Books

A Fledgling Democracy

A Fledgling Democracy

In the tumultuous aftermath of the Arab uprisings, Tunisia charted a unique path that has earned it praise as “a beacon of hope” in a troubled region. Since the 2011…
Ethics, Practical Reasoning, Agency

Ethics, Practical Reasoning, Agency

This is the first volume devoted exclusively to the practical philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars. It features original essays by leading Sellars scholars that examine his ethical theory, his theory of…
Triumph and Despair

Triumph and Despair

Triumph and Despair tells the dramatic story of post-revolutionary Iran’s first four decades, from its establishment in 1979 until today. The revolutionary coalition that overthrew the monarchy was at once democratic,…
A Dynastic History of Iran

A Dynastic History of Iran

This rich dynastic study examines the political histories of Iran’s last two monarchical dynasties, the Qajars and the Pahlavis. Tracing the rise and fall of both dynasties, Mehran Kamrava addresses…
Research Companion to Language and Country Branding

Research Companion to Language and Country Branding

Research Companion to Language and Country Branding brings together entirely new interdisciplinary research conducted by scholars working on various sociolinguistic, semiotic, anthropological and discursive analytical aspects of country branding all over…
The Arabic Vocab-tionary

The Arabic Vocab-tionary

The Arabic Vocab-tionary is not a traditional dictionary, rather a vocabulary list of 2,500 essential Arabic words that the author has collected throughout his career in teaching all levels of Arabic. The Arabic…
Football in the Middle East

Football in the Middle East

Far and away the most popular sport in the world, football has a special place in Middle Eastern societies, and for Middle Eastern states. With Qatar hosting the 2022 FIFA…
Routledge Handbook of Sports in the Middle East

Routledge Handbook of Sports in the Middle East

This Handbook provides a succinct overview of sport in the Middle East, drawing in scholars from a wide variety of geographical and disciplinary backgrounds (history, politics, sociology, economics and regional studies), with…
Surrendering to the Self

Surrendering to the Self

The Indian sage Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) is perhaps the most widely known Indian spiritual figure of the last century, second only to Gandhi. This new book offers a fresh introduction…
Reading the Arab World

Reading the Arab World

Reading the Arab World (Routledge, 2021) by Yehia Mohamed allows students to learn how the Arabic language works in the real world. The content-based textbook for intermediate to advanced students is…
Black Blocks, White Squares

Black Blocks, White Squares

Offering a unique way to explore key concepts in political science, Black Blocks, White Squares: Crosswords with an Anarchist Edge (AK Press, 2021) by Leonard Williams is a collection of fifty-one…
Darfur Allegory

Darfur Allegory

Darfur Allegory (University of Chicago Press, 2021) by Rogaia Abusharaf  is a dispatch from the humanitarian crisis that explains the historical and ethnographic background to competing narratives that have informed…

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