Mellanöstern

Antika städer och moderna konflikter sammanflätas i en region där oljerikedom, religiösa traditioner och geopolitiska spänningar formar dagens rubriker. Genom livliga souker och glänsande skyskrapor utforskar dessa böcker de komplexa krafter som omvandlar Mellanöstern, från dess strategiska betydelse i globala angelägenheter till dess snabba ekonomiska och sociala utveckling.

Mellanöstern Boksammanfattningar

The Palestine Laboratory

av Antony Loewenstein • 2023

Palestine is a live testing ground. The weapons perfected there now police the world.

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🏭 Defense Industry 📡 Surveillance State 🧱 Border Militarization 🗺️ Ethnonationalism 🔫 Arms Trade

The Palestine Laboratory

Palestine is a live testing ground. The weapons perfected there now police the world.

av Antony Loewenstein 2023 320 sidor

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🏭 Defense Industry 📡 Surveillance State 🧱 Border Militarization 🗺️ Ethnonationalism 🔫 Arms Trade

A Line in the Sand

av James Barr • 2011

Why the Arab-Israeli conflict began as a secret war between Britain and France.

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🌍 Middle East History ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry 🗺️ Colonial Borders 🔥 Arab-Israeli Conflict 🛢️ Oil Politics

A Line in the Sand

Why the Arab-Israeli conflict began as a secret war between Britain and France.

av James Barr 2011 352 sidor

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🌍 Middle East History ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry 🗺️ Colonial Borders 🔥 Arab-Israeli Conflict 🛢️ Oil Politics

The Invention of the Jewish People

av Shlomo Sand • 2008

The Jewish nation is a modern construct; there was no ancient exile or biological lineage.

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🕎 Jewish History 📜 National Myths 🔄 Religious Conversion 🇮🇱 Israeli History 🔍 Revisionist History

The Invention of the Jewish People

The Jewish nation is a modern construct; there was no ancient exile or biological lineage.

av Shlomo Sand 2008 332 sidor

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🕎 Jewish History 📜 National Myths 🔄 Religious Conversion 🇮🇱 Israeli History 🔍 Revisionist History

The Return of Marco Polo's World

av Robert D. Kaplan • 2018

Liberal order collapsed. Eurasia fused into one war-prone corridor, and America is an island.

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🗺️ Geopolitics 🌏 Eurasian Politics ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry 🏛️ Offensive Realism 🇨🇳 Chinese Foreign Policy

The Return of Marco Polo's World

Liberal order collapsed. Eurasia fused into one war-prone corridor, and America is an island.

av Robert D. Kaplan 2018 304 sidor

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🗺️ Geopolitics 🌏 Eurasian Politics ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry 🏛️ Offensive Realism 🇨🇳 Chinese Foreign Policy

A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict

av Ilan Pappé • 2024

Not two equal claims to one land, but one population replacing another, the removal never stopped.

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🌍 Middle East Conflict 📜 Palestinian History 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🕯️ Nakba ⚖️ Apartheid Analysis

A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict

Not two equal claims to one land, but one population replacing another, the removal never stopped.

av Ilan Pappé 2024 160 sidor

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🌍 Middle East Conflict 📜 Palestinian History 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🕯️ Nakba ⚖️ Apartheid Analysis

Until We Are Free

av Shirin Ebadi • 2016

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

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🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression 🧕 Women Under Theocracy ✈️ Exile And Displacement

Until We Are Free

A Nobel for human rights in Iran. Exile, seized assets, and threats to her family followed.

av Shirin Ebadi 2016 304 sidor

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🇮🇷 Iranian Politics ✊ Human Rights Activism 🔒 Political Repression 🧕 Women Under Theocracy ✈️ Exile And Displacement

The Arabian Nights

av Anonymous

A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.

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🖋️ Frame Narrative 🌙 Middle Eastern Folklore 🧞 Genies And Magic Lamps 🦊 Clever Tricksters 💰 Rags To Riches

The Arabian Nights

A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.

av Anonymous 982 sidor

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🖋️ Frame Narrative 🌙 Middle Eastern Folklore 🧞 Genies And Magic Lamps 🦊 Clever Tricksters 💰 Rags To Riches

A History of the Crusades, Volume 1

av Steven Runciman • 1951

Byzantine weakness, noble greed, and mass piety collided to forge a fragile Crusader kingdom.

