Middle East
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The Cat Man of Aleppo
$18.99 Add to cartThe Caldecott Honor-winning true story of Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel, who in the midst of the Syrian Civil War courageously offered safe haven to Aleppo’s abandoned cats.
Aleppo’s city center no longer ec- Author: Shamsi-Basha, Karim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1984813781
- Language: English
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Trees for the Absentees
$14.95 Read moreTranslated from Arabic, Trees for the Absentees is a relatable coming-of-age tale of young love, meddling relatives, and heart-to-heart connections.
Philistia is an ordinary university student with an
- Author: Bsharat, Ahlam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1911107232
- Language: English
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Mirage: Napoleon’s Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt
$17.99 Add to cartTwo hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared to traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. But in 1798, more than 150 French engineers, artists, d
- Author: Burleigh, Nina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 09, 2008
- ISBN10: 0060597682
- Language: English
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The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response
$18.99 Add to cartA History of International Human Rights and Forgotten Heroes
In this national bestseller, the critically acclaimed author Peter Balakian brings us a riveting narrative of the massacres of the Armenians
- Author: Balakian, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 05 2004
- ISBN10: 0060558709
- Language: English
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Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation
$22.99 Add to cartIn Like Dreamers, acclaimed journalist Yossi Klein Halevi interweaves the stories of a group of 1967 paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem, tracing the history of Israel and the divergent ideologies sha
- Author: Halevi, Yossi Klein
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: November 04 2014
- ISBN10: 0060545771
- Language: English
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Where God Was Born: A Daring Adventure Through the Bible’s Greatest Stories
$17.99 Add to cart“Feiler brings to life the birth moment of Western faith and seeks to use the past to understand the present climate of religious extremism.”–Washington Post
At a time when America debates its v
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Feiler, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 06 2007
- ISBN10: 0060574895
- Language: English
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A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel
$16.99 Add to cart“[This] revelatory account of Truman’s vital contributions to Israel’s founding. . .is told. . . with an elegance informed by thorough research.”
—Wall Street Journal“Even knowing how the story ends
- Author: Radosh, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 20, 2010
- ISBN10: 0060594640
- Language: English
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The Other Side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide
$11.99 Add to cartThe pioneering autobiographical story of a British Zionist in her fifties who moves to Israel and chooses to live among 25,000 Muslims in the all-Arab Israeli town of Tamra, a few miles from Nazareth.
- Author: Nathan, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 19 2006
- ISBN10: 0007195117
- Language: English
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The Golden Goblet
$9.99 Add to cartA Newbery Honor Book
Winner of a Newbery Honor, an exciting ancient Egyptian mystery! Ranofer wants only one thing in the world: to be a master goldsmith like his beloved father was. But how can he wh- Series: Newbery Library, Puffin
- Author: McGraw, Eloise Jarvis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 06 1986
- ISBN10: 0140303359
- Language: English
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Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization
$17.99 Add to cartThe world’s leading Islamicist offers a concise introduction to this rich and diverse tradition of 1.2 billion adherents.
In this informative and clear introduction to the world of Islam, Seyyed Hosse
- Author: Nasr, Seyyed Hossein
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 24 2002
- ISBN10: 0060507144
- Language: English
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Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix
$19.99 Add to cartIn the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. This thrillin
- Series: Remixed Classics #3
- Author: Safi, Aminah Mae
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 125086660X
- Language: English
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The Turtle of Michigan
$9.99 Add to cart“Celebrates the power of human connections.”—School Library Journal (starred review)
“Humorous, sensitive, and poignant.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
The stand-alone companion to National Book Awa
- Author: Nye, Naomi Shihab
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0063014173
- Language: English
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Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales
$24.93 Read moreBy combining their expertise in English literature and anthropology, Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana bring to these folktales an integral method of study that unites a sensitivity to language with a… [more below]
- Series: World Literature in Translation
- Author: Muhawi, Ibrahim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0520385845
- Language: English
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Season of the Sandstorms [With Stickers]
$6.99 Add to cartThe #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!
Jack and Annie travel back in time to a desert in the Middle East. Ther- Series: Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission #6
- Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0375830324
- Language: English
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Nour’s Secret Library
$17.99 Add to cartForced to take shelter when their Syrian city is plagued with bombings, young Nour and her cousin begin to bravely build a secret underground library. Based on the author’s own life experience and ins… [more below]
- Author: Tarnowska, Wafa’
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1646862910
- Language: English
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Rose Then and Now Bible Map Atlas: With Biblical Background and Culture
$49.99 Add to cartMost Bible atlases only feature maps with very few explanations–which means they show where places are, but they don’t explain why they matter. Enjoy having an Atlas that not only includes over 120 m… [more below]
- Author: Wright, Paul H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 25 2013
- ISBN10: 159636534X
- Language: English
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The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid
$19.99 Add to cartA Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2017
Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architect’s life and her triumph over adversity from c
Parents’ Choice Recommended- Author: Winter, Jeanette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: August 22 2017
- ISBN10: 148144669X
- Language: English
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Afikomen
$19.99 Add to cartHonor, Sydney Taylor Book Award
In this wordless time-travel adventure, three children at a Passover seder visit ancient Egypt to help baby Moses find his way safely to Pharaoh’s daughter.
When a fami
- Author: Cohen, Tziporah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1773066064
- Language: English
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Mother of Strangers
$18.00 Add to cartA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR from NPR – Set in Jaffa in between 1947 and 1951, this “fable-like historical novel of young love … darkly humorous and touching” (Oprah Daily) is based on a true story durin… [more below]
- Author: Amiry, Suad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0593466942
- Language: English
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The Turkish Cookbook
$54.95 Add to cartThe definitive cookbook of hearty, healthy Turkish cuisine, from the leading authority on Turkey’s unique food traditions, Musa Dagdeviren, as featured in the Netflix docuseries Chef’s Table
Vibrant, b
- Author: Dagdeviren, Musa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: April 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0714878154
- Language: English
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