garnet publishing and ithaca press catalogue 2008-09

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Contents

Politics and Current Affairs 4

Photography 12

Literature 16

Arabic Fiction in Translation 18

Women in the Middle East 22

Islamic Studies 24

Great Books of Islamic Civilization Series 26

History 29

Folios Archive Library 34

Other New Titles 37

Complete Backlist of Available Titles 38

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Transit TehranYoung Iran and Its InspirationsEdited by Malu Halasa and Maziar Bahari

Like other international cities, Tehran isfilled with the religious, the irreligiousand the indifferent. However, for acapital much in the news, its secretsare well-guarded – parties where thekids let rip; falling in love withsomeone whose face is never seen;random breath-testing of pedestriansfor alcohol; religious acceptance oftranssexuals; needle exchanges inpublic parks; and martyrdomdemonstrations.

In Transit Tehran, city-insiders,

rappers, artists, writers and

photojournalists provide essays and

picture stories to bring the city to life.

Contributors include Newsha Tavakolian,

named Best Young Photographer of 2006

by National Geographic, Abbas Kowsari,

Javad Montazeri and Omid Salehi, who

have continued to document the social

transformation of their country in the

face of mass closures of newspapers and

magazines by the government.

Things are never what they seem in

the art of Sadegh Tirafkan, the new

feminist journalism of Asieh Amini, and

the romance Shi’a-style by new fiction

talent Alireza Mahmoodi-Iranmehr. Above

all, Transit Tehran celebrates the country’s

long tradition of artistic and cultural

resistance that has influenced young

October 2008

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“Maziar Bahari, one of the very finest Iranianjournalists still shining a light on hishomeland, has coedited with Malu Halasa, atruly insightful account of the real Iran – theIran we never hear above the hubbub ofrhetoric and allegation. This is the Iran somany of us who travel there know and bothadmire and think about. It is the Iran thatdefies politics and economics and remainssomehow simply Persian.”Jon Snow, Channel Four News

“Tehran is a city literally, photographically,musically, and sexually seething with tiny(and sometimes not so tiny) acts ofrebellion, in which swarms of mostlyanonymous young Iranians experiment withways to test the limits of freedom. The

evidence that they do so with such panache,creativity, and often courage, is to be foundin this wonderful book of brilliant essaysand evocative photographs. That they do somay be a cause of concern to thegovernment of Iran. It should be the sourceof great reassurance to all who believe inthe power of the human spirit.”Ted Koppel, Managing Editor, Discovery Channel

“Transit Tehran is one long, refreshing,sometimes funny and often disturbingsurprise. Too many portrayals of Iraniansociety are as superficial as a chador. Thisbook looks at the body and soul of a people– a young people – who have an ancientculture that is wonderfully cosmopolitan, a

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Politics and Current Affairs

Iranians, noticeably in the work of veteran

editor and journalist Masoud Behnoud,

photojournalist Kaveh Golestan, premier

satirist and illustrator Ardeshir Mohassess,

and photographer Mohsen Rastani.

About the editorsMalu Halasa is an editor and journalist.

She is co-editor of Creating Spaces ofFreedom: Culture in Defiance (Saqi

Books, 2004), Transit Beirut: New Writingand Images (Saqi Books, 2004), KavehGolestan 1950–2003: Recording theTruth in Iran (Hatje Cantz, 2007) and TheSecret Life of Syrian Lingerie (Chronicle

Books, 2008). Former managing editor of

the Prince Claus Fund Library and a

founding editor of Tank magazine, she

writes for the British press.

Maziar Bahari has been a journalist

and filmmaker for the past ten years. His

films include And Along Came a Spider,Mohammad and the Matchmaker, TheVoyage of the St Louis, Targets:Reporters in Iraq and Greetings fromSadr City. He is the only filmmaker who

has worked consistently in Iraq since the

2003 invasion. Maziar Bahari writes for

Newsweek from Tehran and makes news

documentaries for Channel Four and the

BBC. His plays include A Fairly JustifiedRevenge and Abu Ghraib.

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recent history that is deeply troubled, andhopes for the future that areinextinguishable.”Christopher Dickey, author and journalist

“A wonderfully illustrative view of Iran’syoung, hip and avant garde. Westerners take note: They are here and will be heard.”Fareed Zakaria, Editor of Newsweek International

“When I first went to Iran, I was mesmerisedby what lay beneath its Islamic black veil: abubbling spring of art, imagination, andyouthful interpretations of culture. Now,every reader can have the experience ofIran’s double identity and sense ofplayfulness… and think about Iran in a new

and more democratic way… this is the Iranwe outside the borders need to connect with and cherish.”Jacki Lyden, Host, National Public Radio, and author of Daughter of the Queen of Sheba

“In this remarkable book, a group of talented Iranians show us their capital cityfrom the inside out. We are shown anunexpectedly dynamic human landscape, a place full of verve and contradiction, and,one senses, great future portent, too. In their stories and their images, the authorsshare a sense of mournful love for Tehranwhich seems, much like the city itself, to besomething worth cherishing.”Jon Lee Anderson, author of The Fall of Baghdad

The Arab State and Neo-LiberalGlobalizationThe Restructuring of State Power in the Middle EastEdited by Laura Guazzone and Daniela Pioppi

This collection of essays by leadingacademics offers an alternativeapproach to the study of today’s Arab states by focusing on theirparticipation in neo-liberalglobalization rather than onauthoritarianism or Islam.

The effects of the restructuring of

traditional state power engendered by

globalization are analyzed separately,

through updated empirical research in

the political, economic and security

processes of each country considered.

Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Saudi

Arabia are the case studies selected to

represent different paths towards a

shared model of “new” Arab state which,

far from representing an exceptional

case of resilience against global trends,

may be seen in many instances as

typifying their effects.

This book thus offers both an overall

conceptualization of change affecting

the Arab states, domestically and in their

relations with the international system,

and a series of in-depth case studies by

country and functional areas.

About the contributorsLaura Guazzone is Professor of the

Contemporary History of the Arab

Countries at ‘La Sapienza’ University of

Rome.

Daniela Pioppi is Senior Research Fellow

at the Italian Institute of International

Affairs.

Other contributors include Paul Aarts

and Joris van Duijne, Joel Beinin, Myriam

Catusse, Philippe Droz-Vincent, Issandr El

Amrani, Steffen Hertog, Karam Karam,

Charbel Nahas, Elizabeth Picard, Tim

Niblock, Maria Cristina Paciello, Karen

Aggestam, Helena Lindholm Schulz and

Ulrich Wurzel.

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Examining the prolonged Arab–Israeliconflict, Lebanese civil war and theperiodic upsurges of inter-state andinternal tensions in the Gulf region,this book looks at how civilians are atthe forefront of military conflicts andviolence in the Middle East.

The unsung heroes and real victims of

wars in the Middle East are the civilian

populations. Quickly forgotten, they have

all too frequently been forced to endure

the brutalities of war and its aftermath.

Behind political calculations, military

strategy and technological innovations,

it is the unarmed civilian population that

is expected to make the maximum

sacrifices.

Wars reflect the fears and

trepidations of ordinary men and women

about the ability of their leaders to lead

their nations during critical times and to

make sensible choices. Civilians suffer

even when clear-cut victories are

achieved in the battlefield and their

problems often begin when the guns fall

silent. Their attempts to reconstruct their

lives and livelihood are, however,

generally ignored, forgotten and

unspoken. This book attempts to redress

the balance, and reminds us that the

‘collateral damage’ of war actually has a

serious and enduring impact upon

Middle Eastern societies, and should not

be neglected.

About the contributorsThe writers comprise a team of scholars

with diverse approaches, training and

nationalities: Avraham Sela, Meron

Medzini, Dalia Gavriely, Samir Khalaf,

Stuti Bhatnagar, N. Janardhan, Amira

Hass, Girijesh Pant and William Haddad.

The editor, P. R. Kumaraswamy, teaches

Middle East Politics at Jawaharlal Nehru

University, New Delhi.

Caught in CrossfireCivilians in Conflicts in the Middle EastEdited by P. R. Kumaraswamy


Oil and GasPrivatizationin IranAn Assessment of the Political WillReza Molavi

Iran is the fourth biggest producer ofoil in the world, and its coastlinestretches the entire length of thePersian Gulf, one of the world’s moststrategic waterways in terms of energysecurity. The establishment of theIslamic Republic after the 1979Revolution paved the way for religiousclerics to gain ultimate political controlin Iran. A period mostly rememberedfor crackdowns on political dissenters,the only area in which differences ofopinion were tolerated was the role ofthe private and public sectors. Indeed,the role of the private sector was at thecentre of discussions between the twomain factions in the Islamic RepublicParty and later on between the twomain wings in the Majlis.

Two decades later, Iran appeared

to be entering another era of

transformation with the election of

reformist president Mohammad Khatami

in 1997. But the reformists failed to

deliver on their promises and in 2005

Khatami was replaced by the ultra

conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,

who promised the Iranian people an end

to economic hardship. Yet the structural

failure of Iran’s economy makes it very

difficult for any president, whether

conservative or reformist, to deliver on

such promises.

In this book, Reza Molavi explores the

potential for the privatization of some of

Iran’s national institutions, in particular

whether there is the political will to

privatize the Iranian oil and gas industry.

