From Babel to Dragomans - Interpreting the Middle East by Bernard Lewis
$25.00 NZD
Category: Middle East | Reading Level: very good
Bernard Lewis is recognized around the globe as one of the leading authorities on Islam. Hailed as "the world's foremost Islamic scholar" (Wall Street Journal), as "a towering figure among experts on the culture and religion of the Muslim world" (Baltimore Sun), and as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studi ...Show more
God Has Ninety-Nine Names - A Reporter's Journey Through a Militant Middle East by Judith Miller
$20.00 NZD
Category: Middle East | Reading Level: very good
Putting Islam to Work - Education, Politics, and Religious Tranformation in Egypt by Gregory Starrett
$16.00 NZD
Category: Middle East | Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The development of mass education and the mass media have transformed the Islamic tradition in contemporary Egypt and the wider Muslim world. In Putting Islam to Work, Gregory Starrett focuses on the historical interplay of power and public culture, showing how these new forms of communication and a gro ...Show more
The Arab Avant-Garde: Music, Politics, Modernity by Thomas Burkhalter (Editor); Kay Dickinson (Editor); Benjamin J. Harbert (Editor)
$14.00 NZD
Category: Middle East | Series: Music / Culture Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
From jazz trumpeters drawing on the noises of warfare in Beirut to female heavy metallers in Alexandria, the Arab culture offers a wealth of exciting, challenging, and diverse musics. The essays in this collection investigate the plethora of compositional and improvisational techniques, performance styl ...Show more
In the Name of God: The Khomeini Decade by Robin Wright
$10.00 NZD
Category: Middle East
An examination of the period in Iranian history between 1979 and 1989. The author looks at different aspects of this time - before, during and after the reign of Ayatollah Khomeini. She tells the stories of the American hostages and Iran's campaign against the western powers.