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

In the Sea There are Crocodiles

av Fabio Geda • 2010

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

4.01

15 000+

📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🚛 Underground Migration 🏠 Found Family

In the Sea There are Crocodiles

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

av Fabio Geda 2010 215 sidor

4.01

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📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🚛 Underground Migration 🏠 Found Family

Tomorrow Is Yesterday

av Hussein Agha • 2025

Diplomacy suppressed the past, so the past kept returning, until it finally overwhelmed the present.

3.96

500+

💥 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 📜 Peace Process Critique 🏘️ Settler Colonialism 💔 Historical Trauma 🌍 Political Realism

Tomorrow Is Yesterday

Diplomacy suppressed the past, so the past kept returning, until it finally overwhelmed the present.

av Hussein Agha 2025 250 sidor

3.96

500+ betyg

💥 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 📜 Peace Process Critique 🏘️ Settler Colonialism 💔 Historical Trauma 🌍 Political Realism

Jews vs. Rome

av Barry S. Strauss • 2025

Rome burned the Temple and erased Judea from the map. The Jewish people outlasted the empire.

4.16

448

⚔️ Ancient Warfare 🏛️ Roman History ✡️ Jewish History 🌍 Imperial Overreach 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare

Jews vs. Rome

Rome burned the Temple and erased Judea from the map. The Jewish people outlasted the empire.

av Barry S. Strauss 2025 384 sidor

4.16

448 betyg

⚔️ Ancient Warfare 🏛️ Roman History ✡️ Jewish History 🌍 Imperial Overreach 🪖 Guerrilla Warfare

Daughter of Persia

av Sattareh Farman Farmaian • 1992

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

4.13

1 000+

🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women's Stories 🏚️ Fallen Aristocracy 🤲 Social Reform Memoir

Daughter of Persia

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

av Sattareh Farman Farmaian 1992 432 sidor

4.13

1 000+ betyg

🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women's Stories 🏚️ Fallen Aristocracy 🤲 Social Reform Memoir

The Levant Trilogy

av Olivia Manning • 1980

Under Rommel's threat in Cairo, a neglected wife and a young soldier seek belonging and meaning.

4.34

1 000+

🌍 Expatriate Life 💔 Wartime Marriage 🌐 British Colonialism 📝 Contemplative 🧠 War And Memory

The Levant Trilogy

Under Rommel's threat in Cairo, a neglected wife and a young soldier seek belonging and meaning.

av Olivia Manning 1980 576 sidor

4.34

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🌍 Expatriate Life 💔 Wartime Marriage 🌐 British Colonialism 📝 Contemplative 🧠 War And Memory

Thermopylae

av Paul Cartledge • 2006

The Persian Empire seemed unstoppable. 300 Spartans proved otherwise; their defeat saved Greece.

3.79

1 000+

🏛️ Greek-Persian Wars 🛡️ Spartan Society ⚔️ Ancient Greek Warfare 🏅 Heroic Sacrifice 📜 Ancient Historiography

Thermopylae

The Persian Empire seemed unstoppable. 300 Spartans proved otherwise; their defeat saved Greece.

av Paul Cartledge 2006 313 sidor

3.79

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🏛️ Greek-Persian Wars 🛡️ Spartan Society ⚔️ Ancient Greek Warfare 🏅 Heroic Sacrifice 📜 Ancient Historiography

Biblical Archaeology

av Eric H. Cline • 2009

Biblical archaeology set out to prove scripture. It built a science that asked better questions.

