1. Abrahamian, Ervand. A History of Modern Iran. pp. 288. with 29 illus, 13 tables, 2 figures, 2 maps. July 2008. Describes the lives of the people of Iran through war and revolution in the 20th century. H/B £40.00, Paper £14.99
2. Ahtan, Nigel. King Hussein of Jordan. A Political Life. pp.464, with 20 illus. Oct.2008. £25.00
3. Ahiska, Meltem. Occidentalism in Turkey. Questions of Modernity and National Identity in Turkish Radio Broadcasting. pp. 288. May 2008. £52.50
4. Al-Ghadeer, Moneera. Bedouin Women’s Poetry in Saudi Arabia. pp. 192. May 2008. £47.50
5. Al- Jabri, Mohammad. Democracy, Human Rights and Law in Islamic Thought. pp.256. July 2008. £35.00
6. Al-Jawaheri, Yasmin. Women in Iraq. The Gender Impact of International Sanctions.
pp. 756. Dec. 2007. H/B £47.50, Paper £16.99
7. Akbarzadeh, Sharam & Mansouri, Fethi. Islam and Political Violence Muslim Diaspora and Radicalism in the West. pp. 272, Aug.2008. Brings together the debate on the uneasy and mutually destructive relationship between the Muslim world and the west. £52.50
8. Amanat, Abbas. Apoalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi’ism in both Premodern and Contemporary Times. £47.50
9. Amir-Moezzi, Ali. Spirituality in Shi’I and Islam. Belief and Practice in Shi’ism. pp. 256. June 2008. £39.50
10. An-Na-Im, Abdullahi. Islam and the Secular State. Negotiating the Future of Shari’a. 2008. £22.95
11. Aitchison, Cara & others. Geographies of Muslim Identities, Diaspora Gender and Belonging. pp. 118. Oct. 2007. Illustrates the ways in which Muslim Identities are constructed, represented and contested in everyday life ina wide variety of international contexts. £50.00
12. Aksan, Virginia & Goffman, David. The Early Modern Ottomans. Remapping the Empire. pp. 376.with 17 illus. 6 graphs & 1 map. 2007. Analysis of the middle years of the Ottoman Empire from the conquest of Byzantium in 1453 to 1839. H/B £40.00, Paper £14.99
13. Al-Ali, Nadje &Nicola Pratt. What Kind of Liberation? Women and the Occupation in Iraq. Dec.2008 £14.95
14. Al-Koni, Ibrahim. The Seven Veils of Seth. A Modern Arabi Novel from Libya. Translated by William Hutchins. pp.312. July 2008. The novel describes daily life in a Tuareg Oasis. £9.99
15. Al-Amine, Muhammad al Bashir. . Risk Management in Islamic Finance. An Analysis of Derivatives Instruments in Commodity Markets. Sept.2008. £115.00
16. Algaze, Guillerma. Ancient Mesopotamia at the Dawn of Civilization. The Evolution of an Urban Landscape. pp. 208, with 10 illus, 9 maps & 6 line drawings. Figures & tables. Nov. 2008. £18.00
17. Alam, Muzaffar & Subrahmanyam, Sanjay. Indo-Persian Travels in the Age of Discoveries, 1400-1800. pp.416 with 18 illustrations & 5 maps. 2007. £55.00
18. Aksakal, Mustafa. The Ottoman Empire and the First World War. The German-Ottoman Alliance and the Ottoman Decision for War. pp. 250. Nov. 2008. £50.00
19. The Arab Oil & Gas Directory, 34th Edition. pp. 688, with 58 maps illustrating the Oil & Gas fields and facilities in the Middle East and North Africa. 265 tables & graphs. 2008. £641.00
20. Aruz, Joan, Benzel, Kim & Evans, Jean. (eds.) Beyond Babylon. Art, Trade and Diplomacy in the Second Millenium B.C. pp.600. with 450 (305 colour) illus. Nov.2008. Describes the Art created for Royal Palaces, Temples and Tombs from Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia to Cyprus, Egypt. £45.00
21. Ashour, Radwa. & others. (eds.) Arab Women Writers. A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999. pp. 512. July 2008. £29.50
22. Asmussen, Jan. Cyprus at War. Diplomacy and Conflict during the 1974 Crisis. pp. 384. Aug.2008. £52.50
23. Ashton, Nigel. King Hussein of Jordan. A Political Life. pp. 464. With 20 illustrations. Oct.2008. £25.00
24. Atasoy, Nurhan. & Raby, Julian. Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey. With 991 illus. Oct. 2008. £75.00
25. Atasoy, Yildiz. Turkey, Islamists and Democracy. Transition and Globalization in a Muslim State. pp. 240. Jan.2008. Examines the development of political Islam in Turkey. £45.00
26. Ayoob, Mohammed. The Many Faces of Political Islam. Religion and Politics in the Muslim World. pp. 264. Jan.2008. £15.95
27. Baalbaki, Ramzi. The Legacy of the Kitab Sibawayhi’s Analysis of Methods Within the Context of the Arabic Grammatical Theory. pp. 340. Aug.2008. £107.00
28. Babayan, Kathryn & Naymabadi Afnaneh. (eds.) Islamicate Sexualities. Translations Across Temporal Geographies of Desire. pp. 384. Sept.2008. Anthology moving across disciplinary fields, integrating literary criticism with social and cultural history. £12.95
29. Bagnall, R.S.(eds.) Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300-700. pp.450. with 30 line diagrams & 46 illustrations. 2007. £55.00
30. Bahrani Zainab. Rituals of War: The Body and Violence in Mesopotamia. pp. 276, with 39 illus. 2008. Investigation into the earliest historical records of violence and bio-politics in ancient Iraq (3000-500 BCE). £21.95
31. Bartlett, W.B. The Last Crusade. The Seventh Crusade and the Final Battle for the Holy Land. pp. 288, with 30 illus. 2008. £20.00
32. Basgoz, Il han. Hikaye. Turkish Folk Romance as Performance Art. pp. 330, with 11 photos & 7 figures. Hikaye is a study of Turkish romance which covers Persian & Arabic tale-telling, and the book presents descriptions of the singers who perform tales, performance venues, interactions between singers and audiences and the romantic texts as artistic objects. Aug.2008. Special publication of the Folklore Institute. H/B. £35.00, Paper. £12.99
33. Baum, Bruce. The Rise and Fall of the Caucasian Race. A Political History of Racial Identity. pp. 352 with 12 illus. June 2008. £15.95
34. Baumer, Christoph. Traces in the Desert. Journey of Discovery Across Central Asia. pp.240. June 2008. Describes encounters with Shamans and Iranian politicians. £18.95
35. Bayat, Asef. The Art of Presence. How Ordinary People Change the Middle East. pp.250. Dec.2008. £25.00
36. Bennison, Amira. The Great Caliphs. The Golden Age of the ‘Abbasid Empire’. pp. 254. Aug.2008. Explores the achievements of the Abbasid Age between 750 & 1258 CE, through the lens of Mediterranian history. £19.50
37. Bergman, Ronen. The Secret War with Iran: Israel and the West’s 30 year Clandestine Struggle. Sept.2008. £16.99
38. Bhatnagar, Rajendra. The Varieties of Mystical Experience of Urdu Sufi Poets (13th to 20th Century A.D.) pp. 212. 2008. £69.95