He begins by providing a theoretical

basis for the determination of

privatization policy. Subsequently, he

explores a set of international precedents

and then presents an historical overview

of Iran since World War II in order to

build a context for the determinants of

privatization policy in Iran. Finally, the

specific background, legal and

institutional framework, and policy-

maker perspectives are incorporated into

the overall analysis. Together, these three

approaches provide a cumulative

understanding of the determinants of

privatization policy in Iran.

About the author Dr Reza Molavi is the Executive Director

of the Centre for Iranian Studies at the

University of Durham. He is also the

Executive Editor of The Iranian Journalof National Interest, and a Senior

Research Associate at the Centre for

Strategic Research, Tehran. His current

research interests are security issues,

foreign policy, political economy and

environmental policy in Iran and in the

Middle East.

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In this book, Hassan A. Barari criticallyassesses the status of Israeli Studies inthe Arab World.

He argues that a lack of significant

area studies skills in most Arab counties,

coupled with the persistence of the

Arab–Israel conflict, the injustice that

has befallen the Palestinians and the

hegemonic ideological discourses, have

greatly informed the epistemology and

ontology of Arab scholarship on Israel.

The author concludes that with a few

rare exceptions, Israeli Studies in the

Arab World remains weighed down by

one-sided projections, ideological spin,

prejudice and a necessity to expose

rather than to understand the other.

About the authorHassan A. Barari is a Professor of Middle

Eastern Politics at the University of

Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). He is a former

Senior Fellow at the United States

Institute of Peace (USIP) based in

Washington, DC. He was also a researcher

and lecturer at the University of Jordan.

From the late Ayatollah Khomeini’sfatwa against Salman Rushdie, to theextremism of the Taliban and the massmurder of the September 11th attacks,the image of Islam as a violent andanti-Western faith has featureddominantly in the global mass media.

In this book, Elzain Elgamri sets out

to refute such generalisations. Taking

into account the historically conditioned

Orientalist discourses, in light of the

polarized relationship between Islam and

the West, and deconstructing what has

actually been reported in the British

quality press, he argues that what has

actually been journalistically covered is

an incomplete fragment of a much more

complex situation. He argues that while

events have frequently been represented

by the media as an archetype of Islam, in

actual fact there is no single monolithic

Islam and, consequently, no single

monolithic Muslim community.

About the authorElzain Elgamri is a media researcher,

journalist and translator who works for

the ECSSR in Abu Dhabi.

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Islam in the BritishBroadsheetsThe Impact of Orientalism on Representationsof Islam in the British PressElzain Elgamri

IsraelismArab Scholarship on Israel, a Critical AssessmentHassan A. Barari


What Did We Do to Deserve This?Palestinian Life Under Occupation in the West BankMark Howell

This book exposes the realities of dailylife for Palestinians in the West Bank.Based around photographs of, andinterviews with, ordinary Palestinianpeople, it looks at all aspects of dailylife ranging from restrictions onmovement and imprisonment to theeffects of the occupation on business,the practising of religion and thedevelopment of democracy.

By providing the reader with a

comprehensive understanding of how

Israel’s policies in the West Bank affect

real people, it cuts through the

smokescreens and political correctness

that pervade coverage of the issue and

offers the reader a new platform from

which to form his or her own opinions.

About the authorMark Howell is a freelance photographer

with a specific interest in the Middle East.

For years, Persian Gulf security wassynonymous with the maintenance ofthe political status quo, but with theonset of the War on Terror, USforeign policy has shifted in prioritytowards combatting the root causesof Islamic extremism.

This book offers a detailed analysis of

US foreign policy towards Iran, Iraq, and

political Islam since the onset of the

post-Cold War era and charts its

developments and changes right through

to the contemporary period of the War

on Terror.

About the authorDr Steven Wright is a specialist on

international security, US foreign policy

and the politics and strategic studies of

the Persian Gulf.

The United States andPersian Gulf SecurityThe Foundations of the War on TerrorSteven Wright

June 2007

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“Hard-hitting, gritty,realistic, yet alsocompassionate andhumanistic…”Palestine Chronicle

“a rare opportunityto hear the voicesof Palestinians”Palestine News

“a remarkablebook in bothcontent and style”The Middle Eastin London

Reviews


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It has been argued that the countriesof the Arabian Peninsula need toprovide a system of democraticrepresentation that fully takes into account their own history and culture.

This raises many questions. Can their

established tradition of rule provide the

basis for the evolution of an Arab form

of constitutional monarchy? Should the

West be seeking to encourage national

indigenous evolution rather than

working to impose Western systems?

What are the risks of change and what

has been achieved so far?

This book addresses these issues and

examines the drivers, progress and

challenges for future change in this

vitally strategic area of the world.

About the editorsProfessor Anoushiravan Ehteshami is

Professor of International Relations at

the University of Durham. Dr Steven

Wright is currently Assistant Professor in

International Affairs at Qatar University.

This timely collection of papers shedsnew light on the foreign policy ofIran under President Khatami andinto the period of PresidentAhmadinejad.

Iran’s foreign policy during this period

was based on four principles: the rejection

of foreign domination; the preservation of

Iran’s independence and territorial

integrity; the defence of Muslim rights;

and the maintenance of mutually peaceful

relations with all non-belligerent states.

This book examines the implications of

these principles, and provides analysis of

Iran’s diplomacy with regard to ongoing

developments such as the War on Terror,

the conflict in Iraq, American–Iranian

relations, British–Iranian Relations,

European–Iranian Relations and

Arab-Iranian Relations.

About the editorsProfessor Anoushiravan Ehteshami is

Professor of International Relations at the

University of Durham. Dr Mahjoob Zweiri is

a Senior Researcher in Middle East Politics

and Iran at the Centre for Strategic Studies

at the University of Jordan.

Iran’s Foreign PolicyFrom Khatami to AhmadinejadEdited by Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Mahjoob Zweiri

Reform in theMiddle EastOil MonarchiesEdited by Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Steven Wright


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HajjReem Al Faisal, with an introduction by Seyyed Hossein Nasr

The Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca is ajourney of self-discovery and anexploration of man’s relationship withthe Creator. Mecca is located in an aridland where nothing grows, and few, if any, earthly distractions exist. The pilgrim is therefore left alone face to face with God.

Each stage of the Hajj should bring

the pilgrim closer to the objective of self

knowledge. However, attaining this

depends on each person’s natural ability

and desire to do so. For this reason, no

two Hajj journeys are ever alike, and

every Hajj pilgrim leaves the great

journey forever altered from the person

they were beforehand.

It is difficult to capture the Hajj in

text or visually since the Hajj is larger

than any possible description. No book or

photograph can ever give the Hajj its

due. Even those who perform the Hajj

can never fully comprehend it.

Nonetheless, in this book, Saudi princess

and photographer Reem Al Faisal

attempts to document the Hajj, which

every Muslim must undertake once in his

or her lifetime. But Princess Al Faisal,

herself a Muslim, does not confine

herself to recording religious expressions.

With her photographs she also tries to

reveal the divine in man and nature. For

her, photography itself is a means of

honouring God’s presence.

About the authorsReem Al Faisal is a granddaughter of the

Saudi king Feisal. Her photographs have

been exhibited in France, Egypt, China

and Korea, and she was the first artist

from a Gulf state to exhibit in Palestine.

She is one of only a few women to have

covered the Hajj extensively in her work.

Seyyed Hossein Nasr is the University

Professor of Islamic studies at George

Washington University, and has lectured

widely throughout the United States,

Western Europe and most of the Islamic

world. The author of more than thirty

books and over 300 articles, his works

concern not only various aspects of

Islamic studies but also comparative

philosophy and religion, philosophy of

art and the philosophical and religious

dimensions of the environmental crisis.

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Photography


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Through his use of conventional black-and-white film and a belief that a goodphotograph is the result of constantlywatching to predict the perfectmoment, Kazem Hakimi’s work harksstraight back to the photojournalism of Cartier-Bresson and those earlyMagnum photographers who were ableto capture moments that superficiallycontained nothing, but which whenprinted onto photographic paperbecame iconic images.

With the United States and Iran once

again squaring up to each other in the

Persian Gulf and the actions of firebrand

president Ahmadinejad never far from

the news, An Eye for Iran provides a

welcome opportunity to view images

that show the human side of a nation we

are being led to distrust. Here and there

someone spies the lens as the shutter

opens, but the drift of Iranian society is

caught in the postures of the everyday:

human faces in the streets, relaxing in

the parks, the glimpse of designer

clothes under a chador, pride in a

motorcycle, a young couple enjoying a

game of chess…

Throughout, Hakimi shows how well

he understands the techniques of

traditional photojournalism: he remains

both present but still invisible to the

people in the scenes his lens has

captured. The result is a captivating book

that will appeal to all those wishing to

gain an insight into life in this unique

and fascinating country.

About the authorsThe photographer, Kazem Hakimi, was

born in Shiraz in Iran, but moved to

the UK in 1974. Having trained initially

as a civil engineer, he then studied

photography in London. An Eye for Iranis based on a visit he made in 2004 to

the cities of Isfahan, Shiraz and Mashad.

The writer of the introduction, James

Attlee, is the author of Isolarion, ADifferent Oxford Journey.

