This volume is an account of the journey the author made between Eastern Russia (via Tabriz) to Teheran at the turn of the twentieth century. This is not just a travelogue, however, but a lament for the loss of British “prestige” and power in the region to Russia.
What it means to be a Jew lies at the very heart of this book, a provocative memoir and a thoughtful speculation on the nature of Jewish identity and ..
Days of the Fall takes the reader into the heart of the terrible wars in Syria and Iraq. The book combines frontline reporting with analysis of the de..
This book brings together scholars and policy experts to provide an empirical and balanced assessment of US policy in the Middle East primarily from t..
This book examines the varying aftermaths of the Arab Uprisings, explaining the trajectories of different states, in particular Tunisia, Egypt and Syr..
The book addresses dynamics of intellectual life in the modern Middle East through studies dealing with a range of geographical and historical context..
This book is about the city and travel in the Islamic world. In particular it examines how the city, as a social product, is defined and depicted, and..
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Society in Turkey is deeply divided over the definition and even existence of the Kurdish question, and this uncertainty has long ..
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Dismantling the Ottoman Empire explores the evolution of the United States’ role in the Near East, from politically distant and is..