39. Bokhari, Kamran. Voices of Jihad. New Writings on Radical Islam.pp. 256. Aug.2008. H/B £42.50, Paper £12.99
40. Bradley, John. Inside Egypt. The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution.
pp. 256. June 2008. Expose of contemporary Egyptian politics and society. £14.99
41. Braz, M.A. The Moral World of the Quran, Transl.by Daniella Robinson, Preface by Muhammad Abdel Haleem. pp.256. Feb. 2008. Analyses the ethical theory that underpins Quranic legislation. £49.50
42. Broadbridge, Anne. Kingship and Ideology in the Isamic and Mongol Worlds. pp. 256, with 12 illustrations, 4 tables & 2 maps. 2008. Explores the ideologies of the Mongol Khanates of the Golden Horde in Iran and Anatolia and the Mamluk Sultans of Syria and Egypt who ruled from the 13th to the 15th century. £50.00
43. Brubaker, Leslie & Linardon, Kallirroe. Eat, Drink and Be Merry. (Luke 12:19) Food and Wine in Byzantium. Papers of the Annual Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies in Honour of Prof. A.M Bryer. pp.308 with 51 illus. Dec.2007. Describes the rituals of eating together in the Byzantine world, the material culture of Byzantine food and wine consumption. £50.00
44. Buturovic, Amila & Schick,T, Women in the Ottoman Balkans. Gender, Culture and History. pp. 384. Aug.2007. £59.50
45. Celik, Zeynep. Empire, Architecture and the City. French-Ottoman Encounters, 1830- 1914. pp. 368. With 223 illus.(33 colour) July 2008. Comparison of the Ottoman and French empires in Arab regions, their political policies and architectural and ceremonial symbols. £33.00
46. Chaddock, David. Qatar. Photographs with authoritative text. Sept.2008. £39.95
47. Chapra, Umer. Muslim Cicilization: The Causes of Decline and the Need for Reform.
pp. 224. 2008. H/B £22.99, Paper £16.99
48. Cerif, Mustapha. Islam and the West. A Conversation with Jacques Derrida. Translated.by Teresa Lavender Fagan, with foreword by Giovanna Borradori. pp. 128. illus. Oct.2008. Interpretation of the interdependence of politics, religion, focusing on Algera. £10.00
49. Cheterian, Vicken. War and Peace in the Caucasus, Russia’s Troubled Frontier. Nov. 2008. Account of ethnic nationalistic strife in the Caucasus. £25.00
50. Cobbold, Lady Evelyn (1867-1963). Pilgrimage to Mecca. Introduction by William Facey & Miranda Taylor. Footnotes by Prof.Ahmad Turkistani. pp.320, with 50 photos. April 2008. Contains descriptions of the lives in the women’s quarters of the households in Madinah, Makkah and Muna.£25.00
51. Cockburn, Patrick. Muqtada Al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq. pp. 289. April 2008. Sayyid Muatada, scion of the Iraqi Shia clerical family and his movement the Jaish al-Mahdi were the main targets of the recent government campaign to reconquer parts of Basra and Baghdad. £16.99
52. Corriente, Frederico. Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galicean and Kindred Dialects. pp. 602. Oct.2008. £132.00
53. Cotton, Hannah. Hoyland, Robert, and others (eds.) From Hellenism to Islam. Cultural and Linguistic Change in the Roman Near East. pp.400. with 6 illustrations and line diagrams. Oct.2008. £60.00
54. Crabtree, Sara. Ashen Caen & Husain, Fatima. Islam and Social Work: Debating Values, Transforming Practice. July 2008. Deals with Muslim populations and how this translates into practice. £18.99
55. Craze, Joshua. (eds.) The Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and the Challenge of the 21st Century. Introduction by Mark Huband. pp.256. Jan.2008. H/B £45.00, Paper £19.99
56. Curtis, Vesta, Sarkhosh. The Sasanian Era. pp. 192. Jan.2008. £39.50
57. Cutler, A. Image Making in Byzantium, Sasanian Persia and the Early Muslim World. Images and Cultural Relations. pp.350. with 125 illus. Dec.2008. £35.00
58. Daftary, Farhad. (eds.) A Modern History of the Ismailis. Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community. pp. 300. April 2008. £35.00
59. D’Avennes, E.Prisse. Islamic Art in Cairo (l’Art Arabe) From the 7th to the 18th Centuries. pp.240.With 153 illus. March 2008. The author (1807-1879) spent 19 years in Egypt travelling throughout the country to collect images that he later published in Paris. £17.50
60. Davidson, Christopher. Dubai, the Vulnerbility of Success. pp. 300. Jan.2008. Gives detailed historical background and demonstrate how Dubai’s pioneering post-development strategies were implemented against a managed backdrop of near political stability. £25.00
61. Devji, Faisal, The Terrorist in Search of Humanity. Militant Islam and Global Politics. Oct.2008 £15.99
62. Dupret, Baudouin. Narratives of Truth in Islamic Law. pp. 384. Jan.2008. Explores how ordinary stories are transformed into authoritative truth. £47.50
63. Edis, Taner. An Illusion of Harmony. pp. 265. 2008. Focuses on faith-mediated attitudes towards science in the Muslim world and presents an overview of historic and contemporary Islamic thought where it intersects with science. £15.00
64. El-Din, Hanaa Kheir.(eds.) The Egyptian Economy. Current Challenges and Future Prospects. pp. 320. April 2008. £16.50
65. Elgamri, Elzain. Islam in the British Broadsheets. The Impact of Orientalism on Representation of Islam in the British Press. pp.300. Sept.2008. Concludes that Islam and Muslim Societies are not confined to confrontation,violence and terrorism, but diverse in their religious and political outlooks. £54.99
66. El-Shakry, Omnia, S. The Great Social Laboratory. Subjects of Knowledge in Colonial and Postcolonial Egypt. pp.384.Jan.2008. Charts the development of the human Sciences, anthropology, human geography and demography in late 19th & 20th century Egypt. £37.50
67. Emberling, Geoff & Hansen, Katharyn. Catastrophy - The Looting and Destruction of Iraq’s Past. With Introduction by Prof. McGuire Gibson. pp.88 with 48 colour illustrations. July 2008. Describes the state of the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad and chronicles the damage done to archaeological sites by illicit digging. £20.00
68. Erimtan, Can. Ottomans Looking West? The Origins of the ‘Tulip Age' and its Development in Modern Turkey. pp.288, Feb.2008. The ‘Tulip Age‘ which was an idea proposed by the Ottoman historian Ahmed Refik in 1912, was an important template for political and ideological concerns of early 20th century Turkish governments. £52.50
69. Fain, W. Taylor. American Ascendance and British Retreat in the Persian Gulf Region. pp. 320. Aug.2008. Examines the origins of American diplomacy inn the greater Persian Gulf region. £42.50
70. Feldman, Ilana. Governing Gaza. Bureaucracy, Authority and the Work of Rule, 1917-1967. pp.336, with 14 illus. June 2008. H/B £48.00, Paper £12.99