An Eye for IranThe Photographs of Kazem HakimiKazem Hakimi, with an introduction by James Attlee

Photography

North KoreaCaught in TimeImages of War and ReconstructionChris Springer, with an introduction by Balázs Szalontai

The tumultuous past of the world’smost secretive nation is revealed in this unique photographic collection.

North Korea has been described as

“the land that never changes”. But its

early years witnessed unimaginable

turbulence, both in the devastation of

the Korean War and in the postwar

ferment in which military interventions

by the Chinese and the Americans both

played a part.

Comprising more than 100 rare

photos – most never before seen in print

– North Korea Caught in Timedocuments the country’s destruction and

painful rebirth. The accompanying text

analyzes the regime’s totalitarian ethos

and highlights their many official

distortions of history.

About the authorsCalifornia-born Chris Springer is the

author of Pyongyang: The Hidden Historyof the North Korean Capital. He also

curated the 2002 exhibition DemocraticPeople’s Republic of Korea in Budapest.

His research focuses on North Korean

domestic history. He has visited North

Korea three times.

Balázs Szalontai is the author of Kim IlSung in the Khrushchev Era: Soviet–DPRKRelations and the Roots of North Korean

Despotism, 1953–1964. His research

concerns the modern history of Korea,

Vietnam, Mongolia, Cambodia, and

Albania. He currently teaches at

Mongolia International University,

Ulaanbaatar.

February 2009

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Photography

“An important visual record of NorthKorea’s history and development.”Don Oberdorfer, author of The Two Koreas:A Contemporary History

“Chris Springer in assembling thisremarkable book had to come to grips with the fact that, because of official strictures that severely limitedphotography … there are few remainingphotos from the period covered that were not disseminated by the regime’sown propaganda authorities. … Anyoneinterested in North Korea’s early days will want to own and peruse this revealing volume and shelve it next to the mere handful of earlier publishedpictorial histories...”Bradley K. Martin, author of Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty

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KoreaCaught in TimeTerry Bennett, with an introduction by Martin Uden

Photography

Once known as the ‘Hermit Kingdom’,Korea was first prised open by Japan in1876; it opened to the West in 1883,and even today it remains a little-known country. Yet its distinct cultureand history could not be more colourfulor fascinating. This book provides thefirst-ever comprehensive history ofearly photography in Korea andidentifies many previously unattributedimages. Photographs from key privatecollections and museum archives inEurope, America and Russia arecollected in this volume, forming aunique anthology and giving insightinto the cultural heritage of Korea.

The book includes the very first

photographs ever taken on Korean soil, by

the famous war photographer Felice

Beato. He accompanied the American

squadron of five ships which landed in

1871 to attempt to open Korea to trade.

His photographs show the subsequent

fighting and the Korean people the

Americans encountered. Other early

photographs include royal portraits taken

in the 1890s. Queen Min, the last queen of

Korea, was assassinated by the Japanese in

1895 and the striking image presented

here is the only known photograph of her.

With a wide range of pictures by the

photographic pioneers who first travelled

to the country, including stereoscopes,

glass slides and albumen prints – all

reproduced in duotone – plus hand-tinted

photographs reproduced in colour, readers

will for the first time be able to see the

people, the landscape, the town-life and

the traditional crafts and costumes of

Korea at the turn of the last century.

About the authorsTerry Bennett is a specialist in early

photography of the Far East, with an expert

knowledge of the photographic pioneers

who first explored the world in the late

nineteenth century. He is the author of

Early Japanese Images, co-author of Japan:Caught in Time and has lectured and

published many articles on related topics.

Martin Uden is currently serving as British

Ambassador to the Republic of Korea.

“An impressive selection of images of thisseldom-photographed country . . . hissurvey provides a solid introduction to thesubject of early Korean photography.”Asahi Evening News

“The book is the best one I’ve seen on early photography in Korea . . . an excellent starting place for researchers.”Stereo World

Reviews of the hardback edition

January 2009

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ISBN 978-1-85964-221-4

16 colour & 135 duotone photographs




Poetry and Politicsin ContemporaryBedouin SocietyClive Holes & Said Salman Abu Athera

This book shows how colloquialBedouin poetry remains a vibrant artthat has manifold modern functions:commenting on world affairs (such asthe Arab-Israeli wars, the Gulf War, theAmerican invasion of Iraq); criticisingthe domestic policies of Arab states;highlighting poverty, discrimination,the corrupt practices of officialdom,and a compliant local media.

Each of the forty-one poems presented

within the book is transliterated and

translated into English verse, with

historical and contextual annotation. The

tone is sometimes bitter, sometimes

satirical, sometimes scurrilous, and often

amusing. The poems are prefaced by an

essay on the practice of modern Bedouin

poetry.

The book is completed by appendices

containing the Arabic script versions of the

poems, extensive language notes, and a

glossary of the vocabulary.

About the authorsClive Holes, Ph.D. (1981) in Linguistics,

University of Cambridge, is Professor for

the Study of the Contemporary Arab World

at the University of Oxford. He has

published widely on the Arabic language

and its dialects, and is a Fellow of the

British Academy.

Said Salman Abu Athera (Ph.D. Glasgow,

1995) is an independent researcher into

Bedouin poetry and culture, who has

published and broadcast extensively in

Arabic and acted as a consultant for

UNESCO. He is a founder member of the

Jordanian National Committee for Cultural

Heritage, and established the Centre for

the Preservation of Bedouin Culture, a

non-profit NGO.

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“This is an extremely important collection ofpopular Arabic poetry, and for a number ofreasons. … Above all however, it is thesheer excellence of the resulting Englishtranslations that linger in the mind,providing the reader with a clear picture of

a brilliant and continuing tradition ofpopular improvised poetry that todaymaintains and fosters a heritage stretchingback for centuries”Professor Roger Allen, University of Pennsylvania

Review


Literature

The journal Shi‘r (1957–70) was anavant-garde poetic journal founded inBeirut which became a centre ofvarious types of poetic and culturalpractice. Over the course of time, theactivities of the group that were linkedto the journal were consolidated inwhat was called ‘the Shi‘r movement’.

Most writers who investigate and

evaluate the practices and contributions of

Shi‘r define the prose poem as central to

Shi‘r ’s aspiration for cultural change, yet

Arab critics who explore the works of the

Shi‘r group tend to treat the work of each

writer as an individual accomplishment,

and the journal as simply a meeting venue

and a medium for conducting individual

experiments and pursuing personal careers.

Basing its analysis on the major

writings about Shi‘r and the prose poem in

Arabic, English and French, this book seeks

to demonstrate that these conventional

methods of viewing the Shi‘r project still

breed misconceptions about the group and

their writings and still adversely affect

studies of the Arabic prose poem. Taking as

its basis recent groundbreaking writings on

modern cultural and literary studies in

general, and on studies of the prose poem

in particular, the book attempts to search

for a new perspective to redefine the place

of Shi‘r and the Arabic prose poem.

About the authorDr Otared Haidar, who specializes in Arabic

and comparative literature, has lectured at

many institutions, including the Institute

of Ismaili Studies, London, where she was

a visiting lecturer of Arabic literature. She

currently teaches at the Department of

the Islamic World and the Middle East of

the Oriental Institute of the University

of Oxford.

“Clearly and elegantly written …, Dr.Haidar’s study is an outstanding, anddelightful, contribution to the field ofmodern Arabic literary criticism.”Professor Eric Ormsby, Institute of Ismaili Studies

“a thorough investigation of the Arabicprose poem as both a text and a cultural

practice, a dual approach that is wholly newin this field... [Haidar] demonstrates animpressive literary sensibility and talent fortranslation”Professor Geert Jan van Gelder, Oriental Institute, Oxford University

Reviews


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The Prose Poemand the Journal Shi’rA Comparative Study of Literature, Literary Theory and JournalismOtared Haidar

Literature

The Seven Veils of SethA Modern Arabic Novel from LibyaIbrahim Al-Koni, translated by William M. Hutchins

In the ancient Egyptian religion, Seth isthe evil god who out of jealousy slayshis brother Osiris, the good god ofagriculture, to seize the throne. Seth is,however, also the god of the desert andtherefore a benevolent champion ofdesert dwellers like the traditionallynomadic Kel Tamasheq, better knownas the Tuareg. In The Seven Veils ofSeth, the world-renowned, Libyan,Tuareg author Ibrahim al-Koni drawson the tension between these twoopposing visions of Seth to create anovel that also provides a vivid accountof daily life in a Tuareg oasis.

Isan, the novel’s protagonist, is either

Seth himself or a latter-day avatar. A

desert-wandering seer and proponent of

desert life, he settles for an extended stay

in a fertile oasis. If Jack Frost, the

personification of the arrival of winter,

were to visit a tropical rain forest, the

results might be similarly disastrous. Not

surprisingly, since this is a novel by Ibrahim

al-Koni, infanticide, uxoricide, serial

adultery, betrayal, metamorphosis, murder

by a proxy animal, ordinary murder, and a

life-threatening chase through the desert

all figure in the plot, although the novel

is also an existential reflection on the

purpose of human life.

Ibrahim al-Koni typically layers

allusions in his works as if he were an artist

adding a suggestion of depth to a painting

by applying extra washes. Tuareg folklore,

Egyptian mythology, Russian literature,

and medieval European thought elbow

each other for room on the page. One

might expect a novel called The Seven Veilsof Seth to be a heavy-handed allegory.