3.91

340

🏺 Biblical Archaeology 🔬 Archaeological Methods 📖 Biblical Historicity 📜 Textual Transmission 🔍 Antiquities Forgery

Biblical Archaeology

Biblical archaeology set out to prove scripture. It built a science that asked better questions.

av Eric H. Cline 2009 168 sidor

3.91

340 betyg

🏺 Biblical Archaeology 🔬 Archaeological Methods 📖 Biblical Historicity 📜 Textual Transmission 🔍 Antiquities Forgery

Iran's Grand Strategy

av Vali Nasr • 2025

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

4.21

500+

🏛️ Iranian Foreign Policy 🗺️ Middle East Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🎯 Proxy Warfare ✊ Anti-Imperialism

Iran's Grand Strategy

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

av Vali Nasr 2025 408 sidor

4.21

500+ betyg

🏛️ Iranian Foreign Policy 🗺️ Middle East Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🎯 Proxy Warfare ✊ Anti-Imperialism

Letters From Gaza

av Mahmoud Alshaer • 2025

Displaced five times, libraries in rubble: letters Gazan writers sent from inside the siege.

4.80

274

🎙️ War Testimonies 🏛️ Cultural Erasure ✍️ Writing As Resistance ⛺ Daily Life Under Siege 💔 Collective Trauma

Letters From Gaza

Displaced five times, libraries in rubble: letters Gazan writers sent from inside the siege.

av Mahmoud Alshaer 2025 250 sidor

4.80

274 betyg

🎙️ War Testimonies 🏛️ Cultural Erasure ✍️ Writing As Resistance ⛺ Daily Life Under Siege 💔 Collective Trauma

Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel

av Israel Shahak • 1998

A Jewish fundamentalist streak teaches that killing outsiders is no crime. English sources hide it.

4.16

🔴 Religious Extremism 📜 Political Theology 🇮🇱 Israeli Politics ⚔️ Religious Violence 🏘️ Settler Colonialism

Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel

A Jewish fundamentalist streak teaches that killing outsiders is no crime. English sources hide it.

av Israel Shahak 1998 208 sidor

4.16

94 betyg

🔴 Religious Extremism 📜 Political Theology 🇮🇱 Israeli Politics ⚔️ Religious Violence 🏘️ Settler Colonialism

A Hologram for the King

av Dave Eggers • 2012

In a half-built Saudi city, a fading salesman waits for a king who never arrives.

3.29

29 000+

🌐 Economic Displacement ⏳ Midlife Reckoning ✉️ Unsent Letters 🤝 Cross-Cultural Friendship 👨‍👧 Fatherhood And Regret

A Hologram for the King

In a half-built Saudi city, a fading salesman waits for a king who never arrives.

av Dave Eggers 2012 312 sidor

3.29

29 000+ betyg

🌐 Economic Displacement ⏳ Midlife Reckoning ✉️ Unsent Letters 🤝 Cross-Cultural Friendship 👨‍👧 Fatherhood And Regret

On Settler Colonialism

av Adam Kirsch • 2024

The settler-colonial ideology that justifies violence went mainstream. Here is its anatomy.

3.98

500+

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🇮🇱 Israel-Palestine ⛔ Anti-Zionism 🇺🇸 American Myths 📖 Critical Theory

On Settler Colonialism

The settler-colonial ideology that justifies violence went mainstream. Here is its anatomy.

av Adam Kirsch 2024 160 sidor

3.98

500+ betyg

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🇮🇱 Israel-Palestine ⛔ Anti-Zionism 🇺🇸 American Myths 📖 Critical Theory

Nutuk

av Mustafa Kemal Atatürk • 1927

A six-day speech that buried an empire, dismissed a sultan, and founded a secular republic.

4.82

5 000+

📜 Turkish History ✊ National Liberation 📄 Primary Sources 💥 Ottoman Collapse 🗳️ Secular Nationalism

Nutuk

A six-day speech that buried an empire, dismissed a sultan, and founded a secular republic.

av Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 1927 610 sidor

4.82

5 000+ betyg

📜 Turkish History ✊ National Liberation 📄 Primary Sources 💥 Ottoman Collapse 🗳️ Secular Nationalism

In Search of the Phoenicians

av Josephine Quinn • 2017

The Phoenicians never called themselves that; Greeks, Romans, and modern nations invented them.