71. Floor, William. & Herzig, Edmond. Iran and the World in the Safavid Age. pp. 672. June 2008. Presents the most recent research into Iran’s international relations during the 16th-18th centuries and explores the relations between Iran and other countries and cultures. £45.00
72. Foldo, Jaroslav. Crusader Art. pp. 176. With 120 (90 colour) plates and 13 maps. Sept.2008. Story of Crusader Art which was commissioned by the Crusaders in the Holy Land and shows manuscripts illumination, frescoes, mosaics and icon paintings, etc. £50.00
73. Foss, Clive. Arab Byzantine Coins. An Introduction with a Catalogue of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection. pp. 65 with 541 illus. Nov.2008. £19.95
74. Foulk, Vincent. The Battle for Falllujah. Occupation, Resistance and Stalemate in the War in Iraq. pp. 240. Jan.2007. £20.00
75. Freely, John. Storm on Horseback. The Seljuk Warriors of Turkey. pp. 240. June 2008. Story of the Seljuk Turks of Anatolia who created the first Turkish State and describes the monuments, music, dance, prose and poetry of the period. £18.99
76. Galal, Ahmed. (eds.) Industrial Policy in the Middle East and North Africa. Rethinking the Role of the State. pp.160. Feb.2007. £14.50
77. Gerner, Deborah. & Schwedler, Jillian. (eds.) Understanding the Contemporary Middle East. July 2008. Treats the crucial issues facing the region at the beginning of the 21st Century. £14.95
78. Gershoni, Israel and Hatima, Meir. Narrating the Nile. July 2008. Provides perspectives on the region’s politics and cultures. £37.50
79. Gerster, Georg. Sachs, Maryam. Paradise Lost: Persia from Above. With illus. Oct. 2008. Aerial record of archaeological sites. £35.00
80. Gorgani, Fakhraddin. Vis and Ramin. Introduction & Notes by Dick Davis. pp. 576. April 2008. Vis and Ramin is one of the world’s great love story and major Persian romance, written between 1050 & 1055. £26.00
81. Grant, Joanna. Modernism’s Middle East. Journeys to Barbary. pp. 232. Aug.2008. Deals with the image of the ‘Arab Other’ in contrast to Western culture. £45.00
82. Greuning, Hennie Van and Iqbal, Zamir. Risk Analysis for Islamic Banks. pp. 280. illus. Jan.2008. £29.50
83. Gruendler, Beatrice. With assistance by Michael Cooperson. (eds.) Classical Arabic Humanities in their own Terms. Festschrift fur Wolfhart Heinrichs on his 65th Birthday Presented by his Students and Colleagues. pp. 612. 2008. Brings together approaches to different elements of linguistics, literature, religion, economics & zoology. 2008. £125.00
84. Guirguis, Magfi. An Armenian Artist in Ottoman Egypt. Yuhanna Al-Amani and his Coptic Icons. pp. 144. with 28 colour illustrations. April 2008. Account of the life of the Armenian icon painter, also describing the social, political and economic milieu in which he moved. £17.95
85. Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di. Bilingual English & Persian Edition with Vocabulary (Translation by Wheeler M. Thackston) pp. 253. March 2008. Collection of moral stories by Sa’di of Shiraz written seven centuries ago. £39.99
86. Gunter, Michael. The Kurds Ascending. The Evolving Solution to the Kurdish Problem in Iraq and Turkey. pp. 192. July 2008. £40.00
87. Hakimi, Kazem. An Eye for Iran. With photographs, revealing the beauty of everyday life in present day Iran. Oct.2008 £14.99
88. Halasa, Malu. & Bahari, Maziar. Transit Tehran: Young Iran and its Inspirations.
pp. 242 illus. Oct.2008. New in paperback. £24.99
89. Hardar, Hamid, Hadji. Liberalism and Islam. Practical Reconciliation Between the Liberal State and Shiite Muslims. pp. 256. July 2008. £42.50
90. Haldon, John. The Byzantine Wars. pp. 240. With 60 maps and illus. Jan.2008. History of the wars between Byzantium and the Goths, Arabs, Slavs, Crusaders and Ottoman Turks. £12.99
91. Hammond, Andrew. What the Arabs Think of America. pp. 246. April 2007. £19.95
92. Harel, Ames & Issacharoff, Avi. 34 Days. Israel, Hesbollah and the War in Lebanon.
pp. 304. June 2008. £14.99
93. Harlie, Peter. The Monks and Monasteries of Constantinople, ca. 350-850. pp.536 with 25 illustrations and 5 maps. 2008. Documents the social, political, cultural, economic and institutional history Constantinople’s monks and nuns. £65.00
94. Harvey, L.P. Ibn Battuta. pp.160. Jan.2008. Story of the traveller, Ibn Battuta who traversed the whole Islamic world from Tangier to China. £10.99
95. Hashemi, Kamran. Religious Legal Traditions, International Human Rights Law and Muslim States. pp. 190. Aug.2008. The book is written by an Iranian scholar who draws on Persian language, literature which addresses both the ecological and legal dimensions and also deals with religious freedom, minorities and the rights of the child. £71.00
96. Hassan, Hussein. Contracts in Islamic Law. pp.208. June 2008. Introduces theoretical and philosophical foundations of Islamic contractural law and presents a comparative analysis with Anglo-American law theory. £45.00
97. Hasan, Ahmad Muitaba. Bukhari. pp. 160. Jan.2008. Biography of Bukhari, an Arab born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan (810-869), renowned for his collection of Hadith texts, the most famous commentary on the Quran. £10.99
98. Hetherington, Paul. Enamels, Crowns, Relics and Icons. Studies on Luxury Arts in Byzantium. pp. 350. With 137 illus. Nov. 2008. £75.00
99. Hudson, Leila. Transforming Damascus. Space and Modernity in an Islamic City. pp. 288. May 2008. £52.50
100. Hussain, Asaf. Islamic Civilization from Enlightenment to Fundamentalism. pp. 300. Aug.2008. Examines the development of medieval Islamic civilization between 8th and 16thcenturies in contrast with post-Islamic civilization today. £19.99
101. Israeli, Raphael. Muslim Minorities in Modern States: The Challenge of Assimilation. Sept.2008. £27.50
102. Jacquemond, Richard. Conscience of the Nation. Writers, State and Society in Modern Egypt. pp. 268. March 2008. £17.95
103. Jalal, Ayesha. Partisans of Allah. Jihad in South Asia. Traces the intellectual itinerary of Jihad through several centuries and across the Middle East to South Asia. £19.95
104. Jayussi, Salma. Human Rights in Arab Thought. pp. 704. June 2006. Topics range from rights of women to civil and political rights. £45.00
105. Jayyusi, Salma. (eds.) A History of the Arabian Peninsula. pp. 336. July 2008. Analyses the history from an internal Arabian perspective and explores the original Bedouin settlement of the region, the development of the major areas of Arabia during the Umayyad period, and the socio-political and economic development in the Hijaz and Najd up to the 18th century. £35.00