Instead, the reader is left wondering. The

truth is elusive, a mirage pulsing at the

horizon.

About the authorIbrahim al-Koni, winner of the 2005

Mohamed Zafzaf Award for the Arabic

Novel, is a Libyan Tuareg who writes in

Arabic. He studied comparative literature

at the Gorky Institute in Moscow, and was

a journalist in Moscow and Warsaw. He has

lived in Switzerland since 1993, and

authored over 50 novels, short stories,

poems and aphorisms, all inspired by the

desert. Some works have been translated

into 35 languages, including eight into

German and six into French.

September 2008

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Series: Arabic Writers in Translation


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Arabic Fiction in Translation

Gazelle TracksA Modern Arabic Novel from EgyptMiral Al-Tahawy, translated by Anthony Calderbank


This short but cleverly crafted novelrecounts the tale of Muhra, a youngwoman whose name means filly, bornof the descendants of the Bedouintribes who settled in Egypt’s DeltaProvince of El Sharqiyya during the18th and 19th centuries.

Past mingles with present and myth

and folklore blend with reality, as the

narrative voice records Muhra’s quest as

she seeks to discover the truth about her

mother through the old family

photographs that adorn the walls of her

grandfather’s house and other documents

hidden away in cupboards and drawers.

At once both narrator and narrated,

Muhra’s tale of self discovery is set against

the dwindling fortunes of her own people

as they struggle to preserve their identity

and culture amid the larger Egyptian

community that encroaches upon them. At

the same time her father’s wanderings and

ultimate demise reflect the waning star of

the Arab tribes who once controlled large

swathes of Egyptian territory and enjoyed

the patronage of kings and princes.

Unwilling to give up despite

premonitions of doom, Muhra’s search

leads her inexorably to the bitter truth

about her mother’s poignant life and the

tragic and untimely end of her and the

young foreigner she loved.

About the authorMiral al-Tahawy was born in the Nile Delta

province of El Sharqiyya, the daughter of a

tribe known as al-Hanadi. Al-Tahawy has

written several critically acclaimed works,

including The Tent and Blue Aubergine(both published in English by the American

University in Cairo Press). Her novels

provide rare insight into the lives of

Bedouin women in Egypt.

September 2008

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Breaking KneesModern Arabic Short Stories from SyriaZakaria Tamer, translated by Ibrahim Muhawi

The first of Zakaria Tamer’s collectionsof stories to be published in English asa complete unit, Breaking Knees is adaring work of art that deals withtaboo subjects like religion andsexuality in a frank manner andexpresses an urgently felt need forchange.

The general theme of Breaking Kneesis repression: of the individual by the

institutions of state and religion and of

individuals by each other, particularly

women by men. Thus the question of

authority – political, social, sexual and

religious – forms the thematic core of the

book, with (female) sexuality receiving the

lion’s share of concern.

Political authority is manifest in

the emphasis in many stories on the

machinations of the police state – arbitrary

arrest and detention, interrogations,

corruption. Social authority expresses itself

in the patriarchal cultural order and

dominance of religious and cultural

institutions and conventions that constrain

individual freedom. Many stories stress

religious hypocrisy and the unfilled sexual

expectations of women. In bringing

together religion, politics and sexuality

(sometimes all three in the same story), the

author is telling us indirectly that these

forms of oppression are all connected.

About the authorSyrian author Zakaria Tamer is

acknowledged as one of the greatest

writers of the modern Arab world. His

writing covers a range of literary forms,

but his literary stature and influence rest

on the type of very short story included in

this work. His work has been translated

into many languages.

About the translatorIbrahim Muhawi was born in Palestine and

received his higher education in English

literature at the University of California.

His translations include Speak, Bird, SpeakAgain: Palestinian Arab Folktales and

Mahmoud Darwish’s Memory forForgetfulness. From 1997–2002 he was

Director of the Master’s Programme in

Translation Studies at the University of

Edinburgh.August 2008

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“Ibrahim Muhawi provides an excellentintroduction and an impeccablysensitive translation. [Tamer] is animportant and highly significant writerand this translation of Breaking Kneesis a fine example of his work.”The London Magazine

Reviews

September 2008

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ISBN 978-1-85964-201-6


Series: Arab Women Writers




Taken from the quiet sanctuary of aconvent school, where she works as amaid, Aisha is thrown back into thechaotic world of her parents’ home inTal Ezza’tar refugee camp when theLebanese civil war begins. From then on she is caught up in a series oftragedies, including her love for Georgeduring the continuous bombardment ofthe camp by the Phalangists and thesubsequent invasion and massacreswithin the camp. Aisha’s family andfriends are torn apart by events beyondtheir control and although she isobliged to marry Hassan, amid suchviolence the ability to start any kind oflife becomes impossible.

Set within one of the most

bloody conflicts of modern times, this

heart-wrenching story shows how

women’s experience of war is particularly

cruel as they confront the dilemma of

bringing a new life into a war-zone. Based

on seven years of meticulous research,

Liana Badr has created an epic novel

around the life of her people through the

eyes of one girl. Its accurate historical

setting adds force and poignancy. Turning

a simple love story into a complex

portrayal of Palestinian history, Liana Badr

has triumphantly re-told a nation’s history

for its women.

About the authorPalestinian novelist and film-maker Liana

Badr was born in Jerusalem and was forced

to leave Palestine in 1967 after the Six-Day

War. Since then she has lived in Lebanon,

Damascus, Tunis and Jordan, and returned

to Palestine in 1994 after the Oslo

Agreement. She is married and currently

lives in Ramallah. Her works have been

translated into a number of languages, and

mainly focus on themes of women and

war, and exile.

About the translatorSamira Kawar is a Jerusalem-born

Palestinian who grew up in Amman,

Jordan. She read English Literature at the

University of Jordan before becoming a

journalist. Basing herself in Amman, she

worked as a news-paper and news agency

correspondent, then took up radio and

television journalism, covering Jordan,

Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and the Gulf. In 1988,

she moved to London, working as a

television journalist and literary translator.

The Eye of the MirrorA Modern Arabic Novel from PalestineLiana Badr, translated by Samira Kawar


“flourishes of grand narrative [and] richpoetic prose”Times Literary Supplement

“Skilful in story-telling & dramatisation …excels in capturing death red-handed, &portraying it with all its drama & irony.”Umar Shabanah, Al-Hayat Newspaper

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Polygamy and Law in ContemporarySaudi ArabiaMaha A. Z. Yamani

The topic of polygamy in Islamiccountries is generally perceived byoutsiders as something linked to haremsand Hollywood-style foreign intrigues.The practice is frequently viewedthrough sexual connotations and malepower versus female powerlessness.

Through a unique series of local

interviews with both men and women

involved in polygamy, both maritally and

professionally, this book invites the reader

into the homes and personal lives of the

people directly affected. The result is a

moving, candid examination of the frame

of mind, impulses, incentives, reasons and

circumstances that drive individuals

towards polygamy, as well as the social,

legal, economic and emotional

consequences that inevitably follow.

The book also examines the historical

origins of Islamic polygamy in Mecca and

Medina, as well as the legal situation in

Saudi Arabia today. Yamani argues that a

combination of gender differences created

through local laws and public policy

decisions, the revival of customary tribal

practices and the pressures created by the

sudden materialism of modern life have all

led towards a misapplication of the original

Islamic legal essence of the practice, and a

re-adaptation of the laws regulating it.

About the authorDr Maha A. Z. Yamani is an Honorary

Fellow at the University of Exeter and a

Saudi lawyer. She is a proud mother of

four and has direct personal experience of

polygamy in Saudi Arabia.

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“This is an extremely well researched book… It gives an insight into the complex anddifficult emotional, personal, social, cultural,economic and religious aspects of polygamy.”Dr Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund

“This is an exceptional achievement: abalanced account and analysis of a subjectfiendishly hard to fathom, combiningexceptional access, thoughtful researchmethods, and an approach which managesto be simultaneously open-minded, critical,and personally engaged.”Professor Gerd Nonneman, Exeter University

“This is a most valuable book for allinterested in Saudi Arabia, marriage inIslam, or issues of Muslim women’s socialand legal status … Of special value are her revelations on the ways in whichrelationships between the sexes and withinSaudi families have mutated in response tocontemporary conditions while still claimingIslamic legal propriety. Powerful examplesare the resurgence of polygamy even withindisapproving social circles and thegeneration of novel styles of marriage(misyar, misyaf).”Professor Frank Vogel, Harvard Law School

Reviews


Women in the Middle East

Published in association with SaudiArabia’s King Abdul Aziz Foundation forResearch and Archives, ProminentWomen from Central Arabia exploressources ranging from publishedmaterial to manuscripts, documents andoral history in an attempt to redress the balance. In all, the book containsfifty-two biographies of women wholived from the beginning of theeighteenth century until the death of

King ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Saud in 1953, andthe women studied include notablepoets, educators and great donors ofcharitable works, amongst others.

Above all, the book highlights the

enormous contribution of the women of

Central Arabia during the period under

consideration, demonstrating that,

contrary to popular misconception,

their influence has in fact been

highly significant.

Fadia, a Saudi Arab, grew up in thestrictly circumscribed and tailor-made‘desert Disneyland’ of Aramco (theArabian American Oil Company). Thisslice of modern, suburban, middleAmerica was located in Dhahran, one of the leading cities of Saudi Arabia, a theocratic Muslim kingdom runaccording to strict Wahabbi Shari’a law.

