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Travels In Arabia An Account Of Those Territories In Hedjaz Which The Mohammedans Regard As Sacred by John Lewis Burckhardt.This book include philosophy,science,religion,history,ancient knowledge,etc.This book is about his travels in the Middle East in the eearly 19th century.

[Illustrated with 52 maps and diagrams] Sixteen years after its commencement and six years after its cessation, the Soviet-Afghan War remains an enigma for Westerners. Set against the backdrop of earlier successful Soviet military interventions in East Germany (1953), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia...

The recent revolution in Egypt has shaken the Arab world to its roots. The most populous Arab country and the historical center of Arab intellectual life Egypt is a lynchpin of the US's Middle East strategy receiving more aid than any nation except Israel. This is not the first time that the world...

Written by a Palestinian with intimate knowledge of the political and physical landscape of the region, at its basic level the book advocates for a just peace based on the human rights and international law, a peace which all parties to the century-old conflict need. In this history of Palestine,...

‘I had just turned twenty when I first visited the kibbutz; the year was 1990.’And so begins this story of a young man’s adventure into the helter-skelter world of life as a volunteer on a kibbutz.Like thousands before him, Joseph Birchall had arrived in search of sun, excitement,...

Since 2013, the Middle East has experienced a double trend of chaos and civil war, on the one hand, and the return of authoritarianism, on the other. That convergence has eclipsed the political transitions that occurred in the countries whose regimes were toppled in 2011, as if they were merely footnotes...

Physical, sensory, and mental impairments can influence an individual's status in society as much as the more familiar categories of gender, class, religion, race, and ethnicity. This was especially true of the early modern Arab Ottoman world, where being judged able or disabled impacted every aspect...

Islam is an Abrahamic and monotheistic religion that is dictated by the teachings written in the Quran. This is deemed to be the holy book of Islam; with origins and many of its writings believed to be the unedited word of God (Allah). For many of its readers, the book teaches the normal way of life...

Avery explores the psychology of altered states among the early Sufis. It examines samâ` - listening to ritual recitation, music and certain other aural phenomena - and its effect in inducing unusual states of consciousness and behaviours. The focus is on the earliest personalities of the Islamic...

Voice of Israel is a collection of Abba Eban’s speeches before the United Nations’ Security Council and General Assembly, at universities and other venues between 1948 and 1968. Eban addresses Israel’s position on security in the Middle East, the Arab refugee problem, Jerusalem and the Holy...

In this explosive and riveting addition to the Princess series, Jean Sasson and the rebel Princess Sultana team up once again. This time, to bring readers up to date on Sultana's secret work to help women and children in the region. With the help of a few female friends and family, the Princess is...

Many existing introductions to Islam focus predominantly on the Middle East and on historical background at the expense of Islam as a lived faith. Assessing Islam as a truly global phenomenon, Catharina Raudvere engages thoroughly with history, (explaining the significance of the revelation of the...

With a scope that bridges the gap between the study of classical Islam and the modern Middle East, this book uncovers a profound theological dimension in contemporary Islamic radicalism and explores the continued relevance of medieval theology to modern debates. Based on an examination of the thought...

“Fascinating. . . . Shlaim presents compelling evidence for a revaluation of traditional Israeli history.”—New York Times Book Review For this newly expanded edition, Avi Shlaim has added four chapters and an epilogue that address the prime ministerships from Barak to Netanyahu in the...