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  • Minorities and the Modern Arab World

    New Perspectives

    de Joel Beinin, Alda Benjamen, David Bond, Liora R. Halperin, Yasmeen Hanoosh, Samuel Liebhaber, Hiroko Miyokawa, Jacob Norris, Aline Schlaepfer, Peter Sluglett, Lucia Volk ...
    Series series Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms
    In the wake of recent upheavals across the Arab world, a simplistic media portrayal of the region as essentially homogenous has given way to a new though equally shallow portrayal, casting it as deeply divided along ethnic, linguistic, and religious lines. The essays gathered in Minorities and the Modern Arab World seek to challenge this representation with a nuanced exploration of the ways in ... Leer más

    $25.19 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Lives and Deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub

    Or, How the Bethlehemites Discovered Amerka

    de Jacob Norris ...
    Series series Worlding the Middle East
    This is the fantastical, yet real, story of the merchants of Bethlehem, the young men who traveled to every corner of the globe in the nineteenth century. These men set off on the backs of donkeys with suitcases full of crosses and rosaries, to return via steamship with suitcases stuffed with French francs, Philippine pesos, or Salvadoran colones. They returned with news of mysterious lands and ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

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  • The End of Modern History in the Middle East

    de Bernard Lewis ...
    Bernard Lewis looks at the new era in the Middle East. With the departure of imperial powers, the region must now, on its own, resolve the political, economic, cultural, and societal problems that prevent it from accomplishing the next stage in the advance of civilization. There is enough in the traditional culture of Islam on the one hand and the modern experience of the Muslim peoples on the ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Jerusalem Sights: a travel guide to the top 30 attractions in Jerusalem, Israel. Includes detailed tourist information about the Old City (Mobi Sights)

    de MobileReference ...
    This illustrated Travel Guide is a part of the Mobi Sights series, our concise guides that only feature the most essential information on city attractions. This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. Inside you will find a locator map and a list of top attractions linked to individual articles. Addresses, telephones, hours of ... Leer más

    $0.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History

    de Patrick Hunt ...
    The world’s greatest archaeological finds and what they tell us about lost civilizationsRenowned archaeologist Patrick Hunt brings his top ten list of ancient archaeological discoveries to life in this concise and captivating book. The Rosetta Stone, Troy, Nineveh's Assyrian Library, King Tut’s Tomb, Machu Picchu, Pompeii, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Thera, Olduvai Gorge, and the Tomb of 10,000 Warriors ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Forgotten Voices

    Power and Agency in Colonial and Postcolonial Libya

    de Ali Abdullatif Ahmida ...
    In Forgotten Voices, Ali Abdullatif Ahmida employs archival research, oral interviews and comparative analysis to rethink the history of colonial and nationalist categories and analyses of modern Libya. ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • The Dönme

    Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks

    de Marc David Baer ...
    This book tells the story of the Dönme, the descendents of Jews who resided in the Ottoman Empire and converted to Islam along with their messiah, Rabbi Shabbatai Tzevi, in the seventeenth century. For two centuries following their conversion, the Dönme were accepted as Muslims, and by the end of the nineteenth century rose to the top of Salonikan society. The Dönme helped transform Salonika into ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Under Jerusalem

    The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City

    de Andrew Lawler ...
    **A spellbinding history of the hidden world below the Holy City—a saga of biblical treasures, intrepid explorers, and political upheaval“A sweeping tale of archaeological exploits and their cultural and political consequences told with a historian’s penchant for detail and a journalist’s flair for narration.”—Washington Post**In 1863, a French senator arrived in Jerusalem hoping to unearth relics ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Palestinian Identity

    The Construction of Modern National Consciousness

    de Rashid Khalidi ...
    This foundational text now features a new introduction by Rashid Khalidi reflecting on the significance of his work over the past decade and its relationship to the struggle for Palestinian nationhood. Khalidi also casts an eye to the future, noting the strength of Palestinian identity and social solidarity yet wondering whether current trends will lead to Palestinian statehood and independence. ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Weavers, Scribes, and Kings

    A New History of the Ancient Near East

    de Amanda H. Podany ...
    A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, priestesses, merchants, bricklayers, and others In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes readers on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great. The book is built around the life stories of many ancient men and ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Trickster Travels

    A Sixteenth-Century Muslim Between Worlds

    de Natalie Zemon Davis ...
    An engrossing study of Leo Africanus and his famous book, which introduced Africa to European readersAl-Hasan al-Wazzan--born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco, where he traveled extensively on behalf of the sultan of Fez--is known to historians as Leo Africanus, author of the first geography of Africa to be published in Europe (in 1550). He had been captured by Christian ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD

  • The Modern Middle East

    A Social and Cultural History

    de Ilan Pappé ...
    This hugely successful, ground-breaking book is the first introductory textbook on the Modern Middle East to foreground the urban, rural, cultural and gender histories of the region over its political and economic history. Distancing himself from more traditional modernising approaches, Ilan Pappé is concerned with the ideological question of whom we investigate in the past rather than how we ... Leer más

    $72.99 USD