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🏰 Crusader States ⚔️ Medieval Warfare ✝️ Holy War ☪️ Religious Conflict 👑 Feudal Politics

A History of the Crusades, Volume 1

Byzantine weakness, noble greed, and mass piety collided to forge a fragile Crusader kingdom.

av Steven Runciman 1951 394 sidor

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🏰 Crusader States ⚔️ Medieval Warfare ✝️ Holy War ☪️ Religious Conflict 👑 Feudal Politics

Jerusalem

av Simon Sebag Montefiore • 2011

The city that drives a hundred pilgrims insane, and the 3,000-year story behind the madness.

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🏙️ City Biography 🕌 Holy Cities ⚔️ Religious Rivalry 📖 Biblical History ⛏️ Biblical Archaeology

Jerusalem

The city that drives a hundred pilgrims insane, and the 3,000-year story behind the madness.

av Simon Sebag Montefiore 2011 752 sidor

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🏙️ City Biography 🕌 Holy Cities ⚔️ Religious Rivalry 📖 Biblical History ⛏️ Biblical Archaeology

Och bergen svarade

av Khaled Hosseini • 2012

A father sells his daughter to a wealthy Kabul couple; the brother left behind never heals.

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🏠 Family Saga 💔 Sibling Separation 🤫 Secret Adoption 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma

Och bergen svarade

A father sells his daughter to a wealthy Kabul couple; the brother left behind never heals.

av Khaled Hosseini 2012 12 sidor

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🏠 Family Saga 💔 Sibling Separation 🤫 Secret Adoption 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma

El hombre que calculaba

av Malba Tahan • 1938

A calculating prodigy arrives in medieval Baghdad and solves puzzles of camels, bread, and love.

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🧮 Mathematical Fiction 🕌 Islamic Golden Age 🃏 Wise Fool 🧩 Episodic Puzzles 📜 Philosophical Fable

El hombre que calculaba

A calculating prodigy arrives in medieval Baghdad and solves puzzles of camels, bread, and love.

av Malba Tahan 1938 227 sidor

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🧮 Mathematical Fiction 🕌 Islamic Golden Age 🃏 Wise Fool 🧩 Episodic Puzzles 📜 Philosophical Fable

All the Shah's Men

av Stephen Kinzer • 2003

The 1953 CIA coup in Iran: how a quick win for oil created decades of blowback.

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🏛️ Iranian History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics ❄️ Cold War Interventions 💥 Regime Change

All the Shah's Men

The 1953 CIA coup in Iran: how a quick win for oil created decades of blowback.

av Stephen Kinzer 2003 272 sidor

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🏛️ Iranian History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛢️ Oil Geopolitics ❄️ Cold War Interventions 💥 Regime Change

A History of the Jews

av Paul Johnson • 1987

They outlasted every empire that sought to destroy them. The four-thousand-year story of how.

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✡️ Jewish History 🏛️ Middle Eastern History 🏺 Ancient Israel ⛪ Religious History ☝️ History Of Monotheism

A History of the Jews

They outlasted every empire that sought to destroy them. The four-thousand-year story of how.

av Paul Johnson 1987 644 sidor

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✡️ Jewish History 🏛️ Middle Eastern History 🏺 Ancient Israel ⛪ Religious History ☝️ History Of Monotheism

The Holocaust Industry

av Norman G. Finkelstein • 2000

After 1967, the Holocaust became a shield for Israel and an international shakedown.

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🕯️ Holocaust Memory 🎭 Victimhood Politics 🇮🇱 Israel Lobby 🗣️ Political Polemic 💰 Restitution Politics

The Holocaust Industry

After 1967, the Holocaust became a shield for Israel and an international shakedown.

av Norman G. Finkelstein 2000 286 sidor

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🕯️ Holocaust Memory 🎭 Victimhood Politics 🇮🇱 Israel Lobby 🗣️ Political Polemic 💰 Restitution Politics

Sasanian Persia

av Touraj Daryaee • 2007

Rome's greatest rival invented an Iranian identity that outlived the empire itself.

