Middle Eastern category: 410 books
Poetic Trespass
Writing between Hebrew and Arabic in Israel/Palestine
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2014
A Palestinian-Israeli poet declares a new state whose language, "Homelandic," is a combination of Arabic and Hebrew. A Jewish-Israeli author imagines a "language plague" that infects young Hebrew speakers with old world accents, and sends the narrator in search of his Arabic heritage. In Poetic Trespass,...
The World in a Book
Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic Encyclopedic Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri was a fourteenth-century Egyptian polymath and the author of one of the greatest encyclopedias of the medieval Islamic world—a thirty-one-volume work entitled The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition. A storehouse of knowledge, this enormous book brought together materials...
Sultan's Kitchen
A Turkish Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
"Not to be missed…a gem. This is real Old World cooking…devotees of Mediterranean cuisine would be remiss not to add this book to their collection."—Boston Globe
Today's Turkish cuisine is fresh, distinctive, and flavorful—the result of over five centuries of culinary tradition....
The Healthy Lebanese Family Cookbook
Using authentic Lebanese superfoods in your everyday cooking
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
'As Mona Hamadeh's two previous books are already a staple in our house, I have been waiting eagerly for the release of her new title and I was not disappointed. This new book is a beautiful continuation of the author's previous achievements, a loving tribute to Lebanese cuisine, culture and lifestyle...
Turkish Delights
Stunning regional recipes from the Bosphorus to the Black Sea
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2018
'John Gregory-Smith has a passion for Turkish food - and it shows. This is a rich and inviting introduction to the authentic flavours of Turkey, presenting regional dishes and traditional food.' The Bookseller
'A gorgeous mix of modern, regional and traditional Turkish Dishes - I want to cook...
The Arabian Nights Cookbook
From Lamb Kebabs to Baba Ghanouj, Delicious Homestyle Arabian Cooking
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
**2011 Best Arab Cuisine book in the U.S., Gourmand World Cookbook Award**
Prepare delicious and healthy meals with this award-winning Arabian cookbook
For untold centuries, the Bedouin of the Arabian Peninsula, in their desert tents, have served their honored guests lavish meals featuring...
Arabic Literature for the Classroom
Teaching Methods, Theories, Themes and Texts
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Arabic Literature for the Classroom argues for a more visible presence of Arabic within the humanities and social sciences, stressing the need to make Arabic literature available as a world literature, without damaging its own distinctive characteristics.
The nineteen chapters which make up...
Contemporary Arab Fiction
Innovation from Rama to Yalu
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
This book introduces Western readers to some of the most significant novels written in Arabic since 1979. Despite their contribution to the development of contemporary Arabic fiction, these authors remain largely unknown to non-Arab readers.
Fabio Caiani examines the work of the Moroccan Muhammad...
The Thousand and One Nights
Space, Travel and Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
This volume discusses The Thousand and One Nights' themes of space and travel showing how they are used not only as a setting in which the story unfolds, but also as the dynamic force which propels the heroes and the story to the final dénouement.
These events often symbolize a process of...
The Pharaoh's Kitchen
Recipes from Ancient Egypts Enduring Food Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
How to cook and eat like the ancient Egyptians, from the author of My Egyptian Grandmothers Kitchen.
Global Perspectives on Orhan Pamuk
Existentialism and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Explores existential and political themes in Orhan Pamuk's work and investigates the apparent contradictions in an arena where Islam and democracy are often seen as opposing and irreconcilable terms. Existential themes delve into literary nuances in Pamuk that discuss love, happiness, suffering, memory and death.
by M. Blaim, Amnon Sella
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Shaped by the experiences of the Iranian Revolution, Iranian-American autobiographers use this chaotic past to tell their current stories in the United States. Wagenknecht analyzes a wide range of such writing and draws new conclusions about migration, exile, and life between different and often clashing cultures.
The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture
Am?ra and the 2011 Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture uses the notion of am?ra – the Egyptian concept of collective and connective agency – to explore the relationship between the Egyptian intellectual and 'the people' in contemporary Egyptian literature and culture.
Standing by the Ruins
Elegiac Humanism in Wartime and Postwar Lebanon
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Since the mid-1970s, Lebanon has been at the center of the worldwide rise in sectarian extremism. Its cultural output has both mediated and resisted this rise. Standing by the Ruins reviews the role of culture in supporting sectarianism, yet argues for the emergence of a distinctive aesthetic of resistance...