Eventually, Fadia moved to Beirut, the

glitzy ‘Paris of the Middle East’, to attend

high school. In Beirut she fell in love with a

passionate and idealistic Lebanese

journalist with whom she eloped against

her parents’ wishes, subsequently getting

caught up in Lebanon’s fifteen-year civil

war while raising a family of five children.

Providing a fascinating account of a

Saudi woman’s painful journey from naïve

Aramcon girl to life as a resident of a war-

torn capital city, this book provides new

insight into two very different Middle

Eastern worlds about which so little is

known by those living outside the region.

Brownies andKalashnikovsA Saudi Woman’s Memoir of American Arabia and Wartime BeirutFadia Basrawi

Prominent Women from Central ArabiaDalal Mukhlid al-Harbi

Women in the Middle East

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January 2009

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Unfolding IslamP.J. Stewart

Thoroughly revised in the light of theaftermath of the 9/11 attacks and thesubsequent climate of fear and hostilitytowards Muslims, this new edition ofthe acclaimed Unfolding Islam sets outto present Islam to non-Muslimreaders, and to describe for the generalreader – whether Muslim or not – howIslam has unfolded over the course oftime, and how it continues to do so.

Set in the context of the geography

and history of what may be called the

super-continent of Afro-Eurasia, the book

centres on the Koran and the life of the

Prophet Muhammad and his companions,

showing how later developments are

rooted there, right down to questions of

contemporary relevance such as the

difference between Sunni Muslims and

Shiites, Sufis and literalists, reformists and

‘fundamentalists’. Though the book is

written with the non-specialist in mind,

specialists will find new contributions to

such topics as the first writing down of

the Koran, jihad (holy war) and Islamic

attitudes to our environment.

Seen as a whole, the story of the

unfolding of Islam shows how it has

achieved its special balance of constancy

and flexibility. The controlling position of

the Prophet, the unique authority of the

Koran and the strength of the Muslim

family give the religion its enduring

central core.

About the authorThe author studied Arabic at the University

of Oxford and spent a year in Egypt before

working in Algeria for seven years. Until he

retired, he taught in the Honour School of

Human Sciences at Oxford, with a special

interest in the ecology of religion.

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“As an introduction to Islam for non-Muslimreaders, Unfolding Islam more thanachieves its aim . . . wider ranging thanmost introductions but neverthelessremains accessible”The Bookseller

Praise for thefirst edition


Islamic Studies

This book examines the development ofmedieval Islamic civilization which atits peak between the 8th and 16thcenturies made enormous andinnumerable contributions in the fieldsof science, philosophy and the arts. This is then contrasted with the post-Islamic civilization extant today,which is riven by conflicts andconfusion in its search for a true vision of Islam.

Throughout the course of the book,

Hussain critically examines Islam as a faith,

civilization and history. He considers the

vitally important questions of how Islam

the faith created its own civilization, and

why it has fallen from that pinnacle of

enlightenment into fundamentalism and

terrorism in the contemporary world.

The study addresses these questions by

identifying the keys concepts from the

Quran and the traditions of the Prophet

Muhammad which opened the doors to

Islamic civilization. Over the centuries

successive generations of Muslim rulers

and some theologians have distorted

these concepts for their own aims, and

the region has subsequently become

dominated by fundamentalism and

sectarianism.

Hussain concludes that since Islam still

exists as a major faith, to recreate Islam as

a civilization Muslims need to re-examine

Western and fundamentalist models

influencing their world, and rediscover the

original Islamic concepts which led to such

achievement in earlier centuries. Only in

this way can a new kind of Islamic

civilization be developed for the 21st

century.

About the authorAsaf Hussain has been a civil servant,

diplomat and is currently an academic at

the University of Leicester specializing in

Islamic civilization and interculturalism.

He is the author of a number of books

including Political Terrorism and the Statein the Middle East, Political Perspectives inthe Muslim World and Islamic Movementsin Egypt, Pakistan and Iran.

Islamic CivilizationFrom Enlightenment to FundamentalismAsaf Hussein

Islamic Studies

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The Unique Necklace,Volume IIAl-‘Iqd Al-FaridIbn ‘Abd Rabbih, translated by Issa J. Boullata

Al-‘Iqd al-Farid (The Unique Necklace) isone of the classics of Arabic literature.Compiled in several volumes by anAndalusian scholar and poet named Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih (246–328 A.H. /860–940 C.E.), it remains a mine ofinformation about various elements ofArab culture and letters during the fourcenturies before his death.

Essentially it is a book of adab, a term

understood in modern times to specifically

mean literature but in earlier times its

meaning included all that a well-informed

person had to know in order to pass as a

cultured and refined individual. This meaning

later evolved and included belles letters in

the form of elegant prose and verse, such as

poetry, pleasant anecdotes, proverbs,

historical accounts, general knowledge, wise

maxims, and even practical philosophy.

Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih’s imagination and

organization saved his encyclopedic

compendium from becoming a chaotic

jumble of materials by conceiving of it as a

necklace composed of twenty-five ‘books’,

each of which carried the name of a jewel.

Each of the twenty-five ‘books’ was

organized around a major theme and had

an introduction written by Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih,

followed by his relevant adab selections of

verse and prose on the theme of the ‘book’.

He drew on a vast repertoire of sources

including the Bible, the Qur’an and the

Hadith, and the works of al-Jahiz, ibn

Qutayba, al-Mubarrad, Abu ‘Ubayda ibn

al-Muthanna and several others, as well as

the diwans of many Arab poets, including

his own poetry.

Volume I of this translation of al-‘Iqd al-Farid (Garnet Publishing, 2006) contained

four of its twenty-five ‘books’. The present

volume, Volume II, contains two more.

About the translatorThe translator Issa J. Boullata is a literary

critic and scholar, who also writes fiction.

Formerly Professor of Arabic Literature at

McGill University, Montreal, Canada, he has

published several books, including Trendsand Issues in Contemporary Arab Thought(1990) and a novel in Arabic, Homecomingto Jerusalem (1998), in addition to

numerous studies of Arabic literature and

translations of Arabic poetry and novels.

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The Unique Necklace, Volume IAl-‘Iqd Al-Farid

Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih, translated by Issa J. BoullataJanuary 2007 • 360pp • 240 x 168 mm • Paperback £18.00 / $35.00 • ISBN 978-185964-184-2 •Imprint: Garnet Publishing • Series: Great Books of Islamic Civilization • Available in North America from ISBS

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Al-Qushayri’s Epistle on SufismAl-Risala al-qushayriyya fi ‘ilm al-tasawwufAbu ’l-Qasim al-Qushayri, translated by Alexander D. Knysh


Written in 437/1045, Al-Qushayri’sEpistle on Sufism has served as aprimary textbook for many generationsof Sufi novices down to the present. Itgives us an illuminating insight intothe everyday lives of Sufi devotees ofthe eighth to eleventh centuries C.E.and the moral and ethical dilemmasthey were facing in trying to strike adelicate balance between their asceticand mystical convictions and theexigencies of life in a society governedby rank, wealth, and military power.

In al-Qushayri’s narrative, the Sufi

‘friends of God’ (awaliya’ ) are depicted as

the true, if uncrowned, ‘kings’ of this world,

not those worldly rulers who appear to be

lording it over the common herd of

believers. Yet, even the most advanced Sufi

masters should not take salvation for

granted. Miracle-working, no matter how

spectacular, cannot guarantee the Sufi a

‘favorite outcome’ in the afterlife, for it

may be but a ruse on the part of God who

wants to test the moral integrity of his

servant.

In the Epistle, these and many other

Sufi motifs are illustrated by the anecdotes

and parables that show al-Qushayri’s

fellow Sufis in a wide variety of contexts:

suffering from hunger and thirst in the

desert, while performing pilgrimage to

Mecca, participating in ‘spiritual concerts’,

reciting the Qur’an, waging war against the

‘infidel’ enemy and their own desires,

earning their livelihood, meditating in a

retreat, praying, working miracles,

interacting with the ‘people of the market-

place’, their family members and peers,

dreaming, and dying.

About the translatorAlexander Knysh is Professor of Arabic and

Islamic Studies at the Department of Near

Eastern Studies, University of Michigan,

Ann Arbor. His research interests include

Islamic mysticism and Islamic theological

thought in historical perspective as well as

Islam and Islamic movements in local

contexts (especially Yemen and the

Northern Caucasus). He has numerous

publications on these subjects, including

four books.

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An Essay by the UniquelyWise ‘Abel Fath Omar Bin Al-Khayyam onAlgebra and EquationsAlgebra wa Al-MuqabalaOmar Al-Khayyam, translated by Roshdi Khalil

‘Abel Fath Omar Bin Al-Khayyam was aPersian mathematician, astronomer,philosopher, physician and poet, mostfamous for his Rubaiyat, one of theclassics of world literature. His workgreatly influenced the development ofmathematics, particularly analyticalgeometry, and was unsurpassed formany centuries. Although he isgenerally better known as a poet, his work as a philosopher, scientist and mathematician was a majorcontribution to the growth of humanknowledge.

