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    middle east

    Essay

    Of Lutis and Loot­ers: His­to­ry as the Sis­ter of Fiction

    Ear­li­er this week, Par­naz Foroutan wrote about her child­hood deter­mi­na­tion to learn Eng­lish after see­ing a girl who looked just like her on the cov­er of Anne…
    Par­naz Foroutan
    August 19, 2015
    Cover of Farewell, Aleppo: My Father, My People, and Their Long Journey Home
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    Farewell, Alep­po: My Father, My Peo­ple, and Their Long Jour­ney Home
    Claudette E. Sutton
    Cover of The Bus on Jaffa Road: A Story of Middle East Terrorism and the Search for Justice
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    The Bus on Jaf­fa Road: A Sto­ry of Mid­dle East Ter­ror­ism and the Search for Justice
    Mike Kel­ly
    Cover of Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
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    Nazis, Islamists, and the Mak­ing of the Mod­ern Mid­dle East
    Barry Rubin and Wolfgang G. Schwanitz
    Cover of Rabbinic Creativity in the Modern Middle East
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    Rab­binic Cre­ativ­i­ty in the Mod­ern Mid­dle East
    Zvi Zohar
    Cover of My New Middle East: Inside the Israeli Conundrum
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    My New Mid­dle East: Inside the Israeli Conundrum
    Mati Milstein
    Cover of The Bride and the Dowry: Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War
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    The Bride and the Dowry: Israel, Jor­dan and the Pales­tini­ans in the After­math of the June 1967 War
    Avi Raz
    Cover of Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
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    Lawrence in Ara­bia: War, Deceit, Impe­r­i­al Fol­ly and the Mak­ing of the Mod­ern Mid­dle East
    Scott Anderson
    Cover of Midwest/Mid-East: March 2012 Poetry Tour
    Poet­ry
    Mid­west­/Mid-East: March 2012 Poet­ry Tour
    Michael Dickel
    Interview

    Meet Sami Rohr Prize Final­ist Mat­ti Friedman

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterOver the next sev­er­al weeks, we’re giv­ing you the oppor­tu­ni­ty to get to know this year’s Sami Rohr Prize final­ists and hope­ful­ly, in…
    Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
    October 14, 2013
    Cover of A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914-1948
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    A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Strug­gle for the Mid­dle East, 1914 – 1948
    James Barr
    Cover of The Peace Puzzle: America's Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011
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    The Peace Puz­zle: Amer­i­ca’s Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989 – 2011
    Daniel C. Kurtzer, Scott B. Lasensky, & Shibley Z. Telhami
    Cover of State of Failure: Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Unmaking of the Palestinian State
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    State of Fail­ure: Yass­er Arafat, Mah­moud Abbas, and the Unmak­ing of the Pales­tin­ian State
    Jonathan Schanz­er
    Cover of Fratricide in the Holy Land: A Psychoanalytical View of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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    Frat­ri­cide in the Holy Land: A Psy­cho­an­a­lyt­i­cal View of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
    Avner Falk
    Cover of Cain's Field: Faith, Fratricide and Fear in the Middle East
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    Cain’s Field: Faith, Frat­ri­cide and Fear in the Mid­dle East
    Matt Rees
    Cover of The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace
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    The Miss­ing Peace: The Inside Sto­ry of the Fight for Mid­dle East Peace
    Den­nis Ross
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