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🏛️ Ancient Persia ⏳ Late Antiquity 🧱 Empire Building 🏗️ State Building 🔥 State Religion

Sasanian Persia

Rome's greatest rival invented an Iranian identity that outlived the empire itself.

av Touraj Daryaee 2007 256 sidor

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180 betyg

🏛️ Ancient Persia ⏳ Late Antiquity 🧱 Empire Building 🏗️ State Building 🔥 State Religion

Iran

av Abbas Amanat • 2017

Shi'ism became Iran's state religion in 1501, creating a unique nation and centuries of conflict.

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🧱 Safavid Iran 🕌 State Religion 🐎 Nomadic Empires 📜 Persian Literature ✡️ Religious Minorities

Iran

Shi'ism became Iran's state religion in 1501, creating a unique nation and centuries of conflict.

av Abbas Amanat 2017 1085 sidor

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🧱 Safavid Iran 🕌 State Religion 🐎 Nomadic Empires 📜 Persian Literature ✡️ Religious Minorities

The Wind in My Hair

av Masih Alinejad • 2018

How a remote mountain town became the sacred prize for which three faiths still fight.

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🏙️ City Biography 🛐 Holy City 🔯 Abrahamic Religions 📜 Biblical History 🌍 Middle Eastern History

The Wind in My Hair

How a remote mountain town became the sacred prize for which three faiths still fight.

av Masih Alinejad 2018 400 sidor

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🏙️ City Biography 🛐 Holy City 🔯 Abrahamic Religions 📜 Biblical History 🌍 Middle Eastern History

On Palestine

av Noam Chomsky • 2015

The peace process masks land theft; only a democratic single state can break the cycle.

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🇵🇸 Israel Palestine 🏘️ Settler Colonialism 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🧳 Palestinian Refugees ✊ Decolonization

On Palestine

The peace process masks land theft; only a democratic single state can break the cycle.

av Noam Chomsky 2015 220 sidor

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🇵🇸 Israel Palestine 🏘️ Settler Colonialism 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🧳 Palestinian Refugees ✊ Decolonization

A History of the Crusades, Vol. III

av Steven Runciman • 1951

Jerusalem fell. Three kings marched east. The Crusades never recovered; the end took a century.

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🏰 Crusader States ⚔️ Medieval Warfare ✝️ Religious Wars 🏯 Siege Warfare 🌍 Middle Eastern History

A History of the Crusades, Vol. III

Jerusalem fell. Three kings marched east. The Crusades never recovered; the end took a century.

av Steven Runciman 1951 542 sidor

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🏰 Crusader States ⚔️ Medieval Warfare ✝️ Religious Wars 🏯 Siege Warfare 🌍 Middle Eastern History

The Kill Artist

av Daniel Silva • 2000

An art restorer and former Israeli assassin is pulled from exile to hunt his family's killer.

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🎨 Art World Thriller 💔 Damaged Hero 🎯 Assassin Protagonist 😶‍🌫️ Reluctant Spy 💀 Revenge Mission

The Kill Artist

An art restorer and former Israeli assassin is pulled from exile to hunt his family's killer.

av Daniel Silva 2000 501 sidor

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🎨 Art World Thriller 💔 Damaged Hero 🎯 Assassin Protagonist 😶‍🌫️ Reluctant Spy 💀 Revenge Mission

River Kings

av Cat Jarman • 2021

A bead from India, buried in England, reveals the Silk Road world the Vikings actually built.

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🛡️ Viking History 🌍 Global Middle Ages 🧬 Bioarchaeology 🐪 Silk Roads 🪙 Silver Trade

River Kings

A bead from India, buried in England, reveals the Silk Road world the Vikings actually built.

av Cat Jarman 2021 336 sidor

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🛡️ Viking History 🌍 Global Middle Ages 🧬 Bioarchaeology 🐪 Silk Roads 🪙 Silver Trade

Three Cups of Tea

av Greg Mortenson • 2006

A failed K2 climb. A remote Pakistani village. The promise: one school they'd never had.