106. Jenkins, Gareth. Political Islam in Turkey. Running West, Heading East? pp. 288. July 2008. Analyzes the re-emergence of Islam as a political force in Turkey and examines the repercussions. £42.50
107. Jensen, Michael. The Political Ideology of Hamas. A Grassroots Perspective. pp. 240. June 2008. £45.00
108. Jones, Lynn. Between Islam and Byzantium. Aght’amer and the Visual Construction of Medieval Armenian Rulership.(1884-1045 CE) Dec.2007. Provides a new perspective on the interaction between a broad range of nationalities, ethnicities, and religions and sheds a light on the nature of medieval identity. £55.00
109. Jones, Pauly. Women Under Islam. Gender, Justice and the Politics of Islamic Law. pp. 232. 2008. £45.00
110. Jullien, C. (eds.) Chretiens en terre d’Iran II: Controverses des Chretiens dans l ’Iran Jassanide. pp. 260. 2008. £34.00
111. Kaizer, Ted. (eds.) The Variety of Local Religious Life in the Near East in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. pp. 392. With 64 photos. Aug.2008. £107.00
112. Kechichian, Joseph. Power and Succession in Arab Monarchies. A Reference Guide. pp.555. Jan.2008. Provides information regarding the politically changed issues of succession in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Emirates and traces the rise of ruling families and discusses potential contenders. £64.95
113. Kelly, Laurence. Diplomacy and Murder in Tehran. Alexander Griboyedov and Imperial Russia’s Mission to the Shah of Persia. 2008. £ll.99
114. Kepel, Gilles. Beyond Terror and Martyrdom. The Future of the Middle East. pp. 314. 2008. Explores the terms of a new and constructive dialogue between Islam and the West. £18.95
115. Khalaf Abdulhadi & Luciani, Giacoma. Constitutional Reform and Political Participation in the Gulf. pp.32. Jan.2008. £14.99
116. Kha, Muhammad Mojlum. The Muslim 100. The Lives, Thoughts, and Achievements of the Most Influential Muslims in History. pp.350. With parallel text in Arabic. Among the personalities are Ataturk, Caliph Umar Sir Muammad Iqbal, Malcom X and A, Jinnah.H/B £29.99, Paper £19.99
117. Khatib, Lina. Lebanese Cinema. Imagining the Civil War and Beyond. pp. 224. Aug.2008. H/B £45.00, Paper £16.99
118. Khattak, Shahin Kulikhan. Islam and the Victorians. 19th Century Perceptions and Beliefs. pp, 216. Feb.2008. £47.50
119. Kidd, Thomas. American Christians and Islam. Evangelical Culture and Muslims from the Colonial Period to the Age of Global Terrorism. pp. 216. with 10 illus. Dec. 2008. Traces Islam‘s role in the imagination of American Christians. £17.95
120. Koch, Christian & Neugart, Felix. (eds.) A Window of Opportunity. Europe, Gulf Security and the Aftermath of the Iraq War. pp.112. Jan.2008. £10.00
121. Kubba, Sam. (eds.) The Iraqi Marshlands and the Marsh, Arabs The Ma'dan, Their Culture and Environment. Oct.2008 £54.99
122. Kumarawamy, P.R. (eds.) Caught in Crossfire. Civilians in Conflict in the Middle East. pp.240. Aug.2008. Examines the Arab-Israeli conflict and Lebanese Civil War and tensions in the Gulf region. H/B £54.99, Paper £17.99
123. Kurds, A Photographic History. Kurdish Human Rights Project & Delfina Foundation. pp.192.with 158 (120 colour) illus. Oct.2008. £24.99
124. Labib, Tahar. Imagining the Arab Other. How Arabs and Non-Arabs View Each Other. pp. 368. Examines how Turks, Europeans, Christians and Iranians have been represented in the arts and cultures in the Arab world and explores the intellectual representations of ‘the Arab‘ in other cultures. £59.50
125. Lamb, Robin. Bahrain. Illustrations. Sept. 2008. £35.00
126. Lambert-Hurly, Siobhan. A Princess‘s. Pilgrimage: Nawab Sikandar Begum’s: A Pilgrimage to Mecca. pp. 254. 2008. In 1870 Begum Nawab Sikandar of Bhopal became the first Muslim woman to publish an account of her pilgrimage to Mecca. H/B £19.99, Paper £12.99
127. Lange, Christian. Justice, Punishment and the Medieval Muslim Imagination. pp. 304. June 2008. Study of punishment in the 13th century. Islamic society, examining the relationship between state and society. £50.00
128. Landolt, Herman & Sheih, Samira. An Anthology of Ismaili Literature. A Shi’i Vision of Islam. pp. 400. June 2008. £38.50
129. La Porta, S. The Armenian Scholia on Dionysius. The Areopagite Studies on their Literary and Philological Tradition. pp. 149. Forthcoming. Examines the manuscript tradition of the technique of the scholiasts and their extra-textual concerns.
130. Lewis, Bernard. Political Words and Ideas in Islam. pp. 120. Eleven Essays providing a treatment of fundamental Islamic political terms and provides the background that is essential for understanding Islamic Civilization and its relationship with the West. £67.50
131. Lindsay, James. Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World. pp. 304. Oct. 2008. Describes day to day activities with details on cooking, games, dress and parentry. £10.95
132. Llewellyn, Tim. Spirit of the Phoenix, Beirut and the Story of Lebanon. pp. 272, Jan.2009 Lyrical journey, telling stories of the Druzes, the Maronites and Shia, the Sunnis and Armenians and Alawites, interviewing foot soldiers, priests, warlords and gangsters. £16.99
133. Lyons, Malcolm.& Ursula. The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1000 Nights. Present pack, 3 volumes. Nov.2008. Penguin Classics New Translation. £125.00
134. Macdonald, A. Literacy and Identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia. pp. 384. Aug.2008. Explores the interrelationship of literate and non-literate groups in ancient Arabia and the purposes for which
reading and writing were used. £67.50
135. Mcgeough, K. Exchange Relationships at Ugarit. pp. 438. 2007. The book specialises in Ugarit and ancient Syria and explores new methods for understanding ancient economic relationships. £79.00
136. Madden, Thomas. The Fourth Crusade: Event, Aftermath and Perceptions: Papers from the 6ty Conference of the Society for the Study of the Crusades of the Latin East, Istanbul,Turkey. August in 2004. pp. 200. Aug.2008. £50.00
137. Mahammed, Bashir. The Arts of the Muslim Knight. The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection. pp. 432,with 569 colour illustrations. 2008. £50.00
138. Mango, Martin Mundell. Byzantine Trade 4th - 12th Centuries. The archaeology of local, regional and international exchange. Papers of the 38th annual Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies. pp. 560. with 40 illustrations, 88 figures, plans and maps. Dec.2008. £60.00
139. Mansoor, Peter. Baghdad at Sunrise. A Brigade Commander’s War in Iraq. pp. 432. with 25 illustrations and 4 maps. Oct.2008. Provides an analysis of US counter-insurgency operations in Iraq. £16.99