Omar Al-Khayyam’s famous book on

algebra and equations is considered to be

perhaps his most important contribution to

mathematics. The book deals with the

solution of quadratic and cubic equations.

Al-Khayyam solved all possible cases of such

equations by using geometrical approaches,

sometimes involving conic sections,

parabolas and hyperbolas. Historians of

science, teachers of mathematics and

mathematicians themselves will find the

book both interesting and informative.

About the translatorRoshdi Khalil is Professor of Mathematics

at the University of Jordan in Amman. His

fields of specialism include functional

analysis, operator theory, and

approximation theory.

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The Best Divisions for Knowledgeof the RegionsAl-MuqaddasiPaper £18.00 / $35.00 • ISBN 978-1-85964-136-1

The Book of MisersAl-JahizPaper £15.00 / $29.50 • ISBN 978-1-85964-141-5

The Book of RevenueAbu Ubayd Al-Qasim ibn SallamPaper £22.00 / $35.00 • ISBN 978-1-85964-159-0

The Distinguished Jurist’s PrimerIbn RushdVol. I: Paper £22.00 / $35.00ISBN 978-1-85964-138-5Vol. II: Paper £22.00 / $35.00ISBN 978-1-85964-139-2

A Guide to the Conclusive Proofsfor the Principles of BeliefImam al-Haramayn al-JuwayniPaper £15.00 / $35.00 • ISBN 978-1-85964-157-6

An Introduction to the Scienceof the HadithIbn Al-Salah Al-ShahrazuriPaper £18.00 / $35.00 • ISBN 978-1-85964-158-3

The Life of the Prophet MuhammadIbn KathirVol. I: Paper £18.00 / $30.00ISBN 978-1-85964-142-2Vol. II: Paper £18.00 / $30.00ISBN 978-1-85964-143-9Vol. III: Paper £18.00 / $30.00ISBN 978-1-85964-144-6Vol. IV: Paper £18.00 / $30.00ISBN 978-1-85964-145-3

The Ordinances of GovernmentAl-MawardiPaper £15.00 / $35.00 • ISBN 978-1-85964-140-8

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Might Over Right provides a criticalaccount of one of the most remarkablestories in the twentieth century’shistory of international relations – thehistory of how in the relatively shorttime of 30 years, Zionist leadersmanaged, with the help of Westernsupporters but mainly the British, towrestle a country away from itsinhabitants, and in the process toprofoundly affect the course ofinternational relations andfundamentally transform the history of the Middle East.

Extensively documented, relying mostly

on Zionist, British and Israeli sources, and

sweeping in scope, the book makes a

crucial contribution to the growing effort

to challenge the simplistic and reductive

accounts in media and scholarship in the

West – one of the principal causes of the

perpetuation of the conflict.

Might Over Right goes beyond the

Israeli new historians’ accounts that focus

on specific aspects of the

Zionist–Palestinian confrontation. It also

goes beyond the establishment of the

state of Israel in 1948 to critically analyze

the latest dimensions of the Arab–Israeli

conflict, and of the continued

Israeli–Palestinian confrontation.

About the authorProfessor Adel Safty is Distinguished

Visiting Professor at the Russian Academy

of Public Administration, Novosibirsk,

Russia. He previously served as tenured

university professor in Canada, Professor

of International Relations in Turkey and

Northern Cyprus, and Professor and

College Dean in the United Arab Emirates.

He also served as Head of UN Mission in

Amman, Jordan. His many publications

include From Camp David to the Gulf(Montreal), Democracy and Governance(Istanbul) and Leadership and Democracy(New York). October 2008

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Reviews


Might Over RightHow the Zionists Took Over PalestineAdel Safty

History

“Adel Safty’s meticulous and careful studyreveals a shameful record of betrayal andtragedy…”Noam Chomsky

“Adel Safty’s new book, Might Over Right,is an important accomplishment. It is apowerful indictment of the Machiavellianpolitics of deception and brutality thatuprooted a whole nation and dispossessedits people.”Former Congressman Paul Findley

The people of the Iraqi Marshlands areheirs to a culture that can be tracedback thousands of years, and prior tothe 1970s (i.e. before they weresystematically desiccated by Saddam),these marshes comprised the largestwetland ecosystem in the Middle East.

It is also a site considered by many

scholars as the inspiration for the biblical

Garden of Eden in the Bible and the Koran,

as well as the site where the Great Flood

occurred, and the birthplace of the

patriarch Abraham. The Iraqi Marshlands

are therefore an area of major significance

in the history of the three monotheistic

religions: Christianity, Islam and Judaism.

The Iraqi Marshlands, Its People andCulture will be the definitive text for all

those wishing to develop an in-depth

understanding of a rich cultural legacy and

lifestyle that survives today only as a

fragmented cultural inheritance. The book

clearly and compassionately illustrates

how, until recent decades, the economy

and lives of the Ma’dan (Marsh Arabs) that

spans over five thousand years remained

similar to the ancient practices of their

Sumerian forbears, and how the current

marsh dwellers with their impressive reed

houses (mudhif ) and long canoes

(mashufs) are our only link with this rich

cultural past.

The book is also a moving testament to

these forgotten people, whose habitats,

villages and very lives were progressively

snuffed out by the Iraqi government

during the repressive reign of Saddam

Hussein. It highlights precisely how and

why Saddam methodically tried to destroy

these wetlands, and explores the enormous

international efforts now underway to

restore them. Finally, the book also

demonstrates the inevitable environmental

consequences of Saddam’s massive

destruction of the marshes: the extinction

of endangered species of birds, animals

and plants that were endemic to the

marshes and are found nowhere else.

About the contributorsThe editor Sam Kubba is an award-winning

architect whose practice includes projects

in the US, UK and Middle East. The other

contributors are all experts in their field

and include Abbas Al Jamali, Hamid Turkey,

Mukdad Al Jabbari, Ihsan Fethi and Jasim

Al Asadi.

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The Iraqi Marshlandsand the Marsh ArabsThe Ma’dan, their Culture and the EnvironmentEdited by Sam Kubba

History

In the Wake of the DhowThe Arabian Gulf and OmanDionisius A. Agius

History

The Arabian dhow is one of the mostevocative images of the Gulf, the RedSea and the Indian Ocean. The greatcargo dhows represented a flourishingtrade which stretched from theMediterranean up to China from thesixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.

When the pearling industry was at its

height in the 19th and early 20th centuries,

hundreds of pearling dhows were actively

employed, carrying thousands of seamen

diving for the finest pearls, a commodity

much sought by the Western powers. In

times of war, the dhows were magnificent

fighting vessels and associated with the

piracy so prevalent in these waters.

This book is a product of over two

hundred interviews with shipwrights and

seamen in the Arabian Gulf and Oman over

a period of nine years. It compares

information given firsthand with the

literature already written on the dhow and

on Arab seafaring in the past seventy years,

much of which was simply technical.

Documenting the dhow as an important

element in the prosperity of the area before

the discovery of oil, we find in this book the

geographical conditions and the historical-

linguistical background of each dhow-type,

the life-pattern in its role as cargo,

pearl-diving, pirate and slaving vessel and

also how the seafaring communities

interacted with the dhow world.

About the authorDionisius A. Agius is Professor of Arabic and

Islamic Material Culture at the University of

Exeter. His research is mainly on the

comparative and historical aspects of Arabic

language, society and culture, focusing

particularly on the semantics of material-

cultural terminology, with a special interest

in ship-types and ship-building techniques

in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean.

Reviews


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“This book will undoubtedly become thestandard text which everyone interested inArab craft will have to consult.”William Donaldson, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Edinburgh

“an important contribution”Nautical Research Journal

“a mine of information”Frauke Heard-Bey, DAVO Nachrichten

“… now the definitive work on the subject.”Alan S. Kaye, Bulletin of the School of Oriental

and African Studies

“a major contribution to the study ofnavigation in the Gulf and in the IndianOcean”International Journal of Marine Archaeology

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History

First published in 1960, Kings andCamels is a straightforward account ofhow an American went to work in SaudiArabia and came home to America torealize how little the average Americanunderstood the people in the area.

Butler presents his material in the form

of an informal account of his personal

experiences in the Middle East, both while

he lived there, working for the Arabian

American Oil Company (ARAMCO), and as a

successful lecturer and writer who has

returned to the area often.

The book goes behind the scenes in the

Arab world, and into private audience with

the legendary Ibn Saud. It explains Islam,

the religion of the Arabs. It introduces the

reader to the desert Bedouin, and the Arab

of the cities. It focuses on human interest,

on the Americans who lived and worked in

Saudi Arabia. Above all, the book’s emphasis

is on the cultivation of understanding

between the American and Arab peoples.

About the authorGrant C. Butler worked in oil industry

public relations for ten years, both in the

Middle East and in the United States. He

also gave thousands of lectures on the

Arabs and the Middle East across America.

Kings and CamelsAn American in Saudi ArabiaGrant C. Butler

In this well-documented study, StuartCohen provides the first coherentaccount of growing British interest inMesopotamia, in which the defence ofIndia, commercial considerations, theprotection of Shia pilgrims and fear ofa German-dominated Berlin-to-Baghdadrailway all had a vital role to play.

First published in 1976, the book is

essential reading not only for an

understanding of the making of British

policy towards the Arab provinces of the

Ottoman empire but also of the last days

of Turkish rule in Iraq itself.

