World History

Medina Tenour Whiteman Hardback 9781787383029     A searching personal reflection on the hidden nuances of race and religious identity.   Medina Te...

Kim Ghattas Paperback 9781472271136   Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry that Unravelled the Middle East   A timely and unprecedented examination o...

Fanar Haddad Hardback 9781787382060   Sunni–Shi’a Relations in the Modern Arab World   Much has been published on sectarianism in the Middle East b...

al-Hasan al-Yusi Justin Stearns, tr. Hardback In English and Arabic 9780814764572   Wide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious ...

Jon Hoover Hardback 9781786076892   Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328) of Damascus was one of the most prominent and controversial religious scholars of medi...

Laurence Louër Hardback 9780691186610   A compelling history of the ancient schism that continues to divide the Islamic world.   Contents:   PART O...

Behrooz Sabet, Cyrus Rohani (eds.) Paperback 9780863563881     The Challenge of Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa   Recent developments...

Atef Abu Saif Paperback 9781905583713   A Gaza Diary   On 7 July 2014, in an apparent response to the murder of three teenagers, Israel launched a ...

James Verini Hardback 9781786077486   The battle is for a city. The war is for history. In autumn 2016, Iraqi forces began operations to recapture ...

Kaya Genc Hardback 9781788314961   Turkey is a land torn between East and West, and between its glorious past and a dangerous, unpredictable future...

Joseph Allchin Paperback 9781849048743   A perennial frontier for Islamic orthodoxy, Bangladesh is witnessing an alarming rise in Islamist-inspired...

David Waines Paperback 9781780763606   Ibn Battuta was, without doubt, one of the world's truly great travellers. Born in 14th century Morocco, and...

Fawaz A. Gerges Paperback 9780691196466   Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East   How the conflict between political Islamists an...

Hossein Kamaly Paperback 9781786078780   Beginning in seventh-century Mecca and Medina, A History of Islam in 21 Women takes us around the globe, t...

Frederick Starr Paperback 9780691165851

Abdul Rahman Azzam Paperback 9781903682876   Over 800 years since his death, Saladin’s fame as the Muslim liberator of Jerusalem, the great foe of ...

Jonathan Phillips Paperback 9780099572749   An epic story of empire-building and bloody conflict, this ground-breaking biography of one of history'...

Marcello Di Cintio Paperback 9780863569807   Across Palestine, from the Allenby Bridge and Ramallah, to Jerusalem and Gaza, Marcello Di Cintio has ...

Ilan Pappe Paperback, 304 pages 9781786073419   A History of the Occupied Territories   A powerful, groundbreaking history of the Occupied Territor...

Abdullah Bin Hamid Ali Paperback 9781905837625   What is the ‘negro’? Who qualifies? What is its Arabic equivalent? And, what did pre-modern writer...

Juan Cole Hardback, 326 pages 9781568587837   A vibrant history that brings to life the fascinating and complex world of the Prophet, this is the s...

Nick Holdstock Paperback 9781788319799   Xinjiang, Terror and the Chinese State   After isolated terrorist incidents in 2015, the Chinese leadershi...

Atef Alshaer (ed.) Paperback 9780863569906   An Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba   A Map of Absence presents the finest poetry and pro...

Jonathan Holslag Paperback, 656 pages 9780241395561   Three Thousand Years of War and Peace   Contents:   Why History Matters   1. Heavens Obscured...