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📚 Educational Philanthropy 🎓 Girls Education 🌍 Cross-Cultural Aid 🏘️ Grassroots Development ⛰️ Mountain Communities

Three Cups of Tea

A failed K2 climb. A remote Pakistani village. The promise: one school they'd never had.

av Greg Mortenson 2006 376 sidor

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📚 Educational Philanthropy 🎓 Girls Education 🌍 Cross-Cultural Aid 🏘️ Grassroots Development ⛰️ Mountain Communities

Stones Into Schools

av Greg Mortenson • 2009

What actually defeats the Taliban: girls' schools in places helicopters can't reach.

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🎓 Girls' Education 🌱 Social Entrepreneurship 🏥 Humanitarian Work 🏘️ Community Development 🌍 Sustainable Aid

Stones Into Schools

What actually defeats the Taliban: girls' schools in places helicopters can't reach.

av Greg Mortenson 2009 420 sidor

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🎓 Girls' Education 🌱 Social Entrepreneurship 🏥 Humanitarian Work 🏘️ Community Development 🌍 Sustainable Aid

Laughing Without an Accent

av Firoozeh Dumas • 2008

First they asked about flying carpets; then bumper stickers read 'Cowboys and Iranians'.

3.81

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🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🧳 Cultural Assimilation 😂 Family Humor 🍲 Persian Foodways 🪪 Dual Identities

Laughing Without an Accent

First they asked about flying carpets; then bumper stickers read 'Cowboys and Iranians'.

av Firoozeh Dumas 2008 226 sidor

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🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🧳 Cultural Assimilation 😂 Family Humor 🍲 Persian Foodways 🪪 Dual Identities

The First Muslim

av Lesley Hazleton • 2013

Exiled at fifty, died triumphant at sixty-two. The human Muhammad between the revelations.

3.99

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🕌 Religious Biography 📜 Early Islamic History 🌅 Spiritual Awakening ⚖️ Religious Reform 🔍 Secular Biography

The First Muslim

Exiled at fifty, died triumphant at sixty-two. The human Muhammad between the revelations.

av Lesley Hazleton 2013 383 sidor

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🕌 Religious Biography 📜 Early Islamic History 🌅 Spiritual Awakening ⚖️ Religious Reform 🔍 Secular Biography

The Pianist from Syria

av Aeham Ahmad • 2017

After his piano-in-the-rubble videos went viral, the hard part began: getting out alive.

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🏚️ Syrian Civil War 🫒 Palestinian Diaspora 🎹 Art As Resistance 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 💪 Survival Stories

The Pianist from Syria

After his piano-in-the-rubble videos went viral, the hard part began: getting out alive.

av Aeham Ahmad 2017 240 sidor

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🏚️ Syrian Civil War 🫒 Palestinian Diaspora 🎹 Art As Resistance 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 💪 Survival Stories

Black Flags

av Joby Warrick • 2015

How a petty Jordanian criminal became the world's most hunted terrorist and the blueprint for ISIS.

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🕌 Jihadist Movements 🔎 Terrorist Biography ☯️ Sectarian Conflict 🎯 Counterterrorism 💥 Radicalization

Black Flags

How a petty Jordanian criminal became the world's most hunted terrorist and the blueprint for ISIS.

av Joby Warrick 2015 368 sidor

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🕌 Jihadist Movements 🔎 Terrorist Biography ☯️ Sectarian Conflict 🎯 Counterterrorism 💥 Radicalization

Power, Politics and Culture

av Edward W. Said • 2001

The scholar who revealed how Western learning became a tool of empire, in his own words.

4.26

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🏛️ Postcolonial Theory 🕌 Middle Eastern Politics 🗺️ Cultural Imperialism 🎙️ Public Intellectuals 📖 Literary Criticism

Power, Politics and Culture

The scholar who revealed how Western learning became a tool of empire, in his own words.

av Edward W. Said 2001 512 sidor

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🏛️ Postcolonial Theory 🕌 Middle Eastern Politics 🗺️ Cultural Imperialism 🎙️ Public Intellectuals 📖 Literary Criticism

In the Land of Israel

av Amos Oz • 1982

After Sabra and Shatila, a novelist travels Israel asking one question: What now?