140. Manz, Beatrice Forbes. Power, Politics & Religion in Timurid Iran.
pp.334. With 3 maps & genealogical table. 2007. History of Iran in the early 15th century giving a portrait of society in court, city and countryside and deals with the relationship between government & society in the medieval Middle East. £55.00
141. Marashi, Afshin. Nationalizing Iran. Culture, Power and the State, 1870-1940. pp. 200. With 15 illus. & notes. March 2008. H/B £36.00, Paper £13.99
142. Mattair, Thomas. (eds.) Iran. pp.224. With 10 illus. July 2008. Overview of Iran’s history from its foundation, examining Iran’s power influence and foreign relations. £31.95
143. Marzolph, Ulrich. (eds.) The Arabian Nights in Transnational. Perspective. pp.384. Jan.2008. The topics range from history of the Nights manuscripts to positioning the Nights in transnational perspective. £21.95
144. Massad, Joseph. Desiring Arabs. pp. 472. illus. Aug.2007. Reveals the history of how Arabs presented their sexual desires which the author assembled, as a compendium of Arab writing from the 19th century to the present in order to chart the changes in Arab sexual attitudes and their links to Arab notions of cultural heritage & civilization. £11.50
145. Matthee, Rudi. Persia in Crisis. Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan. pp. 256. Takes a new look at Safavid Iran prior to the fall of Isfahan in 1722. Nov.2008. £42.50
146. Mattox, Henry. A Chronology of United States-Iraqi Relations 1920-2006. Jan.2008. Overview of the political, economic and diplomatic relations between the US and Iraq. £23.95
147. Meyer, Karl. & Btysac, Shareen Blair. Kingmakers. The Invention of the Modern Middle East. pp. 480.with 30 illus.& 2 maps. Sept.2008. Story how the Middle East cametabe told through the lives of the Britons and Americans who shaped it.(Lawrence of Arabia, Gertrude Bell, St. John Philby etc.) £16.99
148. Mockaitis, Thomas. Iraq and the Challenging Counterinsurgency. pp. 224.with 8 illus. & 3 figures. Aug.2008. £22.95
149. Mondal, Anshuman. Young British Muslim Voices. pp. 224. Sept.2008. Asks why Islam has become such a powerful force in the lives of young British Muslims and discusses politics, views on women family and sexuality. £19.95
150. Mostafa, Dalia. Roses in Salty Soil. Women’s Depression in Egypt Today. pp. 112. March, 2008. Presents a cross-cultural insight into the interplay among women, culture and psychological illness. £10.50
151. Mottahedeh, Negar. Displaced Allegories: Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema. £12.99
152. Mozaffari, Nahid. (eds.) Strange Times in Persia: An Anthology Of Contemporary Iranian Literature. Nov.2008. £12.99
153. Muasher, Marwan. The Arab Center. Moderation and the Search For Peace in the Middle East. pp. 320. With 21 illus. & 4 maps. July 2008. The author, a Jordanian Diplomat has participated in Middle East peace efforts and has witnesses the successes and failures of the Arab Center) £20.00
154. Murphy, David. The Arab Revolt. 1916-18. Lawrence Sets Arabia Ablaze. Illustrations. by Peter Dennis. Nov.2008. £14.99
155. Necipoglu, Nevra. Byzantium Between the Ottomans and the Latins. Politics and Society in the Late Empire. pp.288. With 4 maps. 2008. Explores the political, oriental orientations of aristocrats, merchants, the urban populace, and peasants in their social & economic context. £50.00
156. Neville, Leigh. Special Operation Forces in Iraq. Illus. by Ramiero Bajeiro. Nov. 2008. Examines the U.S. Delta Force, the British SAS, Australian & Canadian special forces, CIA and M16 Operation Units. £11.99
157. Nicole, David. Crusader Castles in the Holy Land. An Illustrated History of the Crusader Fortifications of the Middle East and Mediterranean. pp. 224. With colour illustrations. Nov. 2008. £20.00
158. Nicole, David. The Great Islamic Conquests 632-750 AD. Nov. 2008. Examines the social and military of the period and describes how and why the Islamic expansion was so successful.
£10.99
159. Oberhelman, Steven. Dreambooks in Byzantium. Six Oneirocritica in Translation with Commentary & Introduction. pp. 240. Sept.2008. Covers Byzantine dream interpretations, their dates & sources and manuscripts of the dream books and discussions of the contributions
of the texts to psychohistory, cultural history and gender studies. £50.00
160. Ohlig, Karl Heinz & Puin, G.R. Hidden Origins of Islam. New Research into the Early History. pp.406. illus. Aug.2008. £21.99
161. Ostle, Robin. Sensibilities of the Islamic Mediterranian Self Expression in a Muslim Culture from Post-Classical Times to the Present day. pp.384. April 2008. The author goes through centuries of books art and architecture to reveal what they tell us about the changing relationship between individual and society in Muslim culture. £59.50
162. Otto, Jan. Sharia and National Law in Muslim Countries. pp. 44. June 2008. £6.50
163. Ozkrimli, Umut & Sofos, Spyros. Tormented by History. Nationalism in Greece and Turkey. pp. 288. Jan.2008. H/B £40.00, Paper £16.99
164. Panini, Augusto. Middle Eastern and Venetian Glass Beads. Eighth to Twentieth Centuries. pp. 304. with 370 colour illustrations. Sept.2008. £50.00
165. Parolin, Gianluca. Citizenship in the Arab World. Kin, Religion and Nation State. pp. 192. Sept.2008. £25.95
166. Parsi, Trita. Treacherous Alliance. The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the U.S. pp. 384. Nov.2008. Deals with the relations between Israel, Iran and the U.S. from 1948 to the present. £9.99
167. Paxter-Brick, Simone. Gandhi in the Middle East. Jews, Arabs and Imperial Interests. pp. 128. Dec. 2007. Deals with Gandhi’s plans for a non-violent solution and its ultimate failure. £47.50
168. Pelham, Nicolas. A New Muslim Order. The Shia and the Middle East Sectarian Crisis. pp. 288. May 2008. £12.99
169. Pelhani, Hooman. Conflict and Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus. pp. 312. Oct.2008. £84.95
170. Perry, Yaron. Modern Medicine in the Holy Land. Pioneering British Medical Services in Late Ottoman Palestine. pp. 256. Oct.2007. £52.50
171. Piotrovsky, Mikhail & others. Persia, Thirty Centuries of Art and Culture. pp. 128. with 95 colour illustrations. 2007. Essays are thematic and consider miniature paintings, bronze casting, portrait painting. £19.99
172. Platti, E. Islam, Friend or Foe. pp. 267. 2008. Looks into the compatability between Islam and Christianity and Islam and modernity and engages both classical and contemporary readings of the Islamic tradition. £18.00
173. Pourshariati, Parvaneh. Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire. The Sasanian Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. pp. 510. Feb.2008. Appraisal of the Sasanians’ nemesis at the hands of the Arab forces. £45.00
174. Rashid, Ahmed. Descent into Chaos: How the War Against Islamic Extremism is Being Lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. July 2008. £25.00
175. Raven, Wim & Akasoy, Anna. (eds.) Islamic Thought in the Middle Ages. Studies in text, transnission and translation in honour of Hans Daiber (pioneering scholar in the field) and offer new insights from philological, philosophical and historical perspectives £153.00
176. Reichmuth, Stefan. The World of Murtada al-Zabidi (twelth century humanist scholar) and looks at various aspects of his life and career and assesses his two largest works his Arabic lexicon and commentary on Gazzali’s Ihya. £50.00
177. Reifenscheidt, Salim. & Bocking. The Bazaars of Istanbul.
Illustrations. Date forthcoming. £35.00
178. Riley-Smith, Jonathan. Crusaders and Settlers in the Latin East. pp. 370. Dec. 2008. Covers the political and constitutional history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the relations of the western settlers with the indigenous population of Palestine and Syria, the theory of crusading, and explores some of the implications of crusading ideology & mythology in the modern world. £65.00
179. Robertson, David. Word and Meaning in Ancient Alexandria. Theories of language from Philo to Plotinos. pp. 132. June 2008. £45.00
