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The 51 Day War

by Max Blumenthal

Best-selling author reports on Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza in July 2014

9 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
America's Kingdom

by Robert Vitalis
A groundbreaking account of Aramco as a microcosm of the colonial order.
5 posts
The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine

by Bernard Regan

The true history of the imperial deal that transformed the Middle East and sealed Palestine’s fate

3 posts

Basrayatha

by Muhammad Khudayyir
Evocative portrait of the Iraqi city of Basra, the “Venice of the Middle East”.
1 post
The Battlefield

by Hugh Roberts
A radical corrective to Western misconceptions that reduce Algeria’s tragedy to a clash of stereotypes
1 post
Being Arab

by Samir Kassir
A passionate meditation on contemporary Arab identity.
12 posts
Beyond Chutzpah

by Norman G. Finkelstein
A meticulously researched exposé of the corruption of scholarship on the Israel–Palestine conflict.
4 posts

Blaming the Victims

Edited by Christopher Hitchens and Edward W. Said

“These forcefully argued treatises will be as enlightening as they are disturbing.”—ALA Booklist

10 posts
The Blue Manuscript

by Sabiha Al Khemir

An enchanting story of the search for an ancient artifact.
Bush in Babylon

by Tariq Ali
The bestselling history of the resistance in Iraq that vitalized the antiwar movement, fully updated.
18 posts
Carbon Democracy

by Timothy Mitchell

How oil undermines democracy, and our ability to address the environmental crisis

30 posts

The Case for Sanctions Against Israel

Edited by Audrea Lim

Leading international voices argue for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel

48 posts
The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Edited by Nick Turse

Leading commentators examine the Afghan debacle and itsparallels with previous British and Soviet occupations.

15 posts
A Child in Palestine

by Naji al-Ali

The first collection by the leading Palestinian political cartoonist, introduced by the author of Palestine.

29 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.
15 posts

A Civilian Occupation

Edited by Rafi Segal, David Tartakover, et al.
Israeli architects, scholars, journalists, and photographers highlight the role of architecture in the Middle East conflict.
4 posts
The Clash of Fundamentalisms

by Tariq Ali

Tariq Ali dissects both Islamic and Western fundamentalism.

25 posts
Close Up

by Hamid Dabashi
"The indispensable work on one of the most extraordinary artistic and social adventures of our time."—Edward W. Said
2 posts
Dreams of a Nation

Edited by Hamid Dabashi
A lively celebration of the genius and power of Palestinian cinema.
3 posts

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