4.11

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🕊️ Arab-Israeli Conflict 🎙️ Oral History 🇮🇱 Israeli Society 🧠 Collective Memory ✡️ Zionism

In the Land of Israel

After Sabra and Shatila, a novelist travels Israel asking one question: What now?

av Amos Oz 1982 262 sidor

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🕊️ Arab-Israeli Conflict 🎙️ Oral History 🇮🇱 Israeli Society 🧠 Collective Memory ✡️ Zionism

House of Bush, House of Saud

av Craig Unger • 2004

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

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🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Blowback 🔄 Revolving Door

House of Bush, House of Saud

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

av Craig Unger 2004 384 sidor

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🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Blowback 🔄 Revolving Door

Lipstick Jihad

av Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

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🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

Lipstick Jihad

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

av Azadeh Moaveni 2005 272 sidor

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🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities 👩 Women In Iran 🎤 Foreign Correspondence

A History of the Crusades, Vol. II

av Steven Runciman • 1987

The crusaders won Jerusalem. They spent the next 87 years proving they couldn't keep it.

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🏰 Crusader States 🗺️ Medieval Levant ⚔️ Medieval Warfare 🛐 Religious War 🛡️ Knightly Orders

A History of the Crusades, Vol. II

The crusaders won Jerusalem. They spent the next 87 years proving they couldn't keep it.

av Steven Runciman 1987 538 sidor

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🏰 Crusader States 🗺️ Medieval Levant ⚔️ Medieval Warfare 🛐 Religious War 🛡️ Knightly Orders

Who Speaks for Islam?

av Dalia Mogahed • 2008

Gallup asked Muslims what they believe. The data upends most Western assumptions about Islam.

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🕌 Muslim Societies 🌍 Islam And The West 📊 Empirical Sociology ⚠️ Political Radicalization 🏛️ Foreign Policy Critique

Who Speaks for Islam?

Gallup asked Muslims what they believe. The data upends most Western assumptions about Islam.

av Dalia Mogahed 2008 240 sidor

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🕌 Muslim Societies 🌍 Islam And The West 📊 Empirical Sociology ⚠️ Political Radicalization 🏛️ Foreign Policy Critique

The Gates of Gaza

av Amir Tibon • 2024

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

4.63

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🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure 🚜 Zionist Pioneers 🗳️ Israeli Politics

The Gates of Gaza

Hamas breached the fence. One family hid. One father drove into the killing zone to find them.

av Amir Tibon 2024 352 sidor

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🏘️ Kibbutz Life 💥 Gaza Conflict 🕵️ Intelligence Failure 🚜 Zionist Pioneers 🗳️ Israeli Politics

The Human Scale

av Lawrence Wright • 2025

An FBI agent's Hebron homecoming collides with a beheading that threatens to ignite the city.

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🏛️ Political Whodunit 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners ⚡ Religious Extremism 🏚️ Occupied Territory

The Human Scale

An FBI agent's Hebron homecoming collides with a beheading that threatens to ignite the city.

av Lawrence Wright 2025 448 sidor

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🏛️ Political Whodunit 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners ⚡ Religious Extremism 🏚️ Occupied Territory

The Afghanistan Papers

av Craig Whitlock • 2021

Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.

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🇦🇫 Afghanistan War ⚔️ War On Terror 📜 Government Secrecy 🔍 Intelligence Failure 🪖 Counterinsurgency

The Afghanistan Papers

Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.

av Craig Whitlock 2021 368 sidor

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🇦🇫 Afghanistan War ⚔️ War On Terror 📜 Government Secrecy 🔍 Intelligence Failure 🪖 Counterinsurgency

Devil's Game

av Robert Dreyfuss • 2005

The United States armed Islamism for sixty years. Al Qaeda was the bill that came due.

