Middle East – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 7

Jonathan Parry

Promised Lands

A major history of the British Empire’s early involvement in the Middle East Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798 showed how vulnerable India was to attack by France and Russia. It forced the British Emp…

Malika Zeghal

The Making of the Modern Muslim State

"This monograph explores the ways in which modern states in the Muslim-majority world manage their responsibility for the protection and promotion of Islam."--Provided by publisher.

Dawn C Murphy

China's Rise in the Global South

As China and the U.S. increasingly compete for power in key areas of U.S. influence, great power conflict looms. Yet few studies have looked to the Middle East and Africa, regions of major political, econ…

Sandy Tolan

The Lemon Tree (Young Readers' Edition)

In 1967, a twenty-five-year-old refugee named Bashir Khairi traveled from the Palestinian hill town of Ramallah to Ramla, Israel, with a goal: to see the beloved stone house with the lemon tree in its bac…

Dorcas Sharp Hoover, John Samara, Ananias House

The Victor's Crown of Glory

Can the church in the Middle East and North Africa survive the ravages of radical Islamic terrorists, or should the believers flee? What happens when a sheik shouts “Allahu Akbar” during the pastor’s ser…

Diana Henry

Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons

A celebration of warm-weather dishes that will bring joy to your table all year round

Erol Sander

Nice to meet you, Istanbul!

Istanbul - die Weltstadt, in der Orient auf Okzident und Tradition auf Moderne trifft. Über 14 Millionen Besucher kommen jedes Jahr an den Bosporus und lassen sich von der spannenden Geschichte und dem bu…

Malika Zeghal

The Making of the Modern Muslim State

"This monograph explores the ways in which modern states in the Muslim-majority world manage their responsibility for the protection and promotion of Islam."--Provided by publisher.

Hard-Fi

Stars Of Cctv

Nathan Thrall

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, The Economist, Time, The New Republic, and the Financial Times. Immersive and gripping, an inti…

Rahim Gholami

The Banquet of the Brethren: An Ismaili Guide to Spiritual Hermeneutics

I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies The Ismaili missionary and poet, Nasir-i Khusraw (d. after 1070), wrote Khwan al-ikhwan (The Banquet of the Brethren) when he was living i…

Maria Golia

A Short History of Tomb-Raiding

A spine-tingling exploration of a venture as ancient as the pyramids themselves. To secure a comfortable afterlife, ancient Egyptians built fortress-like tombs and filled them with precious goods, a pra…

Ann Wilks

Britain's Man on the Spot in Iraq and Afghanistan

"A little-know figure now, Sir Henry Dobbs was at the heart of Britain's imperial administrations of Iraq and India in the twilight decades of the Empire. Drawing upon a recently discovered trove of metic…

Sumud

"The Arabic word sumåud often translates as "steadfastness" or "standing fast." Today, it is a Palestinian cultural value of perseverance and nonviolent resistance in the face of Israeli occupation and ge…

Yaacov Yadgar

To Be a Jewish State

Questions what it means for Israel to be a Jewish state In one of the first books to ask head-on what it means for Israel to be a Jewish state, Yaacov Yadgar delves into what the designation "Jewish" amo…

Selena Wisnom

The Library of Ancient Wisdom

A tour of an ancient library transports readers to Mesopotamia, introducing us to its people, their ideas, and their humanity. The library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria's last great king, held more than thir…

The Banquet of the Brethren

A new critical edition of Nasir-i Khusraw's Khwan al-ikhwan including an editorial introduction and notes.

J Nicholas Reid, Klaus Wagensonner

Letters from Old Babylonian Kish

Letters from Old Babylonian Kish presents the primary publication of previously unstudied letters from the Old Babylonian Period. The volume provides a reconstruction of a virtual archive of more than 200…

Davina Grojnowski,

Situating Josephus' Life Within Ancient Autobiography

Davina Grojnowski examines Life, the autobiographical text written by ancient Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, from a literary studies perspective and in relation to genre theory. In order to generate a…