180. Robson, Eleanor. Mathematics in Ancient Iraq. A Social History.
pp. 472. With 24 illustrations & 51 line drawings & 60 tables. Sept.2008. £29.95
181. Rougier, Bernard. Everyday Jihad. The Rise of Militant Islam among Palestinians in Lebanon. pp. 360. Oct.2007. £12.95
182. Roxburgh, David. Writing the Word of God. Calligraphy and the Quran. pp. 64. With 31 colour illustrations. Sept.2008. Demonstrates the breadth and beauty of Islamic Calligraphy across centuries and continents as seen in rare early folios of the Qur‘an. £8.99
183. Roy, Oliver. The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East. pp. 160. Jan.2008. H/B £25.00, Paper £12.99
184. Rutherford, Bruce. Egypt after Mubarak. Liberalism, Islam and Democracy in the Arab World. Jan.2009. £19.95
185. Rubin, Barry. The Truth about Syria. pp. 304. Aug.2008. Looks at the critical issues that have made the country the power keg of the Middle East and offers an analysis of the effects of recent developments. £12.99
186. Rudenno, Victor. Gallipoli. Attack from the Sea. pp.336. With 32 illus. May 2008. Story of the Gallipoli Csmpaign of 1914-15 and the landing of British, French, Australian, New Zealand and Indian forces on the Peninsula. £25.00
187. Ruffini, Giovanni. Social Networks in Byzantine Egypt. pp. 300. With 2 line diagrams, 7 figures & 2 genealogical tables. Sept.2008. £55.00
188. Rustomji, Nerina. The Garden and the Fire. Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture. pp. 240. With 13 illustrations. Nov.2008. Explores the formation of communities and strategies of defence around the promise of a future world and the influence of the afterworld on daily behaviours and a code of ethics that encouraged abstinence from sumptous objects such as silver vessels and silk so that they can be fully enjoyed in heaven. £26.50
189. Rustow, Marina. Heresy and the Politics of Community. The Jews of the Fatimid Caliphate. pp. 464. 2008. £27.95
190. Ruthven, Malise with Wilkinson, Gerald. The Children of Time. The Aga Khan and the Ismailis. pp. 408. June 2008. Explores how the Harvard educated Aga Khan attempted to preserve and build on a religious tradition, rooted in medieval theology and embrace the modern
world without loss of faith or cultural identity. £24.50
191. Ruymbeke, Christine. Science and Poetry in Medieval Persia. The Botany of Nizami’s Khamsa. pp. 252. 2007. Study of the poet Nizmi Ganjavi’s technical knowledge of botany in his Khamsa (Quintet). £55.00
192. Sager, Abduluziz, & Koch, Christian. & Ibrahim, Hasanian Tawfiq. Gulf Yearbook, 2005-2006. pp.384. Jan.2008. £39.50
193. Sajoo, Amyn. Emerging Vistas.Muslim Ethics. pp. 184. May 2008. Examines challenges to the traditional Muslim discourse on ethics and analyses the implications of emerging initiatives in political pluralism and civic culture and moves to bio-medicine and environmental conservation. £14.99
194. Samso, Julia. Astromony and Astrology in al-Andalus and the Maghreb (10th and 19th Centuries). pp. 382. Nov. 2007. £67.50
195. Sanders, Paula. Creating Medieval Cairo. Empire, Religion and Architectural Preservation in 19th Century. Egypt. pp. 240. with 38 photos. March 2008. £17.95
196. Schlumberger, Oliver. Debating Arab Authoritarianism. Dynamic and Durability in Nondemocratic Regimes. pp. 360. with 4 tables. Jan.2008. £37.50
197. Schwartz, Richard. Encyclopedia of the Persian Gulf War. pp. 223. With photos and maps. Nov.2008. Reference work to the people, places, events, weapons, operations in the Persian Gulf War. £30.95
198. Scott, Richard. Bodley & others. Eternal Empire. The Ottomans at War. pp. 176. Cover Art Peter Dennis. Sept.2008. Takes the Ottoman nation from an Anatolian State to an Empire, commanding the Middle East and much of Eastern Europe with maps and art work. H/B £25.00, Paper £12.99
199. Shah, Amina. Tales from the Bazaars of Arabia. Folk Stories from the Middle East. Sept.2008. Selection of classic folktales from Arabia, Afganistan, Persia and Turkey. £8.99
200. Shahvar, Soli. The Forgotten Schools. The Baha’is and Modern Education in Iran. 1899-1934. pp. 288. June 2008. £47.50
201. Shabi, Rachel. Not the Enemy. Israel’s Jews from Arab Lands. pp. 320. With 8 illustrations. Jan.2009. Describes the division within Israeli society between Ashkenzi jews from Eastern Europe and Sephardic or Mizrahi Jews from the Arab countries of the Middle East. £18.99
202. Shami, Seteney. (eds.) Publics, Politics and Participation. Locating the Publics Sphere in the Middle East and North Africa. pp. 312. 2008. Investigates the role of collective action, the relationship between nationalism and democracy and addresses various aspects of the countries identities, dealing also with the Tehran Bazaar, etc. £20.00
203. Shaykh’ Abdul Ghaffar Hasan of Delhi. Jewels of Wisdom. A Selection of Hadith. Translated by Usama Hasan. Features full Arabic text of each Hadith with translation and commentary. pp. 500. Forthcoming. £12.99
204. Shepherd, Jonathan. (eds.) The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire. pp. 1120, with 77 illus. 2 line diagrams, 7 tables, 52 maps & plan. Jan.2009. £120.00
205. Siddiqui, Abdur Rashid. Qur’anic Keywords: A Reference Guide. pp. 300. Forthcoming.
Provides a concise guide to over 140 key words in the Qur’an with full meaning of each word, Qur’ranic citations and discussion of allied and related terms from the holy book. £14.99
206. Siddiqui, Rashid. Man and Destiny: Some Reflections on Iqbal‘s Concepts of Khudi (self) and the Perfect Man (Insan-I Kamil). pp. 152, 2008. Presents two cardinal concepts of Iqbalian thoughts. £12.99
207. Silova, Iveto & Steiner-Khamsi. How NGOS React. Globalization and Education Reform in the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia. pp. 272, Feb. 2008. This book is retrospective on key processes involved in transforming educational systems since the collapse of the socialist bloc. £19.50
208. Singer, Amy. Charity in Islamic Societies. pp. 280 with 17 illus. 2 line drawings. Sept.2008. History of charity in Islam. Societies from the beginning of Islam to the present, demonstrating how historical circumstances, social status, gender, age interacted with religious ideas to create a rich variety of charitable practices. H/B £40.00, Paper £14.99