3.99

272

🌐 Cold War Geopolitics 🕌 Middle Eastern History 🕵️ Covert Foreign Policy ☪️ Islamism And The West 💥 Imperial Blowback

Devil's Game

The United States armed Islamism for sixty years. Al Qaeda was the bill that came due.

av Robert Dreyfuss 2005 400 sidor

3.99

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🌐 Cold War Geopolitics 🕌 Middle Eastern History 🕵️ Covert Foreign Policy ☪️ Islamism And The West 💥 Imperial Blowback

God

av Francesca Stavrakopoulou • 2021

The Bible's God had feet, hands, and genitals: the ancient body theology erased.

4.25

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📖 Biblical Studies 🏛️ Ancient Religion 👤 Divine Embodiment 🌍 Ancient Near East 📜 History Of Yahweh

God

The Bible's God had feet, hands, and genitals: the ancient body theology erased.

av Francesca Stavrakopoulou 2021 608 sidor

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📖 Biblical Studies 🏛️ Ancient Religion 👤 Divine Embodiment 🌍 Ancient Near East 📜 History Of Yahweh

Superman Is an Arab

av Joumana Haddad • 2012

An Arab feminist declares war on God, marriage, and the toxic myth of the invincible man.

3.53

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🧕 Arab Feminism 👩 Middle Eastern Women 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🔥 Sexual Liberation ⛪ Religious Critique

Superman Is an Arab

An Arab feminist declares war on God, marriage, and the toxic myth of the invincible man.

av Joumana Haddad 2012 199 sidor

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🧕 Arab Feminism 👩 Middle Eastern Women 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🔥 Sexual Liberation ⛪ Religious Critique

Kabul Beauty School

av Deborah Rodriguez • 2007

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

3.67

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🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training 🏚️ Post-Taliban Afghanistan 📖 Cultural Memoir

Kabul Beauty School

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

av Deborah Rodriguez 2007 288 sidor

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🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training 🏚️ Post-Taliban Afghanistan 📖 Cultural Memoir

Spice Road

av Maiya Ibrahim • 2023

Her brother stole their magic and fled. She follows across the sands, bound to a djinn.

3.70

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🐪 Arabian-Inspired Fantasy 🧞 Djinn Companion ⚔️ Rivals To Allies 🔮 Forbidden Magic 👥 Sibling Rescue

Spice Road

Her brother stole their magic and fled. She follows across the sands, bound to a djinn.

av Maiya Ibrahim 2023 411 sidor

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🐪 Arabian-Inspired Fantasy 🧞 Djinn Companion ⚔️ Rivals To Allies 🔮 Forbidden Magic 👥 Sibling Rescue

Philosophy in the Islamic World

av Peter S. Adamson • 2015

A thousand years of philosophy across three continents, argued by Muslims, Christians, and Jews.

4.33

242

🕌 Islamic Philosophy 🏰 Medieval Philosophy 🤝 Interfaith Exchange 📜 Baghdad School 🧠 Rational Theology

Philosophy in the Islamic World

A thousand years of philosophy across three continents, argued by Muslims, Christians, and Jews.

av Peter S. Adamson 2015 544 sidor

4.33

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🕌 Islamic Philosophy 🏰 Medieval Philosophy 🤝 Interfaith Exchange 📜 Baghdad School 🧠 Rational Theology

Prisoner

av Jason Rezaian • 2019

544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.

3.88

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✋ Political Imprisonment 📰 International Journalism 🧱 Solitary Confinement 🌉 Cross-Cultural Identity 🤝 Hostage Diplomacy

Prisoner

544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.

av Jason Rezaian 2019 320 sidor

3.88

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✋ Political Imprisonment 📰 International Journalism 🧱 Solitary Confinement 🌉 Cross-Cultural Identity 🤝 Hostage Diplomacy

The Last Shah

av Ray Takeyh • 2021

Two Pahlavi kings tried to drag Iran into modernity by force. Both died in exile.

