New Books in Middle Eastern Studies

1012 Episodes

1. Phillip Lieberman, "The Fate of the Jews in the Early Islamic Near East: Tracing the Demographic Shift from East to West" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

   Published: 11/23/2024
2. Allen James Fromherz, "The Center of the World: A Global History of the Persian Gulf from the Stone Age to the Present" (U California Press, 2024)

   Published: 11/21/2024
3. Masha Kirasirova, "The Eastern International: Arabs, Central Asians, and Jews in the Soviet Union's Anticolonial Empire" (Oxford UP, 2024)

   Published: 11/19/2024
4. Scott J. Weiner, "Kinship, State Formation and Governance in the Arab Gulf States" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)

   Published: 11/13/2024
5. Roni Henig, "On Revival: Hebrew Literature Between Life and Death" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)

   Published: 11/7/2024
6. Doyle D. Calhoun, "The Suicide Archive: Reading Resistance in the Wake of French Empire" (Duke UP, 2024)

   Published: 11/6/2024
7. The Failed Concepts That Brought Israel to October 7

   Published: 11/5/2024
8. Avi Shlaim, "Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew" (Oneworld, 2024)

   Published: 11/3/2024
9. Toni Alimi, "Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics" (Princeton UP, 2024)

   Published: 10/28/2024
10. Arash Azizi, "What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom" (Oneworld, 2024)

    Published: 10/23/2024
11. Emrah Yildiz, "Zainab's Traffic: Moving Saints, Selves, and Others Across Borders" (U California Press, 2024)

    Published: 10/22/2024
12. Eran Ortal, "Battle Before the War: The Inside Story of the IDF's Transformation" (Dado Center, 2023)

    Published: 10/20/2024
13. E. L. Gaston, "Illusions of Control: Dilemmas in Managing U.S. Proxy Forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria" (Columbia UP, 2024)

    Published: 10/19/2024
14. Mahmoud Muna and Matthew Teller, "Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture" (Saqi Books, 2024)

    Published: 10/18/2024
15. Joseph John Viscomi, "Migration at the End of Empire: Time and the Politics of Departure Between Italy and Egypt" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

    Published: 10/18/2024
16. Oumelbanine Nina Zhiri, "Beyond Orientalism: Ahmad Ibn Qasim Al-Hajari Between Europe and North Africa" (U California Press, 2023)

    Published: 10/16/2024
17. Simcha Gross, "Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

    Published: 10/15/2024
18. Fazil Moradi, "Being Human: Political Modernity and Hospitality in Kurdistan-Iraq" (Rutgers UP, 2024)

    Published: 10/6/2024
19. Christopher Paul Clohessy, "Half of My Heart: The Narratives of Zaynab, Daughter of Alî" (Gorgias Press, 2020)

    Published: 10/6/2024
20. Faisal Devji, "Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea" (Harvard UP, 2013)

    Published: 10/4/2024