209. Sinno, Abdulkader.,(eds.) Muslims in Western Politics.
pp. 320. With 5 figures. Jan.2009. Views Muslims as a normative and positive influence in Western politics. H/B £41.00, Paper £13.99
210. Smith, G. Rex. (eds.) A Traveler in 13th Century Arabia. Ibn al-Mujawir’s Tarikh al-Mustabsir. pp. 362. With illustrations & maps. Account of the western and southern areas of the Arabian Peninsula, written in the early quarter of the 13th century providing a source for social and economic history. £50.00
211. Sokmen, M. & Ertur, B. (eds.) Waiting for the Barbarians: A Tribute to Edward Said. July 2008. Collection of writings on the influential, literary critic and political campaigner £60.00
212. Spanos, William. The Legacy of Edward W. Said. Dec.2008. £13.99
213. Sreberny, Annabelle.& Khiabany, G. Blogistan. The Internet and Politics in Iran. pp.240. July 2008. The book gives a flavour of contemporary Internet culture in Iran and analyses how the new form of communication is effecting the social and political life of the country and offers a new reading of Iranian politics. H/B £45.00, Paper £14.99
214. Stiglitz, Joseph & Bilmes, Linda. The Three Million Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict. 2008. £12.99
215. Stokes, Jamie. Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East. 2 vols. pp. 864. Oct. 2008. £120.00
216. Suleiman, Atef. The Petroleum Experience of Abu Dhabi. pp. 224. Jan. 2008. £25.00
217. Sullivan, Denis & Jones, Kimberly. (eds.) Egypt. A Reference Handbook. pp. 192. Illustrations. Sept. 2008. Contains analysis of the challenges that face Egypt from opposition groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood to demonstration and political reform. £31.95
218. Swain, Simon. (eds.) Islam, Seeing the Face, Seeing the Soul. Poleman’s “Physiognomy’’ from Classical Antiquity to Medieval Islam. pp. 699. 2008. £95.00
219. Synnott, Hilary. Bad Days in Basra. My Times as Britain’s Man in Southern Iraq. pp. 208. April 2008. £17.99
220. Tamar, Zakaria. Breaking Knees. Modern Arabic Short Stories from Syria. Translated. by Ibrahim Mahawi. pp. 176. July 2008. £8.99
221. Tajadod, Nahel. Rumi, The Fire of Love. pp. 326. Nov.2008. £16.99
222. Tepe, Sultan. Beyond Sacred and Secular. Politics and Religion in Israel and Turkey. pp.480. With 13 tables s & 13 figures. June 2008. Investigates religious politics and its implications for contemporary democracy, through a comparison of political parties in Israel & Turkey. £27.50
223. Tezcan, Baki. & Barbir, Karl. Identity and Identity Formation in the Ottoman World. A Volume of Essays in Honour of Norman Itzkowitz. pp. 280. March 2008. £27.50
224. Thomas, David. Christian Doctrines in Islamic Theology. pp. 384. Sept.2008. The History of Christian Muslim Relations. £112.00
225. Tolan, John Victor. Sons of Ishmael. Muslims Through European Eyes in the Middle Ages. pp. 256. April 2008. £44.50
226. Tsadik, David. between Foreigners and Shi’is. Modern Iran and its Jewish Minority. pp. 296. Jan.2008. Based on archival & primary sources in Persian, Hebrew, Judeo-Persian, Arabic and European Languages, this work examines the Jews’ religious, social and political status in 19th century Iran. £14.95
227. Tucker, Judith. Women, Family and Gender in Islamic Law. pp. 280. With 2 maps, 2008. H/B £45.00, Paper £15.99
228. Tucker, Spencer. & Roberts, Priscilla, Mary. The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Four volumes. pp.1553. June 2008. £240.00
229. Tucker, William. Mahdis and Millenarians, Shiite Extremists in Early Muslim Iraq. pp. 208. 2008. Study of early extremist Shiites in Iraq and Iran who originated doctrines and practices that influenced a number of later Shiite religions and political movements. £50.00
230. Turner, Colin. & Horkuc, Hasan. Said Nursi. Making of Islamic Civilization. pp. 160. June 2008. Offers a guide to the debates, surrounding Said Nursi’s life, thought and major writings and his influence on fostering Islam through education. £10.99
23l. Van der Deijl. Protest or Propaganda. War on the Old Testament of Kings and Contemporeans. Ancient Near Eastern Texts. pp. 720. Aug.2008. Deals with the Ancient Near East narratology, war, ethics and theology. £115.00
232. Vaiou, Maria. Diplomacy in the Early Islamic World. A Tenth Century Treatise on Arab-Byzantine Relations. pp. 288. May 2008. £47.50
233. Van Bruinessen, Martin & Howell, Julia. Sufism and the 'Modern’ in Islam. pp. 384. Aug,2007. Offers a radical new interpretation of the contemporary resurgence of Sufism. £45.00
234. Van Gelder, Geert. Takhyl: The Imaginary in Classical Arabic Poetics. pp. 304. July 2008. Takhyil, a term from Arabic poetry, denoting the evocation of images, this volume contains annotated translations of key texts on this topic, including Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes. £31.99
235. Varisco, Daniel. Reading Orientalism. Said and the Unsaid. pp. 512. 2008. £54.00
236. Vasary, Istvan. Turks, Tartars and Russians in the 13th-16th Centuries. pp. 364. with 12 illus. Oct.2007. Deals with the pre-Mongol Turkic peoples in the West Eurasian Steppe, region, extending from present day Kazakhstan through Southern Russia, Ukraine and Moldavia to the Carpathian Basin and their relations with the Byzantine empire and the history of the Golden Horde and its successor states, the Kazan & Crimean Khanates often referred as Tatars. £61.00
237. Vogt, Karl, Larsen, Lena, & Moe, Christian. New Directions in Islamic Thought. Exploring Reform and Muslim Tradition. pp. 320. Aug.2008. £47.50
238. Von Reden, Sitta. Money in Ptolemaic Egypt from the Macedonian Conquest to the End of the Third Century. B.C. pp. 378. With 18 illus. 3 tables and 2 maps. 2007. £55.00
239. Warraq, Ibn. Defending the West. A Critique of Edward Said’s Orientalism. pp.556. 2008. £16.00
240. Wedeen, Lisa. Peripheral Visions. Publics, Power and Performance in Yemen. pp.288. With 6 illustrations and 4 maps. Oct.2008. Shows how citizens form national attachments, even in the absence of strong state institutions. £28.50
241. Weiss, Bernard, Bearman, Peri. & Heinreichs, Wolfhart. The Islamic Shari‘a. pp. 456. Jan.2008. In this volume famous scholars establish a new direction in Islamic legal studies by reposition these issues and offer textured account of how Islamic law impacts on the social life of the contemporary world. £47.50
242. Wechsler, Michael. The Arabic Translation and Commentary of yefet ben ’Eli, the Karaite on the book of Esther. Edition, Translation and Introduction (Karaite Texts and Studies vol l). pp. 346 with Judeo-Arabic texts. June 2008. £107.00
243. Wolfram, G. (eds.) Tradition and Innovation in Late & Post-Byzantine Liturgical Chant. Acta of the Congress held at Hernen Castle, The Netherlands in April 2005. pp. 381. 2008. £54.00
244. Yamani, Mai. Cradle Of Islam: The Hijaz and the Quest for an Arabian Identity. pp. 224. Oct.2008. Traces the fortunes of the culture of the Hijazis, a Kingdom of Hijaz from the Age of the Hashemite Mecca to Saudi domination to its current resurgence. New in paperback £14.99
245. Yeager, Suzanne. Jerusalem in Medieval Narrative. pp. 240.2008. Analysis of the representation of the Holy City in some of the 14th century. Works include romances, political treatises and travel writings. £50.00
246. Yagodin, V. Betts, A. & Blau, S. Ancient Nomads of the Arabo-Caspian Region, the Duana Archaeological Complex University of Sydney Central Asian Programme. pp.138. 2007. £55.00
247. Yamani, Maha, A. Polygamy and Law in Contemporary Saudi Arabia. pp.240. Jan.2008. £35.00
