A critical study of Mahmoud Darwishs poetry throughout his career. Darwish (1941-2008), a Palestinian poet and author, was established as the national poet... Læs mere
Explains the process whereby countries become locked into long-term international conflicts, and how they can escape that conflict spiral. This book analyzes how domestic institutions and interactions among nations converge to become incentives for either war or peace.
Examines the lives of five women writers, all upper-class British women, who rebelled against the conventions of their own societies and lived, travelled and explored the Middle East.
Brings together Charlotte Perkins Gilman's first collection of poetry alongside 79 previously uncollected verses.
This study on the current gentrification and historic preservation of the Old City of Damascus illustrates how local discourses on civilization, social hierarchies, and politics of heritage are renegotiated.
In addition to neoliberal reforms, the AKP’s poverty relief program in Turkey has involved an emphasis on Islamic charity. To understand the... Læs mere
Conspicuously missing from narratives of the Lebanese Civil War are the stories of women who took part in daily social... Læs mere
Of the many Islamist groups that have emerged within the Muslim world over the last two decades, perhaps none has had so great an impact on Middle Eastern and International... Læs mere
These essays offer a glimpse into the cultural and social dimensions of Franz Rosenzweig's thought - an aspect of his philosophy that has too often been ignored by an over-emphasis on his status as a religious thinker.
Nat Hiken was the driving force behind the 1950s and 1960s series ""Sgt Bilko"" and ""Car 54, Where Are You?"". This biography of the... Læs mere
Traces the poetics of ruination and resistance in select contemporary Lebanese wartime literature, cultural production, and sites of memory. Drawing upon... Læs mere