3.67

150

🌊 Ancient Mediterranean ⚓ Phoenician History 🎭 Identity Construction ⛏️ Archaeology And Theory 📚 Decolonising Classics

In Search of the Phoenicians

The Phoenicians never called themselves that; Greeks, Romans, and modern nations invented them.

av Josephine Quinn 2017 360 sidor

3.67

150 betyg

🌊 Ancient Mediterranean ⚓ Phoenician History 🎭 Identity Construction ⛏️ Archaeology And Theory 📚 Decolonising Classics

Türkiye'nin Yakın Tarihi

av İlber Ortaylı • 2010

Two centuries, six constitutions, three coups: Turkey's struggle between empire and republic.

3.74

1 000+

🇹🇷 Modern Turkey 🏛️ Ottoman Legacy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Secular Reforms 🪖 Military Coups

Türkiye'nin Yakın Tarihi

Two centuries, six constitutions, three coups: Turkey's struggle between empire and republic.

av İlber Ortaylı 2010 240 sidor

3.74

1 000+ betyg

🇹🇷 Modern Turkey 🏛️ Ottoman Legacy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Secular Reforms 🪖 Military Coups

They Must Be Stopped

av Brigitte Gabriel • 2008

The Muslim Brotherhood's hundred-year plan to infiltrate and dominate the West is already underway.

4.18

458

🔥 Islamist Movements 🌍 Islam And The West 🛡️ Counterterrorism 💣 Radicalization ✊ Counter-Jihad Movement

They Must Be Stopped

The Muslim Brotherhood's hundred-year plan to infiltrate and dominate the West is already underway.

av Brigitte Gabriel 2008 288 sidor

4.18

458 betyg

🔥 Islamist Movements 🌍 Islam And The West 🛡️ Counterterrorism 💣 Radicalization ✊ Counter-Jihad Movement

Against the Loveless World

av Susan Abulhawa • 2019

Locked in the Cube, a Palestinian woman writes her life: dancer, outcast, rebel, lover.

4.50

32 000+

🕊️ Palestinian Resistance 🧳 Exile And Displacement 💋 Sex Worker Protagonist 💔 Love In Wartime 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Against the Loveless World

Locked in the Cube, a Palestinian woman writes her life: dancer, outcast, rebel, lover.

av Susan Abulhawa 2019 384 sidor

4.50

32 000+ betyg

🕊️ Palestinian Resistance 🧳 Exile And Displacement 💋 Sex Worker Protagonist 💔 Love In Wartime 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Can We Talk About Israel?

av Daniel Sokatch • 2021

A guide to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for people who want to move beyond the slogans.

4.33

1 000+

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics ✡️ Zionism History ⚖️ Competing Narratives 🚧 Occupation And Settlements

Can We Talk About Israel?

A guide to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for people who want to move beyond the slogans.

av Daniel Sokatch 2021 384 sidor

4.33

1 000+ betyg

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics ✡️ Zionism History ⚖️ Competing Narratives 🚧 Occupation And Settlements

Ghost Wars

av Steve Coll • 2004

The CIA's Afghan victory armed the men who attacked America on 9/11.

4.32

19 000+

🌐 Cold War Proxy Wars 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Intelligence Failures ⚔️ Jihadist Movements 🇦🇫 Afghan History

Ghost Wars

The CIA's Afghan victory armed the men who attacked America on 9/11.

av Steve Coll 2004 712 sidor

4.32

19 000+ betyg

🌐 Cold War Proxy Wars 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Intelligence Failures ⚔️ Jihadist Movements 🇦🇫 Afghan History

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East

av Marc Owen Jones • 2022

Gulf states built a global disinformation machine from bots, fake journalists, and Western PR firms.

4.21

🇸🇦 Middle East Politics 🇦🇪 Gulf States 📱 Digital Surveillance 📰 Disinformation 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East

Gulf states built a global disinformation machine from bots, fake journalists, and Western PR firms.

av Marc Owen Jones 2022 272 sidor

4.21

19 betyg

🇸🇦 Middle East Politics 🇦🇪 Gulf States 📱 Digital Surveillance 📰 Disinformation 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes

The Ancient Near East

av Amanda H. Podany • 2013

How a forgotten region gave us cities, writing, and the first empires, in a single short volume.