248. Zaborow, Ska, Magdalena, J. James Baldwin‘s Turkish Decade. Erotics of Exile. pp. 400. with 55 illus. Jan.2009. Between 1961 & 1971 the author spent time in Istanbul, Ankara & Bodrum, took many photographs and gives information from Turkish archives, interviews with Turkish artists and intellectuals, etc. £57.00
249. Zachariadou, Elizabeth. Studies in Pre-Ottoman Turkey and the Ottomans. pp.348. Dec.2007. Deals with the transition from the Byzantine Empire to the successor, the Ottoman Empire. £65.00
250. Zalmai. Silent Exodus. Portrait of Iraq. Refugees in Exile. pp. 96. With 55 images. Oct.2008. £12.95
251. Zeghal, Malika & Holoch, George. Islamism in Morocco. July 2008. £61.50
252. Zeitoun, Mark. Power and Water in the Middle East. The Hidden Politics of the Palestinian-Israeli Water Conflict. pp. 224. Feb.2008. £47.50
253. Zorlu, Tuncay. Innovation and Empire in Turkey. Sultan Selim III, and the Modernization of the Ottoman Navy. pp. 272. May 2008. £52.50
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254. Agoston, Gabor & Masters, Bruce. Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. pp. 704. With photos and maps. Nov.2008. £52.50
255. Ahmed, Akbar. Journey into Islam. The Crisis of Globalization. pp. 325. Illus. Oct.2008. The author brings a group of his American Students to the Islamic world, meeting cab drivers policy makers to listen what Muslims think about America and to build mutual understanding in Syria, India, Turkey, Qatar etc. £11.99
256. Alam, Muzaffar & Subrahmahyam Sanjay. Indo-Persian Travels in the Age of Discoveries, 1400-1800. pp.416. With 18 illus. & 5 maps. 2007 Deals with Iran, India and Central Asia. £55.00
257. Antipina, Claudia & others. Central Kyrgystan.p. 224. With l32 (32 colour) illustrations photographer Rolando Paiva, editorial coordination Paolo Gribando. Shows the costumes of the nomadic people of Central Asia and the preservation of th Kyrgyz identity which is representative of the nomadic culture of Central Asia. £34.95
258. Bahrain. pp. 256. With 800 photos (colour) maps. 2008. New photographic reference on the country with text and coverage of all aspects of Bahrain history, culture and economy. £35.00
259. Barkey, Henri, J. Preventing Conflict Over Kurdistan. pp. 48. Sept. 2008. Describes how U.S. policy can encourage orderly transition to a loose federal Iraq. £5.99
260. Choueiri, Y.M. (eds.) Breaking the Cycle. Civil Wars in Lebanon. pp. 180. 2008. Refers to a conference held at the centre for Lebanese studies in 1906 which explored the path to the new Lebanon. £14.95
261. Cormack, Robin and Vassilaki, Maria. Byzantium, (330-1453) pp. 496 with illus. Oct. 2008. Documents and illustrates the artistic and cultural riches of Byzantium. £55.00
262. Craze, Joshua. ((eds.)) Introduction by Mark Huband. The Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and the Challenge of the 21st Century. pp. 256. Jan.2008. Deals with Saudi domestic political issues, the Kingdom’s role in regional affairs, Saudi society and cultural & religious life. H/B £45.00, Paper £19.99
263. Curatola, Giavanni. Persian Ceramics. From the 9th to the 14th Century. pp. 184. With 164 (155 colour) illustrations. 2008. £27.50
264. Daftari, Farhad & Hirji Zulfikar. The Ismailis. An Illustrated History. pp.248. with 290 colour illustrations. July 2008. £39.00
265. Ehteshami, Anoushira van., & Zweiri, Manjoob (eds.) Iran‘s Foreign Policy: From Khatami to Ahmadine. pp. 300. March 2008. £35.00
266. Faroqhi, Saraiya. The Ottoman Empire. A Short History. pp. 168. June 2008. Traces the political history of the Ottomans from the 14th century to the dissolution of the Empires after World War II and explores the economic, social and cultural history. H/B £59.00, Paper £16.50
267. Fattah, Hata. With Frank Caso. A Brief History of Iraq. pp. 382. Dec. 2008. £30.95
268. Finkel I. & Seymour, M. Babylon. pp. 224. With 200 colour illustrations Oct.2008. Explores the stories and myths. H/B £25.00, Paper £9.99
269. Fleet, Kate. The Cambridge History of Turkey. Vol.1. Byzantine Turkey (1071-1453.) pp. 528. with 28 illus. and 16 line drawings & 3 maps. Oct.2008 £100.00
Vol.4. Turkey in the Modern World. Edited by Reat Kasaba. pp. 592. with 23 illus. 2 tables. 4 graphs, and 2 maps. April 2008. £100.00
270. Freely, John. & Cleave, John. Istanbul: City of Two Continents. pp. 96. With 180 illus. July 2008. £16.95
271. Grokked, Monika. Iran. A Short History. pp. 190. March 2008. History of Iran from the Improvisation of the 7th cent. describing the cultural and social and religious development that shaped Iran and the Iranian self image. H/B £61.50, Paper £18.50
272. Hadar, Ottered. The Prose Poem and the Journal Shir. A Study of Literature, Literary Theory and Journalism. pp. 300. March 2008. £35.00
273. Ealasaid, Mal. & Baha'i, Mazarin. Transit Tehran: Young Iran and its Inspirations. Oct.2008. Forthcoming. Essays and picture stories by city-insiders, rappers, artists, writers and photojournalists, bringing Tehran alive. New in paperback. £24.99
274. Gordon, P.M. 7 Omer, Taspinar. Foreword by Soli Oxel. Winning Turkey. How America, Europe and Turkey can survive a fading Partnership. pp.125. Oct.2008. Leading analysts present a plan to ease tensions by making peace between Turkey and the Kurds, support liberalism and democracy, compromise with Armenia and Western engagement with Turkish Cypriots. £10.99
275. Hellot-Bellier, E. France-Iran. Quatre cents ans de Dialogue. pp. 832. 2007. £63.00
276. Indyk, Martin. & Samore, Gary. Restoring the Balance. A Middle East Strategy for the Next President. pp. 288. Nov.2008. £14.99
277. Kaligian, Dikran. Mesrob. Armenian Organization and Ideology Under Ottoman Rule. 1908-1914. pp. 310, May 2008. £39.95
278. Kechichian, Joseph. Faisal, Saudi Arabia’s King for all Seasons. pp. 336, with 27 illus. Oct.2008. Biography of King Faisal (1909-1975) who ruled from 1964 until his assassination 11 years years later and left a legacy as one of the most instrumental actors in the development of the Middle East. £23.50
279. Korany, Bahgat., Dessouki Ali E.Hillal. The Foreign Policies of Arab States. The Challenge of Globalization. pp. 480. Nov.2008. £20.95
280. Mackey, Sandra. A Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict. 2008. £16.99
281. Meyer, Karl, & Brysac, Sharon. Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East. 2008. £16.99
282. Mitchell, Carol Spencer. Danger Pay. Memoir of a Photojournalist in the Middle East, 1984-1994. Edited by Ellen Spencer Susman. pp. 188. With 40 colour photos Nov. 2008. The book takes us on a journey to PLO training camps for Palestinian children, refugee camps in the Gaza strip, meeting Middle Eastern leaders such as Yasser Arafat and King Hussein of Jordan.
£13.99
283. Mottadeh, Negar. Displaced Allegories. Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema. pp.224. With 123 illus. Dec. 2008. H/B £47.00, Paper £12.99
284. Nas, Tevfik. Tracing the Economic Transformation of Turkey from the 1920s to EU Accession. pp. 160. June 2008. £63.00
285. Eldem, E. & Vatin, N. L‘Epitaphe Ottomane Musulmane (XVIc-XX siècles) Contributions à une histoire de la culture Ottomane. pp. 377. 2007 £59.00
286. Orlin, Louis. Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East.
pp. 288. With 33 photos. 7 maps. Jan.2008. H/B £51.00, Paper £19.95
287. Ottaway, Marina & Coucair-Vizoso.eds. Beyond the Façade. Political Reform in the Arab World. pp.288. 2008. Essays providing examinations of ten countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen, highlighting the
diversity of processes and problems and recognizing the reality of conflicting interests & limitations of external actors to bring about political reform, while drawing lessons on how to make international democracy promotion more effective. H/B £34.00, Paper £13.99
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