3.90

202

🇮🇷 Iranian History 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🏗️ Top-Down Modernization 🕌 Islamic Revolution 🛢️ Oil Politics

The Last Shah

Two Pahlavi kings tried to drag Iran into modernity by force. Both died in exile.

av Ray Takeyh 2021 336 sidor

3.90

202 betyg

🇮🇷 Iranian History 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🏗️ Top-Down Modernization 🕌 Islamic Revolution 🛢️ Oil Politics

The Underground Girls of Kabul

av Jenny Nordberg • 2014

Afghan families disguise daughters as sons for survival and status, but puberty calls a halt.

4.11

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🇦🇫 Afghanistan Culture 👦 Son Preference 🚫 Gender Nonconformity 🎭 Gender As Performance 🤫 Quiet Resistance

The Underground Girls of Kabul

Afghan families disguise daughters as sons for survival and status, but puberty calls a halt.

av Jenny Nordberg 2014 350 sidor

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🇦🇫 Afghanistan Culture 👦 Son Preference 🚫 Gender Nonconformity 🎭 Gender As Performance 🤫 Quiet Resistance

The Assyrian

av Nicholas Guild • 1987

Half-Greek in Assyria's court, a prince navigates omens, war, and a brother's deadly envy.

4.26

1 000+

🌍 Ancient Near East ⚔️ Brothers As Rivals 👑 Palace Intrigue 💔 Love And Duty 🎭 Mythic Tragedy

The Assyrian

Half-Greek in Assyria's court, a prince navigates omens, war, and a brother's deadly envy.

av Nicholas Guild 1987 552 sidor

4.26

1 000+ betyg

🌍 Ancient Near East ⚔️ Brothers As Rivals 👑 Palace Intrigue 💔 Love And Duty 🎭 Mythic Tragedy

Yemen

av Victoria Clark • 2010

How tribal resistance, a cynical president, and Saudi's shadow made Yemen a jihadist stronghold.

3.71

276

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏔️ Yemeni History 🗡️ Tribal Dynamics 💣 Jihadism Origins 🌐 Foreign Intervention

Yemen

How tribal resistance, a cynical president, and Saudi's shadow made Yemen a jihadist stronghold.

av Victoria Clark 2010 328 sidor

3.71

276 betyg

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏔️ Yemeni History 🗡️ Tribal Dynamics 💣 Jihadism Origins 🌐 Foreign Intervention

The Man Who Ran Washington

av Peter Baker • 2020

Never elected, yet he unified Germany, ended the Cold War, and won the Gulf War.

4.45

2 000+

🏛️ Political Biography 🚪 Backroom Politics 🤝 Coalition Building 🌐 Geopolitical Diplomacy 🧊 End Of Cold War

The Man Who Ran Washington

Never elected, yet he unified Germany, ended the Cold War, and won the Gulf War.

av Peter Baker 2020 688 sidor

4.45

2 000+ betyg

🏛️ Political Biography 🚪 Backroom Politics 🤝 Coalition Building 🌐 Geopolitical Diplomacy 🧊 End Of Cold War

The Arab Uprising

av Marc Lynch • 2012

Arab youth, armed with TV and social media, toppled dictators. Then the counterrevolution began.

3.65

246

✊ Arab Spring 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes ☪️ Islamist Movements 🕊️ Civil Resistance

The Arab Uprising

Arab youth, armed with TV and social media, toppled dictators. Then the counterrevolution began.

av Marc Lynch 2012 288 sidor

3.65

246 betyg

✊ Arab Spring 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes ☪️ Islamist Movements 🕊️ Civil Resistance

One Palestine, Complete

av Tom Segev • 1999

Britain ran Palestine on conflicting promises and sentimental illusions. The bill came due in blood.

4.03

500+

🏛️ British Mandate 🇮🇱 Israel Palestine Conflict 🇬🇧 British Imperialism ✡️ Zionism 🏴 Arab Nationalism

One Palestine, Complete

Britain ran Palestine on conflicting promises and sentimental illusions. The bill came due in blood.

av Tom Segev 1999 640 sidor

4.03

500+ betyg

🏛️ British Mandate 🇮🇱 Israel Palestine Conflict 🇬🇧 British Imperialism ✡️ Zionism 🏴 Arab Nationalism

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