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    Cover of 1967: Israel, the War, and the Year That Transformed the Middle East
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    1967: Israel, the War, and the Year That Trans­formed the Mid­dle East
    Tom Segev; Jessica Cohen, trans.
    Cover of Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present
    Non­fic­tion
    Pow­er, Faith and Fan­ta­sy: Amer­i­ca in the Mid­dle East, 1776 to the Present
    Michael B. Oren
    Cover of Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
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    Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Mak­ing of the Mod­ern Mid­dle East
    Michael B. Oren
    Cover of Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East
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    Myths, Illu­sions, and Peace: Find­ing a New Direc­tion for Amer­i­ca in the Mid­dle East
    Den­nis Ross
    David Makovsky
    Cover of Farewell to Dejla: Stories of Iraqi Jews at Home and in Exile
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    Farewell to Dejla: Sto­ries of Iraqi Jews at Home and in Exile
    Tova Murad Sadka
    Cover of Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide
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    Pris­on­ers: A Mus­lim and a Jew Across the Mid­dle East Divide
    Jeffrey Goldberg
    Cover of The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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    The Bal­four Dec­la­ra­tion: The Ori­gins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
    Jonathan Schneer
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    An Arro­gant Revolution

    Lucette Lagna­do​’s most recent book, The Arro­gant Years: One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brook­lyn, is now avail­able. Lucette won the 2008 Sami…
    Lucette Lagna­do
    September 21, 2011
    Essay

    Mourn­ing My Arab Spring

    Lucette Lagna­do​’s most recent book, The Arro­gant Years: One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brook­lyn, is now avail­able. Lucette won the 2008 Sami Rohr…
    Lucette Lagna­do
    September 19, 2011
    Cover of Danger Pay: Memoir of a Photojournalist in the Middle East, 1984-1994
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    Dan­ger Pay: Mem­oir of a Pho­to­jour­nal­ist in the Mid­dle East, 1984 – 1994
    Carol Spencer Mitchell; Ellen Spencer Susman, ed.
    Cover of Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World
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    Nazi Pro­pa­gan­da for the Arab World
    Jeffrey Herf
    Cover of From Empathy to Denial: Arab Responses to the Holocaust
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    From Empa­thy to Denial: Arab Respons­es to the Holocaust
    Meir Litvak and Esther Webman
    Cover of Joha Makes a Wish: A Middle Eastern Tale
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    Joha Makes a Wish: A Mid­dle East­ern Tale
    Eric A. Kimmel; Omar Rayyan, illus.
    Cover of Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries
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    Jew­ish Prop­er­ty Claims Against Arab Countries
    Michael R. Fischbach
    Cover of Memories of Eden: A Journey Through Jewish Baghdad
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    Mem­o­ries of Eden: A Jour­ney Through Jew­ish Baghdad
    Violette Shamash; Mira and Tony Roca, eds.
    Cover of How To Make Peace In The Middle East In Six Months Or Less Without Leaving Your Apartment
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    How To Make Peace In The Mid­dle East In Six Months Or Less With­out Leav­ing Your Apartment
    Gregorey Levey
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