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New Books in Middle Eastern Studies

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Gary Fields, “Enclosure: Palestinian Landscapes in a Historical Mirror” (U California Press, 2017)

2018/8/16

Inspired by the usage of the term ‘enclosure’ to describe the Separation Wall in Israel-Palestine on

Stephen Tankel, “With Us and Against Us: How America’s Partners Help and Hinder the War on Terror” (Columbia UP, 2018)

2018/8/10

With Us and Against Us: How America’s Partners Help and Hinder the War on Terror (Columbia Universit

Duane W. Roller, “Cleopatra’s Daughter: And Other Royal Women of the Augustan Era” (Oxford UP, 2018)

2018/8/10

For the most part women in the classical world have suffered from what Duane W. Roller terms “near-i

Eve Krakowski, “Coming of Age in Medieval Egypt: Women’s Adolescence, Jewish Law, and Ordinary Culture” (Princeton UP, 2017)

2018/8/9

History is only recently opening up to previously marginalized groups: it is only just now that wome

Eran Kaplan, “Beyond Post-Zionism” (SUNY Press, 2015)

2018/7/25

In Beyond Post-Zionism (SUNY Press, 2015), Eran Kaplan locates the post-Zionist debates, which have

Ata Anzali, “‘Mysticism’ in Iran: The Safavid Roots of a Modern Concept” (U South Carolina Press, 2017)

2018/7/20

In his sparkling new book, “Mysticism” in Iran: The Safavid Roots of a Modern Concept (University of

Jamie Stern-Weiner, “Moment of Truth: Tackling Israel-Palestine’s Toughest Questions” (OR Books, 2018)

2018/7/19

Jamie Stern-Weiner’s new edited volume, Moment of Truth: Tackling Israel-Palestine’s Toughest Questi

Guy Laron, “The Six-Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East” (Yale UP, 2017)

2018/7/16

The title of Guy Laron’s The Six-Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East (Yale University Press, 20

Alexander Bevilacqua, “The Republic of Arabic Letters: Islam and the European Enlightenment” (Harvard UP, 2018)

2018/7/16

In The Republic of Arabic Letters: Islam and the European Enlightenment (Harvard University Press, 2

Laura Robson, “States of Separation: Transfer, Partition, and the Making of the Modern Middle East” (U California Press, 2017)

2018/7/12

The First World War ended over four centuries of Middle East rule by the expansive, multiethnic, mul

Frank L. Holt, “The Treasures of Alexander the Great: How One Man’s Wealth Shaped the World” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2018/7/11

Most studies of the Macedonian conqueror Alexander III focus on the military aspects of his life and

Zoltan Pall, “Salafism in Lebanon: Local and Transnational Movements” (Cambridge UP, 2018)

2018/7/6

Zoltan Pall‘s Salafism in Lebanon: Local and Transnational Movements (Cambridge University Press, 20

Elias Muhanna, “The World in a Book: Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic Encyclopedic Tradition” (Princeton UP, 2017)

2018/7/2

Described as a small book about a very large book, The World in a Book: Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic E

Mehrzad Boroujerdi and Kourosh Rahimkhani, “Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook” (Syracuse UP, 2017)

2018/6/28

Mehrzad Boroujerdi and Kourosh Rahimkhani‘s new book, Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook (

Hans-Lukas Kieser, “Talaat Pasha: Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide” (Princeton UP, 2018)

2018/6/19

As a graduate student, I spent quite a bit of time explaining to people how we needed to pay much mo

Guy Burton, “Rising Powers and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1947” (Lexington Books, 2018)

2018/6/18

In Rising Powers and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1947 (Lexington Books, 2018), Guy Burton, who t

Samuel England, “Medieval Empires and the Cultures of Competition: Literary Duels at Islamic and Christian Courts” (Edinburgh UP, 2017)

2018/6/13

In his thrilling and sparkling new book, Medieval Empires and the Cultures of Competition: Literary