Cultural Region/Middle Eastern
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Laughter in the Dark: Egypt to the Tune of Change
$16.00 Read moreWhat can hip-hop tell us about Egypt today?
A decade ago, millions of Egyptians took to the streets in a people-led revolution that captivated the world’s attention and sent ripples across the Middle- Author: El Rashidi, Yasmine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 111
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79899E+12
- Language: English
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Of Mud and Honey
$19.99 Add to cartAs the reign of imperialism gives way to Communist control in Aden, Yemen, a young Parsi family finds themselves trapped as political prisoners. Their strength, love, and faith are pushed to the limit
- Author: Trabulsi, Roxana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 330
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1645384527
- Language: English
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History of Ancient Egypt
$45.00 Add to cartThe ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of the pyramids. Famed archaeologist John Romer draws o… [more below]
- Series: History of Ancient Egypt #1
- Author: Romer, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 20 2013
- ISBN10: 1250030110
- Language: English
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Zaatari: Culinary Traditions of the World’s Largest Syrian Refugee Camp
$45.00 Add to cart“The recipes in Zaatari are glorious. Passed down the generations from mother to daughter, cooking keeps the people of Zaatari camp connected to the towns and villages of the Syria they fled.” — Clau
- Author: Fisher, Karen E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1773102354
- Language: English
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Gilgamesh
$22.00 Add to cartComposed over 2,500 years, lost in the deserts of Iraq for 2,000 more, Gilgamesh presents a palimpsest of ancient Middle Eastern cultic and courtly lyrics and lore. The story of a visionary journey be
- Author: Kendall, Stuart T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: January 27 2012
- ISBN10: 0983697205
- Language: English
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The Good Shepherd: A Thousand-Year Journey from Psalm 23 to the New Testament
$33.99 Add to cartLogos Bookstores’ Best Book
“The Lord is my shepherd.”
Thus begins the most beloved of all Psalms–and thus begins a thousand-year journey through the Bible. Prophets, apostles and Jesus himself took up
- Author: Bailey, Kenneth E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 18 2014
- ISBN10: 083084063X
- Language: English
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Setting the Desert on Fire: T.E. Lawrence and Britain’s Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918
$27.99 Add to cartT. E. Lawrence’s classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom made the Arab revolt a legend and helped turn him into the mythical “Lawrence of Arabia.” Setting the Desert on Fire is both a masterly account of the
- Author: Barr, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 402
- Publish Date: July 06 2009
- ISBN10: 0393335275
- Language: English
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The Threshold: Poems
$17.00 Add to cartA selection of luminous, fiercely intelligent verse from Egypt’s premier poet.
Iman Mersal is Egypt’s–indeed, the Arab world’s–great outsider poet. Over the past three decades, she has crafted a voi- Author: Mersal, Iman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0374607850
- Language: English
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The Bookseller of Kabul
$17.99 Add to cartThis phenomenal international bestseller is “an admirable, revealing portrait of daily life in a country that Washington claims to have liberated but does not begin to understand” (Washington Post).
T- Author: Seierstad, Åsne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 26 2004
- ISBN10: 0316159417
- Language: English
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The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
$12.99 Add to cartThe conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles of modern times, a dangerous tinderbox always poised to set the Middle East aflame–and to draw the
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bunton, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01, 2013
- ISBN10: 0199603936
- Language: English
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Palestine on a Plate: Memories from My Mother’s Kitchen
$26.95 Add to cartA beautifully photographed culinary and cultural tour of Palestine.
“Joudie Kalla is an exceptionally talented chef with a deep understanding of tradition and ingredients that enables her to create- Author: Kalla, Joudie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1623718163
- Language: English
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Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land
$20.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE – “A rich, penetrating, and moving portrayal of Arab-Jewish hostility, told in human terms.”–Newsday
Now expanded and updated – “The best and most comprehensive work ther… [more below]- Author: Shipler, David K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: November 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0553447513
- Language: English
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Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North
$18.00 Add to cartA fascinating collection of medieval Arabic travel writing in an important new translation
Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab explorers journeyed widely and frequently into the far north,… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Ibn Fadlan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 31 2012
- ISBN10: 0140455078
- Language: English
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Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village
$20.00 Add to cartPalestinian youth and the fight for their village
Silwan is a Palestinian village located just outside the ancient walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for- Author: Sokolower, Jody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: May 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1623718880
- Language: English
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The Man in the Arena: From Fighting Isis to Fighting for My Freedom
$32.00 Add to cartOn September 11, 2018, Navy SEAL Chief Edward Gallagher–a highly-decorated combat veteran with nine deployments to war zones in Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq–was arrested for war crimes at the TBI m… [more below]
- Author: Gallagher, Eddie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 452
- Publish Date: June 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1733428003
- Language: English
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Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?
$21.00 Add to cartMahmoud Darwish is one of the greatest poets of our time. In his poetry Palestine becomes the map of the human soul.
— Elias Khoury
The book tugs at the reader’s heart page after page, poem after … [more below]- Author: Darwish, Mahmoud
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 197
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0976395010
- Language: English
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The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World
$32.00 Add to cartFor this newly expanded edition, Avi Shlaim has added four chapters and an epilogue that address the prime ministerships from Barak to Netanyahu in the “one book everyone should read for a concise his… [more below]
- Author: Shlaim, Avi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 960
- Publish Date: October 20 2014
- ISBN10: 0393346862
- Language: English
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Cleopatra: A Biography
$20.99 Add to cartFew personalities from classical antiquity are more famous–yet more poorly understood–than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. In this major biography, Duane Roller reveals that Cleopatra was in fact a l… [more below]
- Series: Women in Antiquity
- Author: Roller, Duane W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0199829969
- Language: English
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Wall and the Gate
$34.99 Add to cartFrom renowned human rights lawyer Michael Sfard, an unprecedented exploration of the struggle for human rights in Israel’s courts
A farmer from a village in the occupied West Bank, cut off from his ol- Author: Sfard, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1250860644
- Language: English
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Arabic in 10 Minutes a Day: Language Course for Beginning and Advanced Study. Includes Workbook, Flash Cards, Sticky Labels, Menu Guide, Software,
$44.95 Read moreWhether you’re planning a trip to Morocco, Egypt, or any of the 25 exotic countries where Arabic is spoken, you’ll want to bring along your language skills and “ARABIC in 10 minutes a day” is just the… [more below]
- Series: 10 Minutes a Day
- Author: Kershul, Kristine K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: July 21 2015
- ISBN10: 1931873321
- Language: English
