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  • Outright Assassination

    The Trial and Execution of Antun Sa'adeh, 1949

    by Adel Beshara ...
    No other political trial in Lebanon and, indeed, the Arab World has been more controversial than the trial and execution of Antun Sa'adeh just before sunrise on July 8, 1949. The case is inescapably a tragedy. It was and still is the shortest and most secretive trial given to a political offender. Indicted for treason and for creating dissension, Antun Sa'adeh was tried on trumped-up charges based ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Antun Sa'adeh

    The Man, His Thought: an Anthology

    by Adel Beshara ...
    Antun Sa'adeh, a nationalist thinker who lived from 1904 to 1949, was one of the major intellectual figures of modern Syria. The impact of his ideas has been felt in politics, literature and philosophy, as well as in the social sciences. Indeed, the publications for which he was best known ("The Rise of Nations", "The Ten Lectures", "Intellectual Struggle in Syrian Literature", and "The Folly of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lebanon

    The Politics of Frustration - The Failed Coup of 1961

    by Adel Beshara ...
    Series series History and Society in the Islamic World
    Lebanon examines the ideological, political and social underpinnings of the attempted coup against General Chihab's government in Lebanon in 1961. The author analyzes the role of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party, the history of the army in Lebanon and it role in Lebanese politics and the impact of the coup on Lebanese political life. This book provides an extraordinary insight into the ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • The Origins of Syrian Nationhood

    Histories, Pioneers and Identity

    Edited by Adel Beshara ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History
    The ‘Syria idea’ emerged in the nineteenth century as a concept of national awakening superseding both Arab nationalism and separatist currents. Looking at nationalist movements, ideas and individuals, this book traces the origin and development of the idea of Syrian nationhood from the perspective of some of its leading pioneers.Providing a highly original comparative insight into the struggle ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • Debunking the Myths of Colonization

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    by Samar Attar ...
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  • Being Arab

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    In the years before his assassination in 2005, Samir Kassir became one of Lebanon’s foremost public intellectuals, a fearless critic of tyranny and an inspiring advocate of democracy. In Being Arab, his last book, he calls on the peoples of the Middle East to reject both Western double standards and Islamism in order to take the future of the region into their own hands. With the Arab Spring, ... Read more

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  • Nation and Religion

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  • Confronting Iran

    The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Next Great Crisis in the Middle East and the Next Gre

    by Ali Ansari ...
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  • Iraq

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  • The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran

    by Ali M. Ansari ...
    Series Book 40 - Cambridge Middle East Studies
    The first full-length study of Iranian nationalism in nearly five decades, this sophisticated and challenging book by the distinguished historian Ali M. Ansari explores the idea of nationalism in the creation of modern Iran. It does so by considering the broader developments in national ideologies that took place following the emergence of the European Enlightenment and showing how these ideas ... Read more

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  • Minorities in the Middle East

    A History of Struggle and Self-Expression, 2d ed.

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    The struggle for independence by minorities in the Middle East (those people who are non-Arab or non-Muslim) is affecting the political climate around the world. War and terrorism are threatening the safety of many minority communities and repression of minorities still remains standard state policy in some countries.This updated and revised edition of the 1991 original provides a wealth of ... Read more

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