3.89

500+

📜 Ancient Near East 🏙️ Urban Origins 📝 Early Writing 🏛️ Ancient Empires ⚖️ Law Codes

The Ancient Near East

How a forgotten region gave us cities, writing, and the first empires, in a single short volume.

av Amanda H. Podany 2013 168 sidor

3.89

500+ betyg

📜 Ancient Near East 🏙️ Urban Origins 📝 Early Writing 🏛️ Ancient Empires ⚖️ Law Codes

The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine

av Michael Scott-Baumann • 2023

In 1917, Britain made two promises about the same land. The consequences never ended.

4.12

3 000+

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics 📖 Concise Histories 🏛️ Colonial Legacies 🪖 Military Occupation

The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine

In 1917, Britain made two promises about the same land. The consequences never ended.

av Michael Scott-Baumann 2023 288 sidor

4.12

3 000+ betyg

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🌍 Middle East Politics 📖 Concise Histories 🏛️ Colonial Legacies 🪖 Military Occupation

World War One

av Daniel Wrinn • 2021

Scuttling a ship, leaping from a train, fighting in Eden: the Great War you haven't read.

3.91

🌍 World War I ⚔️ Military History 🚢 Naval Warfare ✈️ Aerial Warfare 💣 Trench Warfare

World War One

Scuttling a ship, leaping from a train, fighting in Eden: the Great War you haven't read.

av Daniel Wrinn 2021 420 sidor

3.91

54 betyg

🌍 World War I ⚔️ Military History 🚢 Naval Warfare ✈️ Aerial Warfare 💣 Trench Warfare

Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean

av Carolina López-Ruiz • 2021

Phoenicia stitched the ancient Mediterranean together. Greece took the credit and erased the debt.

4.05

🏛️ Mediterranean Antiquity 📜 Phoenician Studies ⚓ Ancient Trade Networks 🔄 Cultural Transmission 🎨 Orientalizing Period

Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean

Phoenicia stitched the ancient Mediterranean together. Greece took the credit and erased the debt.

av Carolina López-Ruiz 2021 384 sidor

4.05

19 betyg

🏛️ Mediterranean Antiquity 📜 Phoenician Studies ⚓ Ancient Trade Networks 🔄 Cultural Transmission 🎨 Orientalizing Period

One Half from the East

av Nadia Hashimi • 2016

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

3.98

2 000+

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent 🏔️ Rural Afghanistan 🌈 Magical Thinking

One Half from the East

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

av Nadia Hashimi 2016 277 sidor

3.98

2 000+ betyg

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent 🏔️ Rural Afghanistan 🌈 Magical Thinking

The House Divided

av Barnaby Rogerson • 2024

Three ethnic rivalries, not just the Sunni-Shia split, have shaped the Middle East for a millennium.

4.01

338

📜 Islamic History ☪️ Sunni Shia Divide 🏛️ Colonial Legacies 🕊️ Religious Schism 🇮🇷 Iranian Revolution

The House Divided

Three ethnic rivalries, not just the Sunni-Shia split, have shaped the Middle East for a millennium.

av Barnaby Rogerson 2024 428 sidor

4.01

338 betyg

📜 Islamic History ☪️ Sunni Shia Divide 🏛️ Colonial Legacies 🕊️ Religious Schism 🇮🇷 Iranian Revolution

Song of Ancient Lovers

av Laura Restrepo • 2025

Chasing the Queen of Sheba into Yemen's war, a scholar finds her brutal myth still breathing.

