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The Other

by Ryszard Kapuściński

The master of literary reportage reflects on the West’s encounters with the non-European

1 post
Hara Hotel

by Teresa Thornhill

A first-hand account of a Greek refugee camp—and the stories of the refugees staying there

7 posts
The Age of Jihad

by Patrick Cockburn

From the award-winning author of The Rise of Islamic State, the essential story of the Middle East’s disintegration

22 posts
The Least of All Possible Evils

by Eyal Weizman

Groundbreaking exploration of the philosophy underpinning Western humanitarian intervention

18 posts

Mural

by Mahmoud Darwish

Poetry from former national poet of Palestine, illustrated by original drawings by John Berger

14 posts
Hollow Land

by Eyal Weizman

Acclaimed exploration of the political space created by Israel’s colonial occupation

22 posts
The Killing of Osama bin Laden

by Seymour M. Hersh

Electrifying investigation of White House lies about the assassination of Osama bin Laden

6 posts
Ten Myths About Israel

by Ilan Pappe

The myths—and reality—behind the state of Israel.

17 posts

The Battlefield

by Hugh Roberts
A radical corrective to Western misconceptions that reduce Algeria’s tragedy to a clash of stereotypes
1 post
The Myths of Liberal Zionism

by Yitzhak Laor

One of Israel’s most controversial writers demystifies the “peace camp” liberals

11 posts
Iran Without Borders

by Hamid Dabashi
A history of the cosmopolitan forces that made contemporary Iran
6 posts
Syria Burning

by Charles Glass

What are the origins of the Syrian crisis, and why did no one do anything to stop it?

21 posts

The Fall of the Turkish Model

by Cihan Tuğal

The brief rise and precipitous fall of “Islamic liberalism”

8 posts
Traces of History

by Patrick Wolfe

How race rose and spread across the globe

30 posts
Civil Imagination

by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
The “Copernican Revolution” in studying photography brings to light how images can both reinforce and resist power regimes.
21 posts
Operation Ajax

by Mike de Seve
Graphic true-life spy thriller about the CIA mission that overthrew Iran’s democracy
12 posts

Return

by Ghada Karmi

“In Search of Fatima was a beautifully written and moving narrative... Return is both a sequel and a stand-alone memoir.” – Avi Shlaim, Guardian

37 posts
Syrian Notebooks

by Jonathan Littell
A blistering firsthand account of the conflict in Homs by the internationally acclaimed author of The Kindly Ones
23 posts
Letters to Palestine

Edited by Vijay Prashad

Impassioned and intimate writing to Palestinians from celebrated American writers

44 posts
The Rise of Islamic State

by Patrick Cockburn

The essential “on the ground” report on the fastest-growing new threat in the Middle East from the Winner of the 2014 Foreign Affairs Journalist of the Year Award

53 posts

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