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  • Kurdish Awakening

    Nation Building in a Fragmented Homeland

    Edited by Ofra Bengio ...
    Kurdish Awakening examines key questions related to Kurdish nationalism and identity formation in Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. The world’s largest stateless ethnic group, Kurds have steadily grown in importance as a political power in the Middle East, particularly in light of the “Arab Spring.” As a result, Kurdish issues—political, cultural, and historical alike—have emerged as the subject of ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Saddam's Word

    Political Discourse in Iraq

    by Ofra Bengio ...
    Series series Studies in Middle Eastern History
    This is the first serious attempt to understand modern Iraq through a close examination of the political discourse used by the Ba'th regime and its leader, Saddam Hussein. By analyzing political terms, concepts, and idioms as disseminated through the official Iraqi mouthpieces, author Ofra Bengio illuminates Iraq's political culture and the events that these expressions have both reflected and ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Nationalism and Intra-State Conflicts in the Postcolonial World

    by Carlson Anyangwe, Alireza Asgharzadeh, Ofra Bengio, Chipamong Chowdhury, Michael Gunter, Hassan Khannenje, J. P. Linstroth, Solomon Losha, Jacob Mundy, Klaus-Jurgen Nagel0, Margaret Power1, Ozum Yesiltas2, Ali R. Abootalebi3, Daniel Njoroge Karanja4, Marie Olson Lounsbery5, Michael T. Ndemanu6, Donald O. Omagu7, Tatah Mentan8, Fonkem Achankeng9, Lowell Gustafson1 ...
    Series series Conflict and Security in the Developing World
    This book highlights the complexities of nationalism and the struggles of different groups left unaddressed within the nation-states of a postcolonial world. The central question is what happened to the worldly and radical visions of freedom, liberty, and equality that animated intellectual activists and policy makers from Woodrow Wilson in the 1920s? This book analyzes the outcome of lumping ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

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  • The Jew is Not My Enemy

    Unveiling the Myths that Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism

    by Tarek Fatah ...
    A liberal Muslim and critically acclaimed author explores the historical, political, and theological basis for centuries of Muslim animosity towards Jews, debunking long-held myths and tracing a history of hate and its impact today.More than nine years after 9/11 and 60 years after the creation of the state of Israel, the world is no closer to solving, let alone understanding, the psychological ... Read more

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  • Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty

    A Muslim Case for Liberty

    by Mustafa Akyol ...
    A provocative manifesto for an interpretation of Islam that synthesizes liberal ideas and respect for the Islamic tradition.From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological ... Read more

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  • The Strong Horse

    Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations

    by Lee Smith ...
    In this provocative and timely book, Middle East expert Lee Smith overturns long-held Western myths and assumptions about the Arab world, offering advice for America’s future success in the region.Seeking the motivation behind the September 11 attacks, Smith moved to Cairo, where he discovered that the standard explanation—a clash of East and West—was simply not the case. Middle East conflicts ... Read more

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  • The Dream Palace of the Arabs

    A Generation's Odyssey

    by Fouad Ajami ...
    From Fouad Ajami, an acclaimed author and chronicler of Arab politics, comes a compelling account of how a generation of Arab intellectuals tried to introduce cultural renewals in their homelands through the forces of modernity and secularism. Ultimately, they came to face disappointment, exile, and, on occasion, death. Brilliantly weaving together the strands of a tumultuous century in Arab ... Read more

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  • One State, Two States

    Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict

    by Prof. Benny Morris ...
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  • The Two Faces of Islam

    Saudi Fundamentalism and Its Role in Terrorism

    by Stephen Schwartz ...
    Since its formation in 1932, Saudi Arabia has been ruled by two interdependent families. The Al Sa’uds control politics and the descendants of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab impose Wahhabism—a violent, fanatical perversion of the pluralistic Islam practiced by most Muslims. Stephen Schwartz argues that Wahhabism, vigorously exported with the help of Saudi oil money, is what incites Palestinian suicide bombers, ... Read more

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  • Defeating Jihad

    The Winnable War

    by Sebastian Gorka ...
    Now a New York Times bestseller!America is at war. The fight against global jihad has cost 7,000 American lives and almost $2 trillion, and yet, most Americans do not understand what is at stake. The public lacks knowledge and safety because two presidents and their administrations neglected the most basic strategic question: who is the enemy?Presidents Bush and Obama both named the global jihadi ... Read more

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  • Islam And Democracy

    Fear Of The Modern World With New Introduction

    by Fatima Mernissi ...
    Is Islam compatible with democracy? Must fundamentalism win out in the Middle East, or will democracy ever be possible? In this now-classic book, Islamic sociologist Fatima Mernissi explores the ways in which progressive Muslims--defenders of democracy, feminists, and others trying to resist fundamentalism--must use the same sacred texts as Muslims who use them for violent ends, to prove different ... Read more

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