3.60

500+

🏛️ Mythic Retelling 🕰️ Dual Timeline 👑 Feminist Mythology 💔 Obsessive Love 🏚️ War-Torn Yemen

Song of Ancient Lovers

Chasing the Queen of Sheba into Yemen's war, a scholar finds her brutal myth still breathing.

av Laura Restrepo 2025 368 sidor

3.60

500+ betyg

🏛️ Mythic Retelling 🕰️ Dual Timeline 👑 Feminist Mythology 💔 Obsessive Love 🏚️ War-Torn Yemen

The Finest Hotel in Kabul

av Lyse Doucet • 2025

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

4.15

2 000+

🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory 👥 People's History 🎤 War Reportage

The Finest Hotel in Kabul

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

av Lyse Doucet 2025 420 sidor

4.15

2 000+ betyg

🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory 👥 People's History 🎤 War Reportage

Enough Already

av Scott Horton • 2021

9/11 was a trap, and the War on Terror was the overreaction al Qaeda had counted on.

4.61

500+

🧨 Blowback 🏛️ Us Interventionism 💣 War On Terror 💰 War Economy 📢 State Propaganda

Enough Already

9/11 was a trap, and the War on Terror was the overreaction al Qaeda had counted on.

av Scott Horton 2021 332 sidor

4.61

500+ betyg

🧨 Blowback 🏛️ Us Interventionism 💣 War On Terror 💰 War Economy 📢 State Propaganda

Sufi Political Thought

av Milad Milani • 2019

Sufi mystics were never removed from power. They built it, legitimized it, and sometimes seized it.

🕌 Mystical Islam 🌀 Sufi Orders 🏛️ Political Islam 👑 Religious Authority 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue

Sufi Political Thought

Sufi mystics were never removed from power. They built it, legitimized it, and sometimes seized it.

av Milad Milani 2019 158 sidor

🕌 Mystical Islam 🌀 Sufi Orders 🏛️ Political Islam 👑 Religious Authority 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue

Paradiso 17

av Hannah Lillith Assadi • 2026

Exiled from Palestine at five, he searches the world for home and finds only more leaving.

3.78

1 000+

🗝️ Palestinian Diaspora 🌳 Generational Saga 💑 Cross-Cultural Marriage 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Paradiso 17

Exiled from Palestine at five, he searches the world for home and finds only more leaving.

av Hannah Lillith Assadi 2026 320 sidor

3.78

1 000+ betyg

🗝️ Palestinian Diaspora 🌳 Generational Saga 💑 Cross-Cultural Marriage 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Song of a Captive Bird

av Jasmin Darznik • 2018

A colonel's daughter in Tehran trades obedience for poetry and becomes Iran's most dangerous woman.

4.21

6 000+

📖 Fictionalized Biography 🖋️ Poet Protagonist 🕌 Mid-Century Iran 💔 Forced Marriage 🎨 Art As Rebellion

Song of a Captive Bird

A colonel's daughter in Tehran trades obedience for poetry and becomes Iran's most dangerous woman.

av Jasmin Darznik 2018 401 sidor

4.21

6 000+ betyg

📖 Fictionalized Biography 🖋️ Poet Protagonist 🕌 Mid-Century Iran 💔 Forced Marriage 🎨 Art As Rebellion

An Unnecessary Woman

av Rabih Alameddine • 2013

At 72, a Beirut recluse has spent her life secretly translating masterpieces no one will ever read.

3.83

14 000+

📖 Literary Character Study 📚 Bookish Protagonist 🏠 Solitary Woman 👵 Aging Alone 🏙️ Beirut

An Unnecessary Woman

At 72, a Beirut recluse has spent her life secretly translating masterpieces no one will ever read.

av Rabih Alameddine 2013 291 sidor

3.83

14 000+ betyg

📖 Literary Character Study 📚 Bookish Protagonist 🏠 Solitary Woman 👵 Aging Alone 🏙️ Beirut

The Yacoubian Building

av Alaa Al Aswany • 2002

A fading Cairo building: three tenants test what dignity costs when the state is the landlord.

