analysis of Ottoman-Turkish constitutional developments since the first constitution of 1876, this book focuses on the present...
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Hamas vs. Fatah
The Struggle For Palestine

Palgrave Macmillan
In June 2007 civil war broke out in the Gaza Strip between two rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah. Western peace efforts in the region always focused...
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Lebanon
Liberation, Conflict, and Crisis
The Middle East in Focus

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For the first time since the 1980s, Lebanon is now constantly on the front page of the world's media. This book seeks to explain the contemporary situation in...
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Secular State and Religious Society
Two Forces in Play in Turkey

Palgrave Macmillan
Ever since the highly controversial appointment of a pious president in the secular Turkish Republic in 2007, both the Turkish state and society have been...