About the authorStuart Cohen is a professor of political

science who specializes in Middle East

diplomatic history.

British Policy in Mesopotamia,1903–1914Stuart A. Cohen

August 2008

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Antun Sa’adehThe Man, His Thought: An AnthologyEdited by Adel Beshara

This book is a collection of scholarlyarticles by leading authorities on AntunSa’adeh’s thought. The collection coversvarious aspects of his thought and notjust his political views.

The book provides a synopsis of the

work done hitherto in the field, discusses

the important studies published over

the past fifty years, including the most

up-to-date work, and at the same time

identifies the main problems that have

arisen in Arabic as well as English

secondary sources. It is therefore both a

reference work summarizing previous

research in the field and an original work

of synthesis and new interpretations.

About the editorAdel Beshara studied Economics at La

Trobe University and Political Science at

the University of Melbourne. He is a

teacher and a Fellow of the Department

of History at the University of Melbourne.

Islam inCentral AsiaLudmila Polonskaya and Alexei Malashenko

History

First published in 1994, this bookexamines the Islamic states of CentralAsia in the periods before, during andafter the Russian conquest. The authorsdetail the changes which occurred duringthe Russian colonialist era, the dramaticupheavals brought about by the 1917Revolution and how communism tried tocrush Muslim society.

Also discussed is the plight of Muslims

under Stalin’s regime, the recent Islamic

renaissance and its influence in politics

during the breakup of the USSR. The book

concludes with an evaluation of the

position of the emergent Muslim Central

Asian states shortly after their

independence, and their likely future

relationship with the new Russia.

About the authorsThe late Ludmila Polonskaya was Professor

of History at the Institute of the Peoples of

Asia and Africa at Moscow University.

Alexei Malashenko is Co-Chair of the

Religion, Society and Security program at

the Carnegie Moscow Center, and a

Professor of the High Economy School at

Moscow State University.


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Gray Hill was a distinguished Liverpoolsolicitor who, along with his wife, madea number of annual trips to Jordan,Palestine and Syria.

First published in 1891, With theBeduins: A Narrative of Journeys andAdventures in Unfrequented Parts of Syriais the record of three of these trips, made

in 1888, 1889 and 1890. The majority of

the work deals with the situation of the

Bedouin tribes of the region. A fourth and

final section consists of folklore and stories

from the oral tradition as recorded by Hill.

About the authorGray Hill, a nephew of the postal reformer Sir

Rowland Hill, was a distinguished Liverpool

solicitor. A great traveller, Hill owned property

near Jerusalem and on one occasion was

captured by Arabs. He had only just returned

from the East when he died suddenly at Mere

Hall, his home near Birkenhead, in 1914.

First published in 1895, this bookrecounts the author’s 1893 expeditionto the Tafilet oasis in Morocco.Previously largely inaccessible, Harristook advantage of the Sultan ofMorocco Mulai el Hassen’s decision topay a visit to the oasis.

The book contains detailed descriptions

of Marrakesh and the villages of the Atlas

Mountains, as well as ruminations on the

differences between the Arabs and the

Berber tribes, and the situation of the Jews.

There is also an account of the

activities of the Sultan and his retinue,

their dealings with the troublesome tribes

of the area, and details of the history,

geography and people of Tafilet. The book

concludes with the author’s return journey

to the north, and an account of the events

following the death of the Sultan.

About the authorA flamboyant socialite, accomplished

traveller and diligent journalist, Walter B.

Harris (1866–1933) served as special

correspondent to Morocco for The Timesfor forty years.

TafiletThe Narrative of a Journey of Exploration in theAtlas Mountains and the Oases of the North-West SaharaWalter B. Harris

November 2008

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With the BeduinsA Narrative of Journeys and Adventuresin Unfrequented Parts of SyriaGray Hill

Folios Archive Library

November 2008

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A Journey fromAleppo to JerusalemAt Easter, A.D. 1697Henry Maundrell


On Friday 26 February, 1697, theReverend Henry Maundrell rode out ofthe city of Aleppo in present-day Syriato begin what would become an 83-dayEaster pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Hisjourney was to inspire the eventualpublication of this small book oflasting importance, A Journey FromAleppo to Jerusalem At Easter A.D. 1697,which remains today one of the classicsof early travel writing.

Intended initially to be simply a diary,

Maundrell received such interest from

those he showed it to that he eventually

decided to prepare it for publication.

Although numerous other books had been

published by other European travellers to

the region, Maundrell’s was unusual in that

it was packed with precise, factual

information about the antiquities of the

Middle East, rather than simply relating

personal adventures or tales of the ‘exotic

Orient’.

This present volume, reprinted from

the sixth edition (1740) which also

includes an account of the author’s trip

to Mesopotamia, now makes Maundrell’s

observations accessible to modern readers.

Travelling across Syria to Latakia, down the

Syrian and Lebanese coasts and inland to

Jerusalem and the Holy Land, and then

visiting such places as Damascus, Baalbek

and Tripoli on the return trip to Aleppo,

Maundrell’s meticulous descriptions of

castles, mosques, churches, fortresses and

other archaeological sites of note, are sure

to be of great interest to all those

fascinated by the history of this unique

part of the world.

About the authorHenry Maundrell was born in 1665 and

attended Exeter College, Oxford in 1682. In

1695, he was elected to the Chaplaincy at

the English Levant Company’s office in

Aleppo, Syria. Plagued by ill health for

much of his life, Maundrell died in 1701,

shortly before publication of the first

edition of A Journey From Aleppo toJerusalem At Easter A.D. 1697.

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First published in 1915, Perfumes ofAraby is a collection of thirteenvignettes of tribal life in the firstdecades of the twentieth century.

Topics covered by the author include

Arab attitudes to alcohol, coffee and qat;

family life including marriage and children;

warfare; religion; folklore and

superstitions; local politics; and attitudes

towards the British.

Yet no matter what the subject,

throughout each account shines the

author’s obvious affection for the

tribesmen and women with whom he lived

and worked for the best part of ten years.

The result makes for a fascinating insight

into what was, and still remains, a

little-known Arabian society.

About the authorLieutenant Colonel Harold Fenton Jacob

(1866–1936) was an officer in the British

Army who spent the majority of his time in

service in Yemen.

First published in 1923, Kings of Arabiaexamines the history of Yemen fromthe 17th century to the aftermath ofthe First World War.

The book begins with an overview of

Turkish control in Yemen and an

examination of the first British encounters

there, leading up to their capture of Aden in

1839 AD. There then follows a sketch of the

British methods of administration, which

are contrasted with those of the Turks.

The author next treats the British

ascent to the hinterland and their

subsequent retreat to Aden. The book

concludes with the decline of Turkish

influence, the events of the First World

War, and the rise to power of the

independent Arab Kings.

With the latter parts of the book laced

with Jacob’s own experiences of the events

as they unfolded, Kings of Arabia is sure to

prove invaluable to those seeking an

insight into the British perspective of this

key period of Yemen’s history.

About the authorLieutenant Colonel Harold Fenton Jacob

(1866–1936) was an officer in the British

Army who spent the majority of his time in

service in Yemen.

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Perfumes of ArabySilhouettes of Al YemenHarold F. Jacob

Kings of ArabiaThe Rise and Set of the Turkish Sovranty in the Arabian PeninsulaHarold F. Jacob, C.S.I.



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Judicial Systems andSafeguards of HumanRights in the Kingdomof Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Bishr

Arabs Down UnderMohammed Mahfoodh Al Ardhi

Other New Titles

Numerous questions have been asked bysome critics about the nature of thejudicial system in Saudi Arabia. Inresponse to such questions, this shortbook, translated from the original Arabicand published in association with theKing Abdulaziz Foundation for Researchand Archives, endeavours to presentsome aspects of the judicial system froman official Saudi point of view.

Topics dealt with in the book include

Islam as a religion upholding justice; the

sources of reference of the judicial system

in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; the

general characteristics of the Saudi judicial

system; the development of the Saudi

judicial system; the functions, aims and

departments of the Saudi Ministry of

Justice; human rights safeguards in the

Kingdom’s judicial system; and a

breakdown of the three justice statutes

and the human rights safeguards

contained therein.

About the authorThe author, Ibrahim Ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Bishr,

is a Judge and Counsellor for the Ministry

of Justice of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Ibrahim, a freelance journalist fromArabia, has become disillusioned by theseemingly incessant onslaught ofWestern suspicion, abuse and adversemedia attention thrust upon his people.It is to escape this climate of hostilitythat he decides to take his family tovisit an old journalist friend in NewZealand. There, they can assimilate anew culture, meet new people with newideas, and see a land seldom visited bytheir fellow Arabs.

In the weeks that follow, Ibrahim

discusses with his old friend the ticklish

questions of Western misconception,

misunderstanding and the perceived

inequalities of his race. Together they are

able to dispel the myths and identify the

areas of ignorance that prevail in the West

and which do so much damage to the

image of the Arab.

About the author Mohammed Mahfoodh Al Ardhi is a former

Chief of the Omani Air Force, a fighter pilot

who graduated from Royal Air Force

Military Academy in Cranwell, UK, the

Command and Staff College in Bracknell,

UK and the National Defence University in

Washington DC, USA.