3.72

23 000+

🏙️ Social Realism 🎭 Ensemble Narrative 🕌 Cairo Fiction ⚖️ Class Conflict 💰 Political Corruption

The Yacoubian Building

A fading Cairo building: three tenants test what dignity costs when the state is the landlord.

av Alaa Al Aswany 2002 256 sidor

3.72

23 000+ betyg

🏙️ Social Realism 🎭 Ensemble Narrative 🕌 Cairo Fiction ⚖️ Class Conflict 💰 Political Corruption

Islam, Israel and the West

av Danny Burmawi • 2025

Not about land. A former Muslim traces the theology that makes peace with Israel impossible.

4.73

120

🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Middle East Politics 🔍 Critique Of Islam 🗣️ Former Muslim Testimony ⚔️ Arab Israeli Conflict

Islam, Israel and the West

Not about land. A former Muslim traces the theology that makes peace with Israel impossible.

av Danny Burmawi 2025 254 sidor

4.73

120 betyg

🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Middle East Politics 🔍 Critique Of Islam 🗣️ Former Muslim Testimony ⚔️ Arab Israeli Conflict

Sparks Like Stars

av Nadia Hashimi • 2021

She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.

4.28

23 000+

🏔️ Afghan Diaspora 👧 Child Displacement 😔 Survivor Guilt 🎭 Hidden Identity 👥 Found Family

Sparks Like Stars

She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.

av Nadia Hashimi 2021 464 sidor

4.28

23 000+ betyg

🏔️ Afghan Diaspora 👧 Child Displacement 😔 Survivor Guilt 🎭 Hidden Identity 👥 Found Family

America and Iran

av John Ghazvinian • 2020

The 300-year relationship America and Iran forgot: a story that begins with admiration, not hatred.

4.36

1 000+

🌍 Us-Iran Relations 📜 Diplomatic History 🛢️ Oil Politics ✊ Revolution 🌏 Postcolonial History

America and Iran

The 300-year relationship America and Iran forgot: a story that begins with admiration, not hatred.

av John Ghazvinian 2020 688 sidor

4.36

1 000+ betyg

🌍 Us-Iran Relations 📜 Diplomatic History 🛢️ Oil Politics ✊ Revolution 🌏 Postcolonial History

Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy

av Erdağ M. Göknar • 2012

Pamuk's novels defy Turkey's secular state, resurrecting the Islamic past the nation tried to bury.

4.13

📚 Turkish Literature 🏛️ Turkish Secularism 📜 Religion And Literature 🚩 Literary Nationalism 🌍 Orientalism Critique

Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy

Pamuk's novels defy Turkey's secular state, resurrecting the Islamic past the nation tried to bury.

av Erdağ M. Göknar 2012 314 sidor

4.13

16 betyg

📚 Turkish Literature 🏛️ Turkish Secularism 📜 Religion And Literature 🚩 Literary Nationalism 🌍 Orientalism Critique

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

av Emmanuel Acho • 2024

The world's oldest conspiracy theory, dissected by a Black Christian and an Israeli Jew.

4.4

3 000+

🕎 Jewish Identity 🔥 Modern Antisemitism 🗺️ Zionism Explained 🤝 Black-Jewish Relations ✊ Allyship Practices

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

The world's oldest conspiracy theory, dissected by a Black Christian and an Israeli Jew.

av Emmanuel Acho 2024 320 sidor

4.4

3 000+ betyg

🕎 Jewish Identity 🔥 Modern Antisemitism 🗺️ Zionism Explained 🤝 Black-Jewish Relations ✊ Allyship Practices

The Prize

av Daniel Yergin • 1991

How a dark liquid wrote the rules of power, decided wars, and built the greatest fortunes.

4.44

12 000+

🛢️ Commodity History ⛽ Petroleum Industry 🌍 Energy Geopolitics 📖 Narrative History 🏭 Industrial Capitalism

The Prize

How a dark liquid wrote the rules of power, decided wars, and built the greatest fortunes.

av Daniel Yergin 1991 928 sidor

4.44

12 000+ betyg

🛢️ Commodity History ⛽ Petroleum Industry 🌍 Energy Geopolitics 📖 Narrative History 🏭 Industrial Capitalism

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