Middle East

Peter Mansfield Paperback 9780141988467   Over the centuries the Middle East has confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike. This no...

John McHugo Paperback 9780863561603   Syria’s descent into chaos since 2011 has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, while more than nine millio...

Tim Mackintosh-Smith Paperback 9780300251630   This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloos...

Caroline Williams Paperback 9789774168550   Contents:   1. Historical Summary and Chronology   2. Architectural and Ornamental Summary   3. The Isl...

Ginny Hill Hardback 9781849048057   Civil War, Saudi Adventurism and the Future of Arabia   Why is oil-rich Saudi Arabia involved in a costly and m...

Andrew Hammond Paperback 9780745332697  

John McHugo Paperback 9780863567421   The key to understanding the Arab world today is unlocking its past.   In this authoritative account, John Mc...

Madawi Al-Rasheed (ed.) Paperback 9781787383319   King Salman of Saudi Arabia began his rule in 2015 confronted with a series of unprecedented chal...

Hugh Kennedy Paperback 9780306817403   How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In

Dilip Hiro Paperback 9781787384088   Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Struggle for Supremacy   For four decades Saudi Arabia and Iran have vied for influ...

H.A. Hellyer Hardback 9781849046848   A Revolution Undone blends analysis and narrative, charting Egypt’s journey from Tahrir to Sisi from the pers...

Neguin Yavari Hardback 9781849048200   This work is a critical study of the life and afterlife of Nizam al-Mulk (1018-92), celebrated Persian vizie...

John Calvert Paperback 9781849049498   Revised and Updated   The influential Egyptian ideologue Sayyid Qutb (1906-66) is credited with establishing...

Ahmed Mater Paperback 9783037784853   Through a series of photographs, Ahmed Mater charts the city's origins to its more recent history over the la...

Nabil Mouline Hardback 9780300178906

Vali Nasr Paperback 9780393353389

Dawn Chatty Paperback 9781787384941   The definitive account of Syria’s long history of welcoming, and now exporting, refugees.

Helen Lackner Hardback 9780863561931   Autocracy, Neo-Liberalism and the Disintegration of a State

Michael Axworthy Paperback, 2nd Edition 9780141990330  

Michael Axworthy Paperback 9780141036298   A History from Zoroaster to the Present Day   Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult...

Ralph S. Hattox Paperback, 224 pages 9780295962313   The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East   Drawing on the accounts of early ...

Robin Yassin-Kassab, Leila Al-Shami Paperback 9780745337821   Burning Country explores the complicated reality of life in present-day Syria with un...

Marwa al-Sabouni Paperback 9780500292938

Simon Ross Valentine Hardback 9781849044646   Wahhabism is an Islamic reform movement found mainly in Saudi Arabia. Closely linked to the Saudi mon...