Complete Backlistof Available Titles

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AgricultureAgricultural Bibliography of Jordan, 1974-83Selected, Classified and AnnotatedA. B. Zahlan1984 • 61pp • 234 x 158 mm • Cased £30.00 / $59.95

ISBN 978-0-86372-016-1 • Ithaca Press

Agricultural Bibliography of Sudan, 1974-83Selected, Classified and Annotated:1974-81 v. 1A. B. Zahlan1984 • 325pp • 232 x 154 mm • Cased £34.95 / $69.95


Agricultural Bibliography of Syria to 1983Selected, Classified and AnnotatedA. B. Zahlan1984 • 140pp • 234 x 154 mm • Cased £30.00 / $59.95


Agricultural Policy in JordanA. M. Burrell1986 • 147pp • 234 x 156 mm • Cased £30.00 / $59.95


Agriculture and Policy Methodologyfor the Analysis of Developing Country Agricultural SectorsMark Mitchell, A. M. Burrell1985 • 165pp • 232 x 152 mm • Cased £30.00 / $59.95


Aspects of Reproduction of the One-humped Camel M. D. Tingari1987 • 188pp • 206 x 136 mm • Paperback £15.00 /

$29.95 • ISBN 978-0-86372-106-9 • Ithaca Press

Danagla Traders of Northern SudanRural Capitalism and AgriculturalDevelopmentEl Haj Bilal Omer1998 • 105pp • 238 x 154 mm • Cased £30.00 / $59.95


Fisheries Development in the North West Indian OceanImpact of Commercial FishingArrangementsKhaled Ibrahim Hariri1985 • 158pp • 234 x 152mm • Cased £30.00 / $59.95


State Agriculture Development in Egypt Since 1973 Simon Commander1987 • 319pp • 230 x 156 mm • Paperback £15.00 /


State and Agriculture in IraqModern Development, Stagnation and the Impact of OilKamil A. Mahdi2001 • 400pp • 235 x 155 mm • Cased £35.00 / $49.50


Studies in Applied ZoologyEdited by Yousif Abu Gideiri1999 • 160pp • Paperback £15.00 / $29.95


Supply Response in Egypt Agriculture, 1969-78Adel Sadek1991 • 352pp • 214 x 140 mm • Cased £30.00 / $59.95



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The Agricultural Sector of JordanPolicy and Systems StudiesEdited by A. B. Zahlan and Subhi Qasem1985 • 428pp • 232 x 162 mm • Cased £39.95 / $79.95


Water Planning in Arid SudanAndrew Shepherd, Malcolm Norris, John Watson1987 • 207pp • 232 x 154 mm • Paperback £15.00 /


Water Resources Development in EthiopiaPresent Experience and Future Planning ConceptsZewdie Abate1999 • 208pp • 238 x 162 mm • Cased £35.00 / $49.50


AnthropologyFamily Life in SudanEdited by Mohamed Smith and Margaret Smith1988 • 212 x 138 mm • Paperback £15.00 / $29.95


Life and Health in Three Palestinian VillagesRita Giacaman1988 • 194pp • 234 x 156 mm • Cased £30.00 / $59.95


Art and ArchitectureA Yemen RealityArchitecture Sculptured in Mud and StoneSalma Samar Damluji1999 • 355pp • 245 x 330 mm • Cased £35.00 / $85.00

ISBN 978-1-87393-800-3 • Garnet Publishing


Impressions of Granada and theAlhambraGirault de Prangey1997 • 112pp • 340 x 250 mm • Cased £40.00 / $79.95


Islamic Art and ArchitectureSystem of Geometric DesignIssam El-Said1999 • 136pp • 340 x 240 mm • Cased £25.00 / $44.95



The Architecture of OmanSalma Samar Damluji and forward by HRH The Prince of Wales1998 • 512pp • 310 x 245 mm • Cased £120.00 / $199.50


The Architecture of the UAESalma Samar Damluji2005 • 352pp • 310 x 245 mm • Cased £65.00 / $120.00


The Art and Architecture of Islamic CairoRichard Yeomans2005 • 272pp • 280 x 218 mm • Cased £29.95 / $54.95



The Bretschneider Albums19th Century Paintings of Life in ChinaKirill Y. Solonin1996 • 172pp • 330 x 245 mm • Cased £65.00 / $120.00


The Experience of Islamic Art on the Margins of IslamEdited by Irene A Bierman2005 • 192pp • 235 x 155 mm • Cased £29.95 / $49.50


The Fires of ExcellenceSpanish and Portuguese Oriental ArchitectureMiles Danby1997 • 236pp • 320 x 240 mm • Cased £50.00 / $99.95


The Story of Islamic ArchitectureRichard Yeomans1999 • 252pp • 320 x 240 mm • Cased £45.00


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The Valley of Mud-Brick ArchitectureShibam Tarim and Wadi HadramutSalma Samar Damluji1999 • 474pp • 275 x 210 mm • Cased £45.00 / $85.00



Zillij-Art of Moroccan CeramicsSalma Samar Damluji and John Hedgecoe 1992 • 352pp • 316 x 252 mm • Cased £65.00 / $110.00



Zillij-Art of Moroccan Ceramics(French)Salma Samar Damluji and John Hedgecoe 1992 • 352pp • 316 x 252 mm • Cased £65.00 / $110.00


Behind the HeadlinesAn Unsettled PeaceCan There Be Resolution in Northern Ireland?Terry McNeill2000 • 64pp • 180 x 110 mm • Paperback £3.50 / $6.95

ISBN 978-1-90293-206-4 • South Street Press

Dishing up DeathIs Our Food Poisoning Us?Jacqui Reilly2001 • 64pp • 180 x 110 mm • Paperback £3.50 / $6.95


Do you do Voodoo?The Real Religion Behind Zombies and Voodoo Dolls Shannon R Turlington1999 • 64pp • 180 x 110 mm • Paperback £3.50 / $6.95


EurocashWhat Does the Single Currency Mean to Britain?Christopher Lord2001 • 64pp • 180 x 110 mm • Paperback £3.50 / $6.95


Is it all over?Can Football Survive the Premier League?John Williams1999 • 64pp • 180 x 110 mm • Paperback £3.50 / $6.95


Offside?The Position of Women in FootballJohn Williams and Donna Woodhouse1999 • 64pp • 180 x 110 mm • Paperback £3.50 / $6.95


Out in the Cold?Examining the Issue of HomelessnessRosalind Bayley2000 • 64pp • 180 x 110 mm • Paperback £3.50 / $6.95


Sex on the NetThe Dilemma of Policing CyberspaceYaman Akdeniz1999 • 64pp • 180 x 110 mm • Paperback £3.50 / $6.95


The Transgender DebateThe Crisis Surrounding Gender IdentityStephen Whittle2000 • 64pp • 180 x 110 mm • Paperback £3.50 / $6.95


What is the Alternative?Puncturing the Myths of Complementary MedicinesAmanda Jackson-Russell1999 • 64pp • 180 x 110 mm • Paperback £3.50 / $6.95


CookingA Lebanese HarvestTraditional Vegetarian RecipesNouhad Boulos-Guillaume1999 • 116pp • 294 x 212 mm • Cased £12.95 / $24.95


Flavours of MadrasSouth Indian CookbookRani Kingman1999 • 160pp • 260 x 210 mm • Cased £16.95 / $32.95


MezzeDelicious Middle Eastern, Turkish and Greek RecipesRosamond Man1999 • 160pp • 260 x 210 mm • Cased £16.95 / $32.95


Simply LebaneseIna’am Atalla1999 • 240pp • 245 x 190 mm • Cased £25.00 / $39.95



Simply LebaneseArabic EditionIna’am Atalla2008 • 240pp • 256 x 200 mm • Cased £25.00 / $39.95



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Traditional Greek CookingFood and Wines of GreeceGeorge Moudiotis1999 • 240pp • 257 x 182 mm • Cased £14.95 / $24.95



Traditional Irish CookingThe Fare of Old Ireland and its HistoryAndy Gravette and Debbie Cook2008 • 218pp • 178 x 176 mm • Cased £14.95 / $28.95



CraftsSmall Patchwork QuiltsPippa Abrahams1999 • 64pp • 252 x 206 mm • Paperback £9.95 / $18.95


EconomicsBuilt by OilGwilym Roberts and David Fowler1995 • 320pp • 235 x 155 mm • Cased £25.00 / $49.50


Caspian Energy ResourcesImplications for the Arab GulfEmirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research2000 • 352pp • 235 x 155 mm • Cased £35.00 / $62.00


Labor and Human Capital in the Middle EastStudies of Markets and HouseholdBehaviorEdited by Dr Djavad Salehi-Isfahani2002 • 424pp • 235 x 155 mm • Paperback £14.95 /


Public Debt Management for LebanonSituation Analysis and Strategy for ChangeImad Jomaa1999 • 79pp • 235 x 155 mm • Paperback £14.99 /


Underdevelopment and RuralStructures in Southeastern TurkeyZulkuf Aydin1986 • 300pp • 215 x 143 mm • Cased £30.00 / $53.00


EducationEducation and the Arab WorldChallenges of the Next MillenniumEmirate Center for Strategic Studies and Research2000 • 416pp • 235 x 155 mm • Cased £35.00 / $57.00


Education in BahrainProblems and Progress, 1919-86May Al Arrayed Shirawi1999 • 175pp • 234 x 152 mm • Paperback £24.95 /


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